June 30, 2010

G79: Rays 9, Red Sox 4

Rays    - 000 300 060 - 9 11  0
Red Sox - 000 001 030 - 4 8 1
Manny Delcarmen faced five batters in the eighth inning. Single, RBI double, single, walk, 2-RBI single. They all came around to score, as Jason Bartlett hit a three-run home run off Ramon Ramirez to cap the six-run inning. MDC: 0-4-5-1-0, 14.

The Sox rallied a little bit -- singles by Marco Scutaro and Eric Patterson, a two-run double from David Ortiz and a sac fly from Adrian Beltre -- but that was it. Ortiz also doubled in the sixth, driving in Patterson.

Boston missed a chance to move into a first-place tie with New York. A victory tonight also would have given the Red Sox more wins than any team in MLB. The Yankees had only two hits in a 7-0 loss to the Mariners. Felix: 9-2-0-3-11, 115; his complete game followed Cliff Lee's CG win on Tuesday.
Example
Matt Garza / Daisuke Matsuzaka

Update: Drew scratched with a stiff neck, replaced by Darnell McDonald.
Scutaro, SS
Patterson, LF
Ortiz, DH
Youkilis, 1B
Beltre, 3B
Drew, RF Hall, 2B
Hall, 2B Varitek, C
Varitek, C McDonald, RF
Cameron, CF
Dustin Pedroia was taking ground balls on his knees earlier this afternoon, with teammates shaking their heads in amusement/amazement.

And: Mariners/Yankees, 7 PM
Example
June 30:

1913: The Reds and Cubs use one ball for the entire game.

1983: Lance Junker of the Redwood Pioneers (California League) hits two grand slams in the ninth inning against Reno.

103 comments:

Rick (f/k/a westcoastsox) said...

Go PawSox!

9casey said...

A stiff neck, ? Just when I start to love JD he gets a hangnail...

9casey said...

Over/Under on how many times Garza spits on himself tonight?

allan said...

FUCK

got the crybabies' feed

(might be a jazz night)

Kathryn said...

got the crybabies' feed

Me too. We'll see if I am motivated enough to switch to computer sound.

allan said...

no no-walker tonight.

allan said...

TB has not swung at the first 8 pitches!!!!!!

Is OB freaking out?

allan said...

yeah, i really want the crowd noise, but ...

allan said...

staats is working with brian anderson, which may be okay. i have no idea, but he has to be better than kennedy.

allan said...

sigh

Kathryn said...

Strikes please.

Rick (f/k/a westcoastsox) said...

Rays have swung at 3 out of 22 pitches

Kathryn said...

Now that's some patience.

Rick (f/k/a westcoastsox) said...

4 out of 27

allan said...

i wonder what the fewest swings in a game by a team is.

Kathryn said...

Is their strategy to take two strikes each AB?

allan said...

Vintage Matsuzaka.

Kathryn said...

My son: Typical Dice-K inning if I've ever seen one.

allan said...

yep - if the proverbial spaceman came to earth and asked to see an inning that captured the essence of dice, that inning there would do just fine.

allan said...

... so why isn't that son posting his own thoughts?

allan said...

(granted, it is easier to crack wise and have someone else type it out. ideal, really.)

RedSoxDiehard said...

I'm glad I picked last night to go. I can't stand Garza, and Dice-K is, well, y'know, Dice-K.

Kathryn said...

I don't know. I know he visits your site, but no posting.

allan said...

okay. :>)
no pressure.

(we used to have a mom-son posting combo, but not this year.)

allan said...

welcome to boston ..... asshole.

Kathryn said...

He was safe.

allan said...

rays show flo's dong from last night -- fucking majestic thing of beauty.

allan said...

and the whining begins ....

allan said...

SEA: 01
MFY: 0

Bradley dong

allan said...

rays tv still whining: shoppach K was same as called ball to flo.

god. it must be a clear job instruction.

allan said...

rays have posted "email the booth" like 3-4 times already tonight. so i did:

"for years, i have heard rays tv announcers whine about calls going against tampa hitters, pitchers and runner. staats and whoever has been with him (magraine, kennedy, anderson) always whines when anything goes against the rays. is it a job requirement? (you guys are actually famous among other teams' fans for it.) and tonight, it starts with the ball to ortiz and the strike to shoppach. ... and yet, when a call goes in the rays' favor, you never say a thing. ... umpires blow calls, it happens all the damn time. and they go both ways. try to deal with it."

i doubt they will share it on air.

Kathryn said...

Yea, doubtful.

allan said...

i wonder how many emails staats gets about his hair.

fusionmouse said...

Castig Trup'd me!

allan said...

sea 3, mfy 0 (top 3)

fusionmouse said...

Mariners lead 3-0 over MFY!

RedSoxDiehard said...

fucking majestic thing of beauty.

Yeah it really was. And it landed right where my 10th Man Plan seats are. (Of course I wasn't in those seats last night, but that's OK.)

Kathryn said...

sea 3, mfy 0 (top 3)

Let me know when it's over. (But I don't mind the updates, I just won't go looking myself.)

fusionmouse said...

Garza 20 pitches 2 innings 1 hit.
Dice K 49 pitches 2 innings 1 hit.

Dice K giving fans their money's worth and management likes him cause he encourages heavy drinking by the fans!

Mmmm--beer.

RedSoxDiehard said...

Great email to the booth!

allan said...

foxsportsflorida.com

and click on the rays logo.

Kathryn said...

Now they're talking about whether Rays should be buyers or sellers. WTH?

Kathryn said...

Could it be??????

allan said...

yeah, the rays are 2 games out of the wild card on june 30. should they blow it up?

Kathryn said...

Yes, OTT.

RedSoxDiehard said...

7-pitch inning. Yep, it's Dice-K alright.

fusionmouse said...

Wow that was fast! Maybe the concessions did a quick calculation and decided they might not have enough beer on hand for a full Dice-K night.

RedSoxDiehard said...

yeah, the rays are 2 games out of the wild card on june 30. should they blow it up?

Email the booth as tell them yes, they should. We can start by taking Crawford off their hands.

allan said...

kristen: i don't think i have you linked on the right hand side, which is a bad oversight. i do have the uniform number url, but do you have a blog url to include?

allan said...

more "email the booth" -- these guys are lonely!

Kathryn said...

Wow that was fast! Maybe the concessions did a quick calculation and decided they might not have enough beer on hand for a full Dice-K night.

Haha. I remember several years ago we were at Fenway during a very long rain delay. It was the last night either before a long away streak or maybe even before the All Star break. Anyway, they ran out of food before finally calling the game. No food to be found anywhere. Not many fans left and we ended up playing baseball trivia at a table with people we didn't know.

allan said...

great discussion about jeff neimann. he has a 2.72 era (4th in AL?) but he apparently needs more wins to get any serious all-star consideration. however, he has pitched well, but has been unlucky and does not have the wins to show for it. so yeah he has that great ERA but he really needs a couple more wins to show everyone that he is a good deserving pitcher.

my fucking head hurts.

allan said...

maddon is not that dumb. he knows that the rays' slump cannot be cured by lineup construction. ... nearing music accompaniment.

allan said...

nice bunt!!!

Patrick said...

terrible bunt looks like the beginning of the houdini act

Kathryn said...

I guess that's the alternative: If you don't bunt it fair, make sure it goes foul?

fusionmouse said...

"a horrible bunt"--DO

Patrick said...

Ugh, didn't happen this time.

Benjamin said...

Bleh.

allan said...

thought he had a good bead on it

Kathryn said...

Okay, I've got NESN announcers synched up with TV. That's enough of the Sun channel or whatever it is.

Kathryn said...

It looked like he mistimed his jump.

fusionmouse said...

Radio announcers say ball should've been caught.

Kathryn said...

I think he should have caught it. My son says it would have been a great catch.

allan said...

wtf was that, yook?

fusionmouse said...

Who's got a number for the batters faced who've reach a full count tonight?

Kathryn said...

Richardson warming up.

allan said...

7 of 19

fusionmouse said...

"Already activity in the bull pen--Dustin Richardson up and throwing". I'm full of confidence now ;P

RedSoxDiehard said...

kristen: do you have a blog url to include?

http://redsoxdiehard.com/wordpress/
Thanks!

fusionmouse said...

Peter Abraham's Extra Bases--

"Top of the 2nd: Rays 0, Red Sox 0

Eric Patterson must not have got the memo. When you're an unknown player in your first game for the Red Sox ar Fenway Park this season, you're supposed to do something dramatic in your first at-bat. He grounded into a double play.

"Dude, c'mon," Daniel Nava said.

"Seriously," replied Darnell McDonald. "

allan said...

Now Playing: Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five (mid-1920s).

allan said...

rays fans at july 9 get a david price shirt, which includes the words "price price baby"

what year is this?

Kathryn said...

CS!! Score some runs.

Rick (f/k/a westcoastsox) said...

"Ice Ice Baby" was voted by Blender Magazine as being one of the 5 worst songs ever made. Great that the Rays are honoring it.

Kathryn said...

Lots of fly balls.

allan said...

FLO FLO BABY!

Kathryn said...

PAPI!! That was so close.

Kathryn said...

Remy and Don talking about "a typical Dice-K outing."

Kathryn said...

Really needed to get him to third.

allan said...

dong pls

Kathryn said...

Well, this is an ugly inning.

RedSoxDiehard said...

So glad I went last night instead of tonight.

allan said...

SEA 7, MFY 0 - final

Kathryn said...

Thanks Allan!

Kathryn said...

U-G-L-Y

allan said...

mdc is not the answer

unless the Q is: who is pitching like shit?

Kathryn said...

I'm glad we saved his arm last night. WOW!!!

allan said...

well, that about does it.

Kathryn said...

Ugh. What relievers will be available?

allan said...

if choate stays in long enough, we can win this.

Kathryn said...

I love Papi's first pitch swinging.

From the spitter to the cusser.

Kathryn said...

That's two good catches by him.

allan said...

these outfield snags are pissing me off.

SoSock said...

mmmmmm, not liking the mood. We must be behind

SoSock said...

Just pulled up GDGD. Ouch. Not just behind. Getting our asses handed to us.

Oh well.......

Jr. All Star team lost tonight 2. Pretty much locks us out of the final round.

allan said...

5+ runs pls

allan said...

stoopid WSJ

SoSock said...

What a line for MDC - 5 atters, no outs, they all score. ERA = infinity

SoSock said...

On a better note - Dice apparently didn't suck TOO bad.

allan said...

pfft.

SoSock said...

And Scutaro wastes no time making the water clean.
Oy

RedSoxDiehard said...

Hate that clean water.