White Sox - 010 100 100 - 3 13 0Buchholz (5-6-2-1-2, 95) threw a ton of pitches early, 22 in the second, 32 in the third, and 26 in the fourth. He left the game trailing only 2-1, but the Red Sox bats were helpless.
Red Sox - 000 010 000 - 1 7 0
Boston loaded the bases with one out in the second, but Danks (7-6-1-3-5, 103) fanned Bill Hall and got Darnell McDonald on a force out. A single by Hall, a walk to McDonald and Marco Scutaro's single gave the Red Sox a run in the fifth, but the 2-3-4 hitters squandered a chance at a big inning. J.D. Drew flew out to center, Victor Martinez flew out to left, and Adrian Beltre lined to left.
Game 1 of the day-night doubleheader.Scutaro, SS
Drew, RF
Martinez, C
Beltre, 3B
Ortiz, DH
Lowell, 1B
Lowrie, 2B
Hall, LF
McDonald, CF
The Red Sox last played the White Sox on September 7, 2009.
In his last four starts (28.1 IP), Buchholz has allowed a total of one earned run. He has the best ERA in MLB -- 2.21 -- and in 17 starts since May 14, he has a 1.70 ERA.
AL East:
Blue Jays/Yankees, 1 PM
Rays/Orioles, 7 PM
Pierre, LF
ReplyDeleteVizquel, 3B
Rios, CF
Konerko, 1B
M. Ramirez, DH
Pierzynski, C
Jones, RF
A. Ramirez, SS
A falling sack of flour. Go figure.
ReplyDeleteI can't thread today but I am looking forward to listening to baseball all day.
The Dodgers reported the incident to the FAA, but according to what I read, there were no reported planes in the area and nothing was ever learned about where the sack came from.
ReplyDeleteHermida signed with A's.
ReplyDelete10 years ago today, 9/4/00:
ReplyDeleteIn the Red Sox's win over the Mariners, 5 - 1, Carl Everett of the Sox becomes only the sixth major-league switch-hitter to drive in 100 runs in both leagues when he knocks in his 100th ribbie of the year. Pedro Martinez is the big star, striking out 11 in eight innings to go 7 - 0 over the M's. Jamie Moyer loses his 6th in a row, though not through his fault as a routine fly ball by Jose Offerman to Mike Cameron becomes a 3-run triple when the center fielder stumbles. Prior to the game, Boston retires Hall of Fame C Carlton Fisk's uniform number 27.
This was my first summer after moving back to New England, and I only went to a handful of games (compared to now), but I went to this one. I forgot my camera that day, but my lasting memory from this game was walking down Lansdowne after the game. Pedro was in his prime and had had yet another dominating performance. Some guys on the street had a giant Dominican flag. Cars were exiting the parking garage and turning onto Lansdowne. As the cars came through, the guys stood on either side of the car holding the flag. People on the street started chanting "Pedro, Pedro".
Sigh... ol' Petey was my favorite then and he's still my all-time fave now.
Remy, noting Manny sliding out of basepath to disrupt the relay to first: "At least he made it there."
ReplyDeleteOrsillo: "Yes, he did. There was effort."
Fuck you, guys.
Doctor -- into the triangle!
ReplyDeleteChokers down 3-0 in the 2nd to the mighty Jays!
ReplyDeleteSquander. Grrr.
ReplyDeleteTOR - 03
ReplyDeleteMFY - 0
McDonald and Ooooooooooverbay donging off Javy.
What are the odds I get no work during either of these games?
ReplyDeleteHermida was assigned to Sacramento
ReplyDeleteOdds very slim.
ReplyDeletePedro in 2000 was better than everyone but not better than his own best year, 1999.
Nice memory, I'm a huge fan too. One of my great non-game baseball moments was seeing Petey at spring training. He was in street clothes, signing autographs for a small crowd that had gathered. We were all being very quiet and respectful, as if we didn't want to scare him away. He looked great and signed for a long time.
I was not even a Sox fan yet. It still gave me chills.
Take that, Konerko!
ReplyDeleteThat was exciting.
ReplyDeletegdgd has scutaro making the throw home. wrong.
ReplyDeleteHH PC: 8-22-32 = 62
ReplyDeleteNot good in G1 of a DH.
Remy, noting Manny sliding out of basepath to disrupt the relay to first: "At least he made it there."
ReplyDeleteSays a man whose calling card is how little effort he puts into his job or any other aspect of life.
I thought he could have had the guy going to 3rd there
ReplyDeleteSays a man whose calling card is how little effort he puts into his job ...
ReplyDeleteBingo.
Manny era "no fun at any time" for Francona. Fuck you, boothers.
ReplyDeleteAnd Manny's slide was exactly like the slide Ichiro made recently that was called interference and a Sox DP.
ReplyDeleteNESN's crack analyst could have brought that point up, but (a) he would have had to remember the play (I recalled it immediately *because* it was so similar) and (b) making a "clever" wise crack is far more easier.
Fuck you AJ
ReplyDeletewhen don started in with manny again, i muted.
ReplyDeleteManny era "no fun at any time" for Francona.
ReplyDeleteRight. Those championships were no fun at all. Why do I think Terry would disagree?
(Boothers, I like that.)
Tito sure looks like he is enjoying himself here.
ReplyDeleteI really like "boothers"!
ReplyDeleteWTF? Fisk's shirt is only one (non-garish) colour.
ReplyDeleteI'm ready for some runs.
ReplyDeletehit!
Thanks for that picture, redsock. Matched similar ones in my mind.
ReplyDeleteI was going to post it and say, I'll bet Tito liked this, but then I see him in the shot! Perfect!
ReplyDeleteDoes Scutaro wear those glasses for vision reasons?
ReplyDeletescu-TAR-o!
ReplyDeleteAtchison is coming in.
ReplyDeleteWould've liked another run or two, but one is better than total squander.
ReplyDeleteTOR - 030 0
ReplyDeleteMFY - 003 2
Shit. Work calls.
ReplyDeleteI'm getting kind of sick of the yankees. I will only assume that this streak will flip to a longer skid.
ReplyDeletejays tie it at 5-5.
ReplyDeleteWe are really squanderrific today.
ReplyDeleteThat was a foul ball it looked like to me.
ReplyDeleteIs Bowden in the bullpen now?
ReplyDeleteBowden not called up yet.
ReplyDeleteSounds like there's more booing for Manny than ever. I don't get it. Has talk radio been particularly virulent lately?
ReplyDeletecould be more boos.
ReplyDeletemaybe different mic placement?
or more morons in the crowd?
"Chokers down 3-0 in the 2nd to the mighty Jays!"
ReplyDeleteThanks for that.
We're spoiling as hard as we can. But it's not enough. 7-5, 7th.
MFY (grumble, grumble)
Time for one of those Bill Hall moonshots...
ReplyDelete98 sasahe
ReplyDelete... microwave?
oh good lord what the fuck is that on his chin?
ReplyDeletewe cannot lose to that kind of yellowy shit.
Well, that sucked. Drinkable water.
ReplyDeletebah. maybe catch you all in a few hours.
ReplyDeleteor more morons in the crowd?
ReplyDeleteMust be a high percentage of sheeple there today.
Scraggily Yellow Brillo gets it done.
ReplyDeleteSorry for your loss... Get 'em next time.
ReplyDelete5-7 MFY
Rivera coming out.
On the 10 lb. sack of flour
Wikipedia
"The Dodgers reported the event to the Federal Aviation Administration, but no aircraft were reported seen flying over the stadium at the time, and the culprit is not known to have ever been found."
Maybe someones homemade Trebuchet?
http://blogan.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/trebuchet.png
The Sack of flour story is probably an urban legend baseball style. The LA Times archives has no mention of the incident, the NY Times and Washington Post don't either, Google news archive comes up with a big fat zero. Can you tell me a player nearly gets killed on the field and not one media source covers it.
ReplyDeleteThere's a problem in the story also. As told Woodward is playing on the field during the 9th inning when the incident happened. The Dodgers won that game with Cincinnati taking the field in the 9th inning.(Dodgers were home and leading entering the 9th). So the story is front on that basis, not to mention the strong possibility its a total hoax