Red Sox - 030 000 020 - 5 6 0Lester (8-3-1-3-12, 112) struck out 10+ batters for the fourth consecutive start and the kids in the lineup carried the offense.
Mariners - 000 000 100 - 1 4 2
Lester has now posted double digits in strikeouts 14 times, all but one of them coming in the last two seasons. He struck out 10+ in three straight starts last year (May 31, June 6, 12). Before tonight, he had fanned an even 10 on each of August 27, and September 1 and 6.
In the second inning, Adrian Beltre singled and took third on Jed Lowrie's double. Josh Reddick's groundout scored one run, then Daniel Nava and Lars Anderson each hit RBI doubles. After Marco Scutaro walked to begin the eighth, Ryan Kalish homered to right-center.
The Rays beat the Yankees 1-0 in 11 innings to move into first place in the East. Reid Brignac led off the bottom of the 11th with a home run off Sergio Mitre to give the Rays their first ever 1-0 walk-off and the team's first extra-inning victory by that score. The expected duel between Sabathia (8-2-0-2-9, 119) and Price (8-3-0-2-4, 114) lived up to its billing. The Yankees have lost four in a row and seven of their last eight games.
Boston is now 7.5 GB Tampa Bay in the East and 7 GB New York in the WC -- with 18 games, including six against the Yankees, to play.
Lefty Rich Hill is up from Pawtucket and will join the Sox in Seattle. Hill pitched in 19 games for the PawSox, including six starts, and had a 3.74 ERA. Hill has played five seasons, four with the Cubs and one with Baltimore.Scutaro, 2B
Kalish, CF
Martinez, C
Ortiz, DH
Beltre, 3B
Lowrie, SS
Reddick, RF
Nava, LF
Anderson, 1B
Up top: Yankees/Rays (Sabathia/Price), 7 PM
1946 - The Red Sox clinch the pennant by beating Cleveland 1-0. Boston gets its run on the only inside-the-park home run of Ted Williams's career.
1993 - The Astros/Rockies in Colorado is postponed when the Denver area gets between 5-8 inches of snow. The day before, it was 92 degrees. The snow melts the following day.
1997 - The Mets are down to their last strike in the bottom of the ninth, trailing the Expos 6-0. But they rally and tie the game when Carl Everett hits a grand slam. In the 11th, Bernard Gilkey hits a three-run dong for a 9-6 Mets win.
95 comments:
Took a look at the W-L contest entries and we can write off just about everyone on the list.
98 wins -- my pick for 2010 -- is possible only if the Sox go 19-0 the rest of the way!
I'd say it's between the bottom two entries:
11-8 = Jeff R's 90-72
10-9 = Lord Lynch's 89-73
There are two entries at 93 wins and since the Sox have scored only 718 runs -- and are unlikely to score 132 more runs in 19 games (that's 6.9 per) -- Matt M would be the winner if they go 15-4.
Finishing with 79-88, 91 or 92 wins will save me the trouble of coming up with a prize this year.
Suzuki, RF
Figgins, 2B
Branyan, DH
Gutierrez, CF
Lopez, 3B
Kotchman, 1B
Tuiasosopo, LF
Moore, C
Wilson, SS
Thanks for the W-L contest update. That would be pretty impressive if every single one of us was wrong. Of course I don't think anyone saw the massive spate of injuries that would descend upon this team like a plague of locusts.
Jeff and Lynch should be disqualified for being such negative nancys. I don't care if their bets end up being optimistic.
I was going to go with 89, then decided not to enter because of that. It was either 89 or 106. I like to be off the charts one way or the other.
MFY - 000 000 0 - 0 3 0
FKR - 000 000 0 - 0 1 1
Sink the ship
CC cooked. Let's go FKR.
Phillies having fun:
PHI - 011 233 1
FLA - 000 001 0
fuckton.
Bartlett trying to bring in a pair.
So did that annoying heckler at the Trop die, or what?
0-0 after 8.
Regarding ish's comment in the other thread about it being possible, I totally agree and would buy into it if the red sox were a better team. I stopped making up scenarios about a week ago because I realized that this team just isn't good enough to live up to my wacky expectations.
But that doesn't mean I'll stop watching or rooting for it to happen!
Except this series, won't be around for these games since the exam is tomorrow - thursday. Well, maybe an inning or two.
tim: sportsnet says it will join the sox game in progress at 10:30 on 76, so if ei screws us, check that out.
in the 10th in tb...
Like Laura, I did not enter this year because I had bad vibes. I did not want to be so obviously pessimistic from the get go, and I obviously hoped I would be wrong so why bet against my own best interest?
nesn in 478!
come october, the rogers complaint blog will be up and running, and feature my full detailed letter to them, complaining about all of the problems i have with the way they run their TV operations.
one of the football games yesterday was on in HD on one channel - when i tuned to it, it was a BLACK SCREEN! for 3 hours! worked fine on a buddy's TV in toronto though.
mfy caught stealing 3rd by pitcher! 0-0, bot 10.
Good luck on the exam, Tim!
I will be here for a bit, but way too tired to last for the duration.
So did that annoying heckler at the Trop die, or what?
In '03 Todd Walker was his designated hecklee - my brother named him "the Walker stalker" and I've called him that ever since. But yeah, haven't seen or heard him since actual other people started showing up at the Trop.
friend of mine is in grad school. her prof has this thing where each of them have to bring in some sort of theme song, she'll then make a mix CD of them for group work sessions. I've been drafted to assist with her theme song.
I'm still rooting for "Killer Queen".
she's dynamite with a laser beam?
The Rockies are doing that thing they do again..
Xactly! I love that line.
fig-E
tb with 1st/3rd, 2 outs in 10th.
beat me to the punch. Go Rays!
Thanks Amy, looking forward to thursday at 1 (and moreso, 7!)
mmm. siddown, russ.
loaded for rays, 2-2 count ...
K. shit. on to the 11th..
I'm quite frankly disappointed that the starters aren't pitching into the 11th in TB. C'mon Maddon! Go all Dusty Baker on Price's tender young arm!
Tim, I agree with you. In a way I have a feeling that this team shouldn't be able to pull off that kind of a miracle. There's a reason why their record is what it is - because this is not a playoff team. Go into this season with this team and people will be a.) pissed and b.) be picking this team to win 85-90 games.
But it's still a scenario.
ichiro not so fast after that, it seemed
Run.
tito wearing some gray shirt from the stadium store.
na-verr
LARS!
I wish these guys could score some runs. ruck.
we heart doubles.
Have to say I'm enjoying this one so far!
can't believe the two best AL east teams are deadlocked going into the 11th at 3-3.
pitt and mets also 0-0 after 9.
alright, need to get sleep before "that test" tomorrow (as everyone i know calls it :>))
kinda puts things in perspective.
Jays lose!
MFY - 000 000 000 00 - 0 4 0
FKR - 000 000 000 0 - 0 3 1
I love that on Google you can have a live Twitter stream for any keyword, such as, Yankees or Rays.
And the Rays win!
Tampa wins it.
One person said, and I'm taking this with a grain of salt, that it's the first time in MLB history that both the Mets and Yankees have been in a scoreless game after 9 innings in one day.
MFY now in 2nd place.
Why was CC ejected in the 9th inning?
I like watching the kids play. I hope at least one of Reddick or Anderson become a MLB regular.
i did not know he was tossed.
check yankees.com
brignac dong off mitre.
Crawford was ejected for arguing about really bad calls after he struck out.
Good luck Tim!
remy had to talk to fans in the lobby. they must have found him hiding behind a plant when he tried to run back to his room.
MFY - 000 000 000 00 - 0 4 0
FKR - 000 000 000 01 - 1 4 1
stems win 1-0
shovel pass!
Nice play! I must be living under a rock, but Scutaro playing second base? Good move, actually. Doesn't have to throw so hard.
Heidi looks great even three hours behind.
Good night, all.
i do wish she'd say "fewer" instead of "less" -- since it would be correct
not sure if it is NESN or EI, but the first pitches of the Sox's 2nd and 4th have been missed. judging from don's call, pretty sure NESN missed the one to Beltre in the 2nd.
' night! earlier game on wed, btw.
"IanMBrowne: Lester achieved milestone tonight, joining Clemens, Pedro, Cy Young and Smokey Joe Wood only Sox pitchers with 200 K's back to back seasons."
Wrong CC. It was Carl Crawford who was ejected (apparently arguing balls & strikes).
fewer/less mistake...one of the pet peeves in our house. Our daughter is especially bothered by it.
awesome catch!
awesome catch!
I missed the replay, but saw the ball-grabbing sox fan escorted out. What was up with that?
reached over and grabbed flo's hit down the line.
I don't think Papi was headed for a triple on that one though. Still, don't mess with balls in play.
dig. I looked up and saw him holding it, then on the replay I saw it going that way, but not the nab. didn't seem like it was angling to bounce into the stands.
Good night guys. I'm done for the night.
g'night. I've been distracted by an endless stream of youtube vids.
sid: dp pls
I'd like this inning to go quietly into the night.
there's an out.
John Farrel is watching from a hospital bed in Oakland I would guess, hope he gets better soon.
remy said a couple of kidney stones.
ouch.
Kalish!
KALISH!!!!!!!!!
5-1!
kalishous!
bard up
kotchman is the only sea player to not K tonight.
11 for lester
What a fucking game for Lester! Dominant.
dice is 30 today!
he celebrated this afternoon by talking a walk.
one strike.
The water is Muddy!!!
The deer ain't dead.
East: 7.5 GB TB
WC: 7 GB MFY
one strike!
Dirty!!!
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