September 14, 2010

G145: Red Sox 9, Mariners 6

Red Sox  - 021 100 032 - 9 10  1
Mariners - 101 020 101 - 6 12 0
David Ortiz's three-run homer gave the Red Sox the lead in the eighth inning and RBI from Ryan Kalish and Josh Reddick added some insurance in the ninth.

Jed Lowrie hit two home runs -- a two-run shot in the second and a solo blast to begin the fourth. Adrian Beltre singled twice and doubled and Victor Martinez had two singles. His second hit came after two blown calls by home plate umpire Kerwin Danley*. Brandon League should have struck Martinez out to end the eighth inning with Seattle up 5-4, but strikes 2 and 3 were instead balls 2 and 3 -- and Martinez then blooped a hit to left. Beltre smoked a single to left and Flo cranked a 1-0 pitch to deep right-center for his 30th dong of the year.

* - Danley and 3B ump CB Bucknor screwed Matsuzaka (6-8-5-4-3, 105) on several pitches in the fifth and sixth innings, though those shitty calls did not lead to any additional runs. ... 2B ump Dana DeMuth botched a call in the fifth, calling Chone Figgins out on a steal attempt when he had beaten the throw. The score was 4-4 and Dice's next pitch was hammered for a double. ... And I have no doubt Doug Eddings blew a few calls at 1B, but nothing springs immediately to mind.

It was Ortiz's sixth season with 30+ homers for the Sox, tying Manny Ramirez for second place in franchise history. Ted Williams tops the list with eight seasons.

Ichiro Suzuki singled twice, doubled, walked, stole two bases, drove in one run, and scored four of the Mariners' six runs. Figgins singled four times and Franklin Gutierrez had three hits, including two doubles.

The Yankees beat the Rays 8-7 in 10 innings to re-take first place in the East. ... Boston is now 7 GB in the East and 6.5 GB Tampa Bay in the WC. They have shaved two games off the WC standings in three days.
Example
Daisuke Matsuzaka / Luke French
Scutaro, 2B
McDonald, RF
Martinez, 1B
Beltre, 3B
Ortiz, DH
Lowrie, SS
Varitek, C
Hall, LF
Kalish, CF
Jason Varitek makes his first start since June 30. ... Matsuzaka celebrated his 30th birthday yesterday.

Up top: Yankees/Rays (Nova/Garza), 7 PM
Example
September 14:

1935 - The Cubs beat the Dodgers 18-14 for their 11th straight win. The game also ends Chicago's string of 10 straight games without using a relief pitcher.

1990 - Ken Griffey, Sr. and Ken Griffey, Jr. hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the first inning of a 7-5 loss to the Angels. They were the first father/son to play on the same team. Tim Raines Sr. and Tim Raines Jr. were both in the Orioles' starting lineup for two games in October 2001.

1998 - The Royals score in all eight of their innings at bat -- 113 113 24x -- as they rout Oakland 16-6. .. And in Detroit: White Sox 17, Tigers 16 (12).

133 comments:

allan said...

Suzuki, RF
Figgins, 2B
Branyan, DH
Gutierrez, CF
Kotchman, 1B
Lopez, 3B
Saunders, LF
Moore, C
Wilson, SS

laura k said...

Luke French, heading up the All Language Team, with Charlie English and ... ?

laura k said...

...Esteban German.

allan said...

I thought we did this in his last start against us -- but he has never pitched against us. Must have simply been during a Seattle series.

laura k said...

It does sound familiar. I remember being all pleased with myself for thinking of German. Maybe we were just gabbing off the thread. We do that sometimes! :)

allan said...

MFY - 004 02
FKR - 000 07

allan said...

Tentative 2011 schedule.

JoS3 in Toronto?
May 10-11 (Tue/Wed)
September 5-8 (M-T-W-T)

tim said...

September games in toronto? yay!

FSN Seattle? Fuck you!

meunier said...

Finally the Cubs get to come to Fenway, they have never been there in interleague play before.

tim said...

I don't see that schedule being accurate, unless we're sacrificing playing the AL West for purposes of interleague.

There's no games after LAA after May 5!

Only one trip to Oakland and a stupid minny-seattle trip which I don't see being realistic.

Probably a solid template though.

(I didn't read any comments on the thread to see if this was discussed at all)

allan said...

MFY - 004 021 00
FKR - 000 070 00

tim said...

Jays get Philly at home again. Gonna try for the non-opening night sellout for a second year again I see.

meunier said...

Finally Varitek is back, even if he still can't throw out runners.

allan said...

there goes the no-walker.

nick said...

bottom 9th down in florida...7-7 still.

no more Mariners runs.

nick said...

nice!

tim said...

OPPI!

FUCK SAKES. FUCK YOU BOGAR.

meunier said...

Bogarrrrrrgh

allan said...

don't bogar that runner.

tim said...

FUPIUECE OF SHAISOHJOAJWEOIJTOIJASOKDAJLSDA

theres an offseason fucking firing i'd like to see.

meunier said...

Lowrie gets Bogar off the hook

RedSoxDiehard said...

JEDI!

tim said...

JEDI FUCKING POWER!!!!!!!

YOU SEE THAT BOGAR? YOU PIECE OF SHIT? THANKS FOR THE LACK OF RUN.

allan said...

nice looking dong, jed.

tim said...

"Lowrie gets Bogar off the hook"

umm, would've been 3-1 had bogar not been bogar.

9casey said...

tim said...


theres an offseason fucking firing i'd like to see.


It should have been done 60 games ago

tim said...

bogie needs a mulligan.

Benjamin said...

Mono x2!

allan said...

erased a baserunner AND made an out.

fuck you bogar.

allan said...

suffering thru the mariners feed. jay buhner joined the booth. good fuckin lord, but he's dumb.

tim said...

whatever, beltre was clogging them basepaths anyways.

tim said...

i muted an inning and a half ago.

9casey said...

CI has his first multi-hit game since Aug.21 and it took him 10 innings to do it...back up the Brinks truck...

allan said...

mfy get a run in the 10th.

allan said...

i will mute as soon as laura goes to bed. she needs the audio as she is computing. my ears are bleeding.

tim said...

good.

we haven't had a fruitbat blown save in oh...3 days, time to get that updated.

tim said...

psft, some people.

just NO consideration.

allan said...

tim - 76 will join sox in progress once ny/tb is done. should be nesn.

Benjamin said...

Cactus can juggle?

tim said...

good, wonder if that will carry over to the HD feed.

this lack of clarity is burning my eyes.

allan said...

MUTED!!!!!!!!!!!

fuckers aren't even calling the gane. just making nonsense, moronic remarks and laughing like schoolgirls.

tim said...

mine was muted before the game started when they were doing the "keys to the game" or whatever.

key #1 was that dice-k needs to pitch faster.

that was the first, and last, straw for me.

Benjamin said...

Mine was already muted, as usual.

allan said...

yeah, numerous "funny" "quips" about how slow he works and how many pitches he throws.

allan said...

was watching the ny/tb game before this started and it was the rays feed.

they had one of those text polls. which do you like better: a slugfest or a "pitchers dual"?

L thought it was a deliberate pun. i said no way. (gotta get a screen shot!)

Patrick said...

Yanks win :(

allan said...

MOOREBALLA

allan said...

AL East flip-flop.

allan said...

MFY - 004 021 000 1 - 8 13 1
FKR - 000 070 000 0 - 7 8 0

dumbo ph dong in 10th.

Patrick said...

I've been enjoying the Yanks/Rays series, even though I hate both teams.

I wish the post season was fashioning Red Sox.

tim said...

Doesn't help the sox situation.

allan said...

fuckin rogers ASSHOLES have fsn on 76, too!

tim said...

cleanup on aisle 3. blue light singular.

allan said...

nice grab, lopez.

meunier said...

Is that an error? Those idiots never said.

tim said...

lol, was about to post a similar comment.

yeah they do that with the mariners feed.

allan said...

seemed very playable, but prob a hit.

tim said...

at least its in HD.

so much crisper. mmm.

allan said...

i should go down to my office and get nesn onmy computer

tim said...

enough of this. sleep time for me. day 2 tomorrow!

it was quite odd this morning to wake up to a postgame alert email and not actually know the score of the game before opening it. enjoyable though, gives me something to look forward to before the 4 hours of suck.

allan said...

alright, all set up down in the cave.

allan said...

wow - cactus gets figgins at 3B!!

meunier said...

OUT

allan said...

absolutely stupid decision by figgy (or the bench) to run

allan said...

JED DOES IT AGAIN!!!!!!!!

Patrick said...

The force is strong with this one!

meunier said...

LIGHTSABER!

Benjamin said...

MonoMono

allan said...

michael saunders - canadian.

allan said...

hmmmm, why not go to third on that?

nick said...

bastards trying to make sure I don't get to bed at a reasonable time. bah.

allan said...

4 pitches and dice in a serious hole

allan said...

rich hill up

nick said...

run of the ancient Mariner.

meunier said...

Got away with one there.

allan said...

kalish trying out for the circus

nick said...

safe?

nick said...

He's gonna break a rib out there or something.

allan said...

bowden up too

allan said...

F U CB!

jesus fuckin christ -- two blatant blown calls.

allan said...

bucknor is one of the fuckin worst umps in the game. plus THAT is how umps can throw games. give hitters extra chances and hope the next guy can cash in. not fool proof, but if you do it enough ... reading about the crooked nba refs makes me think this is very possible.

allan said...

and dice gets fucked on an obvious strike 3.

allan said...

ichiro single -- i'm assuming he will steal second in a minute

first, jeemer in

Dr. Jeff said...

Time to shut this pseudo-rally down.

allan said...

K - whew!

Patrick said...

I'm gonna miss Oki when he's gone. He was friggin amazing for two years.

allan said...

yeah -- i feel like he has been gone for awhile.

meunier said...

Should have left him in.

allan said...

atchison up now

allan said...

and he should be in very soon.

allan said...

or next inning, i guess.

top o the order for the sox

Dr. Jeff said...

Needs to go deep here.

allan said...

since lowrie's 2nd dong, 14 sox retired in a row.

c'mon victor.

Dr. Jeff said...

SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF LIFE FOR ONCE!!!

allan said...

victor gets two gift calls on two inside strikes -- count 3-1 -- bloops a hit to short left.

allan said...

bard and attell up

allan said...

HIT!

meunier said...

DO IT AGAIN NOW.

allan said...

let it flo.

Dr. Jeff said...

Thankfully, he didn't weakly ground the first pitch to the right side.

Dr. Jeff said...

YES!!

nick said...

Papi of yore! fuck YEAH!

allan said...

GOOD FUCKIN TIMES

QUADRANGULAR

TIZZLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Benjamin said...

Yay.

Dr. Jeff said...

FUCK YEAH!

meunier said...

CALLED IT!

Patrick said...

QUAD!!! WHOLY YESS!!! NUMBER 30!

Benjamin said...

Papi of yore!

Papi of four!

Dr. Jeff said...

All with 2 outs.

allan said...

6 seasons with 30+ dongs
tied with manny at 6 seasons

only tsw has more - 8

allan said...

shut em down, bard.

Dr. Jeff said...

Stock phrases I hate:

"He quickly goes 0-2."
"The tying run is at the plate."
"The [***] have a man in scoring position."

allan said...

how about: "and just like that ..."?

--- HA don just said it!!!

Dr. Jeff said...

Football is worse. The announcers are constantly talking about how "he is moving the football down the football field" No shit. What, is he carrying a volleyball across the golf course?

allan said...

"There's a strike."

allan said...

"no doubles defense" makes me wanna strangle a puppy.

meunier said...

Straight gas homey.

allan said...

insurance pls

Dr. Jeff said...

no reason to squeeze here, right? Esp. with a lefty?

allan said...

SPEED!!!!!!!!!!!! RUN!!!

SoSock said...

Ka-lish-ious

allan said...

we heart brandon league.

SoSock said...

mmmmm......reddick-alous

Dr. Jeff said...

You guys are up late. Only 11:15 for me.

allan said...

with a 4-run lead -- i'm okay if itchy is on.

Dr. Jeff said...

Is Pap capable of making any outs?

allan said...

jesus, pap, nail it down.

allan said...

might not hurt to make sure atchison has his glove handy.

Dr. Jeff said...

NICE. Great game.

allan said...

The water is Muddy!!!

And the deer ain't dead.

East: 7 GB MFY
WC: 6.5 GB FKR

A win tomorrow could make things somewhat interesting ...

Dr. Jeff said...

Strike 4.

Rob said...

Woooooo. Don't even touch that water.

SoSock said...

Nice. I may be on the bus anymore, but the motor is still running :)