Red Sox - 500 300 002 - 10 12 0 Astros - 000 000 000 - 0 4 1Boston 1st: Ellsbury single/stolen base, Pedroia walk, Crawford single (1-0), Gonzalez single (2-0), Youkilis L8, Ortiz walk, Drew walk (3-0), Saltalamacchia single (5-0), Scutaro L6, Ellsbury 3-1.
Boston 4th: Saltalamacchia single, Scutaro single, Ellsbury double (6-0), Pedroia walk, Crawford single (8-0), Gonzalez single - pitching change - Youkilis K, Ortiz K, Drew P4.
Beckett: 5-1-0-0-3, 16 batters, 61 pitches.
Josh Beckett is on the mound in Houston tonight (the game is on MLBTV) and the Red Sox have this lineup:
Jacoby Ellsbury, CFDennys Reyes, Bobby Jenks, Daniel Bard, and Jonathan Papelbon are expected to follow Beckett.
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Carl Crawford, LF
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Kevin Youkilis, 3B
David Ortiz, DH
J.D. Drew, RF
Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
Marco Scutaro, SS
Lyndon leadoff single into the SS hole.
ReplyDeleteAnd he easily steals on a 0-2 pitch to FY.
ReplyDeleteFY BB.
ReplyDeleteCrawford single to RCF, LBJ scores, 1-0.
ReplyDeleteGonzalez pop to short left. Carlos Lee over to line, then stops and watches ball fall right in front of him, at his feet! FY scores, 2-0. Home fans booing!!
ReplyDeleteYook out on a sinking liner to CF.
ReplyDeleteOrtiz walks on 5 pitches, bases loaded for Drew.
ReplyDeleteDrew BB on 5 pitches, Crawford scores, 3-0, still loaded for Salty.
ReplyDeleteSalty hard grounder up the middle, AG and Flo score, 5-0.
ReplyDeleteScutaro lines to SS, flip to 2B to double off Drew. But umpire blows the call and calls him safe. So 2 outs. ... Ellsbury ends inning.
ReplyDeleteVery clear out at second, umpire standing right there, still can't get it right.
ReplyDeleteI do not look forward to a season of shitty calls on obvious plays
Beckett:
ReplyDeleteF7
HBP
L9 (drew leaping backhand stab)
3U
MLB has 34 pitches in the 1st for Figueroa. NESN says it's 36.
ReplyDeleteIf NESN info ever differs, it is almost always wrong.
Pedroia 5-3
ReplyDeleteCrawford F7
Gonzalez 6-3
BOS - 50
HOU - 0
nice sidestep by Heidi there.
ReplyDeleteGot the game up on my iDevice. very exciting, but surprisingly low resolution the video. still!
I am going to have to get cable.
ReplyDeleteBeckett 2nd:
ReplyDelete4-1
K looking
K swinging
allan - awesome one man game thread! The HD on nesn looks kinda dodgy - maybe borrowed cameras or something??
ReplyDeleteSorry Nick - didn't mean to diss you - my HD comment was in response to yours about the mobile device picture.
ReplyDeleteSox 3rd:
ReplyDeleteYook 6-3
Tiz K swinging
Drew K looking
Beckett in 3rd:
ReplyDeleteP1
L5
K swinging
So far: 3-0-0-0-3, 35 pitches
Salty lines a single to CF.
ReplyDelete.364 coming in, 2 hits tonight.
Sox 4th:
ReplyDeleteSalty single
Scutaro single
Ellsbury double (6-0)
diss me, nah. And, as a consolation prize (:-)), the video quality on the device has notably improved. And two hits to start it off...three! 6-0!
ReplyDeleteFY BB
ReplyDeleteLoaded for the Craw
Craw hard single to right, 8-0.
ReplyDeletealmost as good as Orsillo for the play by play - yippeee!!!
ReplyDeleteEvil Bert single to RF, bases loaded again.
ReplyDeleteOrsillo for the play by play
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of which, fun (i hope) post coming tomorrow.
Yook - K (damn)
ReplyDeleteFlo - K (sinking fb)
ReplyDeletegot yook on nasty split down/in
Drew - P4
ReplyDeletewasted....
24 MINUTE WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletepbbt - good thing we playing the 'stros
ReplyDeleteBeckett 4th:
ReplyDeleteF9
5-3
L8
BOS - 500 3 - 8 9 0
HOU - 000 0 - 0 0 0
Salty first pitch single: 3-for-3!
ReplyDeleteOur catcher is only batting .417--we need a Molina!
ReplyDeleteI'm relieved Beckett is looking so good. And, Salty? Who knows -- sky's the limit. Or at least a .900 OPS or so.
ReplyDeleteam hoping that friar tuck fixed salty's problems - sure beats cacti behind the plate.
ReplyDeleteLBJ: 3-for-4
ReplyDeleteReyes - a thinner el guapo?
ReplyDeleteBecause he's MY BUTLER!
ReplyDeleteWas at this game tonight. Wonder why such a sparse crowd.
ReplyDeleteAt the 7th Inning Stretch, after TMOTTBG, they play The Stars At Night...
Looking forward to a real game Friday.