April 21, 2011

G18: Red Sox 4, Angels 2 (11)

Red Sox - 000 002 000 02 - 4  8  0
Angels  - 000 000 200 00 - 2  4  0
Beckett (8-3-2-2-5, 125) turned in his third straight superb start -- a 1.08 ERA in those 23 innings -- and 11th inning RBI from Adrian Gonzalez and Jed Lowrie gave the Red Sox a win in their first extra-inning game of the season.

Jacoby Ellsbury's two-run single gave Boston a lead in the sixth. Beckett allowed his first hit in the sixth inning and Torii Hunter blasted a two-run dong in the seventh to tie the game.

Boston wasted several scoring chances throughout the game:

1st: 1st/2nd, 1 out - Kevin Youkilis 6U-3/DP
2nd: Man on 3rd, 1 out - Carl Crawford 3U, Jason Varitek K
3rd: 1st/2nd, 2 outs - Marco Scutaro F8
4th: 1st/2nd, 2 outs - Ellsbury F7
7th: 1st/2nd, 0 outs - Gonzalez P5, Scutaro K, David Ortiz K
8th: Bases loaded, 1 out - J.D. Drew K, Dustin Pedroia P4

Erick Aybar doubled to lead off the bottom of the eighth, and he foolishly tried for a triple (despite slowing himself down before he got to second base by turning his head twice to look out at Drew fielding the ball in the corner) and was thrown out Drew-to-Pedroia-to-Lowrie. That was the last Angels base runner until there was one out in the 11th. Peter Bourjos bunted for a hit and took second on a wild pitch, but Jonathan Papelbon retired the next two hitters for the save.

Youkilis fouled a ball off his shin in the first inning; in the bottom of the second, Lowrie moved to third and Scutaro took over at shortstop.

Boston improved to 7-11 and is now 4 GB the Yankees (and only 1.5 games out of second place).
Example
Josh Beckett / Tyler Chatwood

Chatwood, a 21-year-old rookie right-hander, is making his third career start. In his previous starts, he has allowed nine hits and six walks in 12 innings (3.75 ERA). BP2011 says he has a mid-90s fastball and a plus curve.

In Beckett's last two starts (15 innings against the Yankees and Blue Jays), he has allowed only five hits, three walks and one run, while striking out 19.

Peter Gammons, WEEI:
I think one of the things that's killed [the Red Sox] is that Jacoby Ellsbury has forgotten what his job is in baseball, which is to get on base and run. His four home runs, to me, are one of the worst things that's happened to this team early in the season, because I think it's encouraged him to get wider and wider with his swing. ... They need him to get on base 37 percent of the time or 38 percent of the time. I think he's kind of gotten away from that. ... The guy who's supposed to hit leadoff isn't getting on base.
Among the 10 Red Sox players with more than 25 plate appearances this year, Ellsbury's .262 OBP ranks 8th. (His batting average is 9th and his slugging, even with a team-leading four home runs, is 6th. He is also second on the team in strikeouts.)
Example
KHAZAD, commenting at Joe Posnanski's blog:
I like to look at the season as a series of 18 game innings. As a team, you would like to win each inning. If you do you are definitely in the playoff hunt*. ... I also like it because there are arbitrary beginning and ending dates. You cannot start it just after a losing streak and carry it to the beginning of the next one just to make the team look better.
* - This is true. Winning an 18-game "inning" by the smallest margin would be a 10-8 record, which is a 90-win pace for the season.

After tonight's game, we will have completed the first "inning" of the 2011 season.

AL East: White Sox/Rays at 6:30 PM and Twins/Orioles at 7 PM. Yankees off.

262 comments:

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allan said...

Drew, RF
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Youkilis, 3B
Ortiz, DH
Lowrie, SS
Crawford, LF
Varitek, C
Ellsbury, CF

Izturis, 3B
Kendrick, 2B
Abreu, DH
Hunter, RF
Wells, LF
Conger, C
Trumbo, 1B
Aybar, SS
Bourjos, CF

Benjamin said...

Ellsbury's four home runs are the worst thing to happen to this team, because they do not fit my preconceptions.

Jere said...

We lost the top of the first "inning" but with a win tonight we'd win the bottom. (2-7/5-4)

allan said...

Matt Albers was activated and Alfredo Aceves was optioned to Pawtucket.

Tek (1-for-20, .050) is starting back to back games for the first time this year.

allan said...

BRef Blog:

Through 18 games, the Cubs have yet to ever be more than 1 game above or below .500. That means ... they have had records of 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, 5-5, 6-6, 7-7, 8-8, and 9-9 so far this season.

***

There is a 4-way tie for first (!) in the NL Central, with the Cubs, Cardinals, Reds, and Brewers all 9-9.

Patrick said...

Again, I like this lineup. With Drew leading off the sox are 2-0!

Keep it rolling!

RedSoxDiehard said...

Uh-oh, one more 0fer and Tek will be batting his age.

I thought he was still at .063 and I was going to say hitting his height, but I guess that was yesterday...

meunier said...

Want to watch this but the Bruins-Habs game has gone to OT.

meunier said...

Kalish got hurt, Alex Hassan will get a chance at Pawtucket now.

meunier said...

OT; (1) Micheal Ryder.

allan said...

Great.
EI has the LAA feed.
Rogers has the game, also, and is showing ... the LAA feed.

Jere said...

Wow the sound is WAY behind the picture on NESN, probably because they just switched over from the Bruins.

Jere said...

It's like 2 seconds behind, we heard the crack of the bat when the ball was in center field on both those hits.

meunier said...

nice start so far

meunier said...

It rained most of the game yesterday.

Patrick said...

Kalish got hurt? Is it serious?

meunier said...

dammit

Jere said...

"I hate double plays more than anything in life" was just said in our house. By me.

meunier said...

The team team described it as a "jammed shoulder." according to milb.com

Dr. Jeff said...

Not impressed by Youk at the plate this year.

RedSoxDiehard said...

Kalish injured on catch
Left shoulder... Taken for x-rays, arm in a sling.

allan said...

too close at 2nd....jeez

meunier said...

precise hitting by jed

Patrick said...

Oooh, a 'productive out'

Jere said...

settle for the scrote fly, Carl

Jere said...

opposite of what i asked Carl

allan said...

laa tv guy says crawford "has been scuffling as of late".

yeah, since opening day ....

meunier said...

Tek has got to be DFA if he can't get himself above the Mendoza line.

Jere said...

SASAHF

RedSoxDiehard said...

When did they put the "C" on Kevin Cash's jersey?

meunier said...

A cactus arm over the plate would get more base hits right now.

allan said...

.048

Patrick said...

The 'C' is for cactus.

RedSoxDiehard said...

Youk out - Lowrie @ 3rd, Scut @ SS. Uh-oh!

allan said...

The C is for his goal of batting .100.

meunier said...

Oh no the mlb 2k curse strikes again

RedSoxDiehard said...

Tek has got to be DFA if he can't get himself above the Mendoza line.

I'll settle for over the Grebeck line.

meunier said...

Any player that gets hurt in my game, something then happens to him in real life the next day.

RedSoxDiehard said...

The C is for his goal of batting .100.

LOL

meunier said...

Tony Thomas, please report to the SWA counter :(

RedSoxDiehard said...

Nice play by AG!

Kathryn said...

EB!! Nice play.

Great pitching.

Tek, ha, batting his age...that's funny...and sad.

They have to be looking for a catcher, huh?

allan said...

laa guys said a called strike on yook was called because chartwood is a rookie and yook is a vet with a good eye. slight whining.

beckett puts a ball in the same spot twice - ball 2 to hunter and ball1 to conger - and they act like nothing odd happened.

allan said...

not many decent options in the minors.

Jere said...

Gammons: If you hit it over the wall, Jacoby, hold at third, we need you on base.

Kathryn said...

Yeah, I was thinking there probably isn't anyone out there to go after. Are good catchers that rare, or is it a catcher who can hit?

Amy said...

Hi, all. I won't make it for long here. But I see LBJ hasn't done anything to counter Peter Gammons' statement. Sigh...

Kathryn said...

Hey Amy! Do you get to see your grandbaby over Passover?

Amy said...

FY!

allan said...

fy hurt?

Kathryn said...

No...first Youk now FY. Don't do this guys.

Amy said...

Damn, he'd better not be hurt.

allan said...

jammed left foot?

Jere said...

Cue up the Aybar Complaint Boogie.

Kathryn said...

And he was off the base.

Amy said...

Yes, Kat---he was here for his first ever seder!!

Kathryn said...

He says, "I'm all right, yeah."

Amy said...

What happened to Youk??

meunier said...

"not many decent options in the minors"

I beg to differ;

Tony Thomas, INF

OBP SLG AVG OPS
.474 .781 .375 1.255

allan said...

scutaro batting cleanup

Kathryn said...

Make 'em pay, Scu

Amy said...

OK, ball hit his foot?

allan said...

Thomas is not a catcher.

meunier said...

As a replacement for Youk or god forbid, FY.

RedSoxDiehard said...

fy hurt?

F No!

scutaro batting cleanup

Ditto.

Jere said...

5 baserunners, no runs

Amy said...

Is Youk really hurt?

tim said...

down from the anxiety attack that was the bruins, tuning in to some red sox now...

this CF is good, saw him a couple times during the jays series in LAAAAA. reminds me of ellsbury.

allan said...

Thomas is also in A ball. A 10-game sample in A ball (with 1/3 of his hits coming in one game) is not much to hang your hat on. I'd say Iglesias would be called first.

But I was talking only out catcher options since you claimed Tek might be DFA'd.

tim said...

welp, glad i didnt check EI, allan. checked rogers a few hours ago and since its on the rogers west, assumed it would be LAA.

disappointed to see my assumption come true - was looking forward to playing some bingo.

Amy said...

Any answer regarding Youk?

allan said...

Sorry, Thomas is in AAA. Not sure wtf I was looking at.

Patrick said...

Yamaico Navarro is doing well in AAA. He's no replacement to one of the best hitters in baseball, but you can sing his name instead of Hakuna Matata in that lion king song pretty snugly.

tim said...

Raise your hand if you whispered "Yamaico Navarro" to the tune of hakuna matata.

*raises hand*

Kathryn said...

this CF is good, saw him a couple times during the jays series in LAAAAA. reminds me of ellsbury.
That was a nice catch they just showed.

RedSoxDiehard said...

BecKKett

Kathryn said...

Hand raised

Amy said...

OK, guess no one wants to tell me what happened to Youkilis.

Time to go to sleep. GO SOX!

Patrick said...

Jed Lowrie is due for a hit. I can't believe he doesn't have one already.

Kathryn said...

P Abe says Youk fouled the ball off his shin.

Kathryn said...

They just showed Youk on the bench. That's a nasty bruise and he flinched when the trainer pressed on it.

Jere said...

That shot of Youk was from right after the play. (Just to clarify he's not still sitting in the dugout this much later.) (For those of you just joining us.)

Kathryn said...

It was actually more of a squirm than a flinch.

Jere said...

Tek up, 2 outs, Crawford on first--so I guess CC has to steal second, third, and home here. Prove me wrong, Tek, prove me wrong!

Amy said...

Thanks, Kat. Glad someone was listening! :)

Kathryn said...

SB CC!!!!!

Kathryn said...

Maybe he'll walk?

meunier said...

At yesterday's game I was thinking, "Even rain can't out out On Fire"

tim said...

Cactus turns out to be something useful at the plate - good!

Amy said...

Well, let's see what LBJ can do. (Yes, still here. At least for this half inning.)

Kathryn said...

Now, a dong would be counterproductive here, right?

Amy said...

Just great....

That's it for me. I have to teach in the morning.

Good night, all.

Kathryn said...

Okay, I'm out. Time to listen to the radio in bed.

Night all. The guys on base will start scoring.

allan said...

Good night Amy. L also heading to bed, was up at 6 today in NJ.

Jere said...

Chatwood: "The rigination is from the Olde English pre 7th Century "ceto" which means "wood", to which was added in Anglo-Saxon times "wudu", also meaning "wood""

This guy's got twice as much wood as Allan!

allan said...

This guy's got twice as much wood as Allan!

I doubt that.

Jere said...

touche

tim said...

wood²

Zenslinger said...

Just checking in. Beckett dealing in a LOBfest? Could be worse.

allan said...

chartwood

is that some type of lockerroom trainspotting?

Patrick said...

Whenever the guy who does the MLB recap on the radio mentions the Orioles, I always hear 'Baltimore' as 'Voldemort'

allan said...

Consider the LOBster?

tim said...

speaking of CLE...

CLE 000 020 000
KCR 000 000 012

Patrick said...

Minnesota over Voldemort, 3-0

Zenslinger said...

The C is for his goal of batting .100.

Owwwwwwww-ch!

Jere said...

"is that some type of lockerroom trainspotting?"

Funny, today I learned the term "pecker checker."

allan said...

ce n'est pas tribe time.

Jere said...

Or as the guy behind me at Game 7 of the 2007 ALCS would say...

Jere said...

"The C is for his goal of batting .100.

Owwwwwwww-ch!"


Heart
sleeve

Average
chest

Zenslinger said...

Beckett PC 61-40.
Chatwood 73-39.

allan said...

jetered to right ...

Patrick said...

at least Beckett is awesome.

Jere said...

Beckett goes 3-0, gets three straight striKes

Dr. Jeff said...

Some run support would be nice.

meunier said...

I wonder if the Sox had a Seder this week?

allan said...

5th BB for sox in last 3 innings

meunier said...

Not sure who would be there besides Youk and Theo.

Jere said...

we're about to break the fuck through

Patrick said...

Now's the moment Crawford get his big hit. DOUBLE down the right field line.

tim said...

break on through to the run scorin' side!

Patrick said...

what the shit? Sac bunt? Really?!

meunier said...

Whew I thought he caught it on the fly for a sec

allan said...

actually don't mind the bunt. though i wish tek and lbj were not the batters.

Jere said...

I've seen some pretty impressive dongs from Tek this year. I grant you they were in batting practice. So if he can just get some solid wood against double-wood....

Patrick said...

What's the avg now, guys?

Jere said...

nope. another of his awful half-swings

allan said...

ck swing on sasahe

tek now had batted with 25 men on base -- and 0 rbi.

RedSoxDiehard said...

.045

RedSoxDiehard said...

LBJ!

allan said...

o'neill plays it on a hop ...

Patrick said...

BAM!!! LBJ with a shitty hit, comes up big!

Jere said...

yay runs

meunier said...

Yes, Tek SASUAHE rendered meaningless.

allan said...

tek in danger of hitting his pants size?

allan said...

okay, josh, there are your runs.

meunier said...

LBJ CS

Jere said...

Tek hitting his revolutions per minute preference?

(set up is there for a single vs. long play joke) (if it were the 70s I guess)

RedSoxDiehard said...

tek in danger of hitting his pants size?

Tomorrow, his shoe size...

Jere said...

no wait #33 must prefer 33 rpm, forget it

RedSoxDiehard said...

Damn, THAT was the first hit? :(

meunier said...

Beckett had to eat it

Jere said...

At least he's got no one to blame

allan said...

catcher's throw on the LBJ CS was short. it hit the ground and bounced under ellsbury's sliding leg, and aybar gloved it on the hop, past the leg.

tim said...

alright, watching this one without threading...at least these announcers (LAA) aren't saying much at all.

night!

Patrick said...

DEALING!!!!!!

Jere said...

We can gain on Balt and Tamper with a W.

allan said...

beckett - 1 run in last 3 starts (21 innings), 0.43.

Patrick said...

Not that swears are off limits, I feel like being a little more raunchy than usual, threading this late at night.

allan said...

maybe wait 2 minutes, until after midnight ... :>)

allan said...

third instance of b2b BB.

make

them

pay ...

meunier said...

Come on, blow it open

Jere said...

not what scioscia was looking for

Jere said...

worst non-Tek at bat of the night

Patrick said...

Ortiz, don't let them get away with this shit!

allan said...

after that high pitch for ball 2 to marco, i swear the LAA tv guy said the angels were hoping that scutaro "was in tek mode".

but then i realized they said scutaro was in "protect mode" with two strikes.

Patrick said...

It's late

allan said...

seems like a perfect time for raunchy comments ...

Patrick said...

Shucks! Darnnit!

meunier said...

Anyone warming?

Jere said...

Looking at that hit again, Beckett didn't exactly field it like a pitcher who had a no-hitter going.

Patrick said...

I had a feeling about that.

meunier said...

All of that work erased :(

Jere said...

i hope this piece of dogshit makes the game-losing error later

Dr. Jeff said...

That is some bullshit.

allan said...

makes that ball 3 call on what looked like strike 3 very annoying

Dr. Jeff said...

Whoa.

meunier said...

Is Pap not available tonight because of the 4 out save yesterday?

allan said...

bot with 25 pit yesterday, outing before was back on 4/16, so i say yes.

allan said...

yes, he's available, that is.

Patrick said...

I'm sick of losing games and being under .500

Let us mother fucking win this game.

RUNS!!!

RedSoxDiehard said...

CC BB

Patrick said...

Time to earn a little of your contract, CC!

Patrick said...

That's the best thing Tek has done at the plate all year!!!!

allan said...

Tek OBP ... rising!!!

Jere said...

Too bad Lowrie didn't try to find out if Rodney was wild.

Patrick said...

Tek OBP ... rising!!!

LOL

RedSoxDiehard said...

Tek's most productive PA in weeks!

allan said...

Sadly, Patrick is not being sarcastic.

allan said...

bard up

allan said...

and bot stretching ...

allan said...

time for drew to torch this motherfucker.

RedSoxDiehard said...

We need a laser!

meunier said...

whiff :(

Jere said...

no respect from the ump there

allan said...

i can hear the drums, fernando ...

Jere said...

He looks marvelous (I tell ya)

Patrick said...

I'm gonna be pissed if we lose this one.

allan said...

surprised to see beckett out there

Jere said...

#-minute wait

Patrick said...

HAHAHAH! IDIOT!

allan said...

OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BONE HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jere said...

nice try fuckface

RedSoxDiehard said...

We needed that!

allan said...

LAA TV: leadoff double should have been more than enough

allan said...

idiot turning around to watch drew TWICE before he got to second ... and still goes for third!

Benjamin said...

Beckett borrowing Pedroia's line

Jere said...

I love how he looks back--and determines going to third is the right move! And The Scioscial Net-jerk argues just because that's his role I guess.

Jere said...

Beckett: Where do you think he learned that kinda language?

allan said...

man, if i was an angels fan, i would be beyond fuckin livid...

Patrick said...

Evil Bert has one freaking home run. People were predicting 40...

Hit a home run! Hit it now! Show us your Dong!

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