April 22, 2011

G19: Red Sox 4, Angels 3

Red Sox - 001 201 000 - 4  5  0
Angels  - 000 000 120 - 3  9  2
Lester (6-4-0-2-8, 111) escaped jams in the second and third innings, and outdueled Haren (6-5-4-3-6, 109). Boston has won six of its last seven games, and is 3.5 GB the Yankees (and only one game out of second place).

Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit a two-bagger with one out in the third and, with two outs, Jacoby Ellsbury doubled him home. With two outs in the fourth, Haren walked Jed Lowrie and allowed a double to J.D. Drew. Both runners scored when center fielder Peter Bourjos dropped and kicked Carl Crawford's routine pop fly to short right-center.

In the sixth, Lowrie doubled to left and kept running to third when Vernon Wells bobbled the ball on the warning track. Drew quickly knocked Lowrie in with a single, the only one of Boston's five hits that was not a double.

Matt Albers allowed a two-out run in the seventh and Bobby Jenks started the eighth by giving up a double to Howie Kendrick and an RBI single to Bobby Abreu. Abreu took second on a wild pitch and then advanced two bases on a passed ball (Salty had absolutely no idea where it went), crossing the plate unmolested, cutting the Sox's lead to 4-3. Jenks walked Albertio Callaspo, but then recorded the third out.

Hank Conger singled with one out in the ninth against Jonathan Papelbon, but the Boston closer retired Bourjos on an 0-2 fly to right and struck out Kendrick on three pitches.
Example
Jon Lester / Dan Haren

Boston Starters
Games  1-12 - 6.71 ERA
Games 13-18 - 1.37 ERA
Haren has walked only two batters in 31 innings, while striking out 27 (1.16 ERA, 0.645 WHIP). Righties are batting .179 against him and lefties are at .155; on-base percentages for both groups are also below .200. He and Jered Weaver (who pitched on Wednesday and will miss this series) are dominating the AL Pitchers leaderboard so far this year.

Happy 52nd birthday to Terry Francona!

Two other April 22 anniversaries: 1876 - In the first National League game ever played, the Boston Red Caps beat the Philadelphia Athletics 6-5. ... 1914 - Babe Ruth, age 19, plays his first professional game, pitching a 6-0 for the Baltimore Orioles over the Buffalo Bisons.

AL East: Yankees/Orioles and Rays/Blue Jays at 7 PM.

213 comments:

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allan said...

bot in the 9th ... facing 8-9-1 hitters

Jere said...

hr off the foul pole here. that's my prediction for the night.

Patrick said...

here we go

Jere said...

well, i gave it a shot.

Patrick said...

Let this be vintage Pap

Jere said...

two effing outs.

Benjamin said...

Water.

Patrick said...

Fuck yes!

meunier said...

AGUA SUCIA

Jere said...

YEAH! I fucking visualized strike 3 like The Quiz taught me on the Baseball Bunch and it fucking worked!

tim said...

WATER!

Bed time. Pap looks GOOD.

allan said...

3.5 GB with 5+ months to go.

Benjamin said...

Saltalamacchia even missing on the fistbump with Papelbon.

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