Red Sox - 001 201 000 - 4 5 0 Angels - 000 000 120 - 3 9 2Lester (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.
Boston Starters
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.Games 1-12 - 6.71 ERA Games 13-18 - 1.37 ERA
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.
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No MRI for Yook, could be back tomorrow.
Ellsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Ortiz, DH
Lowrie, 3B
Drew, RF
Crawford, LF
Saltalamacchia, C
Scutaro, SS
Here's a quiz for you, A Red Sox win and a Padres loss tonight means what?
Yanks rained out.
Allan, quick view on "Wingless Angels" if you may? Wondering if they're worth my time.
For "Earth Day" - Listen to me! I'm from the bush!
I'm talkin' to you!
I'm from the bush!
Tim: Reggae is not my bag, so I cannot offer an opinion.
For "Earth Day" - Listen to me! I'm from the bush!
I like this.
Oh, its reggae. I had no idea, I just knew it had something to do with Keef. Yeah, I do enjoy reggae, just not particularly his.
That Warumpi band...that's the only song I've heard by them, but it has a sweet rhythm. They are (or at least the lead singer is) aboriginals from Australia.
What the Buck?
I say that every time I hear an anthem.
Here's a shocker: I'd abolish playing the anthem before all games.
jesus - why can't i fuckin get nesn?
NESN!
Time to smoke some shisha and play some bingo!
are there angels fans in cnaada saying "yay, i got the LA feed"? i doubt it. ... there are many more sox fans. yo rogers: give the masses what they want!!
tim, whatchoo talkin 'bout?
they're showing NESN on the HD channel
well, fuck you.
"enjoy the game"
you're welcome to come over.
ENJOY THE GAME
yay Angels unis from "my day"
if i had known a few hours ago, i might have.
i have a dream when the jays game is done, one of the sportsnet channels will flip over...
i have the name/email of a contact at the president's office at rogers i plan on emailing in may to figure out wtf this shit is with their EI feeds.
Hello, JOSers. I give you folks credit for staying up through the game last night. I doubt I will make it more than an hour, but want to see some baseball!
Why are they wearing the 1980's uniform ?
as far as EI feeds, i have been told they get what they get and they pass it along. i also was told that it is almost always the home team feed -- though i have plenty of evidence that is not true.
i like those angels unis
i was yawning like crazy at 8:30 or so, but i have a second wind of sorts.
That's also what I've been told, but clearly its what the CSRs have been told to say by rogers brass...pure BS.
I plan on telling them that its not true.
I have been tired all day. I'm not long for this one tonight.
Sox wearing the away alternates tonight
i like the way this lester kid has started out
i like those angels unis
Nostalgia...a great thing.
Don: "They got their old halo uniforms on..."
The current unis also have a halo on the A.
MIL got a pitcher homer from Yoveni tonight.
good start, sid!
"Sox wearing the away alternates tonight"
It's the Friday road uni
Lester being racist to the Angels
We finally ditched Comcast a few weeks ago. We just got tired of the pathetic customer service and the myriad of lies.
We now have Dish Network, with a minimum number of channels, and are saving about $80 a month.
NICE OTT!!!!!
As in KKK.
we're off to see the wizard, the grand wizard of OTT
"I've Got More Action Than My Man John Woo
I've Got Mad Hits Like I Was Rod Carew"
(carew in the booth)
why wouldnt rogers show the same game in HD that it is showing via EI?
if they can show nesn on HD, why not on EI?
"O.J. Simpson, not a Jew/But guess who is, Hall of Famer Rod Carew—-he converted"
Carew also threw out first ball
Wow, Haren making our batters look right silly.
This could be quite the duel
rays/jays 4-4 in bottom of 10th
I hope I get a harmonica.
Answer to my earlier quiz: If Sox win and Padres lose, all 5 other divisions will have a team with a worse record than the Red Sox.
We need these small victories after 2-10.
I was thinking someone should turn this into a tart with an almond crust; http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/04/passover-pate-de-fruits-manischewitz-recipe.html
KKK
K
At this rate I might actually see a good chunk of the game before I fall asleep.
I now have my dates to go to Santo Domingo for my DR residency application.
I was about to say he had no-hit stuff
FY saves the day
"At this rate"
That's usually the point when the rate changes dramatically.
I don't like the hanging socks hats.
Salty you tool
WP
Spoke too soon.
Celtics are up 3-0 on the Knicks now
"At this rate"
That's usually the point when the rate changes dramatically.
THIS
Spoke too soon.
AND THIS!
dalton trumbo
Who is Dalton Trumbo? I'm too tired to look it up.
o you are a beautiful man Dustin
American screenwriter and novelist ... refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 ... wrote the 1939 novel, Johnny Got His Gun ...
DP!
Phew! We cannot give up runs when hitting against Haren.
FY is the man!!
Thanks A. I love the civics/humanities lessons I get here.
JOhnny Got His Gun was a Jeopardy answer this week--and also what the Metallica "One" video is based on I think.
buck martinez says rogers will go to the oak/sea game when the jays are done .. fuckers.
red sox "trying to get something going" in the 3rd - i think it oughta count!
it would be very cool to see dan haren PITCH A PERFECT GAME
salty!
looks hurt though :(
God damn did he hurt himself?
Salt with some wounds
Oh great
Hi everyone. My first game thread of the year. Figures, the Sox are on the west coast, and I am on the east coast.
Good timing there, Allan, re the perfect game. :)
Where are you, Rick? Are you living on Pacific Time while here?
Safe!
fuck - what a cannon!
that wasn't the ball that got away
What was that on the field?
still close enough for scioscia to just shut the fuck up for ONCE
the ol' spit out your mouthguard as you slide head first into the bases and fool the umpire into thinking the fielder did not catch the ball trick!
runs!!!!! LBJ!
Heh, we score first. YAY!
LOL, his mouthgard? Fooled me!
Scioscia still yammering.
LBJ! And we have the lead.
My gf calls Scioscia "Rush Limbaugh" based on looks. But also, he can make thousands of people think the way he does even when he's wrong just by repeating it over and over loudly.
I'm in Atlanta. Switching between AtBat and JoS on the iPad. Probably up until midnight at best - have been here too long, no longerbon Pacific time.
Scioscia still jawing. It was a close play at third. The thumb guard was distracting enough to draw the umpire's attention away. I think he would have been called out if not for that.
The magic thumb guard?
I guess Salty is okay.
It was actually the right move by Salt--he was clenching the thumb guard as not to jam any fingers, but when he slid head first (clearly holding something didn't make him think to slide feet first), he had to release the thing to extend the fingers to the bag.
I'm fading. It's about time for me to head to bed. I'll stay awake as long as I can listening to WEEI.
Good night everyone. If it's another 2 am game, I hope we win for all of you who stay up!
I am giving myself one more half inning, and then I too will be turning in.
When do we return to Eastern Time games? (Sorry, Rick.)
eyelids are heavy, may need some tea...
3rd out, pls
come on ump - you blind fuck
"gonna get some bad news"
abreu "gets the bad news" - count it!
I know they let that one go, but is there any team in baseball that is not going to test our catcher's arms this year?
Phew.
there are free bases -- everyone will go. esp. if we never throw down.
Here's where they fucked up on the Angels' retro unis-- the 80s Angels jersey used the vertical arching on the names on the back. The ones tonight have the radial arching.
How's THAT for a civics lesson? :)
How's THAT for a civics lesson? :)
Pretty good. I always did learn things better if they were related to sports.
These radial-arched jerseys make them look like the Naked Gun version of the Angels.
Yes!
FIRE!
all ya need's a bingle CC
Damn, I thought he had that one fair.
WOW! They actually dropped it??
or a reached on error!
CALICRAWFORD!!!!!
I LIKE IT
I blame TOrii! Hahahhaha
Just stopping in to say
BAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHH AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHH HHAHAHHAHAHAHA
Whoo hoo. How does that happen??
Just "gorgeous."
all of this started with 2 outs, no one on.
That was a real Little League play. Tho I am sure SoSock's kids play better.
ok i've been avoiding saying this because it's not the worst thing in the world, but NESN is so horrible at showing pick off throws. They're always caught off guard by it, and we're left with a close up of someone looking toward first. One of these days, the guy's gonna be out and they're gonna miss it. And I'll be pissed.
If nothing else, Salty is tiring out Haren.
Well, as long as his EARNED RUNS don't go up...he pitches to the game.
around 40 pitches this inning
CALICRAWFORD!
that pitch looked strikey
Yeah, but he's tiring me out, too.
jere - it sure did
And regular salty. not kosher at all.
OK, good night. Keep the lead. I hope to wake up to a W in the morning.
Okay, good night for real.
Nice lead. Let's keep it.
need a "carved foul" and "takes with him" for bingo
jays 6, rays 4 (11)
MFY ---
TOR 2.5
TBR 3.0
BAL 3.0
BOS 4.0 (will be 3.5 or 4.5)
nice AB wells
Johnny Got His K
Lester through 1.1 IP = 4K
Lester through 3.2 IP = 4K
...
Lester through 4.0 IP = 5K!
haren doubles his season walk total in the last five batters.
HA HA
Why would the Angels have a closer type guy up in this part of the game?
double hit
oh hit arm
the ball hit him in the batter's box
why does radio shack ask for your phone number when you buy batteries?
Why don't they build the whole plane out of the black box?
BERT beats it out!!!!
WOW Gonzalez beats a DP!!
Strand a pair...
If the professor can make a radio out of coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?
It was a 3-hour tour. A 3-hour tour!
"... and the rest"
wicked.
marco the beast. 666-3 on the putout.
jered weaver doing a psa for the angels. he doesn't look quite as haggard as the unabomber did when he was arrested, but it's close.
JED!
Lead off triples are hot sexy!
second base is confusing us today
wait--Remy saying triple all the way--did you see him clearly bobble it leading Jed to go for third?? hellooo
plus LAA TV saying it was a double/E7
Remy very stubborn about this. Replay just proved him wrong again! You see Lowrie slow up then speed up when he sees the bobble, but Remy saying he's refusing to change it in his own scorecard, says Jed had no intention of stopping.
fiyah!
yup, NESN also saying the same (double+E) which makes sense.
remy: pls don't be like morgan and mccarver, who never change their minds even when presented with a mountain of evidence
NESN - Accuracy Is Overrated
NESN just showed COL breaking up a FLA no-no in the 9th.
yet COL had 1 run on the highlights. hmm.
I can't wait until we get our new hundred million dollar player Carl Crawford. I heard he's pretty good.
walk, passed ball, advance to 3rd on a ground out, score on a missed catch K - top of the first.
makes sense.
that was so weird, because it was the type of ball that's always a double. So as soon as he bobbled it and you saw Jed going for 3, you KNEW he was doing it BECAUSE of the bobble. Yet Remy was anti-error from the start, and even when the replay showed the brief slow-up by Jed as he approached second, he wouldn't change his mind. And the fact that Don was still calling in an "apparent" bobble before the first replay tells me these guys just don't see stuff the first time that we see on our screens. (which is understandable but you'd think they'd believe what the monitor shows them on replay when it differs from their memory of the play)
solid hustle, wells
I'm feeling really comfortable about this game, and I like it.
fuck sakes don.
stop calling him "rodriguez"
that swing looked really late
That sour comment I made about Crawford again Re:Gonzalez.
ha, I was hoping Don's audio issues would lead to a laugh attack--it took a while, but here it comes...
top-notch analysis from nesn re: basketball
"this one wasn't so much close as it was not close"
Johnny (Mathis) got his (ball past) (Petey) Gunn.
Padres lost! We have to hold on.
some clown from the SIXties, man!
This pitcher's dad was freakin' Bozo!!!
grandfather, not dad
what kind of a clown name is Eric???
I can't believe this clown is walking Salty.
Did you see Salty's slide? He clearly doesn't know how to slide feet first. That must be why he's holding the thumb guard as training wheels. He tried the feet first there and failed miserably. Imagine that, a ballplayer who can't throw, hit, or slide. Getting walked by a child actor grandson of a clown.
"A ball? I'm Bobby Abreu!"
I mean, "A strike...." You know what I meant.
You suck Jenks
Looked like a swing but NESN gave no replay.
TORII WITH THE BAT FLIP. I love it.
Salty really shouldn't be wearing a bible verse on his protector, you can't display one in the stands.
Are they really gonna go from Bozo the Clown to Henry David Thoreau?
oh holy hell ...........
OMG YOU IDIOT
You telling me John 3:16 is no longer allowed? That used to be a staple. When did they change that?
Oh my fuckin god! When someone's pointing behind you, you look behind you! ANd run back there!
jeemer up
Is there anything Salty CAN do?
Is there anything Salty CAN do?
Reply to some blogger's questions?
Bozo 4:13: And ye shall heed the call of thy red-footed mates, who are telling you the fucking ball is behind you!
"Reply to some blogger's questions?"
Without giving him the secret nicknames!
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