Red Sox - 000 100 000 - 1 6 0 Orioles - 011 010 10x - 4 12 1Boston could get nothing going against Britton (6-5-1-2-2, 94) and two relievers, while the Orioles chipped away at Buchholz (6.2-12-4-2-5, 104), getting at least one runner on base in every inning and scoring three of their four runs on sacrifice flies.
Buchholz set a career-high for hits allowed. He had allowed 10 hits to the Tigers on May 7, 2008 (I was at that game!), and given up nine hits on four other occasions, including twice to the Yankees last season.
Dustin Pedroia singled to start the fourth. He took second on Adrian Gonzalez's grounder, stole third, and scored on Kevin Youkilis's fly ball. With two outs in the fifth, Jason Varitek singled, Jacoby Ellsbury doubled, and Pedroia walked, loading the bases. Gonzalez grounded to second.
Gonzalez doubled to open the eighth, but he was stranded there as Yook popped to first and David Ortiz and Jed Lowrie struck out.
The White Sox edged the Yankees 3-2, so Boston remains 3 GB.
Britton, a 23-year-old left-hander, made his major league debut on April 3. This is his fifth start.
After beginning the season 6-1, the Orioles have lost 11 of their last 13 games. Baltimore has scored more than three runs in only four of those 13 games and they have a team OBP of .287, only .001 better than AL-worst Tampa Bay.
The Yankees were shut out last night, so Boston is 3 GB.
AL East: White Sox/Yankees at 7 PM; Blue Jays/Rangers and Rays/Twins at 8 PM.
Ellsbury, CF
ReplyDeletePedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Youkilis, 3B
Ortiz, DH
Lowrie, SS
Drew, RF
Crawford, LF
Varitek, C
Roberts, 2B
Markakis, RF
Lee, 1B
Guerrero, DH
Scott, LF
Jones, CF
Reynolds, 3B
Wieters, C
Andino, SS
"NESN plus" for NESN people tonight. Can't wait for hockey to end. (Or for NESN to decide that April baseball is more important than playoff hockey.)
ReplyDeleteActually, being a Bruins fan, I'm fine with April baseball being regulated to NESN Plus except that Verizon FiOS does not have that station in HD. :-(
ReplyDelete(I know, picking the Bruins over the Sox is blasphemous here but that's that!) ;-)
MASN - going to the radio so I will not know if Gary Thorne spews more bullshit about Schilling's sock. :>)
ReplyDeleteI do know he will spew a lot of shit in general tonight.
"except that Verizon FiOS does not have that station in HD. "
ReplyDeleteI also have Fios, this is the real reason I'm pissed. (Though if it was in HD, please note I'd still be pissed in principal being second banana to hockey.)
Pedroia shocked by the O's fans saying "oh" at that part in the anthem. Hey, he only plays like 9-10 games a year there....
ReplyDelete1/2 listening to joe - did he just say "zach greinke"?
ReplyDeleteshort LF fence, Adrian
ReplyDeleteWow, I'm not blacked out. I thought sure mlb.tv would not let me have the game since I'm supposedly in the Baltimore viewing area.
ReplyDeleteGreat!
OMG classic stuff going on in the Bruins-Habs game.
ReplyDelete(I know, picking the Bruins over the Sox is blasphemous here but that's that!) ;-)
ReplyDeleteMaybe blasphemous (although I don't think so) but the choice of many JoSers.
I'd naturally prefer to see the Habs win - Canadian, and I wouldn't have to hear about hockey during baseball games anymore. But it's not like I'm invested either way.
ReplyDeleteA quick whistle canceling a Habs goal led to rubber chickens on the ice and more.
ReplyDeleteSo people bring rubber chickens just in case?
ReplyDeletewaffles > rubber chix
ReplyDeleteGood evening! So do we know yet whether Diego is a Sox fan?
ReplyDeleteIs anyone else having audio issues with NESN Plus?
ReplyDeleteGDGD does not says if that was a DP or not.
ReplyDeleteNever mind--audio okay now.
ReplyDeleteDiego is obviously a Padres fan! :)
ReplyDeletePadres fan--- :)
ReplyDeletePadres=Father=Papi=Red Sox. So yes, Diego could be a Sox fan.
ReplyDeleteWe always said Cody was a Mets fan, since she was found under the 7 train in Jackson Heights.
ReplyDeleteTala doesn't care much about baseball, but she follows the UConn Huskies.
Clyde came from the Bronx, but she was daddy's little girl, so... Sox.
he is slowly realizing the padres are too militaristic, so he is thinking seriously about switching...
ReplyDeleteBut his name's not Padre, it's Diego! :)
ReplyDeleteHe can have his own team, it's ok.
My pets are all Sox fans. They were all born here in Massachusetts.
ReplyDeletePoor H, all alone. ;)
ReplyDeleteWow what an AB
ReplyDeleteOK, the audio is again on the fritz. Going in and out. Is it Charter or NESNPlus? Anyone else watching NESN Plus?
ReplyDeleteH enjoys his exclusive status as a NYY fan. He loves provoking New Englanders with his contrariness.
ReplyDeleteOh yes, that attitude is very familiar to me.
ReplyDeleteHH wins the battle
ReplyDeleteThat stinks!
ReplyDeleteKathryn as The Critic :)
ReplyDeleteOn a related note, I have another NYY fan friend (a side effect of being from NY originally) who has been sending me her negative feelings about Manny.
ReplyDeleteI need some ammunition to respond to her comments---e.g., re Manny's fake knee injury, Manny getting voted out by his teammates in LA and CHI, throwing the travel secretary on the ground, etc. Any good sources that tell the other side?
DAMN WTF?
dammit
ReplyDeleteAmy: There is the link about Manny's knee(s) in the "important" section on the right.
ReplyDeleteL, I had to look up The Critic to figure out what you were talking about. Thanks, Wikipedia.
ReplyDeleteHey, Lackey has been pitching well so I have a lot of criticisms stored up!
Thanks, Allan. I will check it out. I knew you had some stuff here somewhere. :)
ReplyDeleteThis was all provoked by the article in today's NYTimes about Manny.
OK, good. Just one run!
ReplyDeleteno idea about non-sox manny stuff. neither manny nor mcccormick has spoken publicly, so we don't know what actually happen.
ReplyDeletep.s.: tell your friend to eff off.
during lackey's great start on sunday, i was thinking, how will kat hate this??? :)
ReplyDeleteHHoudini minus 1
ReplyDeleteP.S. Manny has not played for the Red Sox since JULY 2008!!!!!
ReplyDeleteIs this person afraid to talk about anything Sox-related in the last 3 years?
If this person wants to re-hash the past, bring up 2004.
"Throwing traveling secretary on the ground" sounds like it's confused with Pedro vs Zimmer! I don't remember hearing Manny threw anyone on the ground. I thought it was pushed or shoved or words to that effect.
ReplyDeleteWell I couldn't watch on Sunday (family Easter stuff), but my son managed to get the iPhone going for part of the meal. Anyway, maybe that's the answer--I am not allowed to watch Lackey pitch.
ReplyDeleteno, he put the guy in a wood chipper. tony mazz told me so.
ReplyDeleteI figured it was Easter-related.
ReplyDeleteAmy, I'm on NESN+ (with Comcast), and my audio keeps cutting out too.
ReplyDeleteThat was too fast an inning.
ReplyDeleteI am inclined not to engage further in the debate with her. My last email said that she was not going to change my opinion, that I was not judging Manny as a person but as a ballplayer, and that all ballplayers (like all people) have their flaws.
ReplyDeleteShe responded one more time with the crap I mentioned, but I think I am tired of the debate.
She's a crazy Yankee fan. Great person. I seem to find those. :)
Thanks, Diehard. We have muted it, driving us NUTS. But I may have to stop threading because I can't follow the game while typing without sound.
ReplyDeleteAw come on, you could still correct her version of the facts. At least send a JoS post or two...? :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, I may send her Allan's post on the knee story, but then I have to continue to debate it all with her. Maybe Allan would like to?? He has a better handle on all the facts than my Swiss cheese brain does. :)
ReplyDeleteDamn, I just said, "Remember when he was really scary?" and then he got a hit.
ReplyDeleteJohn Rish called Vlad a "hitting machine". Not anymore. Although he is a swinging machine.
ReplyDeletecastig has twice mentioned a 5-pitch first inning by clay
ReplyDeletehe threw 7 pitches.
dp pls
ReplyDeletePD!
ReplyDeleteFinally a hit!
ReplyDeleteFY theft!
ReplyDeleteYOUK!
ReplyDeletesweat power
ReplyDeleteyouk
ReplyDeletemy apologies to john rish. all these moronic comments tonight are from dale arnold. figures.
ReplyDeleteWho the heck is Andino?
ReplyDeletearnold calls tiz's hit to roberts a "can of corn ground ball"
ReplyDelete***
wieters hits a single that takes "3 lazy hops" to drew; then andino hits a "lazy" fly to drew
is he hinting that drew is lazy?
Andino is playing shortstop for the Orioles tonight.
ReplyDeleteOMG, FY!! You are amazing!!
ReplyDeleteNice play!!!
ReplyDeleteFY!!!!! How does he do that???
ReplyDeleteYEAH--TEK!!
ReplyDeleteA Hit! A Hit!
ReplyDeleteAll right! LBJ!
ReplyDeleteYeah, and an LBJ double. Cool!
ReplyDeleteLet's have a two out rally, please.
ReplyDeleteLBJ! Keep it going, FY
ReplyDeleteReplay just showed that LBJ was sliding into second before Tek got to third.
Bases loaded!
ReplyDeleteDO SOMETHING GONZALEZ! PLEASE!
ReplyDeleteI heard Gonzalez was a good hitter...
ReplyDeleteTime for an EB granny?
ReplyDelete"OK, the audio is again on the fritz. Going in and out."
ReplyDeleteI have Verizon and it was driving me nuts before--first two innings. Was gonna mention it but figured I'd met my complaint quota by that point.
Come on---do not leave them on base.
ReplyDeletearggghhh
ReplyDeleteGuy's on base to hit 6HRs
ReplyDeleteAnd the Red Sox strand a pair and a half...
ReplyDeleteon pace*
ReplyDeleteshit
Well, that stinks!
ReplyDeleteThat could have gotten past CC. Then Vlad would have had...still a single.
ReplyDeleteI think I figured out why I'm not blacked out. mlb.tv takes my location from my zip code associated with my IP address. The local comcast office is in a zip code that was added maybe five years ago. It appears they don't know that zip code. If I put in my zip code, it says I am blacked out. Maybe they won't figure this one out.
ReplyDeleteC'mon HH stay on the bag.
I always seem to come in at these bad moments.
ReplyDeleteToo many hits.
ReplyDeleteToo many runs.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but two of those runs off of scrotum flies. If not for the measly hits, there would have been nobody on third.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but two of those runs off of scrotum flies. If not for the measly hits, there would have been nobody on third.
ReplyDeleteDid Lackey hack Kathryn's account?
I didn't think HH would be our worst pitcher to this point, but he's definitely felt like it after Lackey and Dice-K's back to back good starts.
ReplyDeleteLowrie is due. That he doesn't have a hit already is unfathomable.
ReplyDeleteI miss the Angels' outfielders.
ReplyDeleteThis Britton ain't so Great. Wale away!
ReplyDeleteLOL at Allan.
ReplyDeleteWell, people did say HH pitched better than expected last year so maybe he has just returned to his expected potential?
ReplyDelete"and the red sox strand a pair"
ReplyDeleteWhy is everyone acting like Buchholz is getting shelled? It's only 3-1.
ReplyDeleteI don't like the nine hits.
ReplyDeletehandshakes in the balt dugout suggest that britton is done.
ReplyDeleteHe looks about 18. How old is he?
ReplyDeleteWhy is everyone acting like Buchholz is getting shelled? It's only 3-1.
ReplyDeleteIt's the Orioles, and the starting pitching has been outstanding the past week.
But thanks for bringing me back to earth.
It doesn't have to be pretty. A pitcher allowing hits but not allowing runners to score can be a gutsy performance.
ReplyDeleteWe drove by Camden the other weekend. It really is a pretty park, from the outside and inside.
ReplyDeletePatrick, you do seem a tad negative tonight. :)
ReplyDeleteWhere was that? Looked like a strike.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't suggesting that HH was getting shelled, just saying his pitching generally has not been as solid as last season. He seems to give up a lot more hits, if not total runs.
ReplyDeleteHe's 24.
ReplyDeleteIt's a beautiful park, but a terrible baseball experience. Excruciatingly loud "music" blasting all the time. The worst park I've been to for that.
ReplyDeleteOf course, my view is colored by seeing him get shelled by the Yankees at Fenway a few weeks back.
ReplyDeleteIt seems that a lot of parks have gone crazy with the music. I remember having a tough time talking to my son during a game at Fenway last year (and they are probably on the tamer end).
ReplyDeleteIt's a huge reason we stopped going to games at Yankee Stadium. It's been this way for at least 10 years. You'd have to scream to talk to the person sitting right next to you. Really really bothers me.
ReplyDeleteI strongly agree about the stadium music. I don't know why they feel it's necessary, but it really takes away the 'America's passtime' laid back appeal.
ReplyDeleteWell if it makes you feel better, Clay had given up 40 hits over his first 35.1 innings last year, which is right around 10 hits per 9 innings, which is around what he is now in 2011. Last year he ended up way down at 7.4 H/9, so hopefully he can do something close to that again.
ReplyDeleteYup. Ads and games on the scoreboard constantly - constant noise - because we all have to be "entertained" every second. Can't just sit and watch the game, it's not enough.
ReplyDeleteThis. Drives. Me. Nuts.
Hey, hey, hey warming up.
ReplyDeleteNow that I think about it, change that 10 years to at least 15, probably closer to 20.
ReplyDelete& Jeemer.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jere. It's funny how perspective changes how you see things!
ReplyDeleteNice try, Drew.
ReplyDeleteDale Arnold: "...and the orioles can pretty much salt this one away..."
ReplyDeleteFUCK YOU
Eric Hinske woulda snagged that, done a face plant and would go on to jack a 3-run HR the next inning. Drew just doesn't care.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, Hinske.
ReplyDeleteI like the whole "if Drew cared" thing. I always get a chuckle out of it, never gets old.
ReplyDeleteGary Thorne vs Dale Arnold. Who is the LOTE???
ReplyDeleteSCORE RUNS PLEASE
ReplyDeleteCome back time.
ReplyDeleteYes! Comeback time!
ReplyDeleteWhat they said. RUNS!
ReplyDeleteThat's a start!
ReplyDeletenice hacking, yook-mar.
ReplyDeleteShit
ReplyDeleteTime for Lowrie to hit.
ReplyDeleteYook-mar? As in Nomar? What's the parallel?
ReplyDeleteImpatient hacking
ReplyDeletebah
ReplyDeleteThat was some impressive pitching. Yikes.
ReplyDeleteYay HD! This should turn the game around......
ReplyDeleteDoes it look like Albers has an exceptionally long windup on his delivery?
ReplyDeleteBruins lose, here comes another Claude Choke Job.
ReplyDeletedear sox: now is the time for that rally.
ReplyDeleteIf Drew cared, he'd tie the game right now.
ReplyDeleteOK, we have to lose SOME games. But it would have been nice to have reached .500 tonight...
ReplyDeleteI can see thru this water.
ReplyDeleteClean Baltimore water. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteGood night, everyone.
Clean. Oh well. Tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteYuk, clean. Let's get 'em tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteHope the White Sox can hang on--Yanks have tying/winning runs on base, bottom 9, one out.
ReplyDeleteMLBNetwork showing the Yanks feed. The empty seats are on their feet in the Bronx.
ReplyDeletewhat a catch!!!! Lillebridge saves the game! 2 outs.
ReplyDeleteoh my god!!!!Lillebridge makes a SECOND amazing catch to win the game!! holy shit
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