April 29, 2011

G25: Mariners 5, Red Sox 4

Mariners - 200 010 200 - 5  7  0
Red Sox  - 012 100 000 - 4  8  2
Matsuzaka (4-3-3-4-4, 82) was taken out of the game one batter into the fifth inning in what was later called a precautionary move because of right elbow stiffness. While facing Ichiro Suzuki, Dice's fastball dropped to about 85 and Jason Varitek was quick to call out Terry Francona and trainer Mike Reinold.

In the seventh, with Boston up 4-3, Bobby Jenks allowed a single to Ichiro and a double to Chone Figgins. Jenks struck out Milton Bradley, but the tying run scored on Miguel Olivo's grounder to second. After Jenks walked Justin Smoak, he gave up an RBI double to Jack Cust.

In Jenks's last six outings, covering 4.1 innings, he has given up nine runs and 12 hits. His ERA over that period (18.69) looks almost as bad as the dead rodent he has chosen to glue to his chin, but Francona's irregular usage patterns have not done him any favours. Jenks pitched in three straight games out west (throwing 60 pitches on April 20-21-22), then sat on his ass for a week before working tonight.

Jed Lowrie nearly tied the game in the bottom of the ninth, but his fly ball to deep center was pushed back by the wind and caught by Michael Saunders. If it had been hit a little bit further towards right field, it might have landed in the bullpen.

Mike Cameron hit two solo home runs, one down the right field line and one over the Wall. Kevin Youkilis and David Ortiz had RBI singles in the third. Adrian Gonzalez is looking better and better at the plate. He singled in his first two trips, then grounded out to first (Smoak ranged far to his right to rob AG of a hit) and lined out to right.
Example
Jason Vargas / Daisuke Matsuzaka

Matsuzaka makes his third start since his awful outing on April 11 against the Rays. In two starts against the Blue Jays and Angels, Dice has pitched 15 shutout innings, allowing only two hits and four walks. Here are the number of batters faced in each inning of those starts:
0418 vs TOR - 443 333 3
0423 at LAA - 353 434 33
The Mariners are in last place in the AL West, 11-15 and 4.5 GB the Rangers. They have the worst team batting average in the American League (.235)*, the second-worst slugging percentage (.344), and are 9th in on-base percentage (.314). However, they are second in walks (101), one fewer than the league-leading Red Sox. Seattle has allowed 4.54 runs per game, 9th in the AL; Boston is 8th with 4.42.

* Did you know the Padres are batting .208 as a team? Only one of their regulars is batting over .238. In the last seven games, San Diego is hitting .174/.237/.248/.485. It's like an entire team of Saltalamacchias (.191/.255/.234/.489).

AL East: Blue Jays/Yankees and Angels/Rays at 7 PM; Orioles/White Sox at 8 PM.

149 comments:

allan said...

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

allan said...

PAbe says Remy is out again and Old Hickory will fill in.

Jim said...

This announcerphile will be all ears.

meunier said...

Question about politics.. what happens if Harper wins a minority gov. on Monday and then gets another vote of no confidence at the next meeting of parliament?

laura k said...

M, many things could happen - several different scenarios are possible. It's likely we won't know who will actually form the govt for a few weeks after the election.

allan said...

..what happens if Harper wins a minority gov. on Monday and then gets another vote of no confidence at the next meeting of parliament?

Whatever happens in that case will likely be good.

laura k said...

Whatever happens in that case will likely be good.

The danger is that Harper could win a minority govt, table the same budget - and it gets passed. This would be very, very bad.

If the NDP is the official Opposition, we stand a better chance of this not happening.

Please please please.

laura k said...

I was actually just stopping by to say I'll be watching w/o threading, at least until much later tonight. I'm going to do other things while I watch the game.

Like update the wmtc public on Diego! :) (Among other things.)

Later and GO SOX

meunier said...

Old Hickory?

allan said...

Mr. Peter Gammons.

Jere said...

Don specifies it's a 4-man umpire crew. Thanks!

allan said...

Are there also three outs per inning tonight?

Jere said...

"Are there also three outs per inning tonight?"

Well it is on NESN so who knows.

meunier said...

Always important to not let Ichiro get on base.

allan said...

But will they show all 3 outs, that is the question.

allan said...

dice: figgins has a .238 OBP. do not walk him.

meunier said...

fuck

Jere said...

we should be able to hit Sid Farkas.

Kathryn said...

Hey Guys, I'm in and out tonight. I'm interested to see what Dice does next inning. I think he plays such a mental game that this could mess him up.

laura k said...

Not me! They were not serving for me!

Total non sequitir unless you are seeing NESN ads.

Jere said...

windy dong!!!

meunier said...

Cameron!

laura k said...

Mike Cameron DONG!!!

allan said...

nothign wrong with flashing your dong in the wind.

Jere said...

against a bra salesman!

allan said...

summer nights!!!

Kathryn said...

Let's continue the earlier rant...

I HATE THE FOOD SPOTS!

allan said...

yep, it is still a lengthy commercial during an inning, no matter how they frame it.

Jere said...

Gammons unfamiliar with broadcasting rule #1A: "shut up when inning ends"!

allan said...

sox get the gift call.

meunier said...

I think the ump was fooled by the bathead hitting the ground

allan said...

and what should have been a K is a BB.

allan said...

strokin'!

meunier said...

That's not going help his anger management

Kathryn said...

Keep the bats going.

allan said...

shift that.

laura k said...

Yay!

meunier said...

PAPI BEATS THE SHIFT!

Kathryn said...

That was in slow motion.

allan said...

very nice camerawork from RF showing kennedy moving to his left with the pitch, and then not being able to get way over to his right to snag flo's hit. good stuiff from gammo on vargas maybe not getting the ball inside as much as he should have.

allan said...

TOR - 002
MFY - 010

Jere said...

I like having Gammons in there with Stanley because he might bring up stuff like the raking of the beach balls and other classic Fenway stuff.

allan said...

Stanley: the '78 team got off to a slow start.

WHAA????????????

Jere said...

woohoo! rake talk.

meunier said...

JPA just tied the NYY-TOR game

Kathryn said...

Two walks, no runs? I'll take it.

allan said...

Camer-dong!

laura k said...

HOLY SHIT ANOTHER CAMERON DONG

meunier said...

Again for Cameron!

Kathryn said...

Double duty...and a smile from Francona.

allan said...

cameron looks like he's enjoying himself!

Pokerwolf said...

Things are going so well tonight that Cactus got a hit! Woo!

Pokerwolf said...

Looks like we're getting the bounces tonight! Haha!

allan said...

longest homestand of the year - 11 games -- we need to kick a lot of ass.

allan said...

i went away - wtf happened?

Jere said...

albers

allan said...

did the ball hit dice? he looked fine while he was waiting for it to come in from the OF.

Jere said...

no visible sign of inj., at least on the most recent pitch. And I could see Tito mouth "Albers"--Don missed it.

Kathryn said...

Strange. He didn't go after the ball that was hit back up the middle.

Jere said...

"Strange. He didn't go after the ball that was hit back up the middle."

Upon further review, ball was past Dice way too fast, had no time to react.

allan said...

ball did not come close to him and he had no reaction as if he pulled something. but tek signaled to the bench right away, well even before ellsbury got to the hit.

Jere said...

I'm Senor Optimism but even I get queasy anytime you know it's a 1-6-3 chance.

Jere said...

3-6-1 I mean

Jere said...

Albers also missed the throw back to him after that pickoff attempt!

Kathryn said...

Upon further review, ball was past Dice way too fast, had no time to react.

Yep, obvious on the replay.

Kathryn said...

E on Lowrie?? Give me a break.

allan said...

GDGD is wrong. They quickly changed it to E-ALbers.

Kathryn said...

Sometimes it's hard to be a sports fan. I'm trying to keep up with the NFL draft, Caps hockey game, and the Sox. My brain is going to explode.

meunier said...

Dice just got hurt?

meunier said...

I was eating.. Hoping Felix Doubront does not have to pick up the phone.

meunier said...

DOH the old line to 1st DP

allan said...

Clueless about Dice.

Globe: "After giving up a lead-off single to Ichiro in the fifth, Matsuzaka has departed the game because of an unknown injury. Manager Terry Francona, trainer Mike Reinold and assistant trainer Masai Takahashi rushed out to the mound to huddle with Matsuzaka and catcher Jason Varitek."

Jere said...

5 of the 6 pitches were in the zone according to Meeker, and it's a walk.

Kathryn said...

The 'ol 5 strike walk.

meunier said...

Every time I watch Jenks he is no good.

Jere said...

big K

Amy said...

Just catching up here. Still no word on what happened to DiceK?

Amy said...

I come in, and the game is tied. I must be the curse.

meunier said...

Anyone else but Ichiro and he would have been throwing home.

allan said...

jenks has been dynamite in 6 of his 9 outings this year.

Amy said...

Also, any word on Jerry?

allan said...

no word on dice.

jenks on his way to being good 6 of 10.

allan said...

"right elbow tightness"

Jere said...

right elbow tightness

Amy said...

Elbow tightness?

Kathryn said...

Damn it Jenks.

allan said...

bad enough he gives up the lead, but we have to see his fucking disgusting chin, too.

allan said...

TOR - 002 102
MFY - 010 100

Amy said...

I do not like Jenks.

allan said...

long wait for vargas may mean he's rusty ...

allan said...

bard and jeemer up

allan said...

this is frustrating.

Kathryn said...

VERY frustrating.

Amy said...

The whole season has been frustrating.

Amy said...

So far...

Amy said...

It feels like he is pitching one pitch every ten minutes. Or else I am just really tired.

Amy said...

Get OKI OUT of there.

Jere said...

beautiful

Amy said...

DP DP

allan said...

now ... run(s)

allan said...

bert
yook
flo
jed
cameron...

Jere said...

dong
dong
dong
dong
dong

Kathryn said...

We are off to DC tomorrow for the weekend. We're going to Ford's Theater tomorrow night and the Capitals game on Sunday night. This is probably good news, as I won't be around for Lackey's start.

meunier said...

Couldn't the GG appoint a new PM for a year if Harper is voted out by Parliament a second time?

Amy said...

He was robbed!

Amy said...

Have fun, Kathryn.

tim said...

hello thread! surviving tax season...barely.

publicly - congrats on diego! can't wait to meet him.

as for this game, looks like jenks laid some serious stank out. time for a walk-off now pls.

allan said...

nasty curve.

Kathryn said...

Thanks, Amy. It should be fun. I've never been to Ford's Theater.

Bad at bat for Youk. Nasty strike 3

Jere said...

"We're going to Ford's Theater tomorrow night .... I won't be around for Lackey's start."

I think this was Lincoln's last diary entry.

allan said...

Couldn't the GG appoint a new PM for a year if Harper is voted out by Parliament a second time?

No. But if he gets a minority govt and brings his budget and they again vote it down, the 3 parties could ask the GG if they can form a coalition govt (I think).

tim said...

that budget is horse shit.

allan said...

I'd say even with all that happened, Lincoln got the better of that deal.

johngoldfine said...

Evening, all--

allan said...

is anyone going to mention that bard was ALREADY A STARTER IN THE MINORS?????????????

johngoldfine said...

If Jenks were our ace we'd all be sporting those things on our chins....

Jere said...

There's a commercial, I think a NESN Bard-themed one, that starts "Daniel Bard's fastball has been clocked at 98 MPH." Why are they short-changing him?

Jere said...

Brandon "Arroyo" League coming on.

laura k said...

Couldn't the GG appoint a new PM for a year if Harper is voted out by Parliament a second time?

No. But if he gets a minority govt and brings his budget and they again vote it down, the 3 parties could ask the GG if they can form a coalition govt (I think).


I believe that's correct.

To my knowledge, the GG cannot appoint a PM. But the GG can ask the parties to find another way to govern.

This may have been said already, I didn't go thru the whole thread, but the party that wins the most seats does not automatically win the right to form a government. That party wins the right to try to gain the confidence of the HoC.

allan said...

i wish there were an extra 2 weeks to the campaign; layton and the ndp might catch ol' shitforbrains.

Jere said...

"If Jenks were our ace we'd all be sporting those things on our chins...."

I often have weird facial hair and don't care about his. He could have a celery stalk sticking out of his butt crack, I just want him to be good.

laura k said...

Thanks Tim! I think of you whenever I see those tax ads. Is it almost over?

allan said...

I would walk around with celery stalks or a bunch of carrots in my ass before I grew one of those fucking dead rodents on my face.

Kathryn said...

Maybe Cameron will get the hat trick on this hockey night.

allan said...

MOTHERFUCKEER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jere said...

god effing dammit

laura k said...

OMFG he caught that

allan said...

i will accept cameron getting on and an onfire walk off.

Kathryn said...

Did you see the little salute he gave the fans?

Jere said...

i've had the rodent, on my chin, on my head.... you always look back and say "wow it looked like THAT?" but at the time yr like I'm the man.....

tim said...

truped.
***
monday is the final deadline, L. so i can see the light!

allan said...

tie it, pls

Jere said...

what's on League's earlobe?

johngoldfine said...

I would walk around with celery stalks or a bunch of carrots in my ass before I grew one of those fucking dead rodents on my face.

Some people use this term loosely. Around here I save it for when it counts: LOL!

laura k said...

The budget is indeed shit. The big fear is that he'll table it again and THEY'LL PASS IT.

Thereby confirming all of Harper's BS about an unnecessary election.

But maybe they won't pass it.

Hoping.

And for Drew.

But way more for Canada.

tim said...

those tax ads are also horse shit.

laura k said...

Monday night is a big night in many ways then.

tim said...

argh...clean.

time for west coast hockey. night all!

laura k said...

Oh fuck. Clean.

Crap!

Amy said...

Another really annoying loss.

allan said...

shit poop

allan said...

back to work ..........

Kathryn said...

Crapola.

G'night all. I'll try to catch you on Sunday afternoon.

laura k said...

I would walk around with celery stalks or a bunch of carrots in my ass before I grew one of those fucking dead rodents on my face.

JoSers, I'll let you know if it ever comes to that.

allan said...

I am home for the weekend, so I'll be able to watch both games. I would like to enjoy them.

Jere said...

Looked into the earlobe thing, and though I hate to credit Kay for anything, I found this line:

Michael Kay, over a YES close-up of Jays pitcher Brandon League, said, "I see he has earring holders [plugs] in his ear lobes so the holes for his earrings don't close up. I think Babe Ruth did that, too."

Jere said...

Was timing the commercials tonight. Sometimes it was 2:40 or more from pitch to pitch, sometimes it was 2:15. It was set up differently tonight from last night, though, as almost every inning led off with Don reading an ad--so they were almost always back with a solid 20 seconds to spare before the pitch for Don to read the 15 second copy. I'm wondering if this is the weekend format? Will have to check next week during the week to compare.

Jere said...

Jeter/Swisher kill bases loaded rally in 8th! Yanks still trail 5-3.

allan said...

Fin:

TOR 5, MFY 3
BAL 10, CWS 4
LAA 8, TBR 5

(Santana walk-off grand slam for the Spiders)