Yankees - 211 110 000 - 6 8 2 Red Sox - 150 010 20x - 9 12 0On Tuesday, after Boston had lost its fourth straight game, David Ortiz said
All it takes is one click, man. One click. That's what changes things around.That click may very well have been Dustin Pedroia's solo home run into the Monster Seats in the bottom of the first.
Lackey had been squeezed on a few pitches in the top half and he walked two Yankees, both of whom scored on Robinson Cano's double to center. But Pedroia went deep, and although the Yankees added a run in the second, the Red Sox batted around in their second inning, ending Hughes's day after only 14 batters (2-7-6-2-0, 46).
It began with three singles from J.D. Drew, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, and Jacoby Ellsbury. Marco Scutaro's fielder's choice scored one run, Pedroia's single scored two, Adrian Gonzalez's single scored another run, and David Ortiz singled home the frame's fifth run.
Lackey (5-7-6-2-2, 91) methodically blew the three-run cushion. He allowed runs in all five of his innings, and when he walked off the mound in the fifth, the game was tied 6-6.
Saltalamacchia's double in the home half of the inning scored Kevin Youkilis (who walked three times) and gave the Sox the lead for good. The bullpen quartet of Alfredo Aceves, Bobby Jenks, Daniel Bard, and Jonathan Papelbon allowed only one hit and two walks over the final four innings. Bard and Papelbon looked especially strong.
The weekend games:
Saturday: Ivan Nova / Clay Buchholz
Sunday: CC Sabathia / Josh Beckett
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SalTALA!
TALA HALF-DONG!
Joe Castiglione informs us that this is the Red Sox's first wall-ball this year.
I think Remy and Orsillo love saying Saltlamachhia (sp?).
Yup, I think the same thing - they like saying the name.
We like saying SalTALAmacchia. :)
I think we have found his nickname. If he is worthy.
"...Lackey, who departs."
Finally!
OK, we survived Lackey. Now to win this thing.
REYES DFA!!!
woo hoo
I think we have found his nickname. If he is worthy.
Whose nic and what is it?
Salty = Tala
SALT-A-LA-MACCH-I-A!
Yeah, I like saying it, too. Even more amusing to see it written on the back of his jersey.
Oh man, I don't know. Who could ever deserve being named after the beautiful and brilliant Tala? :)
Maybe Sal-tala?
no to tala
I figured as much. Never mind.
We were thinking our new dog should be named for another part of his last name - like Chia.
But she'll probably have her own name already.
Saltalamacchia the new Malphabet?
I think Saltala would be ok. :)
he's gonna have to be a REALLY good player to be tala...
"Gardner has been trouble today."
No kidding!
At least now I have a way to remember how to spell his name.
Did all your dogs come with names? Since Cassie was picked up by the police without ID, we had to find a new name for her. I always wonder what her first name was and if she would even remember it at this point.
91, huh? Guess he had no time to pick a real number.
Our dogs who were fostered had names - but the dogs we found on the street did not! Or they didn't tell us what their names were, anyway.
If we really hate the name, we'll re-name - they adjust really fast. But if we can live with it, we'll keep it.
i think he was 91 with ny last year too
No way Cassie would remember her old name now, IMO. The rescue group that fostered Tala renamed her - and she does not answer to Tiffany!
At least Gardner did not drive in a run.
cody and tala had names
gypsy, clyde, and buster did not
I WANNA A POTATO
NICE DP!!!!
Nice!
CIDP!!!
BIG double play. Thanks, CI!
Finally a clutch DP!
Jeter comes through in the clutch.
Good evening all!
Our first dog was named Zappa. We were not Mothers of Invention fans, so we renamed him ZappER.
YES! DP!
He adjusted quickly, being called Zapper, Zap, Zappy, etc.
Ha Tiffany. That was the name of one of our rescued labs. We decided that was too prissy and renamed her T-Rex, which motors to T-Bone, and is now just T.
Hey, look! No Yankees runs for that half-inning! It's a miracle!
Man, why am I so NEGATIVE today? LOL
Tiffany, huh? I wouldn't answer to it either. :)
Not Tala. How about j-rod?
Another ex-Tiffany! And we also call Tala T. Comes from Tala-bo-bala, then Talabo, then T-bo, then just T. we call her T-bo a lot.
note for today: the yankees will not be the first team in american league history to score in all nine innings ...
Scutaro was robbed.
any other SS catches that at his waist by taking two steps over.
Is it true that no AL team has ever scored in all nine innings? Has a NL team?
We got a dog six months old named 'Precious.' We got her a pink rhinestone collar and kept the name--but it was Presh pretty quickly.
Tiffany, huh? I wouldn't answer to it either. :)
:)
It's amazing how quickly they will answer to a new name, though. When we found Clyde, I was afraid to name her because we weren't going to keep her. She started answering to "little dog"! Then I figured, we better give this dog a name.
in my searches at petfinder last week, i saw a white shepherd named tala. that was strange -- esp. since those dogs all look alike.
"A statue of Carl Yaz..." "It would be fitting"? Joe, get a fucking grip.
That 9-inning-score thing is a big theme on JoS. One of Allan's minor obsessions.
I always like that name Presh when you say it. But Precious - totally different.
aceves was going to start for the pawsox last night -- and he goes only one here?
Will somebody buy that man a razor??
Jenks possessed by the spirit of Dennys Reyes?
shave that shit, jenks. you'll pitch better.
Laura--we found a magazine page that said, 'Permission to be Precious'--which we naturally had laminated so we could hang it. It's still there! And she always did--have permission.
Jenks has been bad so far except for one game.
Permish to be Presh :)
WEEI just reported Manny Ramirez has announced his retirement (!).
No more Manny to kick around....
he may be possessed by the appetite of reyes.
No details...
Wow, Manny retired?
What?? Manny just retired
HOLY SHIT - MANNY RAMIREZ RETIRES?
wow - i am shocked.
Manny Ramirez just retired per NESN.
Wow.
Jon Rish also reports on WEEI that MLB's statement is they notified Manny about an issue pertaining to their drug policy.
So... perhaps he was caught using a PED and would have gotten suspended for 100 games, and instead announces his retirement?
"Rather than continue with the process of the program, Ramirez announced he is retiring as an active player."
Drug inquiry the impetus here?
Oops. I guess my feed is a little behind. Now Heidi talking about some MLB drug treatment program?
Manny drug bust?
Maybe he can take Damon with him.
Gets it!
sounds like it might be a drug issue
Nice catch CC
He caught it!
The first thing I thought of was the drug test program (sadly).
@ESPNJoeyMac: According to MLB, Manny failed a drug test. Instead of continuing with the process, Manny informed MLB he has retired.
Guess they have to change that commercial ASAP.
I didn't know what kind of drugs...
Manny: good times.
Wait, what happened to Manny?
E-Rod!
E-ROD
What a great pic. Ah, Manny.
don and jerry praise colon and he did do well, but he is also in line to get the L today.
My son is 6 months old, and he is "watching" his first Red Sox-Yankee game with me here at home. Hopefully they will hang on to win.
Ok Sox, win it for the Little Doctor!
sad that the sox have not won a world series in his lifetime.
Oh no white flag 2.0 up in the pen
Flo half dong!
My daughter is 3, and I taught her early on the baseball terms "home run", "double play", and "Big Papi!"
All right...let's blow this game wide open.
Papi!!
Which White Flag would that be? We seem to have a few.
Heading out now. We'll see more info surface on Manny soon.
Already heard he failed the drug test in Spring Training and was informed about it a week ago.
I like the way you think, Jeff. You gotta bring the kids up right.
why doesn't manny buy drugs that can't be detected like everyone else?
we need fire insurance
YES!!!! Drew!
Fiery Ribbies!!
FIIIIIIII-YUHHHHHHHHHHH!!
FIREman!!!!!!
Drew comes through!
OK, now I remember why I love baseball. I was starting to wonder.
Teix isn't ranging much today.
was that a snort?
Man, maybe I should have stayed on the road to get home longer! Offense, woo!!!
This is the text I received from my son after the first inning. I love the way he thinks.
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They were sure to score at least two...might as well get them out of the way early.
Bard, has blown 10 of 14 save chances in his career.
Bard, has blown 10 of 14 save chances in his career.
I believe I posted about that a few days ago.
Okay, Bard-o! Keep the lead!
And did we need that reminder right now?
we did not
I have actually thought my commenting on Bard's shitty save % was becoming a broken record by this point.
I think those started because of all my bitching about Pap and wishing Bard was the closer. You persuaded me otherwise. For now.
That was a mini-giggle.
97 mph for Bard. Looks like he has his confidence back.
bard - much better control, fb down, very nice.
Bard OTT
Up to Papelbon now. Damn.
Is that the first OTT? It's been hard to keep up.
1st OTT by our staff today
This is a good test for Pap. Get the save.
Good afternoon, everyone. Are we doomed yet?
Why the hell does NESN show a Upton HR and Cameron getting hurt from last year as their Rays footage?
the bard thing is not really fair. he pitched a shitload of hi-lev innings last year and did very very well. but for some reason, he blows saves.
Get the save.
Better that our batters should eliminate it.
You are correct, Benjamin.
how about getting rid of the save stat altogether?
Hi, Ofer. What time is it there? After midnight?
Yes def'y Benjamin - then eliminate the stupid "save situation" from our vocabulary altogether.
Wow, the new GDGD looks good. I mean, it's shit in a nice package, but it's still a nice package.
CI up 2nd in the 9th, so he cannot make out #27. #26 will have to do.
FY!
Ow! I used to ump little league games and getting hit in the facemask HURTS!
FY!!!
3 minutes after, Amy.
It is pretty cool, Ofer. Stadium graphics and lots of good info.
I agree, ofer, a finer shade o' shit....
*my usual sales pitch for MLB Audio 19.95 for the whole season*
For $20, why suffer?
i have not used the new gameday, but it does not look as useful. with the old one, all the info was pretty much there and all you had to do was scroll. this one has the buttons on the bottom for various features. seems like they just wanted to use these neat pics of the home stadium. (which i am surprised do not have identifiable ads on them. or do they?)
Speaking of GDGD, I swear it said that McDonald was thrown out at third to end the game Thursday. It wasn't until I got home that I realized he had overrun second.
"Red Sox trying to secure their first victory."
Secure! Secure!
This begins our 10-game win streak.
1
Nice K. Looks like he missed his spot though.
1!
10? pessimist.
ball 1 and strike 2 were the exact same distance inside, but called differently.
I love seeing "bunt pop up" as CI's last at-bat.
Nasty pitch.
2
Mr. 26
Awesome! Jeter looked terrible on that one.
2!
HILLBILLY MOJO!
One more, and the water will be sullied.
bot ain't fuckin' around.
Secure, secure!
So far, so good. One more!
3!
DIRTY WATER BABY
:)
Finally!
DIRTY WATER!!!
BOT!!
WOOOO!!!!!!!
Water
156-6 -- still possible.
OK, let's not collide!!
WIN!! Dirty water!!
I will be there tomorrow! For our SECOND win of the year.
:)
:)
:)
First of many.
finally - play a team shitty enough so we can grab a win.
Home sweet home dirty stinkin' water!!
Have fun Amy.
happy happy happy!
Yeah, win it tomorrow for Amy! (And all the rest of us!)
Thanks, Kat!
I can't thread at the game, but I will be with you all in spirit.
And stuck with two Yankee fans...
Enjoy tomorrow, Amy!
Dirty water! I'm in Boston at the National Conference for Media Reform, so I've been following along on my phone. Yaaaay!
Sorry to disappear there, folks!
Nice job by Papelbot in the ninth. Love that dirty water!!!
Win it Sunday for me - I'll be the one in the stands cheering for the home team. ;-)
DIRTY WATER!!!! Listened to this one at work but no threading for me, Manny news was ridiculous. Wow.
I figured he was retiring so he could come out of retirement, join the Sox tomorrow and get a couple games in against MFY ;)
Enjoy tomorrow Amy! Just remember, you have more backup then they do there and I'm sure you'll have a section full of people willing to back you up if things get unruly...
Was good to witness the first win of '11 from the grandstand. And the least amount of Yanks fans at a Yanks-Sox Fenway game I've seen in a while, don't know why. Will look for Amy there tomorrow!
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