Red Sox - 010 120 011 0 - 6 16 0 Blue Jays - 300 011 010 1 - 7 9 2Adrian Gonzalez hit a two-run home run to left to give Boston a 4-3 lead in the fifth, then hit another opposite field dong to tie the game in the ninth at 6-6. But it was the legs of Rajai Davis and the non-arm of Jason Varitek (pictured, at left) that sunk the Red Sox in Skydome.
Matt Albers followed Daniel Bard to the hill and pitched a perfect ninth. He retired the first Jay in the 10th, but Davis (who had shown his speed on a fourth-inning triple) chopped a single up the middle. On the first pitch to David Cooper (playing in his ninth major league game; he debuted April 29), the Red Sox pitched out, but Varitek's throw to shortstop Jose Iglesias was late, though Iggy put down a quick tag to make the play somewhat close. On the next pitch, Davis took off for third and beat Tek's throw to Kevin Youkilis.
Desperate for a strikeout or infield pop-up, Albers got ahead of Cooper 1-2 before Cooper lifted a fly ball to center. Jacoby Ellsbury was playing shallow and had to go back on it, but there was no chance of a play on Davis even if he had been coming in on the ball.
Lester (5.1-7-4-5-5, 114) battled most of the night, walking three of the first four Toronto hitters in the first inning, the last one forcing in a run. Carl Crawford singled in David Ortiz, who had doubled, to get the Sox on the board in the second. Ortiz hit a bomb (#5) to dead center in the fourth and Gonzalez (#5) went deep in the fifth, with Dustin Pedroia aboard.
Jose Bautista led off the fifth with his #11 homer - a laser to left - and J.P. Arencibia opened the sixth with his 5th long ball, which gave Toronto a 5-4 lead.
In the top of the eighth, Jed Lowrie doubled with one out and Iglesias pinch-ran. With two outs, Jarrod Saltalamacchia singled to left to tie the game at 5-5. Cooper hit the first homer of his major league career in the home half, but the Jays' lead was short-lived as Evil Bert hit #6 to begin the ninth. After two were out, J.D. Drew singled and Iglesias - in his first plate appearance - struck out, but reached first on a wild pitch. But the inning ended when Crawford struck out.
This wrap-up would not be complete without a loud FUCK YOU to third base coach Tim Bogar. In the fourth, Toronto led 3-2, but the Sox had runners on first and second with two outs. Ellsbury singled to left (3-for-6; 19-game streak!), and Bogar waved Crawford around third. The throw beat him to the plate by 10 feet, ending the inning. It's maddening, and Terry Francona will defend him to the media, of course, saying it was a good gamble, and he would have done the same thing. Like previous idiots in that position, Bogar remains permanently clueless about the relative speed of various Red Sox players and the arm strength of opposing outfielders, and seems allergic to common sense about choosing the right time to take a risk.
Jon Lester / Kyle Drabek
After a 6-5 homestand, the Red Sox are in Toronto for two games before heading to the Bronx for a three-game weekend series against the Yankees. Then it's back to Fenway for a week to play the Orioles, Tigers, and
Since April 15, Boston is 15-8 (.652), a pace equal to a 105.6 win season. If Boston plays at a .652 pace for the rest of the season, they would finish with exactly 100 wins.
W L PCT GB RS RA DIFF EXP W-L Yankees 19 13 .594 --- 170 132 + 38 20-12 Rays 20 14 .588 --- 147 118 + 29 20-14 Red Sox 17 18 .486 3.5 146 154 - 8 17-18 Blue Jays 15 20 .429 5.5 147 159 - 12 16-19 Orioles 14 19 .424 5.5 128 161 - 33 13-20In his last start, against the Angels, Lester had 11 strikeouts while allowing only one run in seven innings. He has allowed two or fewer runs in five of his seven starts this year; he allowed three and five runs in the other two outings.
The Red Sox have been trying to get Alfredo Aceves to stop part of his motion that is clearly a balk since spring training. (Yet Aceves's two balks in the Twins series are the only two of his major league career.) Peter Abraham of the Globe covered Aceves in New York and described him, in light of what appears to be stubborness about altering his motion, as "somewhat of a pain in the posterior. He's a quirky guy, quick to anger and not quite mindful that he ... isn't an All-Star".
AL East: Royals/Yankees, Mariners/Orioles, and Rays/Spiders at 7 PM.
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Ellsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Youkilis, 3B
Ortiz, DH
Drew, RF
Lowrie, SS
Crawford, CF
Saltalamacchia, C
t's the Cubs next weekend, not the White Sox...
Well, look at that. Early interleague; I thought that was in June sometime.
Are you going to either of these games?
Are you going to either of these games?
No. I don't really have a desire to see the Red Sox in person here. Whether it's because Skydome sucks or the $$$ or because it's relaxing at home to watch*, I don't know, but it's not a priority.
(* - all 3?)
Our only MLB game this year will be an afternoon game in Detroit on Thursday, May 25.
(Tim and I saw the PawSox in Buffalo last August. That was fun. Only possible chance this season is Monday, July 25.)
Looks like you got stuck with an election where the left vote was split. At least you have warning of what the incoming BS is thanks to 8 years of American neocons.
Escobar, SS
Patterson, LF
Bautista, RF
Encarnacion, 1B
Hill, 2B
Rivera, DH
Arencibia, C
McDonald, 3B
Davis, CF
Jose Bautista has been a one-man wrecking crew: .359/.524/.772. That's a Bondsian 1.296 OPS, with 10 dongs.
The only other Jay with an OPS over .800 is Lind (.858). Drop the bar to .750 and we get one more: Arencibia (.768).
In his last 12 games, Bautisa is 16-for-36.
Here are the 16 hits:
4 singles
5 doubles
1 triple
6 home runs
.444/.630/1.139 !!!
Plus 17 walks and only 3 K.
Looking ahead:
Fri: Buchholz/Colon
Sat: Beckett/Sabathia
Sun: Lester/Garcia
Matsuzaka was scheduled for Saturday, but with the day off on Thursday, he gets pushed back.
I was in Puerto Plata, D.R. for the last week but I did see some games on the TV.
At least you have warning of what the incoming BS is thanks to 8 years of American neocons.
8 years? More like 31, and counting ... And Obama is as much of a neo-con as Bush, and in many ways, he's worse. ... I lived there for 43 years. I don't need a warning.
Here we are yet again, one win away from .500. Let's do it this time!
2.5 GB at the end of the night? Make it so.
Good evening. I get to cheer out loud tonight since H is at Yankee Stadium with his colleagues. SO THERE HAD BETTER BE SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT!
I don't want to be cursing out loud.
Geoff Zaun filling in for Remy tonight. Looked pretty stiff on the intro.
Gregg Zaun? Zorro?
Cool and rainy up there, Allan?
just cool, cloudy. still grilled and ate outside though!
Uh, we know him as Paula Zaun in our house. But if he's Zorro too then yeah, him.
19
19
Ah, summer!
OK, that's a good start. I think I will yell out loud now.
....
Hmmm, not much fun after all with no one here to hear me!
19???
11!
Are these numbers some kind of secret code?
Yes!
28
Nah, me and Meunier were doing a Paul Hardcastle duet.
No clue what ANY of that means. Must be that generation gap thing again.
Damn.
Does that mean he goes back to 10 SB then?
ellsbury
19 game hitting streak
11th stolen base
Allan, I did a news search to find the earliest use of "scoring position"--earliest I found was in an article from the 1908 WS. (I also found that it used to be a much more common term in football articles. It was like the "red zone" before it was red.)
Aha, you guys are just way too clever. :)
Greg Zaun does not have a good voice to be an announcer. He is so dull.
I've been really remiss on my girls' team players. Two Renes on the Twins. And of course our own Evil Bert is on the girls team. Now duly noted.
Why Paula Zahn?
Because his name's Zaun.
I had to wikipedia who that is.
(Tim and I saw the PawSox in Buffalo last August. That was fun. Only possible chance this season is Monday, July 25.)
And that is planned. Mark your calendars.
Evil Bert as Adrian, I assume, not as Bert.
I assume Paula Zahn because Zahn/Zaun? But then I had no idea what 19 and 11 meant. Oy.
isn't calling gregg zaun "paula" like calling drew "nancy"?
I have missed what is up with Remy..
Meunier, he supposedly had the flu that turned to pneumonia. But there have been no updates, and he has been out for a long time now. I worry that it is more than pneumonia.
Should Remy retire or god forbid expire I'd like to see Eck with Orsillo.
Oh great this is going well
Hey, cut it out, Lester.
Come on, Houdini, time to make an appearance.
tp pls
What does SOSH say about what is going on with Remy now?
"isn't calling gregg zaun "paula" like calling drew "nancy"?"
It would be, if you wanted to make fun of him and thought females were inferior to males. However, we do it because there's like one Zahn and when I heard another I called him by the first one's name.
Jeez, that just sucks.
why is dice throwing lefty?
Yes, Adrian on the girls' team, not Bert!
I've been kind of assuming Remy has had a recurrence of cancer or else is in treatment again. Perhaps incorrectly, but when you've had lung cancer and you get pneumonia... dot dot dot.
It's going to be a long night if Lester is not given the outside of the zone.
Easy big fella
lester to ump: "i'm not talking to you. ... fuck you"
Wow, I am slow tonight. That took me at least fifteen seconds to figure out. I thought you saw DiceK warming up or something.
SoSH wouldn't have inside info on Remy's health, AFAIK
Oh, wow. I may really have to curse out loud, but I am so unaccustomed to it. The pets might get scared.
Allan you could be watching this gem live!
I hate the damn rug. I don't blame you for not wanting to go to this park.
In 2007 we sat through a three-game sweep in Sky Dome. It was brutal. Jays "fans" are not fun to be around.
IIRC, it would have been four games, but one of our dogs was sick and we stayed home. It was the Gagne era.
lester working on a 1-hitter! woo!
Yankee game is already in the third inning. Perhaps it will not be as late a night as I thought.
This Providence Journal article says that Remy's illness is a complication of surgery; http://www.projo.com/redsox/content/projo_20090506_red_sox_remy.2768df03.html
How are Jays' fans worse than other fans? I'd think they'd be polite Canadians.
no idea what sosh says about remy. probably the same as us, thinking it may be worse than reported.
jeff: oh, how i wish i was sipping a $10 beer at skydome while asshole loser jays fans laughed at me.....
Drabek isn't getting the outside much either.
Meunier, that article is from 2009.
flo with the baltimore dong
yay for hits
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I saw in last night's game that Scutaro went to the DL for some reason and Iglesias was called up.
twins led 3-0 after 1 in the last series. we were up 5-3 after 3 and coasted.
I got up a 4 AM this morning, must be why I didn't notice.
I don't think "polite Canadian" applies to sports. You've seen hockey, right? :)
We have found Jays fans in general to be very ignorant of baseball. They don't know what "their" team or any other team is doing.
And the hate the Sox, regard them as bitter rivals. No idea why that is!
CC RBIer
No, I never watch hockey. I think I have seen two games---one live when we lived in Boston (a college game) and the Olympics game in 1980.
YES! We score!!
But I guess that human need to hate other teams is a universal thing.
Dr. Jeff, is that a quote from somewhere?
Toronto is a really nice city, much more diverse and vibrant than a US city of the same size. In other ways, it's a wannabe city, wishing and pretending it is a world leader, wanting to be "the New York of Canada" but being just too small to manage it.
It's a great place to visit, though. (And not just because we live nearby.) A really fun long weekend kind of place.
I just meant that hockey is a very physical and sometimes brutal game, not polite at all - and it is the national obsession of Canada. So there's something beyond polite going on.
Next time Tim is here, ask him about Jays fans. Or as we say Jays "fans".
DFW was an answer on Jeopardy tonight. The $2000 clue, too!
Here's an example of Jays wannabe-ness: "hashtag of the game #beastmode".
Oy vey. As Allan said, try "#TryingTooHard.
what was the answer?
Yes, I know enough about hockey to know it is physical---in fact, that's why I don't like it. Too much fighting. :)
nice bat flip, guy. now sit.
Laura, I assume that is something Twitter related?
Category was Authors' Middle Names, and the clue was "David ____ Wallace."
for $2000??
was that jepoardy for 4th graders?
ha, it's actually Jeopardy for teachers. It was an extremely easy category. Especially for Double Jeopardy. The one before DFW was Joyce Carol Oates.
You mean the hashtags? That's how you label something on Twitter, then if you wanted, you could follow or search for anything with that tag.
Like #CdnPoli for Canadian Politics. People have their own hashtags, blogs, subjects, any category of information.
There are several variations on wmtc. #WMTC means WhoMadeThatCool. No relation.
they should give the middle name and have the contestant give the full name. a little bit tougher.
castig bingo:
"throw to first, runner back standing"
Skydome is not too bad if the dome is open. The carpet is much improved, not the horrible stuff they used to have. But with the roof closed - awful. Indoor baseball, bah.
I remain Twitter free. I have an account, but never use it and have no reason to start. I already waste too much time on Facebook!
And as for Jeopardy---those questions are much harder when you are under the gun. I once tried out for the show and felt like a fool, blanking on what should have been easy questions.
Needless to say, I never made it on the show.
ooh now we're talkin', Castig bingo: "rocks, kicks and deals," "where the boxes jut out", "he stabs it", "he staggers", "this one's over", "to retire the side", "can you believe it?" "he's mobbed by his teammates", "up on the green". (And "canvas alley" since before Don was born!)
"high heater"
"high rider"
"[college sports bullshit]"
we could use some castig bingo when we don't have nesn.
"old friend"
"the [suburb of Boston] native"
So funny---I just noticed your latest post, Laura, about Facebook and Twitter. I must have anticipated it!
i was going to type a bunch of castig expressions, but i think jere got most (or all) of them
i like castig, he's my favourite announcer, the least objectionable of all the choices, i think
Amy, I don't use Twitter either, don't have an account. I thought you were asking me what a hashtag was, but maybe you weren't.
I do sometimes search Twitter for various things.
Zaun singing Tek's praises. Always music to my ears. :)
Wow, Zaun getting into some inside baseball baseball.
"i like castig, he's my favourite announcer, the least objectionable of all the choices, i think"
That's what's so great about him, he doesn't outwardly root, yet he can't hide that he wants the Red Sox to win.
Oh come on, what announcer doesn't sing Tek's praises? You can fill in the blanks as soon as you hear his name.
Yeah, I was asking whether the reference to hashtags was in connection with Twitter. Is that where that term comes from, or did it have a pre-Twitter meaning?
I guess I have been listening to Castig for so long that I just assume his expressions are expressions every baseball announcer would use!
When Zaun talks it's like "mind of a serial catcher"
FLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
QUADRANGULAR!!!!
And it's a one run game!
long dong silver!
ha, Don says "middle in" in Rem's absence
Ho ho ho -- Big Papi.
that was crazy
Tags have a general meaning. Hashtags
My earlier comment re stupid Jays hashtags was from the TV broadcast.
Zahn, on his being the opposite type of player from the smooth-flowing JD Drew: "Everything was forced and uncomfortable...even the way I wore my pants."
Google search on the word hashtag
castig's call of the final out of the 2007 world series is probably the absolute worst call i have ever heard. or will ever hear.
they use it in some of the radio intro/promos and i am embarrassed for him every time i hear it. if i was him i would ask/demand they never use it.
it's the "1st team in the 21st century to win 2 world series" call. it's obviously canned and written out beforehand. the bad thing is it sounds like it - and it cannot be the best one he could think of.
and it's way too long -- and by time he finally gets to the end, you can tell he is sick of it too and wondering why the fuck he went with this one. but it is too late. and THEN he brings the "can you believe it?"
ugh. just horrifically bad. worse than sterling's shitty "ball game over, alcs over" calls because it goes on so long.
Where exactly did Papi's homer hit? NESN's camera didn't go high enough, and they obviously didn't follow the ball with any other cam either.
Thanks, Laura. Like I said, I don't use Twitter and have deliberately avoided learning how to use it since I know that once I do, I will be hooked.
off the rest. windows, i believe.
i like castig, he's my favourite announcer
mr. scully is sad.
FUCKBOGAR!!!!!!!!!!!
FUCK FUCK FUCK
Oh, damn!
oh holy crap
OH
HOLY
CRAP
Bogar!
THat toronto stuff was from the Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/05/the-worlds-26-best-cities-for-business-life-and-innovation/238436/
BOGAR
Bogar: He's Crawford, I'll send him regardless of where he or the ball is
Why bother having a 3d base coach if he can't do the one thing he is supposed to do?
maybe bogar has no faith in fy to do anything.
christ - fire that fucker. he's like the gagne of 3b coaches.
humph. (re: Bogar)
Come on that's classic
Oh no no no, Castig is my favourite RED SOX announcer, of the choices we have, he is my favourite.
NOT my favourite announcer, period. That is and always will be the one and only Vin Scully.
(And I agree that call was awful, although I don't think any call can be "horrifically" bad.)
i am somewhat surprised that the players have not gotten together and agreed to do whatever they think is best (or do the opposite of bogar)
Dr Jeff, thanks, I was wondering if you were coming back to answer. :)
Toronto and Vancouver always place high in the liveable cities list. I haven't been to Vancouver yet, but I look forward to going one day. We have tons of blog friends out there.
Nice! Free outs.
Blown sign
Was he really out? Looked like he touched the base before the tag.
Stupid rug!
Ugly turf hop
Melky hit a dong against the Yanks tonight. Cool.
I'm always an intermittent commenter.
Jere, I see there was Scrabble news this week. I like that grrl was included.
buffyvision has a graphic for lester. "southpaw success" - his ranking among LHP from 2008-11:
4 categories in which he was 1st or 2nd, i believe:
wins
winning %
IP
K/9
wins AND winning %?!?!?!?
Speaking of Scrabble, I'm just finishing Word Freak by Fatsis.
I still can't believe the thing about allowing proper nouns in Scrabble.
Is this guy the lowest-numbered pitcher since Wells had 3?
Change is hard. :)
LE BERT!!!!!!!!
GONE!!
EVIL DONG!!!! And we have a lead!
we lead.
I wonder if those new words are added to the online Scrabble game. I tried to play BLING, and it was rejected, and the article said BLINGY is now allowed, so I guess not.
I've been playing Word Mole on my Blackberry (as Amy knows) and I like that it allows proper names. But there's no history there.
he needs a triple!
I still have had no luck finding a version for the PC. I tried to download one, but it didn't work. And mostly I get either other word games or mole games where you have to hit some creature.
I think it's a game made for the very small screen - a thumb game.
whew - only solo
Lester held the lead for zero innings
You could see that one go right off the bat.
fucking bautista! man.
THAT was a laser.
I didn't think it was high enough
nearly overran it!
Gets the bad news!
Not Lester's best night....
You gotta be kidding.
booooooooo
Get him out of there..
I DID think that was high enough.
Stupid NESN commercial: "The Red Sox go to the Bronx to take on the best-in-class Yankees." And they really emphasize "best." We can watch Yes if we want that shit! What the hell are they saying that for??
i'd say best in class = best in east = 1st place ... but the rays are tied with them.
hey nesn: just say "hated yankees" or "bitter rivals" - that will work better. morons.
Yeah, if they're going by who's in first, they're wrong, and if they're not, why do they enjoy coming out and saying "we feel the Yanks are better than the Red Sox"?
here we go!
Good for Pedroia!
instead of getting us pumped up and angry at the shitty yankees, we get pissed and annoyed at nesn.
not smart marketing.
Heard Don/Zaun talking through much of the pitching change. Rooted for cursing. They didn't deliver. Don said he's hearing a phone line though.
ha ha ha ha
I gotta turn off the computer, it's been a looong day. Dirty water coming soon.
I....I...gotta sitdown
single; runners advance 0 bases. Rare!
which would be better:
ortiz hits triple, gets cycle
ortiz hits inside-the-park HR
youk will double off the left field wall
pedroia in scoring position, single will score a run...
gonzalez singles -- pedroia still on the same base!
fuck
i'll take a sac fly. but goddamn it!!!!! pissed about inning, but, again we're getting Don and Zaun for the WHOLE commercial. They're just goofin' on the weird Canadian 7th inning stretch. Wow, NESN trying to make up for all those pitches they've missed?
did they play "god bless canada"?
they played that crazy Blue Jays baseball song complete with people putting their arms up and down. (Zaun did it too.) While Don sat silent--they don't have much of an off-air repore.
at least that is baseball-related (sort of) - it kicks ass on you know who's YMCA.
aceves can't balk if no one is on base.
buck martinez has an update on escobar, who was hbp last inning:
he has a bruise on his lower leg.
god, jays guys whining about all their injuries.
as if they'd be 35-0 without all that bad luck
i'm gagging. i'm actually gagging. about the sweat pouring off Jimmie Balker's brim. I thought Youk was bad.
the roof is closed. so why is water dripping from aceves's cap like he's out there in a rain storm?
taking sweat lessons from yook?
I think he's sweating because he's afraid he will be called for a balk again.
i can't look at it. i will heave.
So when does this guy get sent somewhere else? Anywhere else?
i want to believe he dunked his cap in cold water to stay cool on the mound. i want to believe this.
i feel like that woulda been a strike had there been better framing.
wakefield up
pitcher goes to the plate for a meeting????
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