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May 11, 2011

G37: Red Sox 9, Blue Jays 3 

Red Sox   - 100 002 000 - 3  7  1
Blue Jays - 002 200 50x - 9 12  0
So, did we get that "minimal level of competence"? Nope. Lackey turned in yet another garbage performance (6.2-9-9-5-1, 118), sticking his teammates in an early 4-1 hole, and then, when Boston rallied to within one run, shitting the bed in the seventh, opening the door for a Blue Jays rout and a two-game Toronto sweep.

Terry Francona also gets a "WTF?" for staying with Lackey in the seventh as he went - BB, 1B, L7, L7, BB, BB*, 2B** - before getting the hook. At that point, Tito might as well have left him out there to throw 170 pitches and blow out his arm.

In four of Lackey's seven starts this year, he has allowed 6, 8, 9, and 9 runs. His ERA is now 8.01. In 39.1 innings, he has allowed 53 hits and 18 walks (1.8 base runners per inning). He's robbing the Sox blind on paydays. One SoSH wag said Lackey is fulfilling his promise as our #2 pitcher - he's pitching like shit.

Plus he was his usual demonstrative self on the mound when his fielders - especially Carl Crawford in the seventh - did not perform up to his expectations. I'd love it if the infielders (or Crawford) started yelling "Throw strikes, asshole!" or maybe Francona could stick "Lack" in center field for three innings at the end of a blowout, and we can see how he does.

Adrian "E.B." Gonzalez doubled and scored in the first and homered in the sixth - his sixth dong in the last nine games. David Ortiz also homered in the sixth. Carl Crawford had two hits and J.D. Drew singled and walked twice. Jacoby Ellsbury did not hit the ball out of the infield; he went 0-for-4, ending his hitting streak at 19 games.

Day off on Thursday before three games in Yankee Stadium III.
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John Lackey / Jesse Litsch

Dear Mr. Lackey: I don't like you, and the thought of watching you pitch for the Red Sox for the next 3.5 years is not a pleasant one. Nevertheless, I (and many others) would greatly appreciate it if you performed at even a minimal level of competence tonight, so as to give your teammates a chance to win. Thanking you in advance,

Jed Lowrie is sick with the flu bug that has been making the rounds, so Jose Iglesias will make his first major league start tonight!

AL East: Royals/Yankees, Mariners/Orioles, and Rays/Spiders at 7 PM.
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94 comments:

  1. allanMay 11, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    Ellsbury, CF
    Pedroia, 2B
    Gonzalez, 1B
    Youkilis, 3B
    Ortiz, DH
    Drew, RF
    Crawford, LF
    Saltalamacchia, C
    Iglesias, SS

    Escobar, SS
    Patterson, LF
    Bautista, RF
    Rivera, DH
    Hill, 2B
    Arencibia, C
    Cooper, 1B
    McDonald, 3B
    Davis, CF

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  2. allanMay 11, 2011 at 12:45 PM

    Francona said that he was given a "small fine" re his ejection last week.

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  3. PokerwolfMay 11, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    What kind of contract does Scutaro have? I imagine if Iglesias works out while he's on the DL, then he's trade bait, right?

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  4. UnknownMay 11, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    Allan - I could not agree more with your sentiments. And I am definitely excited to watch Iglesias.

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  5. mattymattyMay 11, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    I'm no Lackey fan either so it is with joy that I point out that Lackey's deal runs for 3.5 more years, not 4.5. Yay.

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  6. allanMay 11, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    3.5!

    It's almost over!!!!

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  7. allanMay 11, 2011 at 3:01 PM

    What kind of contract does Scutaro have? I imagine if Iglesias works out while he's on the DL, then he's trade bait, right?

    No. Iglesias will not be staying. I wonder if they even planned on him starting a game. He'll be back in AAA as soon as Scutaro returns.

    Scutaro is making 5 beans and will be a FA at the end of the year.

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  8. JereMay 11, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    Okay, I guess NESN's "best-in-class" remark was because it's a car-themed ad: "the AL East Road Test." But they still made a conscious choice to use that label for the Yanks. They could have easily said "the best-in-class Red Sox visit the high octane Yankees" or some shit.

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  9. allanMay 11, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    i don't think rogers is showing this game -- there is kick boxing or some such shit on the usual channels -- and it's blacked out on mlbtv. are these cocksuckers going to deny me the game?

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  10. allanMay 11, 2011 at 4:14 PM

    litsch licking his fingers while on the rubber?

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  11. allanMay 11, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    BEAST.

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  12. allanMay 11, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    There's a run.

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  13. allanMay 11, 2011 at 4:18 PM

    so i am going with weei & gdgd ...

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  14. JereMay 11, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    "There's a run."

    Said it out loud. Kim can vouch.

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  15. allanMay 11, 2011 at 4:22 PM

    fuck you, lackey!

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  16. JereMay 11, 2011 at 4:24 PM

    Lackey gets credit for the sacrifice.....

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  17. charlie pioliMay 11, 2011 at 4:46 PM

    Gonzo is going to be a great DH someday. I can all ready see him getting a street named after him in Boston like the Mariners did for Edgar Martinez

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  18. ZenslingerMay 11, 2011 at 4:49 PM

    EB is on pace to have 26 HR, 57 doubles, and 123 RBI. That's assuming he doesn't add any more of those today.

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  19. charlie pioliMay 11, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    Who's EB?

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  20. allanMay 11, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    and lackey is crumbling like a cardboard box in a rainstorm...

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  21. allanMay 11, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    so rogers has the game on a premium cable package level and is showing shit on the usual baseball channels. and yet the game is blacked out on both EI and mlbtv.

    FUCK YOU, rogers!

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  22. meunierMay 11, 2011 at 4:58 PM

    Isn't there someone who will take Lackey in trade for a sack of magic beans?

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  23. allanMay 11, 2011 at 4:58 PM

    Evil Bert (Gonzalez).

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  24. meunierMay 11, 2011 at 5:01 PM

    I'd trade him to the Pirates for a SS prospect.

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  25. allanMay 11, 2011 at 5:03 PM

    Yeah, I'm sure Pittsburgh would gladly take a league avg pitcher who bitches every game and earns $15+ a year. What a deal!!

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  26. allanMay 11, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    whoever is with castig made that sound like lbj caught at the wall, but gdgd has it in normal cf.

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  27. meunierMay 11, 2011 at 5:07 PM

    I'm sure he's better than anyone the Pirates have now.

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  28. ZenslingerMay 11, 2011 at 5:14 PM

    a league avg pitcher

    Damn, Allan. Way to give him the benefit of the doubt.

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  29. allanMay 11, 2011 at 5:14 PM

    Pirates also at .500, something we have not yet achieved.

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  30. allanMay 11, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    i was thinking career-wise and that he might get a boost going to the NL

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  31. allanMay 11, 2011 at 5:19 PM

    and gdgd still has not added davis's single. this is a shitty night.

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  32. allanMay 11, 2011 at 5:20 PM

    cocknuggets

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  33. ZenslingerMay 11, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    I know Rajai Davis is fast. But, after last night, can we really allow him to just circle the bases at will? (I'm just on GDGD).

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  34. allanMay 11, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    i need a glass of "rally juice"

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  35. ZenslingerMay 11, 2011 at 5:25 PM

    David Price perfect through four. 4-0 over the Mighty Spiders.

    Christ.

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  36. JereMay 11, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    11.

    (Not a Hardcastle song.)

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  37. allanMay 11, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    rally juice ... working ...

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  38. allanMay 11, 2011 at 5:35 PM

    Davis has 11 stolen bases this year; 4 of which have come against us in the last 5 innings (9 last night and 1-4 tonight).

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  39. allanMay 11, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    sing along ...

    "Who do you call when your offense's busted?"

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  40. allanMay 11, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    and yet another bed is shat...

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  41. meunierMay 11, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    EVIL DONG

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  42. allanMay 11, 2011 at 5:49 PM

    COOKING WITH EVIL GAS!

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  43. allanMay 11, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    AG - 6 HR in last 9 games

    5 of the 6 to LF

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  44. JereMay 11, 2011 at 5:50 PM

    Adrian tilting the machine again

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  45. Dr. JeffMay 11, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    Who is announcing with Orsillo tonight?

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  46. ZenslingerMay 11, 2011 at 5:51 PM

    EVIL DONG

    Holy crap, I love it.

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  47. JereMay 11, 2011 at 5:52 PM

    Man, he quickly tied and surpassed Russell Martin!

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  48. allanMay 11, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    GOOD TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!

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  49. meunierMay 11, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    JONRON!

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  50. JereMay 11, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    DONGGGGG part 2

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  51. ZenslingerMay 11, 2011 at 5:55 PM

    AG - 6 HR in last 9 games

    5 of the 6 to LF

    And not all of them products of the Monster.

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  52. JereMay 11, 2011 at 5:55 PM

    Florida

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  53. JereMay 11, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    Lackey. Throw over.

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  54. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    the umps should just award davis third base and save salty's arm.

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  55. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    lackey thinking of telling the media that these 4 runs he's allowed in canada would be only 2 runs in the US. not his fault.

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  56. JereMay 11, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    facade of the canseco level

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  57. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    fucking eh

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  58. JereMay 11, 2011 at 6:15 PM

    the close call at second (Zaun used the term "clearly safe") took away from the fact that the pitch was way outside

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  59. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:16 PM

    KCR - 000 100
    MFY - 011 00

    Royals have 1 hit.

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  60. JereMay 11, 2011 at 6:16 PM

    not as far outside as the one Jose just swung at ...

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  61. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:18 PM

    nice walk, shitface

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  62. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    castig says crawford might have had a play on that and "lackey had a reaction"

    fuck you, lackey!

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  63. JereMay 11, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    wow everybody fucked up on that play. gets a goddamn from Lackey as usual

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  64. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:22 PM

    lackey giving the eye to crawford? let's play that fat-chinned fuck out there for a few innings, see how he does.

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  65. JereMay 11, 2011 at 6:22 PM

    Aaron A. Aaronson-cibia

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  66. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:25 PM

    lackey, this guy has like 20 MLB PA. could you deal with him pls?

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  67. ZenslingerMay 11, 2011 at 6:25 PM

    I am trying to remember disliking a Sox member this much. Re: Lackey, of course.

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  68. meunierMay 11, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    Thanks Francoma

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  69. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    i did not like schilling much, but he risked his career for the sox, and came fucking through miracle-style twice!

    lackey is just a pile of dog shit on the sidewalk

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  70. meunierMay 11, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    Lackey should have never started this inning

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  71. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:28 PM

    can't blame your fielders for walks, shit douche.

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  72. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:28 PM

    any day, tito....

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  73. meunierMay 11, 2011 at 6:29 PM

    Was Francona asleep in the dugout?

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  74. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:30 PM

    damn foul line, if it was a little more to the right, that would have been strike 2.

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  75. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:31 PM

    wow - lackey faced 35 batters, nearly through the lineup 4 times. that is pretty rare, at least for the sox.

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  76. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:32 PM

    it turns out i am glad this is not on my TV

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  77. JereMay 11, 2011 at 6:32 PM

    from 4-3 to 9-3 faster than Lackey can say goddamn it

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  78. Dr. JeffMay 11, 2011 at 6:32 PM

    This is some bullshit.

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  79. meunierMay 11, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    Celtics elminiated

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  80. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    9 ER for Lackey

    4th time this season he's allowed 6+ ER

    3rd time he's allowed 8+ ER

    In 7 STARTS!!!

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  81. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:37 PM

    lackey ERA went up tonight

    from 7.16 to 8.01

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  82. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:39 PM

    "90 second wait for the jays pitcher."

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  83. hv wagMay 11, 2011 at 6:44 PM

    Lackey is lacking something for god sake can someone tell me why for the last year we have had this guy who just does not produce??

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  84. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    ... sox will get 5 in the 9th as a tease.

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  85. meunierMay 11, 2011 at 6:50 PM

    Send him to Pawtucket already

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  86. KathrynMay 11, 2011 at 6:51 PM

    Just sat down after two loooong days of moving my daughter into her apartment. Internet is spotty. I thought I'd check here first. Reading through the thread.....damn.

    lackey is just a pile of dog shit on the sidewalk
    THIS!!

    On the bright side...EB!!!!

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  87. JereMay 11, 2011 at 6:58 PM

    okay, consider this the series we "looked past" before we sweep the Yanks

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  88. allanMay 11, 2011 at 6:59 PM

    any way to get lackey stopped at the border as a terrorist?

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  89. KathrynMay 11, 2011 at 7:00 PM

    any way to get lackey stopped at the border as a terrorist?

    Yep, send him with Laura!

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  90. KyleMay 11, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    I'm no GM but how long can this Lackey nonsense go on? Extended DL stint?

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  91. JereMay 11, 2011 at 8:37 PM

    Royals take the lead in the 11th.

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  92. JereMay 11, 2011 at 8:42 PM

    yanks lose!

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  93. timMay 12, 2011 at 5:21 AM

    time for one of these things!

    Loser
    A piece of shit
    Completely useless
    King of the crap
    Everlasting suckitude
    You should drink when Lackey pitches

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  94. timMay 12, 2011 at 5:24 AM

    Rotoworld summed this one up nicely:

    A truly pathetic effort, which balloons his ERA to an absurd 8.01 through 39 1/3 innings. His WHIP is an equally ugly 1.81. He has now allowed 17 runs in his past 10 2/3 innings of work. Lackey was similarly horrid before somewhat settling down last season, but obviously, nobody can continue to pitch like this forever and not expect to lose their spot in the rotation.

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