White Sox - 000 121 102 - 7 12 0 Red Sox - 030 001 000 - 4 9 0Gavin Floyd / Tim Wakefield
Expanding on yesterday's post, the Red Sox are only the fifth team in baseball history to have lost at least 10 of their first 12 games and then reached first place at any point during the rest of the season:
12 GMS IN FIRST RECORD END OF SEASON 1951 Giants 2-10 September 29 G153 95-58 98-59 Lost WS 1973 Cardinals 1-11 July 22 G 96 51-45 81-81 2nd in NLE 1974 Pirates 2-10 August 25 G126 65-61 88-74 Lost NLCS 1982 Orioles 2-10 October 2 G162 94-67* 94-68 2nd in ALE 2011 Red Sox 2-10 May 26 G 50 28-22 * - Baltimore's record was actually 94-67-1.Beckett's 1.00 ERA for May (6 starts, 36 IP) is the lowest ERA by a Red Sox pitcher in any full month since Pedro Martinez had a 0.82 ERA in September 2003. Before Beckett's start on Sunday, his 1.69 ERA was the fifth lowest in team history (since 1920) for a starter through the first 52 games of a season:
Adrian Gonzalez (9) and David Ortiz (10) are the first pair of Red Sox to hit at least nine home runs each in one month since Ortiz (14) and Manny Ramirez (9) did it in July 2006. Gonzalez's 31 RBI in May are the most by a Sock in one month since Ortiz knocked in 35 runs in July 2006.Pedro Martinez 2000 1.05 Boo Ferriss 1945 1.34 Pedro Martinez 2001 1.44 Roger Clemens 1992 1.56 Josh Beckett 2011 1.69
Red Sox with 30+ RBI in one month, since 1995:
David Ortiz July 2006 35 Nomar Garciaparra May 1999 33 Nomar Garciaparra July 1998 33 Adrian Gonzalez May 2011 31 David Ortiz June 2004 31 Manny Ramirez April 2001 31 John Valentin August 1995 31 Jason Bay May 2009 30 David Ortiz August 2006 30 Manny Ramirez September 2002 30Jason Varitek played in only 14 of May's 29 games, but he led the team in OBP, and was third in average and slugging during the month:
Before his loss last night, Alfredo Aceves had a career record of 16-1. Whitey Ford and Howie Krist are the only other pitchers in history (since 1876) to have won 16 of their first 17 decisions.AVG: Ortiz .342 Gonzalez .341 Varitek .333 Ellsbury .314 Crawford .304 OBP: Varitek .400 Ortiz .387 Ellsbury .381 Youkilis .377 Gonzalez .371 SLG: Ortiz .694 Gonzalez .618 Varitek .533 Youkilis .485 Crawford .482
AL East: Rangers/Rays at 1 PM and Yankees/Athletics at 3:30 PM.
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Ellsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Youkilis, 3B
Ortiz, DH
Crawford, LF
Lowrie, SS
Reddick, RF
Saltalamacchia, C
Pierre, LF
Ramirez, SS
Quentin, RF
Konerko, DH
Dunn, 1B
Lillibridge, CF
Vizquel, 3B
Castro, C
Beckham, 2B
Wake 1st: OTT
Sox 1st: FY and Bert single, but Yook GIDP.
Wake 2nd:
Single, F9, K, P6
Lowrie double
Bos 2nd:
Ortiz double to LCF
Crawford single to RCF
Lowrie GR double to RF, 1-0
Now we're rockin'.
Ortiz upping that .944 OPS. Who knew we were going to get something close to the Papi of Yore?
sounds like we have bert to thank for some of flo's hitting success this year. ortiz says they talk all the time.
Salty single, 3-0.
BB to EB, bases loaded for Youk?
I dreamt of Youk last night.
Wake 3rd: K, 5-3, 4-3
Damn if Wake ain't working fast.
Trying to find a bootleg stream for the game.
Bos 3rd:
Yook L7
Ortiz F9
Crawford P5
Mission accomplished. About 2-3 minutes behind, though!
wtf is this "healthy tip" from heidi?
fucking stoopid shit
Since you wanted to know, I dreamt that Youk and I were wading in a pond or slow-moving river. He was pointing out certain lotus-like underwater flowers he had for environmental benefit. Then we were chased out of the water by a bear who had been swimming around (presumably fishing).
Not sure Page's comment helped us distinguish between healthy food and not.
That is ... interesting.
Anyone out there proficient in dream analysis?
Wake 4th:
1B, PB, P3, HBP, K, 2B*, 5-3
Vizquel vs. Wake is a trip. 88 or 89 combined years on Earth.
And the bear seemed to be a sort of, er, zombie bear.
Bos 4th:
Lowrie F7
Reddick 4-3
Salty F7
TEX - 000 010
FKR - 000 000
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god, i hate these food commercials.
Just the words you always wanted to hear from Heidi: "Yes, you can touch my sandwich."
WTF??????
reverse tschida?
Salty: "Bullshit. Bullshit."
jesus, pierre actually stumbles forward from the glove hitting him in the back.
The numbers for today's game won't show how well Wakefield pitched. There were three extra outs that inning that could've been made but weren't.
fuckin marty foster.
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floyd pitch count:
9-30-7 8
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A's pitcher on Friday: "Outman"!
They raided this post for the Question of the Day thing.
albers up
lilli (goes) bridge
hill up too
Terry should not have put Wake out there for the sixth.
I don't agree. Even with having to get about five outs in the fifth inning, he was at only 81 pitches. And not looking particularly bad. No need to waste a bullpen arm for the sixth if he is doing okay.
QUADRANGULAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, this is one time that I agree with leaving the starter out. The defense was awful the inning before. The score should really be 3-2 Sox.
And as I typed this, Ortiz just tied the game up.
It must have been the Aguilas Cibeñas shirt I just put on ;)
Giants have posted an It Gets Better video. Slightly lame deliveries, but a nice thing to see.
Good news Dept: Yanks down 2-1 in the 2nd; TB lost.
Yarrrr. Not so robotic.
This series is ridiculous.
Epic Fail
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