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Beckett (7-4-2-2-6, 104) hit Derek Jeter in the first inning and then gave up a home run to Curtis Granderson, putting the Sox in a 2-0 hole. And the visitors' bats were silent until the seventh.
David Ortiz (who was drilled in the right thigh in the fourth inning, prompting warnings to both benches) grounded a single to right-center to start the inning. Jed Lowrie's first-pitch line drive down the right field line got past Nick Swisher for a triple, cutting the Yankees' lead to 2-1. Carl Crawford grounded out to third (1B umpire Brian Knight took a long look at the first base bag before making his call), but Mike Cameron doubled to left, towards the corner, scoring Lowrie and tying the game. Jason Varitek singled to right, as did Jacoby Ellsbury (after fouling off a tough 1-2 pitch), and the Sox led 3-2.
Marco Scutaro then drilled a pitch to left center that the speedy Brent Gardner ran down in the gap and made a leaping catch on. Adrian Gonzalez, who had two fugly strikeouts against CC earlier in the evening, lined a single to center (4-2). That was finally it for Sabathia (6.2-8-6-2-5, 108) and David Robertson came in. Kevin Youkilis singled on an 0-2 pitch (5-2) and Ortiz belted a two-run double to the wall in left-center (7-2). Lowrie flied to left for the third out.
One-out doubles from Scutaro and Gonzalez gave Boston another run in the ninth. Seven of Boston's 12 hits came with runners at second and/or third base.
The game started at 10:32 - after a rain delay of 3:27.
Beckett has made two starts against the Yankees this season - April 10 (4-0) and May 14 (6-0) - pitching 14 scoreless innings, allowing only six hits and three walks, and striking out 19. He was matched up against Sabathia both times (12.1 innings, 16 hits, 7 runs, 7 walks, 10 strikeouts).
The Red Sox (7-1 against New York this year) have won 9 of their last 10 games against the Yankees (also 12 of 15 and 15 of 21) .
Terry Francona, on WEEI's Big Show, Wednesday afternoon:
How as Ortiz's ability to hit lefthanders affected the lineup this season?AL East: Blue Jays/Royals at 4 PM.
It does a couple of things. One, it lets me answer a heck of a lot less questions. ...
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Scutaro, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Youkilis, 3B
Ortiz, DH
Lowrie, SS
Crawford, LF
Cameron, RF
Varitek, C
Globe: Pedroia won't have his right knee examined until about 4:30 pm in Boston.
The Red Sox have not swept two series in New York in the same season since 1913. ... They could do it tonight (or wait until September 23-24-25). ... Or sweep all three!
25 Years Ago Today: Wade Boggs tried to take off his cowboy boots.
I hope Lowrie's shoulder is OK. Don't want him and FY out.
The Red Sox have the best record in the American League.
R/G: #2 - 5.03 (MFY: 5.14)
RS: #2 - 307 (TOR: 309)
AVG: #1 - .270
OBP: #1 - .343
SLG: #2 - .440 (MFY: .442)
OPS: #1 - .783
TB: #1 - 939
H: #1 - 577
2B: #1 - 127
BB: #2 - 223 (MFY: 231)
HR: #3 - 71 (MFY: 89; TEX: 73)
SB: #6 - 49
Jeter, SS
Granderson, CF
Teixeira, 1B
Rodriguez, 3B
Cano, 2B
Swisher, RF
Posada, DH
Gardner, LF
Cervelli, C
Joba has a torn ligament in his right elbow. Will have TJ surgery.
Girardi says Chamberlain has been working with a tender arm for the last couple of weeks: "We have been careful with him with what we have done."
Girardi left Joba in for a 35-pitch outing on Sunday.
If Joba's usage was "very careful," I wonder what his arm would look like if his manager was Dusty Baker.
Start will be delayed tonight.
Home team has won all four June 9th Sox-Yanks games. Again, road team is due.
Awww, man! First game I can see in awhile and it's rain delayed!
Am I the only one who thinks it's weird to see Scutaro and Lowrie in the same lineup? Injuries sure do create interesting situations.
Globe: "Dustin Pedroia had a bruised kneecap and is expected to play tomorrow according to Sean McAdam of Comcast Sports."
Thanks for the update on FY, Allan.
PeteAbe: "7:37 p.m.: The Yankees just announced to the crowd that they do expect to play the game tonight. The tarp is still down but the rain has stopped. The good news is that it has cooled off considerably from this afternoon."
Eckersley when asked by TC if the Yanks are getting to be a bit of a Bronx Zoo: "we're always hopeful things are gonna go haywire in New York"
god I love Eck
Alex Avila, Detroit catcher, has two triples today. Bet it's been a while since a catcher did that.
What a bullet we dodged in Jason Bay. The Sox complained about possible future knee problems in negotiating a new contract for him, but I don't know if any of his issues have been knee related. He's been hurt and just not getting since joining the Mets. God, that team has had shit luck.
Alex Avila, Detroit catcher, has two triples today. Bet it's been a while since a catcher did that.
It happened last year (Miguel Montero), but only twice since 2000 and six times since 1987. ... 73 times since 1919. No catcher has hit three in that time.
(2 Sox:
Bob Tillman, August 15, 1962
Carlton Fisk, June 3, 1972)
Mickey Cochrane and Bubbles Hargrave did it four times each.
What self-respecting catcher lets himself be called "Bubbles"?
Found a triple triple catcher. 8/10/1905, Boston v. Pittsburgh.
"A feature of the game was the batting of Pat Moran, who made three triples. All of them were good long smashes. On at least one of them a fast man would have made the circuit."
He tagged and scored after his 6th inning triple--but left too early, and was called out.
Finally a game I can watch! Come on baseball!!!!!
Also - what i am currently consuming
I'm getting a bit impatient for this game. Actually having it on the tube and tarp tarp tarp. Just watchd the pilot of "Sports Night" for the first time in years. Solid show, hate the laugh track.
laugh tracks ruin most shows.
we were watching part of the cubs at phillies game, storm a-brewin' there too, but also some crazy-ass winds.
Looks good, Tim. I grabbed Chinese takeout so I could jump home and watch a game without delay.
They killed the laugh track on season two, I think.
9:20 - TARP coming off.
Sports Night is awesome, they lost the laugh track by Season 2 if not earlier.
I'm still amazed at A-Gon's triple the other night.
Whoop!
A+L - are you 100% out for all 4 TOR sox games in sept?
I bought a 20 ticket pack today because of the group I've got coming on saturday, so I have a bunch of tickets left for the rest of the season, they are a decent discount off the box office price.
Is the game on? My channel has Jose bautista in a sopranos scene talking to a baseball.
first pitch at 10:30 according to PA and IB on twitter.
jeeeeeze.
10:30. Geez, how many warm up pitches is that?
Wow, 10:30 start! I was thinking I would miss some of this game. We just got back from Jonathan's (our son) 18th birthday dinner at a local, funky hangout where he and friends then played at their open mike night. It was great fun.
Nick, I just watched the pilot the other night, too (on NetFlix). The laugh track was obvious and bothersome. That was such a great show. I'm looking forward to watching the rest of it.
I like this bit from the Anniversaries section of the THT article on Boggs:
"[On this date in] 1888 New York Giants walk on the field with white plug hats and swallow-tail linen dusters to mock the appearance of the opposing Chicago Cubs. Uh, okay."
Surprised we didn't do this for the throwback game (with numbers added to their backs of course).
I was pleased to see it pop up on Netflix streaming. Haven't watched it since it was on TV in the old days. Catching up on it now. Might finish the first season before this game starts.
Stupid weather, making this like a west coast game. Meaning I can watch an hour at most before falling asleep.
Dear Red Sox,
Please sweep while I sleep.
Love always,
A+L - are you 100% out for all 4 TOR sox games in sept?
No! We are not 100% out. In fact, I am 90% in for at least one of those!
Awww, man! First game I can see in awhile and it's rain delayed!
I feel your pain, PW (even tho I saw the 1st two games vs NYY). Hopefully you can stay up later than me.
10:30pm start! Ha! I guess I get to see the first inning after all!
I feel your pain, PW (even tho I saw the 1st two games vs NYY). Hopefully you can stay up later than me.
We'll see. I have to get up with the kids in the morning (probably 7am). It depends on how long the game is and how late I'm going to be up looking for jobs.
Yeah, I'm up early with the fur-kids. It's been a long day and I conk out early.
Perfect timing on the end of that episode. Baseball!
NESN!
Time to get my bingo card ready!
Looked like LBJ thought that second strike was a ball.
LOOK - a pop up CI can't magically catch!
good! re: sept games
if you wanna sit in the OF for cheap, let me know!
Let's hope that's a theme tonight, Allan. I certainly wouldn't mind. I also like the fakeout move that LBJ used when CC went to pitch. Mind games in the first inning!
Haven't seen NESN with sound yet. I want to play bingo.
gotta get 3 here to be consistent
Only 8:30 here in NM, so I'll try to stay up for the whole game. Wonder why Gonzales was so bad at the plate last night.
Lame.
We need our 3 runs in the first inning again.
LBJ!!!!!!!
Woooooooo!!!!
That is hilarious! three times he gets to third.
Cervelli - MEGA CONSISTENT!!!
Cervelli heard you say consistent
Are they forgetting to cover?
Cervell-E
Perhaps we should change his nickname to "C-OW!".
oh man, fading fast. get through this josh so i can see some RUNS! before i nod off...
Woot wwoot! Late night baseball
ugh, not THOSE runs.
Those are not the runs we wanted to see! Gah!
Even Year Beckett in the house?
2nd deck is what, 350 feet?
can't believe the ump missed that second pitch.
Figures 1,000-erson would knock in the Yanks 10,000th run all-time vs the Red Sox.
We're only the second team in history to give up 10,000 runs against another team. (Orioles have also given up 10 grand to Yanks.)
memto to nesn producer: have your cameramen follow the outfielders, so fly balls do not look they are going to orbit the moon.
NESN loves A-ROD and his big powerful majestic dongs. Any other reason they'd show the moon instead of the fielder on a fucking fly out?
I agree on the camerawork, Allan. I'm wondering if they don't have a good angle from right field with a camera or something.
Not exactly what I wanted to be greeted by on the occasin of the first game I get to "see" in forever
we're talking about the behind-home cam, the one they cut to for every play after the ball's hit. And it followed flight of ball--we had no idea if it was gonna land in shallow outfield or out of the stadium.
DAMN - what is that around flo's neck???
CC!!! Here we go!
Craw! By the way - I loved the link to the Get Smart segment the other day. As usual I was coming in late and pulled up JoS to get the skinny on the game and saw that. Hilarious!
we want to order the complete get smart set. the company that released it (time-life) will deliver to the US for free, so we have to time it when we are in buffalo. 5 seasons and tons of bonus shit for $99!
That sounds like a deal to make on the ol' shoe phone!
That reminds me - the whole set comes in a telephone booth-shaped box.
CC with the bat and the glove tonight! Wow!
Missing Saturday's game (because of our annual wmtc party) - glad it's a Lackey start.
live, to the naked eye, he looked maybe safe.
So Beckett and Wake have both outrun Gardner. Nice!
beckett has retired 6 in a row after the HBP/HR combo.
WOW - that is close!!!!!!!!!
Will be at Saturday's game...since its a Lackey start, I told the Jays guy I ordered the tickets from that I fully expect a Jays win.
Judgement call completely on first base after the replays. Wow.
Wow, um... that was close!
.... and here comes another E-2.
This ad just showed someone using a Cingular-branded Treo. Up-to-date! Granted it is for a business called Got Junk.
What's the deal with everyone trying to bunt tonight?
lolz, anthony rizzo (part of the a-gon trade) tripled in his first MLB AB.
score that a base hit! 3000 baby
jesus - that is a catch, for fuck's sake.
what a fucking joke the umps are.
Awful umpiring tonight.
obviously he should be on base. obviously.
They just revised the call, now it's a base hit.
AGain, no make up call.
no fugitive call??
I wonder if the umps are considering this a make-up victory for the Yankees. Jesus.
Jeter with a stand-up double! McCarver working 1B.
it will be exciting when jeter gets #3000 because no other player in baseball history has ever done that. he will be the only one -- very historic!!!!
I hate it that nearly every ump seems to not understand the concept of gravity. It always seems that if a pitch crosses the plate in the strike zone, but ends in the glove a couple inches below where the strike zone would be, the ump usually calls it a ball.
it's calls like that that make you think a quick-thinking umpire with money on the mfy is doing what he can to get an advantage. seriously.
Beckett's been nailing the corner of the plate but the ump's missing it. Oh well, one day when Josh is an established pitcher he'll get those calls.
continuing the get smart theme, we need a battalion of hymies making the calls.
That's right. Boo him you knowledgeable fan base. That's exactly what he wanted to do. Load the bases.
Wow! Beckett got a rare triple ding on that one! Purple Lips, Cactus, then the ump!
Cool pinball moment: batter, catcher, ump.
Glad to get out of that.
No leadoff bunt for EB?
Bert with 2 brutal AB.
i saw that that writer for Get Smart died today or yesterday. The one who also created Mad Libs.
I watched Smart quite a bit--one of my early memories is being a kid and suddenly my shows were being pre-empted by the pope. One by one, the channels got poped. Get Smart was the last remaining show, the only non-pope channel.
I later figured out this was the October '79 visit to NYC. Which makes me just-turned-4 at the time.
Happy to have another guy on base.
ump should toss him, actually. very deliberate.
i want every fucking sox hitter to flip the bat after every AB.
Manly. Runs please.
Think about if Lowrie (unlikely) hits a dong and makes it a 3 run HR instead of a 2 run HR if ortiz had made an out.
i'm glad "short right field" according to D.O. is like 10-15 feet from the track.
and the morons in the stands cheer like the HBP takes those runs (and wins) off the board (and standings). yeah, tards, the yanks are back in first now.
boourns. time to go out.
Jed, if I wanted someone to lazily pop up to the outfield and look down sadly over and over, I'd call John Valentin
I'm guessing John Valentin doesn't get many calls these days.
Valentin didn't get many calls back then either. Everyone knew the result when he was batting before he even swung.
how much ya wanna bet they show the clock at 12:00? Or, the more advanced "moment it changes from 11:59 to 12:00."
clemente
the ol' 1159-clock-changing-to-1200-and-fade-to-commercial trick
first kid had home uni....and was a boy, Don
at least show the sleeping kid's mom again, she was far prettier than the cheap-earring woman.
diego shot his head up and stared at the TV at that whistling/chant for jeter!
Danzig also got up and walked away, after having been asleep for hours in the same spot. I didn't connect to that whistle but could have been.
Holy cow! Cactus with a CS!
posada on deck, 2 outs, 4-pitch walk...good thinking, max
nice hustle, dumbo.
hahahahhaha...
i wonder if the mfy announcers will rag on posada for that (or keep bring it up after he retires) for the next 10+ years ...
rally time
alright. it's show time.
JEDI!!!!!!
Woooooo!!!
"swisher falls down"
!
he also stopped running on that force out a few innings b4.
haha, Swish-a-misses!
Observed in passing, but not picking on him.
Yes! Jedi power!
What a bizarre turn of events.
Don, it wasn't "he fell," it was, he thought it would hit wall, but it sneaked thru. Could anyone else tell this immediately?
Crawford is pissing me off. One pitch.
ump stared at that for a long time before making a call.
and NESN loves to show you that guy cross home. You know the guy's gonna score at that point, but they stay trained on him, while you miss where the runners are going, which is where the play is
get. him. home. now.
CAMERON!!!!!
Hahahahahaha!!! Love it!!!
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW YEAH!!!
we're tied, nice job CC
!
I really did not think Cameron would do anything there.
swish fell. the ball deked him (!) and then he fell trying to dive or stumble after it.
Better.
a fast man may have completed the circuit
okay, that last replay looked like he was diving after it got by him.
i'll take a circuit clout right here
mfy pen finally up.
i'm just sayin' DOn thought it got by him because he fell. The fall/dive was done in an attempt to get the ball, because he let it get by him, thinking it would hit where the wall juts out.
scrotum gives us the lead
no scrotum, we need the full dong -- to hit for the cycle this inning
Just get it to Scutaro.
well he's certainly swinging for the fences
yankees choked
I am genuinely shocked that the Sox managed to do anything off of Sabathia. They looked so lifeless before this inning.
This is so awesome.
I had a good feeling about this inning. Im liking this not losing.
lowrie's ball gets by swisher.
ellsbury's hit sneaks thru.
seems like the mfy are cursed.
lucky fucker.
Darn. That looked like a sure hit for Scutaro.
wait but when he threw it back in, that was "dropping the ball" so Scutaro should be on first.
seeing fuckin' eye!!!!!
BERT!
C C all those runs!
aw, let CC face four or five more batters. he could probably get the final out by then.
Choking is what they do best.
You can't teach this kind of gakking.
still need a dong for the inning-cycle.
pulling away!
YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK
(i assume the stands are emptying out now...)
A very respectful homer from Ortiz here would be enjoyable to watch.
This is fantastic! Now come on Papi, knock one out.
Not a homer, but good enough for me.
oh baby...toldja it was rally time
okay, next guy up, hit a dong off the back of a leaving fan
Awesome. Pile it on!
YES -- all CC runners come in. 6 runs allowed.
We need a serious bat flip NOW!
Holy shit. I almost wrote we'd get 7 in the 7th in the sixth. Wish I'd committed it to the digital ink.
Ah hah hah haaaaaaaaa!
Now THAT is what I'm talkin' about!
8 hits in that inning!
CC may not have come up small enough to ride in Belmont, but he sure as shit spit the bit.
28 MINUTE WAIT!
fuck that tie at 2-2 shit! let's just romp!
I loves me some crooked numbers!
That 0-1 pitch was *not* a ball.
NY sportswriters busy writing #113 as we speak...
CC comes up many things, but never small.
Cervell-K
And there's your 12:00 turning to 1:00.
"12:00 turning to 1:00."
NESN would definitely miss pitches if they showed that:)
MFY show their stuff by hitting a batter, but Sox say, "fuck that--we'll settle for hitting the shit outta your pitcher."
oh man, i'm getting a required weekly test! Missing game!
way to go, NESN, schedule your test for a Red Sox-Yanks night. At 1:00 AM. How about 5 AM when you've got paid programming on anyway!
gotta hand it to any nyy fans who are still hanging in there and not leaving ...
When you pay that much money for your seat, you have to stay to get your money's worth, Allan.
well, maybe we can give them some more entertainment (like 5-6 runs) in the ninth.
Slappy walks on the 2-3 pitch.
So much for the city that never sleeps...
The crowd at Fenway was going strong at that 2:45 am game last month. We even had a family in front of us with a kid the same age as that one they keep showing, plus his little sister. Those two are the only ones I saw sleeping that night.
I hope they have someone warming after Albers just in case.
A lot of these hangers-on could be from Jersey.
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