Red Sox - 000 000 300 - 3 4 1 Rays - 000 000 000 - 0 1 0Beckett (9-1-0-0-6, 97) pitched the first one-hitter of his career, his first shutout since July 12, 2009, and the Red Sox's first complete game of 2011. It was also Beckett's ninth career complete game of nine innings (six in the regular season and three in the playoffs).
With two outs in the third, Reid Brignac hit a medium-speed grounder down the third base line. Kevin Youkilis came in and gloved it, but his throw was on one hop to Adrian Gonzalez and, most likely, not in time. AG couldn't scoop the throw and Brignac was safe. That was Beckett's only baserunner, as he retired the next 19 batters. (Beckett threw more than five pitches to only two of his 28 batters.)
Hellickson (7-4-3-2-2, 94) matched Beckett pitch-by-pitch for six innings. He allowed only two baserunners -- Dustin Pedroia's first-inning single and Jacoby Ellsbury's walk in the fourth -- and both of them were immediately erased on double plays.
With one out in the seventh, Pedroia tripled off the wall in right-center. Matt Joyce drifted back and leapt at (or maybe crashed into) the wall, but could not catch the ball. The Rays intentionally walked Gonzalez and pitched to Youkilis, who had a miserable game last night and was 0-2 so far against Hellickson, including an ugly three-pitch strikeout his last time up. Youkilis took a strike, then drilled a fastball about four rows deep in left field for his 10th dong of the season.
At 2:20, it was the Red Sox's quickest game of the season. The second-quickest game (2:24) was played last night.
Last 7 starts
IP H R ER BB K ERA AVG OBP SLG Beckett 44.2 33 9 9 18 38 1.81 .209 .309 .241 Hellickson 46.0 29 12 11 19 29 2.15 .180 .267 .304In his last start, Hellickson allowed five earned runs and seven hits to Baltimore in 5.2 innings. Since May 1, Beckett has made eight starts with a 1.65 ERA. Beckett also has had six no-decisions in his last 10 starts.
Jacoby Ellsbury has hit safely in 17 of his last 18 games (.397/.455/.603/1.057). During his current 11-game hitting streak, he's batting .423. From June 7-12, Ellsbury had six straight multiple-hit games.
Adrian Gonzalez has hits in 20 of his last 23 games, with a .406 average. Over the last month or so (May 8, 33 games), he's hitting .388. Gonzalez has a hit or a walk in 58 of his 66 games.
Marco Scutaro is hitting .432 in his last 10 games (which includes four games before his DL stint). ... Since getting the good news on his shoulder, Dustin Pedroia is hitting .412/.524/.706/1.230.
AL East: Rangers/Yankees and Orioles/Blue Jays at 7 PM.
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Ellsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Youkilis, 3B
Ortiz, DH
Crawford, LF
Lowrie, SS
Drew, RF
Varitek, C
PeteAbe:
Andrew Miller has decided to stay with the Red Sox, manager Terry Francona said.
The Class AAA starter had the option of declaring free agency today if the Red Sox did not promote him to the majors. But as the Globe reported last night, a compromise was reached that will culminate with Miller joining the rotation next week. He is expected to pitch against the San Diego Padres on Monday. ...
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Damon, DH
Zobrist, 2B
Joyce, RF
Longoria, 3B
Kotchman, 1B
Upton, CF
Jaso, C
Ruggiano, LF
Brignac, SS
NESN!
Bingo in the Trop!
I feel like we should post Game 7 updates.
Okay, I know I complain about camera angles a lot, but could they at least zoom in a little on the main shot? The whole top half of the screen is crowd and wall. Zoom the fuck in!
nesn seems fine/normal on my tv. the rays feed last night was horrible; it made it seem like i was sitting in the bleachers.
ESPN ticker: the Angels have released Scott Kazmir. He went 0-5 giving up 30 runs in 5 starts in the minors.
Man, he fell off a cliff.
Yanks quickly come back in bottom of 1st; 2-2 now.
I feel like I'm behind the bleachers.
i think nesn missed the 1st pitch to longoria.
Kazmir, yeah, that's crazy. Was it an injury that he never recovered from?
If drew cared...
Can't remember. He started going downhill while still with the Rays.
What was his record against the sox?
I used to hope he would end up with Boston - him and Crawford. Glad only half my wish came true!
Kazmir vs Sox
Hi, everyone. Long time, no see, but I decided I needed some JOS spirit tonight.
Question: Andrew Miller's deal---how long do the Sox have to keep him in the majors under the contract in order to avoid free agency? Is one game sufficient? I don't usually care too much about these things, but this intrigued me.
Damn, DP.
Thanks Allan. Do you get tired of being the go-to stats guy?
Rips foul - another one for the list
Amy, you succumbed to the laptop tonight I see. :)
Everyone can use B-Ref, you know.
The Swisher/Papelbon shaver commercial looks like a frat-guy's Youtube "vlog." But hey, I can understand that a little Mom & Pop company like Norelco couldn't afford to shoot with film, so I give it a free pass.
Yes, I needed a fix of JOS!
And no, not everyone can use B-Ref. Some of us are too overwhelmed. I do not find it user friendly.
Was that in response to my question about Miller? I wouldn't even know where to begin to find the answer to that question!
OTT
No, I don't mind looking stuff up. But when I read "what's his record?", I wonder if all my work here has been in vain...
Not sure about Miller. It should be in some of the stories, or in the SoSH thread I (think I) linked to.
TEX - 202
MFY - 210
OK, I will see what I can find about Miller.
And perhaps someone could create a tutorial for using B-Ref. I just really find it confusing. But then I have never spend much time trying to figure it out. I can find simple things, like a player's overall record, but no clue how you find things like a player's record against a particular pitcher.
Why would that make your work in vain? I've been to B-Ref. I've even found some answers there. But I never seem to get the search right on the first try, or even the second.
How do you complete that search?
For what I found, I looked under "splits" on Kazmir's page, and then "career", and scrolled down to where each team is.
Also on the pitcher's page is "vs batter" or something like that.
Hi Amy. Good to have you here tonight.
Wow, this is another very quick game.
In the SoSH thread about Miller somebody said he would have to clear waivers if they send him down.
Was that in response to my question about Miller?
Nope.
Kat asked if Allan minded being the go-to guy for stats.
because what his record against the red sox is/was means nothing and i want everyone to stop caring what it is/was.
Oh god, more Heidi eating spots.
i don't get the waiver thing. i thought he was simply a free agent and could then do whatever he wanted with any team. (maybe i'm wrong.)
My guess is Baseball Reference is like any other tool: it gets easier with practice.
Yes, it seems that if they send Miller back down, he would have to clear waivers first, but there is a clause in his contract where the Sox gave him a $3 million option for 2012 if he is claimed on waivers by another team.
Not that I really have a clue what that means... Some day I will have to learn more about how these contracts work.
I assume, however, that it means they can send him back down to AAA without triggering the free agency clause.
This is my source. Here
oh, okay. i got their decision today and any future demotion confused/combined.
Hi, Kat---good to be here!
Amy using Fangraphs!!!
I don't understand the waiver thing either, but the impression I got was that once they decided to bring him up, keeping him with the Sox (because there was a clause in the minor league contract that let him walk if they didn't) they want to keep him up to keep him off waivers.
Oh, it's the record thing. I get it. Sorry, I guess that was a momentary lapse.
Thanks for the instruction. That made sense and I got to the page.
greetings from vacationland, jos
Well, I *was* kidding. For us old farts, batting average and W-L are so ingrained, it's hard to let go or to not use them even as shorthand for something else.
Amy using Fangraphs!!!
You see, your work is not in vain!
These Sullivan Tire ads are AWFUL
It seemed that Kazmir usually pitched well against us. Just a feeling, though.
We used to have a local tire company that advertised itself as "the one with the friendly feel, where you get satisfaction wrapped around a wheel." I thought that was pretty gross/funny.
Hey John. Where are you vacationing?
Well, not really using Fangraphs. Just what I found by googling Andrew Miller free agency contract terms.
I guess the thought is that no team will take him through waivers with the $3 million option he has with the Sox available? Got me!
Kat, I have the same sense---that Kazmir was our nemesis on the Rays for several seasons.
Pitch Count:
JB: 10-9-17 5-13-10 = 64
JH: 15-14-8 11-9-8 = 65
That's why I wanted him to go to Boston.
But then he started sucking.
Hey Kat--Maine is Vacationland; says so right on our license plates. I am vacationing in delightful Swanville Maine, chez moi.
Satisfaction wrapped around a wheel! Ha ha, yes, gross/funny.
L, where have you been? Crawford is sucking, too!
*sarcasm*
i did not look at the yearly stats but one year had a 1.xx ERA, right? i'm sure there was a good stretch in there where he was on. i also remember him throwing a ton of pitches, of being up to 100 by the 5th.
So, John, where do Mainers (or Mainiacs) go for vacation?
Seventh inning already?? Wow.
Damned if I know, amy. I guess we get on I-95 and head south, hoping for the best.
Thanks John.
That's two things that have gone over my head already tonight. Ugh. Maybe it's the 'old fart' in me coming out.
I'm hollering, "That looks good. That looks good." and then...foul.
Ontario, yours to discover
Just a tourism slogan, not really a state nickname like The Empire State, Vacationland, or The Garden State, which now makes everyone snicker.
I had to look up Massachusetts: The Bay State.
FY!!
FY!!!
FY!
score here
yook, break out of this 1.5-game tamper slump.
We would have told you that, Laura! If Allan can look up weird stats for us, the least we can do is tell you the state nickname.
Connecticut is the Nutmeg State, NH the Granite State, Rhode Island the Ocean State. Can't remember Vermont. But that takes care of New England. :)
Triple!! Now bring him in.
"I had to look up Massachusetts: The Bay State"
Aw, laura, that's insulting to a native son! Dja know there's a humongous stuffed cod hanging in the chamber of the Mass. house of representatives--either a reminder of our Bay heritage or a former legislator who forgot to go home....
YES!! YOUK!!!
SWEAT POWER!!!!!
SULTAN OF SWEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3-0.
Shit yes!
Green Mountain State.
payment received
And, Virginia is for Lovers.
Cool beans.
Green Mountain State.
I knew all the others you named, only didn't know Massachusetts.
But I looked it up myself! I usually do. :) (But thanks!)
VT=Green Mountain State
Love the extra bonus run.
Ha, that's not a double play!
YOUUUKKKK!!!
Anytime there's a triple in the early innings, I always start thinking cycle. Normally the 7th inning seems too late, but who knows. FY could do it.
Of course, Massachusetts is a Commonwealth, so it should be the Bay Commonwealth. But whatevah!
Virgnia = Old Dominion
We have 2: besides Nutmeg State, we're also Constitution State. (And that's the one that made the license plate.)
Isn't Maine's real nickname the Pine Tree State or something?
Virginia is also a commonwealth. Along with Kentucky, right?
PA: Keystone State
I think that may exhaust my knowledge. After all, those are the license plates I am most likely to see, along with NY and NJ.
John, don't take it personally. I have no connection to Mass except the Red Sox. Even Allan didn't know it was The Bay State!
Yes, PA and KY are also commonwealths.
Some call RI Little Rhody. I'd hate that.
Amy--Pine Tree State has about a million more times more dignity than Vacationland, but the license plate does not lie.
Wikipedia says yes, Maine is the Pine Tree State.
I also know it as Vacationland, so those license plates are very effective.
I know Louisiana is Sportsmen's Paradise from Jaws.
No offense taken, laura--but the Red Sox are just the tip of the iceberg of the glories of my home state!
Why is Connecticut the Constitution State? It wasn't signed there, and CT was not the first to sign it. Was CT the first state to have a constitution?
Stanley Cup: 1-0 Boston end of 1st period.
My additions:
North Carolina: Tar Heel State
Kentucky: Bluegrass State
Tennessee: Volunteer State
West Virginia: Mountain State
Georgia: Peach State
South Carolina: Palmetto State
Stories of state nicknames
Another one I better know is Nebraska being the Cornhusker State.
Boston right now in the Sunshine State
Ah, yes, I should have remembered all those.
There's a hockey game tonight?
Just kidding...even I am aware of that.
I never really knew WHY my home state is called the Constitution state. Or the Nutmeg State. It's not like we all ate nutmeg on everything. Constitutionally.
Sprays it foul. Do we have that one yet?
TX: Lone Star State
Amy - yes, CT had first state constitution.
I kinda like "Land of Steady Habits" for CT.
Hatchet-Faced Nutmeg Dealer?
"Connecticut was designated the “Constitution State” by the General Assembly in 1959. As early as the 19th Century, John Fiske, a popular historian from Connecticut, made the claim that the Fundamental Orders of 1638/39 were the first written constitution in history."
All you want to know about state nicknames is here .
Sprayed foul! No Kat, that's new. :)
There are definitely some state nicknames I have never heard. Alabama the Yellowhammer State? Colorado the Centennial State? And so on.
California = The Golden State
Amy, scroll up. I linked to that a while back.
Wyoming has a cool one: The Equality State.
Too bad that's history.
Oops, I must have missed it. In fact, I still can't find it. Sorry!
Assuming it was ever true of Wyoming...or any other state.
Maine has the towns of Unity, Amity, Liberty, Freedom, laura. No Equality, though.
Ha ha, no problem. It says "stories of state nicknames". I thought that's why you were quoting from it about CT!
"California = The Golden State"
I always forget that one despite the Golden State Warriors.
Nope, we just both found the same site. The wonders of Google!
WY was the first state with women's suffrage and women in the state legislature. The influence of the pioneer women in the west was very positive.
Now it's anti-choice and anti-equal marriage.
That's how I know a lot of the nicks, too. Like Tennessee, Volunteer State. And your Cornhuskers.
"sprayed" is not new; it's on the bingo card.
But we have this alt-bingo game: Don's verbs for foul balls.
The Dunkin Donuts iced coffee ads are killing me.
Sprayed foul. Damn, there it is, under the G.
TEX - 202 000
MFY - 210 12
Another super fast game!
time of game is 2:13 in mid 9th
beckett at 84 - hope he's back out there
This game really did fly. Like the olden days.
1
(counting for Beckett is different)
Like the olden days.
1938?
2
1960s, 1970s.
Damn, I may have to watch hockey. Not that I am complaining about an easy win tonight.
Last night was really fast, too.
Yes, but we lost that one. Better a fast game we win!
Nice!
Dirty Joshing Water!
What a beauty. Thanks, Josh!
And we do! One hitter!
Beckett of 2007!
Laura, is it inevitable yet?
Beautiful.
3.. A beautiful one hitter for Josh.
shoulda had a no hitter
Oh dear, the I-word. Too early for me - still before the ASB.
if yook gets brignac to end the 3rd, it is impossible to say how the next 6 innings would have gone. the sox could have lost 15-4.
Good night everyone. I enjoyed the game and the company.
Still 1-0 with 8:30 left in the 2nd.
2-0!!!
OK, I was trying to remember when it was that you started saying that four years ago.
Yes, probably still too early. Just hoping!
I guess I will watch some hockey. Can't ignore all the Boston excitement.
Bruins short-handed! 3-0!
Tonight and last night the two shortest games of the season so far - 2:20 and 2:24 respectively.
It's cool how watching a game 7 gives you a slight hint of those feelings you get when a team you actually DO care about is in a championship series or whatever.
Kazmir relased from the angels. I will be somewhat suprised if the yankees don't grab him.
Kazmir relased from the angels. I will be somewhat suprised if the yankees don't grab him.
In five starts for Salt Lake (AAA), Kazmir pitched 15.1 innings and allowed 22 hits, 20 walks, and 30 runs (29 earned), for a 17.02 ERA and 2.74 WHIP. He also hit 6 batters.
Checking his game log, one of the starts was decent. In 3 of the other 4 starts, however, he recorded only 5, 5, and 7 outs.
Maybe some team thinks they can help him.
I am shocked that he is only 27!
Vancouver rioting live!
For now lets toast to the Bruins. In November we can toast to the sox.
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