June 18, 2011

G70: Brewers 4, Red Sox 2

Brewers - 202 000 000 - 4  8  1
Red Sox - 020 000 000 - 2  9  1
Lester (8-7-4-3-8, 115) struggled early, giving up home runs to Rickie Weeks and Corey Hart on his third and fourth pitches of the night. (His second pitch, a 1-0 offering to Weeks, actually should have resulted in the first out. Adrian Gonzalez and Jarrod Saltalamacchia both chased Weeks's pop-up over by the Red Sox dugout, but there was confusion about who was calling for it, and the ball hit off Gonzalez's glove for an error as he tried a last-second basket catch.)

Plus, Lester's fifth pitch was drilled for a double by Ryan Braun. But in the span of four pitches, the threat was over, as Prince Fielder flied to left and Casey McGehee lined into a 5-4 double play.

It was only the third tme in his career Lester had allowed a leadoff home run to his first batter (Hanley Ramirez, July 2, 2006; Ian Kinsler, April 1, 2011) and the first time it had happened at Fenway. It was the second time Lester has given up back-to-back homers (Johnny Damon and Mark Teixeira, May 4, 2009).

In the Brewers third, George Kottaras hit a dong and Lester, after getting two outs, suddenly lost his control. He walked Braun on five pitches, walked Fielder on four, and fell behind McGehee 3-0, before McGehee singled in Milwaukee's fourth run.

Boston had tied the game in the second against Wolf (7-9-2-1-3, 111). Kevin Youkilis doubled and David Ortiz walked. After Darnell McDonald lined out to third and Marco Scutaro was called out on strikes, Saltalamacchia and Mike Cameron had RBI-singles.

After that, though, the bats were fairly dormant. Singles in the third by Yook and Tiz with two down went for naught as McDonald struck out. Scutaro doubled to lead off the fourth but was stranded there. Yook reached on an error by Fielder to open the eighth, but Ortiz rapped into a 3-6-3 DP.
Example
Randy Wolf / Jon Lester

Wolf has allowed two earned runs or fewer in 10 of his 14 starts this season, and five of his last six starts.

Home Cooking: The Red Sox have 10+ hits in each of their last four home games (batting .340) and have homered in each of their last 11 games at Fenway. They have won 12 of their last 16 home games.

In his last 11 home games, David Ortiz is hitting .511 (23-for-45). Adrian Gonzalez is hitting .533 (24-for-45) in his last 10 games at Fenway.

Overall, Gonzalez has reached base in 17 straight games, with a batting line of .415/.500/.846 (1.346 OPS). Of his 27 hits, 15 have gone for extra-bases: eight doubles, one triple, six home runs. ... In 26 games since May 20, Evil Bert is hitting .415/.471/.698. ... Gonzalez leads the American League with 99 hits; he also has 999 career hits.

AL East: Yankees/Cubs at 4 PM; Marlins/Rays and Blue Jays/Reds at 7 PM.

51 comments:

allan said...

Crawford on DL.

Ellsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Youkilis, 3B
Ortiz, DH
McDonald, LF
Scutaro, SS
Saltalamacchia, C
Cameron, RF

Weeks, DH
Hart, RF
Braun, LF
Fielder, 1B
McGehee, 3B
Betancourt, SS
Wilson, 2B
Gomez, CF
Kottaras, C

allan said...

Last night, the Orioles had 18 hits but scored only 4 runs.

It was the 3rd game since 1919 in which a team had 18+ hits without scoring more than four runs.

Nick Markakis was 4-for-5
Adam Jones was 4-for-5
Derek Lee was 5-for-5

And none of them had an RBI. It's the first time three players on the same team have had 4+ hits each and 0 RBI in the game-searchable era (1919-present).

allan said...

Former Sox prospect Anthony Rizzo has four hits for the Padres since being called up on June 9: single, double, triple, and home run!

allan said...

MFY - 002 001
CUBS - 000 20

allan said...

Wikileaks dong.

RedSoxDiehard said...

Not a good start.

But then I thought that last night too.

allan said...

hmmm....jon lester sitcom, anyone?

:>)

RedSoxDiehard said...

Last night, Prince served as DH. That made Fielder the only one who wasn't a fielder.

Maxwell Horse said...

Here's a story, uh, of a shell-shocked Lefty ...

Nevermind. Can we please get Julian Tavares warming?

RedSoxDiehard said...

Nice play, Youuuuuk!

allan said...

Nice quick ending to that inning!

RedSoxDiehard said...

Time for Lester to heed Lackey's latest "advice": Hang in there because the boys are coming.

Now let's go, boys!

RedSoxDiehard said...

What better way to redeem himself for that error than with hit #1000?

RedSoxDiehard said...

Grrr...

allan said...

Not a nice quick ending to that inning!

allan said...

lester's 12 pitches in the 2nd inning > lester's 12 pitches in the 1st inning

allan said...

Salty has his OPS+ above league average - 102. Very nice to see.

allan said...

SALTY!

RedSoxDiehard said...

Here come the boys now!

Maxwell Horse said...

This safety public service ad from the Office of Highway Safety is so weird. At first you think it's just about the importance of wearing helmets when riding motorcycles, but then they throw out so many random lines from the bikers that you're not sure what the hell they're promoting. I guess just make sure not to ride motorcycle naked.

allan said...

Doung.

allan said...

MFY - 002 001 001
CUB - 000 200 00

allan said...

MFY - 002 001 001 - 4 11 2
CUB - 000 200 001 - 3 6 0

FB in 9th:
Reed Johnson homers.
Alfonso Soriano singles.
Lou Montanez runs for Soriano.
Geovany Soto GIDP 463.
Jeff Baker strikes out swinging.

allan said...

Lesterzaka

allan said...

bad news and back side in rapid succession!

Maxwell Horse said...

I'm not worried. Unless the Brewers count on scoring over 10 runs, this game is in the bag.

meunier said...

I am back from getting my registry application for the Dominican Republic done.

meunier said...

Wolf has been living a charmed life tonight

allan said...

"something going" - orsillo going to phrases tonight he hasn't used in awhile

Maxwell Horse said...

I'd like to see the Amica zone on Darnell's third strike.

allan said...

GDGD had it inside, but still on the fuzzy line of the zone.

Kathryn said...

So we were cooking dinner while watching the game. I was wondering if I would be greeted with Lester songs once I got here.

meunier said...

CS

allan said...

It is time for some run(s).

allan said...

It is time for some run(s).

Kathryn said...

7 in 7?

RedSoxDiehard said...

So much for the Lackey Theory that it's perfectly fine to give up 4 runs because they're going to score 10 (or 16) for you....

RedSoxDiehard said...

Also, it is time for some run(s).

RedSoxDiehard said...

Kathryn, I like your thinking.

meunier said...

Who the heck is the back end of the Brewers bullpen?

allan said...

Brewers pitchers

meunier said...

I thought Hawkins had retired a long time ago.

RedSoxDiehard said...

I guess we're just going to need to score 8 in the 8th...

allan said...

It is time for some run(s).

(At least 3, pls.)

allan said...

prince non-fielder

allan said...

shit

allan said...

Hottovy, with Bowden behind him?

Hmmmmmm........

Kathryn said...

Okay, how about 3 in 9?

meunier said...

I must be a requirement to have a handlebar stash to be the Brewers closer.

Maxwell Horse said...

1 out left. Can Sutton hit a 2-run bomb with no one on base?

meunier said...

boo clean