Red Sox - 100 000 000 - 1 9 1 Pirates - 002 001 00x - 3 9 0It was a soggy, squanderific night in the City of Bridges. Lester (6-8-3-1-5, 107) was not sharp, but the bats offered no assistance. The Red Sox left 11 men on base (including two each in the seventh and eighth innings) and were 0-for-8 with runners at second and/or third.
Boston took a 1-0 lead when Jacoby Ellsbury walked to start the game, took third on the first of Adrian Gonzalez's two hits, and scored on Kevin Youkilis's grounder to third.
With two outs in the third, Dustin Pedroia and Gonzalez singled, and Yook walked to load the bases, but Darnell McDonald grounded out. McDonald also ended the fifth inning with men on first and second. In between those rally-killing at-bats, Lester lost the lead, allowing a single, double, walk, and single (plus a run-scoring DP) to begin the bottom of the third.
Josh Reddick singled to open the seventh and Pedroia walked with one out, but Tony Watson got Gonzalez to foul out to the catcher and Daniel McCutchen came in to strike out Youkilis.
In the eighth, facing Jose Veras, McDonald and pinch-hitter J.D. Drew singled. Jason Varitek bunted the runners to second and third. Marco Scutaro flinched and turned away from at least two of Veras's breaking balls (NESN said sliders; Gameday says curveballs) and struck out looking. As the rain poured down, David Ortiz came out as a pinch-hitter and, with so much rain dripping off his helmet he had to quickly take his hand off the bat handle to wipe it off as Veras was going into his motion, fell behind 1-2, fouled off three pitches, and finally grounded out to shortstop, ending the Sox's last threat.
Maholm has pitched at least six innings in nine of his last 11 starts. His ERA at home (2.12) is more than two runs better than his road mark (4.63).
Scott Atchison has been recalled from Pawtucket and will be available tonight. Michael Bowden was sent down.
The May 17 game against the Orioles (postponed due to bad weather) will be made up as the first game of a day-night doubleheader on September 19.
AL East: Rockies/Yankees at 7 PM; Rays/Astros at 8 PM.
AG at 1B, no Flo
ReplyDeleteEllsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Youkilis, 3B
McDonald, LF
Cameron, RF
Varitek, C
Scutaro, SS
Lester, P
Tabata, LF
d'Arnaud, 3B
McCutchen, CF
Walker, 2B
Diaz, RF
Overbay, 1B
Cedeno, SS
McKenry, C
Maholm, P
This is now a low-Flo situation, it's a No-Flo.
ReplyDeleteDH? We don't need no stinkin' DH! Beat these Bucs!
ReplyDeleteAllan there is a converstion we had about LBJ about 3 years ago . I wish I could find it.
ReplyDeleteIf I recall , it makes us both look like geniuses.
Which in my case is hard to do......
The road trip starts tomorrow - Harrisburg Senators v Altoona Curve, then Sunday its Sox at Pitt, then Monday it is Buffalo Bison v Norfolk Tide.
ReplyDeleteGoing to be terrific. Assuming all goes well.
Looks a top park, PNC....
That stadium looks a lot nicer than the old stadium I went to about 20 years ago.
ReplyDeleteBad decision Tek.
ReplyDeleteLord, are you going to be in Philly on Tuesday? I think I remember you saying it was a possibility.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Three Rivers was a wreck. The one game we saw there was fun, though - a very good atmosphere.
ReplyDeleteWe went out last night with our friend whose dad (now age 92) was the first GM of the P'burgh Penguins. He was telling us about some very cool fan-friendly things the Penguins do - a few things the Red Sox could learn from and improve on. I'm thinking Allan could post about this...
ReplyDeleteLL, you will be in Buffalo or in VA?
ReplyDeleteIt was fun. Our daughter was almost two. She still remembers the trip and Bucky (the mascot).
ReplyDeletewow - the booth is in the clouds.
ReplyDeleteNeat. For us it was the first stop on our Rust Belt Baseball Road Trip, 1999. An amazing trip, until one of our dogs became suddenly ill, and we were a 17-hour drive away. She held on just until we got back.
ReplyDeleteOh Geez, sorry about that. I seem unable to talk about that 99 road trip without mentioning our little Clyde's death! Sorry.
ReplyDeleteAllan there is a converstion we had about LBJ about 3 years ago . I wish I could find it.
ReplyDeleteI wish comments were searchable.
Could it have been when he first came up? During a game or a non-game post?
Buffalo - going to Niagara Falls. As soon as the game finishes we start off on the way home - staying in Batavia on Monday night.
ReplyDeleteWill be in Philly, but at my brother-in-law's, not the game.
I have to go to the doctors soon after for some shots as I am off to Yankees v Rays on 10 July.
I wish comments were searchable.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes have good luck with a google search. If you can remember something unique that you said.
Re Clyde. That's okay. Association is how our memories work. You will always associate that trip with her death.
ReplyDelete1999 trip, good version:
ReplyDeletePittsburgh
- Fallingwater, Andy Warhol
Cleveland
- RR HOF (yuck)
Detroit, Tiger Stadium
- Nomar autograph
- African American History Museum (awesome place)
- Diego Rivera Industry Frescoes
Chicago NL
Chicago AL
- Mariano Rivera autograph
- Frank Lloyd Wright home/studio, blues, ribs, Hemingway, etc.
Milwaukee
Am I missing anything?
LL, too bad. Jonny and I will be at the game on Tuesday.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a good pitching match up, that is if the slacker decides to play.
LL, that's great! We live near Buffalo, about 2 hr drive away. Western NY State is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI hope you will go to the Canadian side of the Falls. Much more impressive. (Although the Falls are about 1/3 of what they once were, mostly diverted for power now.)
Re shots, I used to say that about going crosstown in NYC, needing shots and papers to go from East to West Side. :)
.363 avg for the evil one.
ReplyDeleteWow, those are some awesome memories.
ReplyDeleteTwo-out rally time?
Kathryn, that's exactly it. That trip is always tinged with pain and sadness, I cannot separate it. We had lost our first dog only 6 months earlier. It was very very hard - even thinking about a game in Pittsburgh triggers it!
ReplyDeleteAmazing how that works.
squanderooney
ReplyDeleteDid y'all see the news about Riggleman, the Nationals manager? The team wins 11 of their last 12 to go above .500 and he resigns.
ReplyDeleteI am glad I can separate it (even though she was my little sweetheart).
ReplyDeleteIt looked for a while as though I was getting Beckett. But now it is Miller but it is just a pleasure to be there. Hope they don't rest Gonzalez....
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, how is Darnell McDonald batting 5?
did nesn miss the first pitch and the bunt? mlbtv came in a tad late.
ReplyDeleteMicrowave instead of Large Father...
ReplyDeletenot fun.
Microwave having trouble melting a marshmallow these days.
At least Maholm's at 58 pitches.
ReplyDeleteNope, NESN came back just in time. If that was the first pitch.
ReplyDeleteBeavis in trouble vs Rockies.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm on mlbtv.
ReplyDeletedon finally mentions that mckenry was traded by the sox very recently.
ReplyDeleteyou ever notice how little don talks about other stuff in baseball, like riggleman or any games of the previous day, like a normal fan would do? i find it odd.
ortiz would have had that.
ReplyDeleteWho does he think he is, LBJ?
ReplyDeleteTough day for the wave, so far.
ReplyDeleteEEI nearly missed the first pitch and bunt, too.
ReplyDeletejesus, just pour in strikes to the pitcher (.111 avg).
ReplyDeleteWhy did he resign?
ReplyDeleteWalk the pitcher??? C'mon Lesterini.
ReplyDeleteCome on, Houdini
ReplyDeletei think because the nats were not going to renew his contract at the end of the year. or something.
ReplyDeleteHmm, Dice K would've wiggled out of a bases loaded no out jam.
ReplyDeleteat least there was an empty base for him.
ReplyDeleteis lester trying to make lackey feel better by having a similar inning?
ReplyDeleteWho is this guy? And what did he do with April Lester?
ReplyDeletePapi's says "he's learned a lot from EB", maybe Lester's been talking to Lackey too much?
ReplyDeletestory here
ReplyDeletehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/jim-riggleman-resigns-as-nationals-manager-immediately-after-a-win/2011/06/23/AG7yl9hH_story.html
He asked them to make a decision on his extension now and they said they weren't ready. So he resigned, saying, "I'm 58, I'm too old to be disrespected."
"Riggleman’s unhappiness over his contract situation had been an open secret around the team almost since the day it was signed, Nov. 9, 2009. Although the Nationals called it a three-year deal at the time, it was more accurately a two-year guaranteed deal with a low buyout after the first season and a team option for 2012 — effectively keeping Riggleman on a year-to-year basis, and at a salary, $600,000, that ranked among the lowest in the game."
That was an ugly at bat from Cameron.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kat. Not like I actually keep track of goings on in the NL.
ReplyDeletePosnanski wrote about Riggleman today
ReplyDeletehttp://joeposnanski.blogspot.com/2011/06/wriggling-for-riggleman.html
Doesn't appear that Riggleman deserve much sympathy. 11 wins in the last 12 for a team that was previously at Riggleman's carreer historic winning percentage of .420?!? At least he's got some balls to try and squeeze out a contract extension right then.
How long does Tito keep running Cameron out there instead of Reddick or Kalish?
ReplyDeleteAnd why is Cameron batting 6th?
ReplyDeletesomeone's gotta hit 6th.
ReplyDeleteYeah exactly someone gotta hit! not K :-P
ReplyDeleteHave something going
ReplyDeleteCOL - 011 1
ReplyDeleteMFY - 101
Rox still hitting in thr 4th. Cletus has walked 2 guys with 2 outs to load 'em up.
FC ends the inning. Rockies up 3-2.
ReplyDeleteNice call, Youk.
ReplyDeleteGuy wants to resign, he doesn't need anyone's sympathy or permission.
ReplyDeleteYES! Nice dp
ReplyDeleteMaybe now is the time for the 2-out rally.
ReplyDeleteHa, funny to see Wake so young. He still makes the same face when he throws the ball.
ReplyDeletemccutchen ketch(es)up with that fly ball.
ReplyDeleteyeah, i'd like to see much longer clips.
ReplyDeleteFirst ML hit a triple?? That can't be too common.
ReplyDeleteDarnell looks so crappy out there.
The duo of McDonald & Cameron not looking too good out there.
ReplyDeleteHe still makes the same face when he throws the ball.
ReplyDeleteFunny how those things never change! I'd like to see more of that, too.
triple as the first hit of his career, in his debut - nice.
ReplyDeletenow strand him, pls
Stranded!
ReplyDeleteFirst ML hit a triple?? That can't be too common.
ReplyDeleteThey are playing my song ...
Since 1919, 114 players have tripled in their first major league game.
For 57 of them, it was their only hit, so it was their first MLB hit. For the others, you would have to check.
Pesky, Damon, and McCovey among the 114.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Gerbil and the real Boomer.
ReplyDeleteJackie Mayo on the All-Condiment Team.
ReplyDelete(We'll force Michael Kay to manage them!)
My husband is yelling, 'single' at the TV.
ReplyDeleteIf Scuturo gets on does Papi pinh hit for Lester?
ReplyDeletemlbtv comes back early, and we get to watch heidi getting ready for her bit.
ReplyDeleteThey are playing my song ...
ReplyDeleteIndeed I was.
All-Condiment Team, I like it! Or should I say I relish it.
Gerbil triple? I guess he was slimmer then.
Please, no pics.
i heard resop was a good pitcher, but i think it was a fable.
ReplyDeletefeels early for papi.
ReplyDeleteand lester at 87
Will they pinch hit for Lester if Scutaro gets on?
ReplyDelete*eye roll*
ReplyDelete*but laughing*
let lester bunt them over and lyndon will drive them in.
ReplyDelete*eye roll*
ReplyDelete*but laughing*
Yeah, me too.
they did not follow my plan.
ReplyDeleteTrue, but it's not like Lester's been cruising. I want playoff Tito, pull Lester, for Papi, and swap out either Cameron or McD for Reddick.
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess that makes the Lester question moot.
ReplyDeleteNevermind. All Hypothetical now, crap.
ReplyDeleteNow I guess you hit for Lester to start the inning, since he will be around 100-105, probably.
ReplyDeleteSee? Strategy!!
Rockies building a picket fence at Stade Fasciste.
ReplyDeleteCOL - 011 11
MFY - 101 00
Ok. Double switch to start the 7th. Reddick hits for Lester and stays in for Cameron. Papi hits in Camerons spot after the sox put even more men on.
ReplyDeletePlease.
did yook play that off his glove and then his face?
ReplyDeleteYouk is struggling tonight. What gives? Lots of breaks going the Pirates way.
ReplyDeleteArrrgh.
ReplyDeletehey, ooooooooooooverbay!
ReplyDeletefuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
youuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!
The player formerly known as Lyle Ooooooverbay. Related to Orlandooooooooo Hudson, of course.
ReplyDeleteAn out! Yay!!
ReplyDeleteFatt Albers up
ReplyDeleteNice Tek.
ReplyDeleteI guess everyone's entitled to an off night. Yook is having one tonight, it seems.
ReplyDelete"All-Condiment Team"
ReplyDeleteIt must be impossible for a Spanish person to order Seitzer, and not get Salas.
Yep, maybe he'll take care of things at the plate.
ReplyDelete"Yes, I was very wise to hitch my wagon to his star."
ReplyDeleteThat pitchers name(Maholm) was said Ma-Home right , I swear Don was calling him MA-HoLLM
ReplyDeleteOnce I mention the Rockies, they stop scoring ... 4-2, top 7th.
ReplyDeleteO'Brien's been saying "ma-HOLL-um"
ReplyDeletedon't you dare, bunt!!!
ReplyDeleteOkay, step one of mouse's prediction.
ReplyDeleteYeaaaaa. Josh!
ReplyDeleteAllow hits, Watson!
ReplyDeleteAllow hits, Watson!
Allow hits, Watson!
(only L will understand)
"He really brings a lot of energy"-Castig on Reddick
ReplyDeleteas opposed to Cameron who strikes me as sucking the life out of the room these days.
Com'on EB! RBIs awaitin!
ReplyDeleteit is amazing that Reddick can hit here but not in AAA . It is amazing he is only 24.
ReplyDeleteIs there a chance he is our starting RF next year?
yook needs to atone.
ReplyDeleteThere's a quite good chance Reddick or Kalish will be the starting RF next year. Drew's in his last contract year and unless he really turns it around he won't be back.
ReplyDeletethey have 2 guys named mccutchen?
ReplyDeletedrew has also said he may retire. ... he ain't coming back regardless.
ReplyDeleteStrikeout of Sweat.
ReplyDeleteWow, another one of these games. 7 hits and 1 run. I'm not complaining, given our offensive power of late. It's just frustrating.
ReplyDeletei guess tito didn't want to double switch reddick into the field because mcdonald and cameron are hitting 1-2 next inning -- but was albers going to go more than 1 inning anyway?
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of hitting a triple in your first game, I wonder how many players have hit an inside-the-park home run in their first MLB at-bat?
ReplyDeleteWatson! Watson! That little dog and his annoying owners will live on forever.
ReplyDelete(Not to be confused with Tim's Winston, who we love.)
Johnnie LeMaster hit the only inside-the-park home run to be recorded in a first MLB at-bat on September 2, 1975 off Don Sutton.
ReplyDelete***
Ed Delahanty of the Philadelphia Phillies, on July 13, 1896, hit four home runs in one game, two of which were inside-the-park home runs. This is the only time any homers in a four-homer game have been inside-the-park.
Jimmy Sheckard hit inside-the-park grand slams in consecutive games on consecutive days in 1901 with the Brooklyn Superbas, the only person in MLB history to do so.
Pete Milne hit an inside-the-park grand slam for his only career home run on April 27, 1949.
On July 25, 1956, Roberto Clemente became the only player to have ever hit a walk-off inside-the-park grand slam in a 9-8 Pirates win over the Cubs, at Forbes Field.
Thank you for asking and answering that question.
ReplyDeleterifles it foul
ReplyDeleteNice ITP HR stats, especially Clemente.
ReplyDeletePete Milne hit an inside-the-park grand slam for his only career home run on April 27, 1949.
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty cool too!
More ITPHR fun from Wikipedia:
ReplyDeleteKyle Blanks of the Padres (285 pounds) became the heaviest player to hit an inside-the-park home run (August 18, 2009 against the Cubs).
Adam Jones of the Orioles hit a two-run inside-the-park homer against the Nationals on May 22, 2010 after Nationals center fielder Nyjer Morgan threw down his hat and glove in disgust upon believing the ball cleared the wall on a failed jumping attempt to catch it.
On July 18, 2010, Cleveland's Jhonny Peralta hit a three-run inside-the-park home run when Tigers outfielder Ryan Raburn crashed through the bullpen fence while trying to catch the ball. Peralta took 16.74 seconds to round the bases, which was, at that point in the 2010 season, the slowest of any inside-the-park home run and slower than five regular home run trots.
I love the dog in this Dunkin Donuts ad.
ReplyDeleteRifles it foul - good one for the list!
ReplyDeleteITP GS in consecutive games? Amazing stuff.
ReplyDeleteWatson? It might be like our neighbor's dog. We swore that her full name was...Mindy you get back here this second.
Note to Ellsbury: No player has hit an ITPHR in a World Series game since 1929.
ReplyDeleteAnd said in this annoying shrill voice: WATson! WATson! WATson!
ReplyDeleteAnd
Go pee Watson! Go pee Watson! over and over and over.
Ah, neighbours.
Note to Ellsbury: No player has hit an ITPHR in a World Series game since 1929.
ReplyDeleteSomething to watch for from The Unstoppables.
On Fire shows a bit of spark.
ReplyDeleteOF singles to the OF!
ReplyDeletebard up
ReplyDeleteflo has a bat in the dugout
come on cactus!
HA - huge ovation as papi comes out on deck!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Man appears, crowd goes wild
ReplyDeleteFUCK! Don't give up outs with a guy that can hit a home run! I HATE that. Nice bunt though tek.
ReplyDeleteman, scutaro will see those sliders in his sleep.
ReplyDeleteHurdle on the all-track team
ReplyDeletePapi of 04, 05 pls
ReplyDeletepark it and tarp it.
ReplyDeletejeez, he's wiping rain off his helmet - hand off bat - about 1 second before veras goes into his windup
ReplyDeletefuckety fuck
ReplyDeleteAnd what pray tell did that bunt get you except one out closer to the end of the inning?!
ReplyDeleteWould Tito have bunted if this was an american league game? Outs are precious.........
ReplyDeleteYeah, he might have bunted. Still, moving the runners over for Scutaro ....
ReplyDeleteWe can't score two lousy runs? What's the current LOB number?
ReplyDeleteBaseball Almanac claims that Luke Stuart, of the Browns, also hit an ITPHR in his 1st AB, on August 8, 1921.
ReplyDeleteStuart played in only 3 MLB games. On July 28, he played an inning or two in the field. On August 8, he homered, but Bref doesn't say if it was ITP. He played the next day - and that was the end of his MLB career.
11 LOB
ReplyDeleteand 0 for 8 with RATS
At least the MFY lose.
ReplyDeleteI'm keeping a list of foul verbs. I started the other day and have only added ones I've heard since then.
ReplyDeletebend
carve
lace
rifle
send
spray
Any others?
I think Tito may have bunted in an AL game. I don't disagree, but it's not as if anyone hits HRs at will.
ReplyDeletetime for this guy to blow a save
ReplyDeleteScary chin pitching
ReplyDeletecranked foul
ReplyDeletelifted
ReplyDeletepls tell us the date of each save and how long his beard was, don.
ReplyDeleteShit. Is anyone feeling rallyish? I'm not.
ReplyDeleteNo, but it doesn't matter how we feel.
ReplyDeleteBut in this case our feelings were correct. Stoppable. (For the moment.)
ReplyDeleteDrink plenty of water, come back tomorrow.
This game is strange. Nobody could stop us and now, we're losing to the lowly Pirates.
ReplyDeletethat was a reverse mojo/honesty combo!
ReplyDeleteThat's baseball for ya.
ReplyDeleteLuke Stuart's ITPHR was off Walter Johnson and was his only major league hit. 26 years later, Stuart killed himself.
ReplyDeleteThere's an article on that SABR Baseball Bio site which talks about the homer, but doesn't say it's an ITP. However, the article they quote from 1921 says the ball was hit to the far left field corner in Griffith Stadium, which at that time was deeper than Fenway's deepest point today. So I guess ITP makes sense.