July 17, 2011

G93: Red Sox 1, Rays 0 (16)

Red Sox - 000 000 000 000 000 1 - 1  5  0
Rays    - 000 000 000 000 000 0 - 0  3  0
Dustin Pedroia's line drive single to right field scored Josh Reddick with the only run of the game as the Red Sox outlasted the Rays in a marathon pitching duel that ended at 1:54 AM. Pedroia (aka the "Muddy Chicken") finished the night 3-for-7, while his Red Sox teammates went 2-for-45 (.044).
I just wanted to go home. I think everyone did. We were trying our best pretty much the whole night to score some runs. ... It was a great game; we're just happy we won.
The Rays became the first team (dating back to at least 1919) to be held to three hits or fewer in a game of 16+ innings.

B.J. Upton:
I don't know what to say. ... I'd probably say this is the toughest loss of the year. To know that we played as well as we did and our pitching kept us in it the whole game. ... I think a lot of us in the clubhouse right now are pretty much not happy.
Tampa Bay pitchers allowed only five hits, but they issued 12 walks, including seven in a span of 12 batters in the 9th-11th innings. Boston left the bases loaded in the ninth and eleventh, and two on in the tenth. In the eleventh, Kevin Youkilis, David Ortiz, and Darnell McDonald walked, only to watch Josh Reddick (K), Jason Varitek (K), and Marco Scutaro (PF2) squander the golden chance for run(s). Thirty-three pitches in that inning -- and not one fair ball.

The first half of the game was an excellent pitchers duel between Beckett (8-1-0-0-6, 106) and Neimann (8-2-0-2-10, 118). Beckett allowed a two-out infield single to Evan Longoria in the first inning; it was the only base runner he allowed, as he set down 22 in a row. In Beckett's last two starts in Tampa (tonight and June 15), he has pitched 17 shutout innings and allowed two infield hits.

There were several excellent catches on both sides of fly balls hit deep to the warnings track or to the base of the wall. The best one was hauled it by Josh Reddick, leaping in left-center and snaring Justin Ruggiano's drive with two outs in the bottom of the tenth. (It reminded me of Manny Ramirez's HR-robbing grab against Miguel Cairo in September 2004. Ruggiano did not circle the bases and point towards heaven before realizing he'd been pwned, but B.J. Upton, trying to get a head start on a possible celebration at the plate, attempted to hop over the dugout railing and stumbled ... and then went sheepishly back into the dugout!)

This was the longest game the Red Sox had been held scoreless since a 17-inning scoreless tie against the St. Louis Browns almost exactly 95 years ago (July 14, 1916)!

It was also the longest game by time (5:44) in Rays history. The previous longest regular-season game was a 10-9 loss to the Orioles on August 4, 2000, that lasted 5:16. On October 11, 2008, the Rays beat the Red Sox 9-8 in 11 innings in Game 2 of the ALCS, in 5:27.

This was also the longest scoreless game in Rays history. On June 18, 2003, the Devil Rays and Yankees were scoreless through 11 innings, before New York won 1-0 in 12 (that game lasted only 3:17).
Example
Josh Beckett / Jeff Niemann

Beckett hyper-extended his left knee on July 8 against the Orioles. He warmed up last Tuesday night at the All-Star Game, expecting to pitch, but the knee felt sore and he decided to not risk it.
I played long toss [on] some flat ground [on Friday]. Everything is good, just like I said it was.
Dustin Pedroia has hit seven home runs during his current 14-game hitting streak. ... Since June 9, when Pedroia got his right knee examined, he has the highest OPS in baseball (.375/.469/.714/1.183).

"Hello" Niemann spent time on the DL this year with a lower back strain, but has a 2.82 ERA in four starts since returning on June 20 (runs allowed: 0, 5, 1, 1). In his last start, on July 7, he allowed one run and six hits to the Yankees in 7.1 innings.

Good Old Days, July 17 Dept.: 1903 - Rube Waddell of the Athletics is arrested for assaulting a fan who criticized his pitching. Connie Mack bails Waddell out of jail.

AL East: Yankees/Blue Jays at 1 PM.

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allan said...

Nice game against the MFY on this date in 1996. I have no recollection of this one.

MFY - 002 000 324 - 11 19 0
BOS - 100 143 003 - 12 12 0

allan said...

MFY - 100 40
TOR - 010 10

tim said...

useless jays. oh well, a split is respectable, i guess.

looking forward to catching some red sox baseball tonight finally!

Jere said...

fuckin' Jays

allan said...

MFY - 100 400 101 - 7 11 0
TOR - 010 100 000 - 2 4 0

allan said...

Ellsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Youkilis, 3B
Ortiz, DH
Drew, RF
Reddick, LF
Varitek, C
Scutaro, SS

Damon, DH
Zobrist, 2B
Kotchman, 1B
Longoria, 3B
Joyce, RF
Upton, CF
Lobaton, C
Fuld, LF
Brignac, SS

tim said...

hopefully LOB a ton lives up to his name.

allan said...

Good news everybody!

Sean McAdam says Lester scheduled to return to the rotation on Tuesday, July 26

allan said...

Girardi continues to prove he's an ignorant, whining dushbag.

Yankees manager Joe Girardi offered up a new twist Saturday in the sign-stealing saga between his team and the Blue Jays, suggesting Toronto "could be" using devious means to acquire information from their rivals. ...

Girardi suggested the Blue Jays were doing more than peeking in from the basepaths.

********

So the Jays steal signs when the MFY have retreads like Colon and Garcia on the hill, but they decide to NOT steal signs when CC is mowing them down. Hooooookay, Joe, that makes sense!

Jere said...

"Sean McAdam says Lester scheduled to return to the rotation on Tuesday, July 26"

Cafardo's saying before, on, or after the 26th.

9casey said...

Jere said...
"Sean McAdam says Lester scheduled to return to the rotation on Tuesday, July 26"

Cafardo's saying before, on, or after the 26th




They are both idiots . I think i will wait for Tito or Theo to tell me (or us)....

Jere said...

Note: not a real Cafardo quote

allan said...

Tito says it is so: "He'll throw a side tomorrow. He'll come back Wednesday and throw a pretty significant side, and then Friday or Saturday he'll throw a smaller side. Then he'll pitch Tuesday. ... He wanted to pitch Friday, so I think that's good news for us that he must feel good."

allan said...

Valentine on FY: "small in stature, big in heart"

allan said...

Valentine, channeling his inner Orsillo while describing the Rays' shift on AG:

"The outfield is exactly straight up in the outfield."

Jere said...

Love that effortless shift-shucking

Amy said...

I am finally able to watch the first inning of a game. Been such a strange summer for me, baseball wise. Anyway, glad to be here!

allan said...

did espn just say beckett was pitching to his former teammate damon?

Amy said...

Sorry, Allan, I as usual was not paying attention to their babbling.

allan said...

Drill him again and Beckett's gonna get mega-pissed off.

allan said...

I heard right!

SoSHer anthbar1111:
"I hate these national telecasts. Becket facing his "former teammate" Johnny Damon, huh? Really?"

Jere said...

They only would have been teammates if you consider Damon to have still been on the Red Sox after he became a free agent in 10/05. In that case they were teammates from 11/24/05 to 1/3/06. But, though I didn't hear the comment, I assume they just effed up.

allan said...

I said, Pissed off Beckett!

allan said...

ESPN finally corrects itself. Beckett and Damon did not play in Boston together. Good work, Worldwide Leader.

allan said...

They fucked up.

allan said...

Once a player is a free agent, he is no longer under contract to that old team. So he's off the roster, unemployed.

allan said...

they are swinging at a ton of shit out of the zone in the dirt.

Jere said...

I take it Youk caught it off the cat?

allan said...

yook? wha?

Jere said...

Well it hit the catwalk, then there was a crowd reaction, then they showed Youk holding the ball laughing. So either he caught it or it fell fair and some fans at that point thought it was in play or whatever.

allan said...

ah - must have been a foul ball i missed.

(i was thinking mlbtv was like 2 batters behind or something)

Jere said...

Yeah it was first pitch of last inning. And their cams never showed us where it landed since it appeared to be going wayyy foul but hit the 'walk.

Maxwell Horse said...

I'm finding the ESPN anouncers to be a lot more tolerable than the Fox guys.

Jere said...

Oh fuck this guy. "Nobody saw" Beckett's performance the night the Bruins won the Stanley Cup. Gimme a break. I suppose I'm missing this game right now for some shit that a Red Sox fan cares about more than a Red Sox game...

allan said...

It's ESPN. They don't know which huge stars were former teammates or not. It's semi-amazing they get the score right.

allan said...

i am off to get a snack. i expect ellsbury to have gone bridge when i return ...

Jere said...

I wouldn't say that 12 games out of 81 is "well into the second half." (Dude was saying the Pirates were legit well into the second half.)

Very nice play by Bryn Yak.

allan said...

hey, it's still 0-0.

Jere said...

Wow, Dustin had to throw with momentum not going toward first and still got him.

allan said...

FUCK YEAH!

amazing.



(cano sucks)

allan said...

i thought only vlad swings at one-hop pitches!

Maxwell Horse said...

"They don't know which huge stars were former teammates or not. It's semi-amazing they get the score right."

I think I was more focused on the tone of the broadcast. It doesn't feel quiet so pandering as the Fox channel.

allan said...

Totally. They seem to be discussing baseball most of the time.

At Fox, McCarver loudly declares whatever shit pops into his head for three hours and Stockton bumbles along, miscalling plays and identifying players by wrong names.

allan said...

Man, why the godlike treatment for Fuld? Is he the next UGWG*?

(*Ultimate Gritty White Guy)

allan said...

THE TROP STANDS AS ONE!

( or 5/8)

allan said...

There's a walk. Time for a multi-run inning!

Kathryn said...

Two-out rally time?

Amy said...

Time to score some runs.

allan said...

HA! Even Orel, alone in his hotel room, yells back at the idiot Fox announcers

Amy said...

Yes, I heard that and thought it was pretty funny!

Amy said...

Damn.

Amy said...

So they keep talking about how frequently there is a foul ball on a 3-2 count. Doesn't that seem obvious? Otherwise, the at bat ends either with a walk, K or some other out. So what is there point? Am I missing something?

allan said...

No, I think you're right.

allan said...

John Lackey is usually shit, but Josh Beckett is The Shit!

(/mccarver)

Kathryn said...

I can hear his inflection on that one, too!

allan said...

what a piece of shit joke that park is.

Amy said...

What a stupid ballpark.

Kathryn said...

This is such a ridiculous excuse for a ballpark.

allan said...

they need a big shopvac to go over that area.

Jere said...

Announcers not noticing they're playing The Natural theme

Amy said...

Well, guess we all agree on that point.

tim said...

lol, light cleanup delay.

tim said...

a kelly shopvac?

Amy said...

While we are waiting...

How is Tala doing, Allan?

allan said...

i hope josh is tossing. i don't want him to get torrezed here.

Jere said...

Now playing that Walking on Broken Glass song by Annie Lennox.

Kathryn said...

Now they're playing Annie Lennox

Jere said...

Amy, maybe they mean as opposed to an 0-2, 1-2, or 2-2 count?

Amy said...

Wow, we even agree with the announcers on this point.

allan said...

Uncool Dushbags.

Why not Nick Lowe's "I Love The Sound of Breaking Glass"?

Jere said...

They should have played a spoken-word piece by Ira Glass.

tim said...

beckett's fucking (fist) pumped!

allan said...

Tala is good. On limited movement for the next month or two. Sadly, no park time for her (or squirrel patrol). We are looking into another outdoor pen to hook up to the one we have, so she has more room.

Kathryn said...

Yay...SASAHE

allan said...

You can't use a Mop to clean up broken glass -- or the Red Sox.

Jere said...

So he hasn't allowed a non-infield hit in the last 17 innings at least, right?

Maxwell Horse said...

That was an odd fistpump. Beckett usually looks so composed out there. It looked more like a weird "episode" than something celebratory.

allan said...

jere: right -- and no BB either.

Maxwell Horse said...

And I wonder if that broken light dropped mercury all over the field.

allan said...

wait - that is against the rays only, though, right?

Amy said...

FY!

allan said...

.... TROUBLE!!!!!!!!!!

tim said...

Thanks, mop!

allan said...

"MERCURY POISIONING"
(graham parker)

Amy said...

Glad she is doing okay, Allan. It must be tough to watch her confined, but hopefully she will benefit from all the rest.

allan said...

she can walk on flat ground a lot though in (i think) another week or two. so we can take her on longer walks, then.

Jere said...

yes, re: vs. Tampa. Have to go back to 2010 to see how far that streak goes.

allan said...

flo vs mop: 0-for-9, 5 K

Amy said...

Time for some Papi RBIs.

Amy said...

ACK.

Amy said...

OK, time for some FIRE?

Jere said...

He's not outta this yet, Orel

allan said...

froze flo. boo.

corpse time!

Jere said...

Put in James Shields as a defensive replacement please...

allan said...

jere: read my mind. trust *this*, asshole.

just a bingle, david jonathan.

Maxwell Horse said...

Reddick, please be awesome.

Amy said...

Bases loaded. Reddick time.

allan said...

now L is emailing me from her cab, asking for updates.

Amy said...

Walking in a run would be fine with me.

allan said...

BBing in a run would be funny.

Amy said...

Shit.

tim said...

why couldn't THAT hit a fucking light?

Kathryn said...

He was supposed to take a strike.

Maxwell Horse said...

That wasn't awesome. Also, I really enjoy how in the HD age, everyone in commercials look plastic/metal instead of actual living beings.

allan said...

Beckett: 8-1-0-0-6
Neimann: 8-2-0-2-10

That is a duel!

allan said...

WTF - A PH for the Son of God?!!?!?

Amy said...

Bard needs to keep his scoreless run going.

allan said...

leadoff walks always score, bard. so don't do it,.

Jere said...

This guy is more Jeter than Jeter. Is there a reason the announcers are ignoring the fact the ball wasn't even close to hitting the guy???

Maxwell Horse said...

Man, the homeplate ump really gets into the strikeout calls.

Amy said...

Uch, Damon.

I was thinking that also, Maxwell. Very dramatic.

Jere said...

Right over the heart. I'm glad that was just a single.

allan said...

Looks like Ball 4 to Brignac.

allan said...

but .198 hitting brignac doesn't get the benefit of his surperior eye.

Amy said...

RSVP

Jake of All Trades said...

Phew!

allan said...

Yep, Bard actually K'd Zobrist.

So it evens out .....

Maxwell Horse said...

Ellsbury will make the hurting stop.

allan said...

time for extra bases for lbj against thurston howell.

Jere said...

Watch out for Natives with sticks, Mr. Howell.

allan said...

against howell, i want ellsbury to go back back back baccus.

Jere said...

Jacoby: "give back U.S."

Kathryn said...

That used to be my favorite show when I was young. Now, it's hard to sit through one episode.

Jere said...

Remember Dustin, this guy's also Mr. Magoo. Give him laser surgery.

allan said...

send him with 2 outs?

allan said...

well, not on 3-0.

Amy said...

Please do it, Bert. I can't stay awake much longer.

allan said...

time for the evil one to sink the devil rays

Jere said...

Howell vs. Gilli-Gon, the final showdown.

tim said...

when will this asshole stfu about gonzalez's 9th inning AB???

Amy said...

Did you see the creator of Gilligan and Brady Bunch died this past week?

Amy said...

Foul??

allan said...

FUCJ THE HECK

tim said...

fuck off.

Jere said...

Sherwood Schwartz is dead??? How did I miss that?

Kathryn said...

when will this asshole stfu about gonzalez's 9th inning AB???

I was thinking the same thing.

Jere said...

Howell always with the stranded

Amy said...

DAMNIT.

Yes, Jere. Obit was in the NYTimes this past week. If I wasn't so tired, I would find it for you. It was an interesting obit.

allan said...

0 hits and 3 LOB!

stranded

nice.

...

bard threw 27 pitches. if not bot, who?

tim said...

swiss chalet competing with tim hortons for lamest commercials ever. so canadian and shitty. always with dorky white people.

allan said...

Fatt Albers.

tim said...

if not bot, who?

*pokes head around wall*

allan said...

That 9th inning fly to LF will likely cost AG the MVP.

Amy said...

OK, got to leave the laptop behind and "watch" the rest on the Itouch.

GO SOX!

Good night.

Jere said...

Quotin' Camus in the Rays' locker room

allan said...

.300 hitter Upton 0-for-4 and down to .241.

tim said...

allan, i'd be surprised to find him on this team after july 31st given that AB.

theo should trade him for middle relief help and maybe a 5th starter if they can find a willing trade partner.

Jere said...

Is it safe to say that's the extent of Johnny Damon's Camus reading?

allan said...

REDDICK

OMG
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Jere said...

holy S!

tim said...

HEY HEY FUCKIN HEY!!!!!! REDDICK!!!!!!!!!

Maxwell Horse said...

Reddick pleases me.

allan said...

reddick's gotta do the 2-finger point while ruggiano twirls his finger around, right?

Jere said...

aaaaah -hahahahaaha! @Upton

Jake of All Trades said...

Wow

allan said...

ha - upton stumbles over the railing, thinking the game is over!!!!!!

Amy said...

What did reddick do? Can't see in the iPod.

allan said...

ruggiano telling fans they should have pulled a jeffery maier on his fly ball!

Jere said...

They could make that play into a pretty cool Budweiser ad if they wanted to

Jere said...

Wait, does Papi have his headphones around his neck?

Jere said...

Will the Skipper take out Mr. Howell?

allan said...

And I might even drink a Bud if they do. But only 1.

allan said...

After Howell, Maddon going with "and the rest" out of the pen.

Jere said...

Mr. McGee replaces Mr. Howell

allan said...

the man
the myth
the microwavin' motherfucker
darnell tyrone mcdonald

Maxwell Horse said...

Amy, Reddick made a great leaping catch against the wall. Live, it looked like it might've been a robbed homerun. Replay shows it would've hit high off the wall. But since Ellsbury also kind of wiped out bouncing off the wall to try to catch the ball, it's possible it would've been an inside the park homer if it hadn't been caught.

allan said...

espn says howell walked 4 of his 7 batters.

actually, he walked 3 of his 5 batters.

christ, how hard is it to get this shit right?

allan said...

Zis is KAOS, vee do not BUNT here!

Maxwell Horse said...

The stage is set for Reddick to be the hero. (Or fail.)

allan said...

TB has issued 7 BB in the last 1.2 innings!

Jere said...

And you're out of chaw, Howell! Ha!

Jere said...

Or was that caviar??

tim said...

if we get shut out tonight...

allan said...

loaded, 0 outs
gotta get at least 1, right, boys?

allan said...

WHEW!
thanks blue

allan said...

PH for the Cactus?

Maxwell Horse said...

Crap.

Jere said...

Orel!? It looked like a total check. Oh well, doesn't matter now.

tim said...

with cactus coming up, an inning ending DP is a very probable outcome.

allan said...

just make one out, pls.
like maybe a fly ball to an outfielder.

tim said...

orel is brutal.

allan said...

maddon ejected!

allan said...

maddon has a wild hair -- or three.

Amy said...

Why?

tim said...

terrible story about the people getting hurt.

but the part about cheap trick....oh man.

tim said...

wtf is going on?

allan said...

oh those crazy fans in tampa.

allan said...

crowd booed ball call
fan ran on field

allan said...

and he sufferd a hard takedown according to schulman

Maxwell Horse said...

I'm so glad I chose not to do anything productive during the last three hours.

tim said...

at least it was only one.

allan said...

up to yooooooooo, scutaro

allan said...

fuck you, bobby vee.

allan said...

... getting ready to cue up a "lobaton" and a "LOB-a-thon" mccarver line .

tim said...

r u f-ing serious...ok, thats it. taking the dog out.

Maxwell Horse said...

Well.

allan said...

oh shit, more arguing from rays coaches as we go to commercial. (they want scutaro tossed for bat throwing???)

Jere said...

How does a fan run on the field in extra innings? Doesn't that mean he didn't come to the park with the intention to do it?

(Gotta figure alcohol was a factor though.)

Jesus, we didn't score. What the fuck.

allan said...

this offense is offensive.

tim said...

red sox have LOB a ton in the past couple innings.

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