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July 20, 2011

G96: Red Sox 4, Orioles 0 

Red Sox - 001 100 110 - 4 12  0
Orioles - 000 000 000 - 0  2  0
Boston won for the 14th time in its last 17 games, as Jacoby Ellsbury hit two solo home runs, Adrian Gonzalez went 4-for-5, Dustin Pedroia extended his hitting streak to a career-high 18 straight games, Josh Reddick and Carl Crawford each had two hits and a walk, and Andrew Miller (5.2-2-0-6-3, 103) overcame a bout of wildness in the second inning, and held the Orioles to only two hits.

With one out in the bottom of the second, Miller walked the bases loaded, but escaped trouble when Craig Tatum hit into a 4-6-3 double play. A few minutes later, Ellsbury cranked his 14th home run of the year to put the Red Sox on the board.

In the fourth, Reddick singled, went to third on Crawford's double (and nearly ran through Tim Bogar's stop sign (no doubt assuming that doing the opposite of what Bogar is signaling is the wisest choice), and scored on Jason Varitek's grounder to second. Ellsbury homered to deep right-center in the seventh to make it 3-0.

Miller did not allow a hit until there was one out in the fifth. 

Mark Hendrickson relieved Jake Arrieta (7-9-3-0-4, 111) in the eighth and could not retire any of the four batters he faced. Gonzalez singled, Kevin Youkilis hit a ground-rule double to left, Reddick walked to load the bases, and Crawford walked to force in a run.

(Hendrickson had similar trouble against the Red Sox exactly six years ago. On July 20, 2005, with L and I in attendance, Hendrickson started for the Devil Rays at Fenway Park. He faced only six batters, allowing four hits, two walks, and six runs. ... Tampa's middle infielders that afternoon? Julio Lugo and Nick Green!)
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Andrew Miller / Jake Arrieta

Miller allowed seven runs in 2.2 inning to Tampa Bay last Friday:
I have to do a better job of attacking the zone instead of trying to hit the corners the whole time. I just pitched around the plate, got behind on counts, threw pitches up in the zone, and you can't be successful that way.
Miller has struck out none of the last 49 batters he has faced.

AL East: Yankees/Rays at 7 PM.
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42 comments:

  1. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 7:44 AM

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

    July 20, 1948: Umpire Bill McGowan, sick of Senators pitcher Ray Scarborough complaining about his calls, throws a ball-and-strike indicator at him. Coupled with an incident the previous night, in which he threw a baseball at a player, McGowan is suspended for 10 games and fined $500.

    July 20, 1969: "Jesus fucking Christ, Houston. We're on the fucking moon."

    July 20, 1985: Allan and Laura meet on a street in Manhattan.

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  2. johngoldfineJuly 20, 2011 at 8:32 AM

    Happy anniversary, u 2.

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  3. ZenslingerJuly 20, 2011 at 9:03 AM

    Yankees promo idea:

    Montage of Yankee Stadium, still and video: great moments from Ruth to DiMaggio to Munson. Sentimental shots of George if we can find some of him looking human.

    Then, Jeter: a couple of his great moments, interspersed with Monument Park past and present, statuary and and plaques. The message: Jeter belongs with this group.

    Then, extreme closeups of a STATUE of Jeter: his composed face, the back of his jersey with name and the iconic "2", a closeup of his glove poised to reach out to his left, the "C" on his jersey, the bill of his cap shading his face from the sun...

    The camera pulls out and we see Jeter's STATUE isn't in Monument Park at all, but standing at shortstop. We pull out further and see a split second of a Baltimore Orioles scrub grounding the ball towards the left side.

    A medium shot of the STATUE falling heavily to it's left, creating a huge divot in the dirt as the weak grounder sneaks by underneath.

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  4. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 9:29 AM

    Yankees promo idea:

    Aka Opening Day 2013.

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  5. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    WOW - NESN for the entire series!

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  6. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 9:52 AM

    all the talk of no strikeouts ... and miller Ks the 2nd batter he faces!

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  7. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    LBJ DONG! 1-0.

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  8. JereJuly 20, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    i Just realized that 4 you see in the O's dugout next to Buck must be for Spectacled Weaver, manager of the All-Birds and Birds.

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  9. JereJuly 20, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    Carl, don't look at it, just run. He's pretty big on the "it might be foul so I won't run" thing. Didn't cost us anything here.

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  10. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 10:49 AM

    bogar makes the right call, though reddick nearly runs thru it. crawford was thinking three, so it was good he noticed that.

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  11. JeremyJuly 20, 2011 at 11:03 AM

    Is that 18 games for the muddy chicken?

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  12. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 11:04 AM

    18. Sets a career high, I think.

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  13. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 11:05 AM

    don is saying "advantage" all the time now. i don't think he ever says a "2-0 lead".

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  14. PatrickJuly 20, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    Reddick is the new on fire?

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  15. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    reddick - 3 hits last night and 2 more today (so far)

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  16. JereJuly 20, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    Crimson Cock is amazing

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  17. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    Crimson Cock reminds me of Splendid Splinter ...

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  18. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 11:25 AM

    unfortunate turn of events.

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  19. PatrickJuly 20, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    My favorite type of double play (sarcasm).

    Cameron took part in one of those earlier in the year. I wonder what he's doing now.

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  20. JereJuly 20, 2011 at 11:26 AM

    Guess he didn't know the runner was going ?

    Landy Red(dick)?

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  21. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    The Craw spin move was one you see when a batter fans to end an inning.

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  22. JereJuly 20, 2011 at 11:27 AM

    Larry Barnett: Jeez, looked like a clean play to me

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  23. PatrickJuly 20, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    Miller looked pretty awful in the second, but right now he's close to blanking the O's through 6. That's pretty awesome from our 6th? 7th? starter.

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  24. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 11:44 AM

    Millerzaka: 5.2-2-0-6-3, 103

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  25. JereJuly 20, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    Eutaw-ish Dawng

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  26. RobJuly 20, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    Jacoby loves flashing dong!

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  27. RobJuly 20, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    Ellsbury doesn't start rallies, he kills them.

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  28. PatrickJuly 20, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    I wish Ellsbury would play to his skills. He's not a power hitter. He needs to hit those balls on the ground.

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  29. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    i like hendrickson.

    we saw him start for the rays at fenway on july 20, 2005, for our 20th anniversary. he faced only 6 batters, they all reached base, threw maybe 30 pitches. and the rout was on....

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  30. AmyJuly 20, 2011 at 12:13 PM

    Happy anniversary! Looks like the Sox will make it a happy one!!

    Bases loaded and onecrun already walked in. Got to love these late inning rallies.

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  31. PatrickJuly 20, 2011 at 12:17 PM

    Wow, this could end tragically.

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  32. JereJuly 20, 2011 at 12:19 PM

    I can't believe we got nothing more after that 1st run.

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  33. PatrickJuly 20, 2011 at 12:21 PM

    The inning, that is, and it did. But this game is still looking promising.

    Bard's the bridges to Papelbon. Three he sat down, and there we wait...

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  34. JereJuly 20, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    Bridge it, Bard-o

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  35. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 12:34 PM

    yikes - i thought he had plenty of time -- and was dead by 10 feet. mike lowell was like ellsbury compared to bert.

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  36. JereJuly 20, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    There's a huge difference in my mind between 1.5 up and 2.5 up. 1.5 means you're a day away from being in a virtual tie. But 2.5 is like 3 but not quite. I guess it's psychological, but anyway, GO RAYS tonight.

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  37. laura kJuly 20, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    Dirty anniversary water!

    Thanks for the wishes. :)

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  38. allanJuly 20, 2011 at 12:44 PM

    Have a nice evening, Buck.

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  39. ZenslingerJuly 20, 2011 at 1:22 PM

    Double anniversary dongs from LBJ? Shit, how many is he planning to hit this year?

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  40. johngoldfineJuly 20, 2011 at 2:36 PM

    "Adrian Gonzalez went 4-for-5"

    Somebody is going to have to kill their 'home run derby ended his season' column....

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  41. JereJuly 20, 2011 at 5:40 PM

    Rays leave tying runs on base as Granderfuckin'son makes a catch at the wall to end the fifth.

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  42. JereJuly 20, 2011 at 6:56 PM

    Fuckin' Rays

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