Mariners - 100 000 030 - 4 11 1 Red Sox - 101 000 50x - 7 13 0Boston broke through with five runs in the seventh off Felix Hernandez (6.1-11-6-4-2, 117) and reliever Jeff Gray. Adrian Gonzalez drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single and Kevin Youkilis and David Ortiz followed with run-scoring hits.
John Lackey (7-8-1-0-4, 101) shook off a shaky first inning and cruised through the next six innings, allowing only five Mariners to reach safely; none of them passed second base. (In the first, Ichiro Suzuki singled on Lackey's first pitch, stole second on his second pitch, and stole third on his third pitch. Fuck the heck, indeed. Lackey allowed two additional hits in the inning and stranded runners at first and third.)
Dustin Pedroia was 3-for-3 (he walked and scored in the seventh), extending his hitting streak to 19 games. Jacoby Ellsbury (home run, single, 2 runs) and Youkilis (single, double, 2 RBI) each had two hits. Every starter had at least one hit. The seventh-inning explosion was especially welcome as the Red Sox had hit into four double plays in the first six innings, three of which had ended innings (2nd, 3rd, 5th).
Boston's lead was cut to 7-4 after Franklin Morales gave up a three-run home run to Mike Carp, but Daniel Bard put out the fire by getting the third out in the eighth with a man on second. Jonathan Papelbon needed only seven pitches to get three outs in the ninth.
The Mariners have lost 12 straight games; at the same time, the first-place Rangers won 11 in a row, so Seattle dropped nine games in the standings (3.5 GB to 12.5 GB) in 11 days (I ignored the ASB in counting.). Seattle has scored only 27 runs in those 12 games*, batting .208, with a .532 OPS.
* - In the first nine games of the losing streak, the Mariners scored 11 runs (0, 1, 3, 3, 2, 0, 0, 1, 1), batting .179 and slugging .210.
For the season, they are averaging 3.2 runs per game with a batting line of .223/.288/.329, a pathetic showing that would be below average for much of the Deadball Era. ... So, no excuses tonight, Lackey.
Pawtucket catcher Ryan Lavarnway has been destroying AAA pitching. Over a 10-game stretch (July 7-19), Lavarnway batted .526 (20-for-38) with five doubles and six home runs (1.713 OPS)! In 34 games since being promoted to Pawtucket on June 13, Lavarnway is hitting .377. He will likely be called up in September.
July 22, 1939: In the top of the seventh inning, Boston Bees catcher Al Lopez drops his second pop-up of the day; it's also Boston's seventh error. A fan named Ferdinand Brabant, 38, yells at Lopez, who promptly challenges him to a fight. Brabant comes out of the stands and runs towards Lopez, but is stopped by some other players before he can get a punch in. According to Brabant's account, he goes back to his seat and is not arrested until the game is over!
AL East: Athletics/Yankees at 7 PM and Rays/Royals at 8 PM.
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Ellsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Youkilis, 3B
Ortiz, DH
Crawford, LF
Reddick, RF
Saltalamacchia, C
Scutaro, SS
Suzuki, RF
Ryan, SS
Ackley, 2B
Olivo, C
Kennedy, 3B
Smoak, 1B
Carp, LF
Cust, DH
Halman, CF
This is the lineup we should be seeing four or five times a week (unless a trade for rf is made).
Catching up on my Pos for the night...that was a good one!
just read the pedro/sandra bullock thing...LOL, absolutely hilarious. re: pedro biographies and lack thereof, i think there should be a "Pedro Martinez and the 2004 Boston Red Sox" publication ;)
*Pedro Martinez and the 2004 Red Sox
Carp, LF
A new player on the all-fish team! Along with Tim Salmon, Steve Trout, various players named Bass, and Sid Bream.
Carp also on the all-complaining team.
Smoaked Carp. Yuck.
SEA HD or NESN non HD....hmmm.
HD is so crisp and green, rolling with that, muted, for now. Maybe I'll give the Ms annoucers a try...maybe.
#9 Halman hitting .270 - best on the team! Ichiro at .265.
off to a lackey type of start.
lackey beat seattle in 2002, so that will clearly help him tonight. thanks, don!
THERE GOES THE NO-HITTER!!!!!
1st pitch - 1st base
2nd pitch - 2nd base
3rd pitch - 3rd base
WTF ASSHOLES????
yay, he did not steal home on pitch #4
PROGRESS!
Who you blaming now, fuckface?
You're very angry for the 1st inning.
(Yes, I know, Lackey.)
These clowns come in hitting like Little Leaguers - and he's flopping around as usual. I fucking HATE Lackey.
i leave for 5 minutes and come back to this bed-shitting?
Allan, I think he's throwing the ball pretty well you know, hitting his spots and making pitches.
It's just LBL.
looked like you can roll one hell of a joint with that necklace smoak was wearing. maybe that's where he got his name.
I am doing work and not watching, just have NESN sound for now -- but you are probably joking anyway.
Box says temp is 100, with a 12 mph wind out to RF.
19!
muddy chicken keeps on cluckin'
19! That's a real streak.
maybe we'll get lucky and lackey will be done for the night with heat exhaustion.
good call on the hit and run, saved the DP. time for sweat power to tie this puppy up.
mmmmm.
Don said it cooled off a bit, down to all of 96 (35C). It was 37 here yesterday.
YOOOOOOOOOOOOK
one sweaty puppy, comin' up!
OAK - 1
MFY - 0
cubs played an afternoon game today, that must've been enjoyable.
While it was raining and cold all through May, everyone said it wouldn't get hot this summer.
april 17
may 12
disabled list
june 8
tacoma
.257
june 27
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Don, is that you?
that was ecksteinien.
Oh god Don, don't talk about W/L and Cy Youngs, as if there is a legitimate debate.
Hey Everyone. I was listening to the first inning in the car. Atta boy Lackey. Although inning #2 was better.
speaking of sweaty puppies, just had my first slobber delay of the game. all over the laptop.
i don't know how felix the cat can wear long sleeves out there.
Wait til you meet Diego. He is King Slobber.
FUCKIN' A!
DREAMBOAT POWER
LBDONG
Hey Laura, whose boy is that?
Hm, I believe that is my boy, thank you for asking.
Ellsbury says: living well is the best revenge. So great that he's having this amazing season after what he went through last year.
OAK - 11
MFY - 05
Don, is that you?
When Halman was up in the 2nd, he seemed to be slipping into a morass of dates and numbers.
108 in Newark today; 104 in NYC.
super delayed LBJ!!
Dr. Doubles!
REM Reference!
"leaping and lunging"!!!!
What REM reference? Wasn't listening.
Mikey Lowell in the booth. Nice.
Mikey looks really good.
Talking about the difference of being out of baseball. He sounds smart and thoughtful. Always a nice change.
Yes, he does.
Plus he did a little PBP for Don.
You, L!
2008 REM.
you had the rem ref.
living well ...
Later-day REM for Lackey:
Disappear
&
The Worst Joke Ever
Oh how funny, it was me.
I thought you meant it was from the booth.
OAK - 110
MFY - 059
Well.
thanks for nothing, As. keep it at 2 ga, sox.
foul ball from bert rolls down right field line into the bowl. ichiro picks it up and hands it to a kid - who looks like he's about to explode!!
good, let the yanks score 50. we win and they don't gain and another day is off the schedule.
but us winning is key.
wait - oakland has 2 in top of 4th!
14-4 now.
Yeah, that kid that got the ball from Ichiro, priceless expression.
I was about to say that: NYY can score 1,000 runs, who cares as long as we win.
enough with the DPs already!
That is enough of those stinkin' double plays.
You know this NESN commercial where they show all these different players and the number of years they were with the Sox? Starts with Ruth, there's Williams, Pesky, Yaz.
They show footage of Ruth, but that can't be with the Sox, can it? If it's film, he has to be with NYY, no?
(I don't care, I'm just wondering.)
no, there is footage of him with the sox. what about that clip with him coming out of a door or from behind a fence?
ichiro with one of those ichiro-type swings, says don.
Who you blaming now, fuckface?
I hope I wasn't out of line with that crack about the fuckface.
Promo
Pretty neat promo from State Farm where you select a charity and play for a chance to win a trip to the World Series.
what about that clip with him coming out of a door or from behind a fence?
what about it?
Lyndon again! Time for a little INSurance
no no. he's still a fuckface.
just a fuckface that's pitching well against a shitty team.
This is Lackey's 4th or 5th good start this year. If he wasn't such a fuckface, we probably wouldn't hate him as much.
Okay guys...NO NO NO double play.
We've been watching too much Get Smart. (Our present to ourselves for the All Star Game.) Allan's starting to do Get Smart lines all the time. Re "hope I wasn't out of line".
RSVP
YES!
LBJ + EB + Felix off night = doesn't matter how many runs NYY scores
A game of inches.
and sweat.
see?
WHEELS 2.0!!!!!!
ha ha ha ha that was great! Bert scores, Yook to 3rd
Carp is floundering out there.
It is soooo funny to watch EB chug around the bases.
flo!
Everyone hits tonight!
Oh my, keep them coming!
chippin' away...
OAK 100 32
MFY 059 0
remy is agog at sox having scored 90 7th-inning run this year -- but offers no context whatsoever (sox in other innings, what sox opponents have done in 7th, etc.)
so -- worthless info.
i guess if they scored 90 every inning that'd be 810 runs over the year? that's pretty good for 100 or so games.
That would be some kind of comeback in Oakland.
'scuse me, that should read
OAK 110 32
MFY 059 00
this is now the longest possible time until we have to see lackey again.
savour it. i said savoUr it!
Remy, "I wonder how you make vodka?"
Doctor Doubles is in the house.
re: jeter 3000, apparently the guy that caught the ball received a bunch of yankees shit, including four of the $2,000 seats for the remaining home games + playoffs, and will get nailed by the IRS on it.
serves ya right for not throwing it back on the field!
Yeah, I was gonna post something like, "Wow, 90 runs in the 7th innings" and then I realized I didn't really know how great that was. That Remy just made it sound great.
An hour behind as usual
Glad you could join us, Meunier.
Yeah, Remy wondering how vodka is made. Sounded like he wants to go home and try it.
(Except we know he doesn't do anything but watch TV.)
It would take some kind of NYY hater to throw that back. I'd never throw any ball back, ever. People could chant all day long.
seattle guys haven't been bad thus far, then again i haven't paid close attention to their commentary.
must be some sort of delay in NY, been stuck at end of 5 for awhile.
14-7 now in Oakland
Not in Oakland, in New York. I keep thinking they're on the west coast, but then, how could we have that score.
carp crap
That was fishy.
wtf morales? what happened to the good you?
Fishy :)
Bard: Thought I could get a day off, but nooooo.
Rifle Time.
I think Christian Lopez is doing fine. Yankee players are paying off his student loans; Modell's gave him a WS ring; and Topps is making a baseball card of him next year.
Here are runs by innings for Sox and opponents (tonight not included):
BOS: 64-55-67 46-56-51 85-66-23 6 = 519
OPP: 51-53-36 47-55-46 32-47-30 4 = 401
7th inning is big, with a huge differential also.
wonder if all the MSM dickwads are enjoying eating their words about al qaeda now that the authorities have named the suspect.
/random politics
Paying off student loans is huge. Plus the story says they're paying his tax bill, too.
Hmm, I'll give him $4,000 if he signs one of his cards for me.
Tim, same thing happened with OKC. All the pundits lined up to say, this has all the signatures of Middle East terrorism... then out comes a blond boy from the heartland.
Of course they keep talking, never miss a beat, never held accountable.
As soon as I saw it (and made sure my mother, currently living in Oslo - but out of town today! - was OK), I immediately was reminded of OKC.
wonder if all the MSM dickwads are enjoying eating their words about al qaeda now that the authorities have named the suspect.
i have no idea what this is about.
but i did like the govt. report a few weeks ago that there are roughly 50 AQ members in the world. every so often, this is put out there. various bush people said it too - well under 100.
Wait, please someone tell me what the news is about Al Qaeda and a "suspect."
Oh right, I forgot to mention Oslo in that other comment.
There was a bombing and shooting in Oslo.
Bombing and school shooting in and near Oslo.
Your mom is living in Oslo! I didn't know that. Whew.
Wow Tim, that had to be scary.
I always said Osama bin Laden was really Kaiser Soza
Oslo, thanks. I would be shocked, even if it was definitely a group other than Al Queda (and I'm already assuming that's the case, due to the subtle pattern of the last decade), if the 'authorities' ever admitted as such.
She's scheduled to fly back to the US next week too! Work assignment in Norway is over.
Tim, random Oslo-related content: Last summer a good friend of ours from the WR campaign was in Oslo for a conference. Jason Kenney was speaking somewhere and she confronted him with a question about the war resisters. It was an international coup.
I guess it gave me a little perspective on NYers thoughts/feelings during 9/11, knowing that someone they knew may have been in the area.
lol.
bet he dodged that one like an oslo slalom skiier!
It appears to be domestically politically related. The shooting was at a youth camp organized by the party of the current govt.
DIRTY!!!!!
Don't drink the water!!! IT IS DIRTY
The suspect (I think the shooter from the camp) was apparently an ardent nationalist. There ya go. Its dangerous!
Dirty water!!!
And my dog LOVES cotton candy.
That's right, no good can come of nationalism.
Good night, all!
There may well have been Middle Eastern connections to OKC (as well as Neo-Nazis and US federal agents). Check out the research of Jayna Davis and work of David Hoffman.
Interesting. I shall try and check it out, this sort of stuff definitely is good reading.
And Lugo, of course.
Gotta blame Lugo.
yes! finally, canada is off the hook for being blamed!
100 degrees eh? That explains us all having to wipe the Youk off our faces at pretty much a constant rate at Fenway tonight.
So key that we beat Felix. We get rookies the next two.
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