August 12, 2011

G117: Red Sox 6, Mariners 4

Red Sox  - 020 012 100 - 6 13  0
Mariners - 210 100 000 - 4 12  1
Josh Reddick's two-run bomb gave the Red Sox a 5-4 lead in the sixth, and Franklin Morales and Daniel Bard worked out of a sticky jam (2nd/3rd, 1 out) in the bottom of the seventh.

Lackey (6-10-4-2-3, 108) was as frustrating as ever, allowing six hits and two walks to the first 12 Seattle batters before settling down. The Mariners scored three runs in the first two innings, but they also left five men on base in those innings.

Lackey allowed a single to Dustin Ackley to start the seventh and was pulled. Morales gave up a single to Mike Carp, and Kyle Seager bunted the runners over to second and third. Several of Morales's pitches were in the dirt and Jarrod Saltalamacchia did a great job of keeping the ball from getting behind him (though Boston did have three wild pitches). Adam Kennedy swung and missed on a couple of curves before Morales caught him looking at a fastball. Bard struck out Miguel Olivo to end the inning.

Every Boston player had at least one hit, and David Ortiz and Jed Lowrie also hit dongs. Bard doused the fire in the seventh and stranded a man at third base in the eighth. He had a hellacious slider tonight; it seemed as hard to catch as a knuckleball.

The Yankees lost to the Rays 5-1 -- CC Sabathia allowed five solo home runs -- and dropped back to 2 GB.
Example
John Lackey / Blake Beavan

The Red Sox take their AL-best road record of 35-22 to Psycho Field, home of the greatest grilled salmon sandwich (Ivar's, I believe) in North America!

Michael Silverman, Herald:
In his last six starts, [Lackey] has a 3.58 ERA, and struck out 31 batters while walking just five in his 37.2 innings. Batters have been hitting him at a healthy .293 clip, but he has not been giving up as many big hits. The dropoff in walks has helped, and opponents have been slugging him at just .439 -- 70 points lower than his slugging-against in his first seven starts of the season. The way he outpitched CC Sabathia and held back the Yankees at Fenway last Saturday (six innings, three runs) really deserved more credit than it got.

Tonight's start against the Mariners is lined up to be a big Lackey night.
Beavan pitched against the Red Sox at Fenway on July 23 (6.2-9-3-0-4, 104); Josh Beckett and the Sox won 3-1.

David Ortiz, after an official appeal by the Red Sox, was awarded both RBIs on his first-inning single back on August 3 (and an error was taken away from Cleveland outfielder Austin Kearns). Although this incident began because Ortiz fell for a joke played by Dustin Pedroia, he was portrayed in the media as petty and selfish -- as though wanting proper credit for your work is a character flaw. Flo alluded to that when he announced: "I got my RBI. I'm a selfish player."

Jonathan Papelbon has been motivated this season by all of the doubts this spring surrounding his effectiveness.
Cinco Ocho loves haters. He loves to drink the Haterade, man. That's what Cinco Ocho fuels his engine with -- Haterade. ... Some people in this clubhouse need to be told how great they are to go out there and succeed. I like to be told I can't do something. Cinco Ocho needs to be told he stinks ...That's how he works, man.
Other stuff: Giants manager Bruce Bochy talks about how hypnosis helped him kick his chewing tobacco addiction.

MFY (1.0 GB): Rays/Yankees at 7 PM.

162 comments:

Patrick said...

I'm enjoying this Yankees Rays game so far. Back to back homers off CC.

Patrick said...

and another dong by Damon. Maybe we'll be 1.5GA by 10.

Jere said...

Kay: Legend has it a full moon used to make people a little crazy, that's where we get the term 'lunatic.'

Singleton: What would they do?

Jere said...

Haha, Yanks get a run cut down at home to end inning, first batter of next inning dongs. 4-1 non-Yanks.

Jere said...

And by the way, that's the Golden Twinkie for CC, 4 dongs in a game.

Patrick said...

and another homer given up by Sabathia. 4-1.

Right after Swisher got cut down at the plate the previous inning.

I like the Rays when they are 10 games behind and beating the yanks.

Jere said...

5th dong! 5-1 in 8th

Patrick said...

and another dong this time by Longoria.

5th homer off of Sabathia.

Looking good to be an extra half game up by opening pitch.

Kathryn said...

Whoa, that's a lot of dongs!

Jere said...

Yanks lose. Guaranteed solo 1st place after tonight.

allan said...

Kay: Legend has it a full moon used to make people a little crazy, that's where we get the term 'lunatic.'

Singleton: What would they do?


Kay: Eat condiments.

allan said...

Late Oatmeal!

Ellsbury, CF
Lowrie, 3B
Gonzalez, 1B
Pedroia, 2B
Ortiz, DH
Crawford, LF
Saltalamacchia, C
Reddick, RF
Scutaro, SS

Suzuki, RF
Gutierrez, CF
Ackley, 2B
Carp, DH
Smoak, 1B
Kennedy, 3B
Olivo, C
Rodriguez, SS
Robinson, LF


Original lineup
(Yook scratched with sore back):
Ellsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Youkilis, 3B
Ortiz, DH
Crawford, LF
Saltalamacchia, C
Reddick, RF
Scutaro, SS

Jere said...

Scutaro out too

allan said...

jesus! stiff back - aviles in.

allan said...

EBert shuts up PeteAbe:

I asked Adrian Gonzalez about his home run drought. He has one in the last 28 games.

"I just look at my slugging percentage," he said. "What's my slugging percentage?"

Well, it's .551. Which is better than his career percentage.

"It doesn't make a difference to me how many home runs I hit. If they come, they come," he said.

***

Amy said...

Just watched a great Little League game on ESPN. Pure baseball.

Won't be around to thread. Too late for me. Enjoy!

allan said...

FKR - 003 010 010 - 5 12 0
MFY - 000 100 000 - 1 6 2

5 solo dongs off CC - Only the sixth time since 1946 a Yankees pitcher has allowed 5+ home runs in a game.

3rd: Casey Kotchman, Kelly Shoppach, Johnny Damon

5th: Elliot Johnson

8th: Evan Longoria

allan said...

L is out tonight, too!

allan said...

fucking lackey!

Jere said...

Lackey/Ackley. Anagram matchup! How often?

Patrick said...

I missed it. Does anyone know what they were talking about on the radio that is their text message of the day?

Some sort of video of an incredible batting practice?

meunier said...

Should have eaten the ball it sounded like

Kathryn said...

Well, I'm already in bed, watching on the computer. It won't be too long before I switch over to the radio...and then I'm probably out after an inning or two.

meunier said...

You suck Lackey

Jere said...

Did Yaz ever face Sebastian Zakymisters?

Nice job Lack Thereof... Maybe he'll get pissed at Ellsbury for catching that toward the palm.

Kathryn said...

I'm not long for this one...and Lackey's not giving me any incentive to try to stay awake.

meunier said...

Im crossing the Bonneville salt flats while the game is on XM

Jere said...

2-0 yet I feel great now. Coulda been a dizast.

Patrick said...

I feel like we give up runs in the top of the first on the road a lot. Behind before we get up to bat.

allan said...

Don says the Mariners Moose, driving his ATV, "collided" with Coco Crisp. Remy agrees, says he remembers it well.

I don't recall an actual collision. Wasn't it a near-miss?

Jere said...

I remember Coco kind of jump-rolling over/around it.

Patrick said...

I remember a near miss.

allan said...

FLORIDA EVANS!

Jere said...

"I feel like we give up runs in the top of the first on the road a lot."

That's un-possible!

FLO-MOTION!

meunier said...

FLO

Patrick said...

I guess I meant at home. It's late...

allan said...

Video!

Kathryn said...

GOOD TIMES

Patrick said...

that sounded bad in many ways.

Jere said...

holy fuck. Those classy M's fans cheered Coco nearly getting run over-- they'll love this blood action!

allan said...

rub some dirt in it and get back in there!

allan said...

nice work by craw getting back to third, too, btw.

Jere said...

wow, actually hit outside of BILL of cap but pushed it into face. So that probably minimized damage a little.

Kathryn said...

Dazed and confused...OUCH

allan said...

that was swelling up quite a bit, under his left eye.

TIED!

allan said...

don says seattle playing better as of late: 5 of 9 and 7 of 13!

Jere said...

Smoak at the doctor
A liner in the eye

Jere said...

His eye's gonna turn black more than deep purple.

Kathryn said...

The docs kept poking and pushing on his eye sockets. That had to hurt.

allan said...

Lackey - 1st time thru order:

5 hits
1 walk
2 runs
3 outs

Kathryn said...

You can add a wild pitch to that list.

allan said...

don: right out of the gate, it has not been smooth for lackey tonight.

remy: yeah, tonight, it is has not been smooth for lackey right out of the gate.


oy.

Jere said...

Remy: You can see him get the glove down and the ball goes under his glove.....

allan said...

good god, don, shut up.

let the game breathe, for fuck's sake.

Jere said...

If only SoSock had created a convenient "accident" when this guy was a kid...some other guy probably woulda donged off Lackey anyway.

Kathryn said...

Maybe it's a good thing that I'm on mute.

allan said...

most of sosock's kids could probably dong off lackey now.

Patrick said...

49 pitches through 2...Miller or Aceves should be ready soon.

Jere said...

I feel like if we were the team with 3 in this situation we'd be pissed, thinking we should be up 8-2. I'm gonna think of it that way.

allan said...

Jere: Totally. Only 3 runs despite:

6 hits, 2 walks, SB, WP
+
5 LOB in 2 innings

Patrick said...

Castig has really stuck to calling Gonzalez Gonzy.

Seems weird to me.

allan said...

damn - slow bert

allan said...

would i have killed bogar if he had sent bert on that fly? (I think i missed a replay of how deep it was)

Kathryn said...

I'm switching to radio. G'night guys.

Papi's fly did not look deep enough to send Bert.

Jere said...

The only replay was a close-up of the guy catching it, giving us no idea how far out he was.

allan said...

'night K!

Jere said...

Old Man Remy: "I would've gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you middle-in kids!"

allan said...

yes, how lackey did in this park against the mariners in 2007 while pitching for the angels is very relevant to why we should expect some success tonight. thank you, don.

Patrick said...

I found the video they are talking about on EEI, and it's clearly fake. I don't even want to post it.

Jere said...

"and it's clearly fake."

That was my first thought when you first mentioned it, just from the fact that you've got 2 old(er) dudes talking about some amazing video.

I'll take it one further and say I've probably seen it, and several years ago.

Don't tell me it's the one where the girl climbs the wall...

Patrick said...

you decide

allan said...

smoak - fractured nose!

allan said...

but lackey has won his last 5 decisions!!!

Jere said...

Okay well I hadn't seen it. Looks pretty crazy....

Patrick said...

I expect a run an inning from Lackey, so this is looking par.

allan said...

JEDI!!!!!!!!

Patrick said...

That's the Lowrie I unfairly remember.

Jere said...

no doubter

meunier said...

LIGHTSABER DONG

tim said...

JEDI DONG!!!!!

Jere said...

3B got ball stuck in glove, may have cost him the DP. No mention of it from announcers, and no replay since a pre-positioned beer ad was in that spot.

tim said...

A - did you reject my "half in the bag" comment, or did it not go through? or did i just imagine it?

allan said...

nothing was rejected.

i don't remember seeing that. was it during this game?

Jere said...

Lackey nearly impaled, no replay.

tim said...

bottom 3rd i thought i posted a "hello thread" comment where i said i just got back from a stag and doe and am half in the bag. but i don't remember if i hit publish or not.

apparently not.

allan said...

i guess you were more than half in the bag....

tim said...

apparently.

tim said...

yook and scutaro must've flown in coach or something. stiff backs, ha!

allan said...

maybe yook and scutaro were brawling, but the sox are covering it up.

tim said...

probably arguing about balls and strikes.

Patrick said...

It's pretty sweet that we ended up getting Saltalamaccia for free, basically. What a coup!

Patrick said...

YAHOOO!!!!!!!!!

allan said...

'DICK DONG!

tim said...

SEE YA! PUDDONG!

Jere said...

ENGAGED!!!!!!

meunier said...

RED ALERT

tim said...

just like that fateful night in america's city, buffalo...

Jere said...

Reddick kisses it off the glass for 2.

allan said...

we have a lead
lackey has gone 5
he can get a W

GO TO THE PEN, TITO!!!!!

Jere said...

Are you referring to those "Buffalo: An All-American City" signs? I've seen a couple places with those. I assume these are self-proclaimed.

tim said...

tito's brain: morales for 6, albers for 7 (maybe 8), bard maybe 8, pap 9.

Jere said...

Easiest trivia Q ever especially if you're old enough to remember '86.

meunier said...

Tim, What does a Reddick homer have to do with the McKinley assassination?

tim said...

Yup. After I typed it, I realized it was "An All-American City"

Jere said...

but there's something else weird about it--like it could be "An All-America City". Either way, I wanna know more. But I want someone else to do the work.

tim said...

not gonna lie, had to google the mckinley assassination.

allan and i went to a pawsox game in buffalo last summer where reddick hit a couple dongs. that's all. no assassinations!

tim said...

anyone see vernon wells' return to toronto? slow cheers, into a standing O.

first pitch dong. well done, overpaid asshole.

allan said...

buffalo was a big-time city a loooong time ago. now, just another depressed urban area abandoned by manufacturing.

"Originating around 1789 as a small trading community near the eponymous Buffalo Creek,[3] Buffalo grew quickly after the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825, with the city as its western terminus. By 1900, Buffalo was the 8th largest city in the United States,[6] and went on to become a major railroad hub,[7] and the largest grain-milling center in the country.[8] The latter part of the 20th Century saw a reversal of fortunes: Great Lakes shipping was rerouted by the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, and steel mills and other heavy industry relocated to places such as China.[9] With the start of Amtrak in the 1970s, Buffalo Central Terminal was also abandoned, and trains were rerouted to nearby Depew, New York (Buffalo-Depew) and Exchange Street Station. By 1990 the city had fallen back below its 1900 population levels.[10]"

allan said...

It says here that two of Buffalo's nicknames are "The Queen City" and "The Nickel City". And it was (reportedly) the first city in America to have electric street lights.

tim said...

fuck yeah flo!

meunier said...

Feel my flo

Jere said...

It was an insurance run so Papi hit it at Safeco Field

tim said...

I remember walking by that Buffalo bus terminal after a concert and being offered oxycontin, prozac, etc....my response?

"Sorry bro, I live in Canada - that shit's covered under my medical plan!"

allan said...

Beaven:
32 batters, 96 pitches
Average of 3 per batter

tim said...

HOU/LAD 0-0, bot 8.

3 hits HOU, 2 for LAD. 4 BB for each team.

Jere said...

All the All-America Cities. Goes back to 1949.

Jere said...

And Boston becomes the fifth city in the 20th century to win two All-America City awards. Can you believe it?!

allan said...

21 hits allowed by the 2 starters (in 12.1 innings)

tim said...

Morales in...
Albers/Bard/Pap for my prediction to ring true. Innings are off but I don't really care.

tim said...

The all-America city award sounds like a load of shit!

tim said...

How about a GITP?

tim said...

the fact that the umpire looks like a hockey goalie does not appeal to me at all.

allan said...

K (or pop-up) + 3rd out, pls

Jere said...

just what we needed

allan said...

fuck yeah- K!

tim said...

good. skipped albers because lackey/morales performed better than expected.

gettin on the #51 Bard train straight through seattle!

allan said...

P.A. Tito wants that door slammed shut right now.

tim said...

A, after your comments last game, I was afraid we wouldn't see PA Tito for a month or so...good to see the man not fucking around right now.

tim said...

speaking of P.A. Tito, not sure if you've been following the sosh thread on oki, but i read it today and i am all geared up for him to give us 6-up, 6-down in the 6th/7th of all WS games this year.

allan said...

i think we'll see them both a fair amount. maybe with the mfy having lost and the full pen at his disposal, he's a bit more cut-throat?

allan said...

have not read that in a few weeks - is that realistic, him being in the pen? such a weird situation so far. what are they saying? sept call-up and if he does well, he'll be the lefty?

tim said...

i expect him up in sept, sosh is saying he's shit vs. AL (esp. ALE) but he will dominate NL (which i am skeptical about)

but the only thing i put anything into is that he is probably better than randy williams as an LHP. if we don't have anyone else.

he has been doing well in AAA, had a rough patch recently, talk on SoSH is that the only reason he was able to dominate in his early years is because of his unconventional head-snap delivery....on the surface, it appears to be true (once hitters get more familiar with him, they hit him) but i haven't bothered to look it up yet.

in conclusion - nothing. i dunno if he has the ability to get outs vs. DET/TEX/CLE/NYY...but if they are going to stick him on the playoff roster, i sure damn hope so!

tim said...

^ so that was a half-in-the-bag ramble. sorry to have wasted your time. i said absolutely nothing.

Jere said...

Rem finally with some meaningful commentary. Even if it was something the die-hards know anyway.

tim said...

sit the fuck down, robinson!

allan said...

crazy movement = wild pitch.

tim said...

3rd base? who cares!

allan said...

fuckin A - that ball is moving!! (ball 2 in dirt)

Jere said...

this is like video game pitching

Jere said...

You da male adult human, Bard

allan said...

that slider looked harder to catch than wake's knuckler.

tim said...

SEA paying 15 to 1 to win right now.

allan said...

if this guy pitched for us, he'd be "cortes the killer".

Jere said...

Funny Seattle has Dan Cortes since there's an island right near there with a town called Anacortes. Okay maybe not that funny.

Pap, end it quick.

tim said...

alright pap, end it quickly. drink that haterade, cinco ocho!

allan said...

i wanna go home in the next 10 minutes, so let's get 3 outs quick like.

Benjamin said...

Not "Herdán"?

allan said...

CHUG THAT HATERADE!

tim said...

3 outs, 3 pitches pls.

tim said...

ok, fine. 3 outs, 5 pitches, pls???

allan said...

SASA-ACKLEY-HE!

tim said...

sit the fuck down (l)ackley!!!

allan said...

don't try anything fishy, carp.

tim said...

sit down carp. 1 to go.

tim said...

i like this pap. i really do.

Jere said...

he did, but it was crappie

tim said...

booooooooooo

allan said...

DAMN -- cannot use my

"close, but no seager!"

line.

tim said...

just fucking K this kennedy putz and be done with it!

Jere said...

WIN

tim said...

kennedy is so far behind.

and its popped foul! red sox win!!!!


DIRRRRTY!!!!!!

Kathryn said...

And Boston becomes the fifth city in the 20th century to win two All-America City awards. Can you believe it?!

LOL. I love reading the thread the next morning.

I was in and out of sleep after switching to radio. I did wake up for the dongs (must be the volume) and knew the water was dirty before going to sleep for real.