Mike Lowell will get the night off as Kevin Youkilis plays third.
MLB.com:
Micah Owings ... has not pitched since May 29. The last time Owings had 11 days between starts he struggled through his worst outing of the year, giving up seven runs in 2.2 innings May 19 at Pittsburgh.After that, however, Owings pitched a complete game victory (9-9-1-1-8) against Houston on May 24 and went five innings (5-7-1-2-3) against the Phillies on May 29.
Hmm... so it seems as though we want him this start, not his next start...
ReplyDeleteFat Billy labored (6-5-3-2-7, 108), but got the win as the MFY topped the Pirates 9-3.
ReplyDeleteMLB says the Yankees "look like themselves".
Whats the latest on Manny? He playing tonite?
ReplyDeleteDunno.
ReplyDeleteFrom today's Globe:
Francona had planned to give Manny Ramirez a day off in Oakland Thursday, but he played, and was expected to play all three games here. ...
Ramirez was hit in the left hand by a pitch from Edgar Gonzalez in the sixth inning, but remained in the game. He was lifted an inning later, after the game had become a blowout. "It's sore," Francona said.
No Manny tonight.
ReplyDeleteSS Julio Lugo
CF Coco Crisp
1B David Ortiz
3B Kevin Youkilis
RF J.D. Drew
C Jason Varitek
LF Eric Hinske
2B Alex Cora
P Julian Tavarez
LF Eric Byrnes
CF Chris Young
2B Orlando Hudson
1B Tony Clark
3B Mark Reynolds
SS Stephen Drew
RF Carlos Quentin
C Miguel Montero
P Micah Owings
Globe: "Terry Francona said it was not due to Ramirez being hit in the left hand/wrist last night, but Ramirez' unfamiliarity with pitcher Micah Owings and just a good time for a day off. David Ortiz will sit tomorrow against Randy Johnson."
WTF -- AZ idiots AGAIN????
ReplyDeleteI turn it on and within 10 seconds, I hear that Boston "is not quite fending off the New York Yankees like they thought".
NY is in 3rd place, 10 GB.
This appears to be something called "D-Backs TV", not the FSN guys from last night.
ReplyDeleteWhatever. It's moot -- and mute.
Uh-oh, Orioles lost. MFY move up to second place.
ReplyDeleteFend, Sox, fend!!!
Lips at the plate -- looking like someone doing a Rod Carew impression playing whiffleball.
ReplyDeleteHoooooly Shit, Julian!
ReplyDeleteDid you see the second baseman laughing as he grabs the ball?
Holy Shit!!
ReplyDeleteWith a 1-2 count, Lips tried sort of a drag bunt, but he popped it up towards the 2B -- who came in gloved it on a short hop and had no play. He tried to get Hinske rounding third, but no.
!!!
No. Couldn't see it on my little MLBTV.
ReplyDelete(Holy shit appears to be the correct reaction!)
And it goes to waste.
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm not sure it matters. If Julian can hang in there on the pitching end of things, I think Owings is gonna be toast, decent ERA notwithstanding.
Are the homer announcers always this annoying? Man, they sound like a couple of dopes.
ReplyDeleteI turned on the sound for a second to see if I could find out what's going on with Lugo and the catcher and got to hear them on the RBI double. I took my earphones out just as they were saying something like "Come on home!" to the scoring runner.
ReplyDeleteAZ just had a commercial on screen that gave the win probability of the game tonight.
ReplyDeleteArizona 69%
Boston 31%
Can that be possible? A 1-0 lead after two innings gives you a 70% of winning? Even factoring in the plus of the Sox lineup and minus of Lips's arm?
I'm skeptical.
Boston had batted in the 3rd, so 2.5 innings. Still ... I could see 55%, maybe 60%, but not 70%.
ReplyDeleteHas Sean been DFA also?
ReplyDeleteAbout the yankees its amazing how they are such a better team with Damon outta center and Giambi gone.
We are ten games up and all, but when can we really start rippin Lugo, 210, 205, or 200.......
just move him down already , what are they so worried about?
Just checked the live graph at fangraphs. No fucking way the TV is right. Even immediately after the RBI double, AZ's % is well shy of 70%.
ReplyDeleteWankers.
The Lugo discussion -- and it was kind of interesting -- speculated that Lugo asked the ump to check the ball after the catcher pounded it on his left shoulder. Ostensibly to tell Owings he was flying open. They thought Lugo was concerned the catcher was "cutting the ball".
ReplyDeleteLugo, 210, 205, or 200.......
ReplyDeleteLet's not get ahead of ourselves. He's hitting .216!
And Julian is on base again!
ReplyDeleteI love how he never left the batters box for the entire AB. Just stood up of his stance, looke dout at the mound, waited about 3 seconds and then got into position again.
ReplyDeleteAnd yet...no runs on the board for us.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I ordered that toast awhile ago.
ReplyDeleteGot to looooooove the Thermos.
ReplyDeleteAlright. Ortiz, Yook, Drew, et al.: Get SL some runs!
Owings?
ReplyDeleteTek says "Pwings."
Ahhhh, yeah, Tek, we needed that!
ReplyDeleteAnd...Julian's now had as good a start as Clemens today.
ReplyDeleteGood point, Zen - and against a better team. Eat it, Fat Billy.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the reason behind the foul-tip strikeout rule that the hitter has to be tagged or thrown out?
ReplyDeleteTCM: 6-5-3-2-7
ReplyDeleteSL: 6-6-3-1-5
The chant war is pretty funny here. Glad the Nation is so well represented.
ReplyDeleteWay to go, Cap'n!
ReplyDeleteTek ties it up!
ReplyDeleteTEK gettin' it done!
ReplyDeleteWay to go, Einstein!
ReplyDeleteTito put himself in a hole there, by ph Dped in the 7th
ReplyDeleteYouk could have played 2nd..........Amazing he didn't ph
ReplyDeleteAnd now Pena leads of the inning?
ReplyDeleteAnd now Pena leads of the inning?
ReplyDeleteYes. Jeemer's in the 7th spot.
only in the nl do you sac bunt your 3 hitter
ReplyDeleteOne more out, Jeemer.
ReplyDeleteWily squeezes it! Whew!!!!
ReplyDeleteNow he needs to hit a tater.
Come on Coco...
ReplyDeletedamn. I hate hoping for extra innings. Especially at 12:40.
ReplyDeleteThat went by fast.
ReplyDeleteI'm at work, shift ends at 1:00. May have to stay late. Actually, at this point, I hope I do.
ReplyDeleteI just want to say, since I'm listening to the D-Backs anouncers, that I really hate the saying "best team in baseball". Honestly, there is no such thing; or, if there is, it's a different team every night. Sure, there's the team with the best record, there's probably the most well rounded team, but I really don't think there's such a thing as A "best team in baseball"
ReplyDeleteI was muted for a moment and came back to hear one of these guys saying , "...there's a lot of deception in the way he goes about his business. And no emotion whatsoever."
ReplyDeletePlease tell me he was not talking about Okajima.
Papi time!
ReplyDeleteThird extra inning game for the Sox. Let's win one for a change.
ReplyDeleteI don't know, Zen, but I'll bet $5 they were.
ReplyDeleteDid they also say "inscrutable"?
Okaji's pretty intense.
ReplyDeleteWas it during the WBC that Morgan called -- was it Matsuzaka -- "inscrutable"?
yoooooooooooook
ReplyDeletedrew 7-13 vs cruz.
i don't remember where but someone was talking about the passionate demonstrative Latin players and cool calculating guys from Japan.
ReplyDeletei know i wrote about it at the time, it could have been morgan.
It probably was the WBC. I didn't watch much of it, but the final was Japan and Cuba, so, you know .......
ReplyDeleteDREW!!!
Tek Time!
cmon tek
ReplyDeletebtw, i thought for sure papi would score... we better not blow this
ReplyDeleteand yes, it was morgan
Varitek's turn for a 7-RBI night?
ReplyDeleteWBC. I posted this on March 21, 2006:
ReplyDeleteJoe Morgan blabbed his usual blather for nine innings, but it was his "descriptions" of the two teams' playing styles that was the high point of the night for me. Morgan said the Cuban players were "fiery" and "emotional" while the Japanese were "calculating" and "scientific".
Thanks for that "insight", Joe. I'm surprised Morgan didn't call Team Japan "inscrutable" -- though maybe he had already used that adjective for China. (The good people at FJM are way ahead of me.)
And I swear I heard Morgan refer to Japan's manager as "Sodomharu Oh".
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Kill Morgan.
ReplyDeleteNice sac fly!
These announcers cheering on their pitchers is getting kind of sickening.
ReplyDeleteWooohooo! Glad I stayed up for that. About time we win in extra innings.
ReplyDeleteSnuffed.
ReplyDeleteNow that's a win!
ReplyDeleteI missed this game (grrr) but I'm enjoying skimming the game thread.
ReplyDeleteInscrutable indeed. It's nice to know other smart baseball fans.