Lugo came through in the leadoff spot, going 3-for-4. He singled in the first and scored on Ortiz's double to dead center. That was the game's only run until the seventh when Lugo singled after Mirabelli and Hinske had walked with two outs. Lowell drove in Manny in the eighth.
Of Wakefield's 100 pitches, 72 were strikes. He went to three balls on only two Rays -- the two guys he walked (Iwamura in the 4th, Navarro in the 6th). Wakefield threw a first-pitch strike to 21 of his 27 batters.
It's Boston's 10th shutout of the year, tying them with Seattle for the most in the American League.
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James Shields (4.32, 106 ERA+) / Tim Wakefield (4.81, 94 ERA+)
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IS
ON!!!!!
like donkey kong
anything less than a sweep...
we HAVE to go on a tear right now. ya hear me sox?? HAVE. YES---CAN HAS! CAN!!!!
(and ya know, it would help if you, yankees, just start losing asamfp. thxxxxxxx:))
IT IS ON!
(and what tdcg said.)
it's all stormy outside in boston right now. hope it clears..
1. Julio Lugo, SS
2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
3. David Ortiz, 3B
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. J.D. Drew, CF
6. Mike Lowell, 3B
7. Alex Cora, 2B
8. Doug Mirabelli, C
9. Eric Hinske, RF
- Tim Wakefield, SP
Hinske, Mirabelli, Cora, oh my!!!
... and lugo leading off.
i sure wish tito was on the bus.
i sure wish tito was on the bus.
he is on a bus...the short bus, evidently.
Hinske or WMP? Cora I don't understand.
Shields has never pitched at Fenway! Let us hope he feels the wall and goes mental by the third inning.
haha I wasn't sure what the lightswitch signified... I was hoping it was gonna be a "lights out" reference
I spent the day with a lot of Yankee fans at the golf course...And what i got from tee box and carts driving by and guys in the clubhouse.......A lot of shit-eatin-grins with their hands held high showing 4 fingers....Oh Yeah .........It's On......L, this one's for you -It's mother-fuckin' on
A lot of shit-eatin-grins with their hands held high showing 4 fingers....Oh Yeah .........It's On......L, this one's for you -It's mother-fuckin' on
Well, if they're proud of being the second place team with the biggest games back then that's their own complex.
Or you could've reminded them about the "other" four. 4 in '04.
From Extra Bases:
" Sox groundskeeper Dave Mellor has outdone himself.
In centerfield, Mellor has mowed the lawn into the shape of the Boston Red Sox "B" and has placed it inside a patch of grass shaped like home plate. Pretty impressive. "
Sounds cool...I wanna see this.
L, this one's for you -It's mother-fuckin' on
Fucking right it's on. :)
My virgin ears (or in this case eyes). Am still waiting to see the B in CF.
WEEI - all the hosts today were of the belief that Buchholz will be starting one of the games on friday.
Anything less than 5 and 2 on this homestand is unacceptable.
Is the sky falling? Tom Caron of NESN wants to know.
NESN on the box!
Timmeh!
Personally I think the B in CF looks anemic. I wanted to see a big freaking one that went from 2b to the triangle.
EH with the nice one hand grab running towards the line!!! Good start.
BAL-MFY delayed in duh Bronx.
BAL-MFY delayed in duh Bronx
Don't know why, but they are doing the anthem now.
Maybe they'll follow that up with a 45-minute version of God Bless America.
1st and 3rd no outs in duh bronx.
PAPI!!!!
FLO!!!!
then nomar ramirez hacks and is out 6-3.
when manny hacks like nomar, is he ynnam?
damn i was hoping they'd get postponed. MEH.
ok, i'm not sure how many will delight in the humour of this, but if yr familiar with I Can Has Cheezburger then you might ;) i took their poster-kitty and yanki-fied it!
check em out: here and here
lol ;D
BAL 2 runs and Millar up with 1st and 3rd and no outs.
2-0 Orioles
Millar hits into a DP but BAL up 3-0.
Cabin GIDP but a run scores. 3-0 on Wang
too slow - i'll let s1c do the updates.
PIP-on the tv.
3-1 Bal, Damon double, CI g.o., WP
Abreu homers to deep CF. 3-2.
abreu bomb. 3-2 bal
way to go, birds, way to fucking go.
Inning over in duh Bronx. At least the Yankees will have to face Bedard this series. For once the best pitcher for an opposing team will pitch against them. EH looking smooth in RF.
Just saw on NESN that Comcast in Waterbury got NESN. Does this mean 9casey gets the games now? (Sorry if you've talked about this before, I was away for three days. In Baltimore, of course.)
Congrats to the people of Waterbury. That's what I was talkin' about. Since you're in NESN territory, you always have at least a chance of getting NESN. Fairfield County: Still screw-ewed after all these years....
Remy says he actually batted 3rd once.
Actually, he started 6 games in the 3 hole, all in 1975.
Was 6-for-23, .261.
JERE - Are you the one who keeps on seeing the Bot Blown Saves?
"For once the best pitcher for an opposing team will pitch against them."
You're right. But when a Sox fan caller brought this up on the FAN the other day (as I was driving through), he was passed off as a "crying Red Sox fan with nothing else to complain about."
Sean was the Papelbon blown saves guy.
Ok- thought it was you. Don't blame me for any rants you see about you then! (j/k)
The only game he pitched in this weekend was the only one I went to, and he didn't blow it anyway, so I don't know what you're talkin' 'bout. I was wondering what happened to Sean, though....
We all know Coco gave Tina the flu, right?
Melky makes a diving grab and O's strand Mora at 2nd. 3-2 going to bottom of the 2nd.
"Just saw on NESN that Comcast in Waterbury got NESN. Does this mean 9casey gets the games now? "
Yup, he announced it yesterday in a thread somewhere. The bestest part (to me) is Comcast said it was customer demand (pressure)!
0 for 5 already RISP.
Maybe it was Sean we were thinking of. We couldn't remember who kept seeing the blown saves.
Oops Jere said that already (re Sean), I missed it.
"The bestest part (to me) is Comcast said it was customer demand (pressure)!"
And I'm happy for them. But just makes it even sadder that one entire section of New England with lots and lots of people could all stand at the door of Comcast at once, and there'd be nothing they could do, until mlb changes the territory lines. (Hint to mlb: Make the dividing line for people who get NEW ENGLAND Sports Network the border of NEW ENGLAND.)
Betamint just hit a 2 run homer in the bronx.
Manny either has to cut the hair or clean the helmet.
I'm sick of Betemit repeatedly becoming a true Yankee!
"Manny either has to cut the hair or clean the helmet."
Why, did we trade him to the Yanks?
Thats it, the PIP goes off. Will only check between innings.
And I'm happy for them. But just makes it even sadder...
MLB has nothing to do with the cable company offering NESN in FC. Its all about the greenbacks.
"MLB has nothing to do with the cable company offering NESN in FC. Its all about the greenbacks."
MLB and the teams set the territories where each team can be seen. It has nothing to do with the cable companies.
All they'd have to do would be to add NESN to Fairfield County. Not asking to take YES or SNY out. Just let NESN in as well.
Wake looking good: 4-0-0-1-3, 49.
NY 4-3 after 2.
The Sox want that territory, but it's set up so they can't get it, as it's only part of Mets and Yanks-land.
wake:
36 strikes
13 balls
The territory is for the over the Air stuff, Cable is a different animal. Unless that is in writing somewhere official I will politely disagree.
Comcast does not want to pay NESN the $2.00 per subscriber in FC, especially since they are paying that amount to the METs and YES.
http://www.boston.com/sports/nesn/aboutus/FAQ/
That's NESN's FAQ. Read the first answer. Fairfield is not considered part of their territory, despite being in New England.
Why, did we trade him to the Yanks?
Between the pine tar, doo-rag and hair... stuff he's has to be carrying like 5 pounds of junk on his head. That's gotta screw you up.
Thanks IMNW.
4-3 after 3 in bronx.
ARod DP! 3-2 after 4.
Meaning 4-3.
Dancing with Dr. D!
On the Betemit HR: Yes' token "cut to Jeter's reaction to play he had nothing to do with" shot was ruined by Cano being in his way! Ha!
snip Kay - "he (posada) keeps on checking the bat, if he doesn't know if its cracked why doesn't he get another one?"
Singleton - "he's 15 for 29"
Belli!!!
Wake keeping it going.
6-0-0-2-5, 79
Yankees about to blow this game open. 5-3 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs bottom of 4th.
Papi doing push-ups in the batters box! :>)
end of 4 still 5-3.
No blowing out in NY. Birds down only 5-3.
Papi's taken some really nice swings tonite.
O's score, now 5-4.
there goes the no hitter.
damn.
I blame Castig and Remy for that hit, talking about no hits at the end of six is a sure way to blow the game.
Shields, first time he has ever pitched six innings vs the Sox.
NESN ruins another no-hitter, at least for me--because the non-CF cameras are a tiny bit behind the CF one, so you could tell by Orsillo's voice when he said "right side" really loud, that it was headed for the hole. Maybe only people with me with Spidey senses or whatever are affected, but it really stinks. (In the Schilling one, you could hear Orsillo say "through" before we saw it get past the fielder.)
I think it was Babe Ruth's spirit. That guy still doesn't like us.
Or a good hitter got a hit.
One or the other.
6-4 and still threatening in the Bronx.
1-0 game and the wave starts up
red sox fans showing that maybe they are not the "smartest fans in sports"
A hit with RISP.
lugo is a RBI machine hahahhaha how funny is that?
gotta love it. come on yook
Two out, non one, stupid O's give up single, walk, single, for an insurance run for the GD Yanks.
At least we can spell "wave."
All I get at work or around town is "I bet you are scared cuz here comes the yanks."
Aubrey-ana Huff-ington with a single, tying run up for Balty.
At the risk of Jinxing this - Francona's new strategy. Get the starter to go 8+ innings then bring in Bot.
Hearing the name Eric Hiske a lot lately, I realize that I don't call him Natasha just because of the rhyme, but because the name sounds like "Era Kinske." That's where it came from....
Aubrey-ana Huff-ington with a single, tying run up for Balty.
Comments don't get much more "Jere-y" than that.
Stranded - another K for Wang.
Grant Balfour.
Very bad name for a pitcher.
"That's like an ice cream man named Cone!!!"
How about a pitcher named Leadlosing McHighERA?
How about a pitcher named Leadlosing McHighERA?
Or Eric Gagne?
(too easy)
Nice job, Michael.
ok, quick check of the oriole game shows orioles get lead off man on in the seventh, down by two runs and they are bunting? WTF?
Scott D'oh!mann warming up for TB. Almost as bad as Balfour. Or Gagne.
7 pickoff attempts with Redman on first, and then Villone wild pitches him to second.
Ooh, another WP and it's 6-5.
BOT
6 IP, 5 ER, 8 H, 1 BB, 1 HBP, 1 WP for Cy Wang tonight.
7 pickoff attempts with Redman on first, and then Villone wild pitches him to second
i love this. i've read it like 5 times.
BOT: K, K,
and The Bot increases his league leading K / 9 for relievers.
PAP has got "teh sickness" goin' on right now........
"7 pickoff attempts with Redman on first, and then Villone wild pitches him to second
i love this. i've read it like 5 times."
Then he gets to third on an out, and he scores on another WP.
We're up again, don't leave us stranded this time.
I literally laugh out loud at the thought of facing an 89 mph splitter (!!)
10th Shutout of the season. Woo Woo.
Win. Beating a team we should beat. Nice.
Hell of a game.
Let's go, O's.
I'm sick of Betemit repeatedly becoming a true Yankee!
Yeah, for real. Two weeks ago I was super psyched that we picked up Gagne and the Yankees traded away relief pitching for slightly more offense. And look how well that turned out for us.
MFY Joba is more showy with his praying than Curt.
Or should we call him the Hut?
Stupid Tejada Ks against Jobber to start the 8th.
The Hut, that's good--but I can't wait til we play them to hear Remy say Jobber.
redsock said...
Papi doing push-ups in the batters box! :>)
He does them better than me and I have 2 good shoulders......
That was fun my first full NESN game on my own couch in my own house....
Red Sox Starters 29 ip 3 er last 4 games........
Ooh, I like The Hut. (Eventually I will just start calling him Pizza, but all in good time)
Hut 1, hut 2, hut 3. Terrible job, O's. Hopefully Torre thinks this guy is the shit and assumes he can do this every time and it ends up hurting them.
Francona post game interview:
Reporter: "How big was this win tonight?"
Tito: "About the same as the last one. They're usually about the same."
Nice.
A NY writer was on the morning WEEI show this morning. Hut is on a very strict inning / days. Basically worked out to being 1 day off, for every two innings pitched.
and my beloved North Shore Spirit defeat the Brockton Rox 6-5, making my night in baseball happy and complete.
Well, not yet.
Go Orioles.
Jackie:
Spaceballs!
That line still makes me chuckle.
More saves for Mo against Baltimore than any other team (47).
in play, no out! be a HR! Nope, single. Come on, O's!
Guess they don't wanna bunt now, what with the tying run at 1st and no outs.
Swinging sac bunt gets Mora to second.
Man on 2nd, 2 outs.
You can cough it up, Fruitbat, you know you can.
GOt the job done, though, I guess, tying run at 2nd.
oooh, only 1 out. even better.
only 1 out Sock
don't scare me like that.
The sent mora home on a soft single to center. Not even close at home 2 outs.
o fuck it all to hell.
gotta try it, but shit.
let's do again with 2 outs. but score this time
Now it's 2, but ROberts coming up. oh my fucking god you're kidding me. out at home
on the replay, mo with his "catch the ball, lofton" look
YES
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Redman scores on a single to right, roberts at second on the throw.
Cough Cough Cough.
Run(s)!!!!!!
Got to loooooove the F-Bat.
man on second again,
let's go o's
Mo shitting the bed like he did yesterday. Not exactly as "money in the bank" as Sterling says he is.
beautiful *tears of joy* :)
1st blown save for Mo in 20 chances.
he's like money under the mattress, but with the door unlocked with a big sign on it that says the money is under the mattress.
1st BS for Mo since Apr. 20 against... hmm... can you guess? Heh.
Seriuosly, Mo is the best vs. non-Red Sox teams. That should go on his HoF plaque.
Of course, yesterday he got credit for a save, but look at what he did.
You can't do that, ChadBrad.
Let's go O's!
I'm nervous w/ Bradford in there, not gonna lie
Oh Chadford, what are you doing? Please to be inducing a double play now kthx...
game is over.
Kay - CI is a man who knows how to get a runner in.
The admitted steroid-user who America loves while they hate the black guy who hasn't been proven to have done anything wrong, gets a hit, 1st and 3rd.
Ticks off of Bradfords glove.
well that puts a damper on things. kind of.
still, awesome win tonight
aw fuck.
America loves Giambi?
Which part of America? New York, I'm guessing?
wait, who loves Giambi? He's sweaty and terrifies small children.
we win -- and they can't get any closer. simple as that.
magic number -- 41
Yes, people think he "manned up" by admitting "something." Do you see people protesting Giambi's games like they did Bonds?
So was it a liner off glove or grounder or what?
grounder. If he comes up with it they might still be playing.
Gameday still hasn't put the run on the board. Are they writing out a treatise about the run-knocking-in off-pitchers'-glove ability of Jeter? Lemme guess: It can't be taught?
well, Giambi isn't chasing the all-time HR record... I think that's the real difference maker there.
"well, Giambi isn't chasing the all-time HR record... I think that's the real difference maker there"
Oh, okay. So it's okay, then. The 2003 ALCS meant way more to me than any individual record, but that's just me.
Gameday finally says "fielder's choice" to Roberts. I guess it went off Bradford's glove and over to Roberts who couldn't do anything with it. Well, you can't teach that, either.
Was a weaaaaaak ground ball and once it went off bradfords glove, it went like five feet. no chance for roberts.
Nice blog folks. I love the Sox, although just yesterday I said I wasn't going to watch baseball for the next 2 weeks. That lasted 0 days. Nice win tonight.
Sox new strategy: starting pitcher goes 8...Pap closes out the 9th. No need for Gag-me at all. (I wish that would work long term.)
Jere said...
The admitted steroid-user who America loves while they hate the black guy who hasn't been proven to have done anything wrong, gets a hit, 1st and 3rd.
I beleive they both are admitted steriod users in grand jury testimony.....
I know you are more likey pissed off about the hit then the steroids, My ,and I empasize my, disdain for Barry Bonds has nothing to do with the color of his skin......And if 2003 still ticks you off how about '88 Canseco and McGwire had 4 hr's in that sweep...
just yesterday I said I wasn't going to watch baseball for the next 2 weeks. That lasted 0 days.
Welcome.
There's plenty of nights from November to February to not watch baseball.
There's plenty of nights from November to February to not watch baseball.
...you've got that right RedSock. I can't stay away anyway. But lately, it's been keeping me up at night. I try hittin' the wife to relax a bit, but she don't play that.
9 Casey....did Bonds admit to using under oath?
Oh, okay. So it's okay, then. The 2003 ALCS meant way more to me than any individual record, but that's just me.
Hey, I totally agree with you about the ALCS (or that gem Wakefield pitched against RJ in 2005 that we lost 1-0 on a HGHiambi HR) meaning more to me than the HR record. But Giambi is, I think, unilaterally reviled among Red Sox fans (and A's fans, for that matter).
Elsewhere in the country, I think people care less about the 2003 ALCS ;) and more about the record. I still don't believe that people particularly like Giambi, but they don't actively hate him because he's not in their faces, destroying Precious Records and the American Way of Life. Or whatever it is that Bonds is doing.
It's my understanding (which could be faulty) that Bonds has not admitted knowingly using anything.
Jere - About Aces -
Sox have faced the following 4 times this year - Halladay, Pettitte (5 if you count relief).
3 times - Wang, Trachsel (only pitches like an ace against the Sox), and Ohka.
Yankees - 4 times nobody
3 times - Schilling, Wakefield, Garland, Kazmir, Contreras
Only Kazmir would count as an Ace, and the Sox will face him for the third time tomorrow.
Meanwhile - no CC Sabathia, Santana 1 in two series, etc.
Yes I know I am retentive about some things.
I didn't think he had admitted anything either. Didn't Schilling comment that he cheated on his wife and his taxes?....I think that is the only proven cheating that he has done.
Bonds admitted to using the cream and the clear, which are none steroids.......
none=known
If it had been proven he cheated on his taxes, wouldn't he be paying big time fines or something? Has that happened?
Also, cheating on his wife is not against the law. (But I do believe he is the only MLB player to ever sleep around, so ....)
The only thing he's guilty of as far as I can see is not kissing the media's ass.
Gotcha Casey. I thought there was some technicality there with the Clear/Cream stuff. Did he end up saying that he didn't know they were steroids? Tomatoes...Tomah-toes.
Bonds admittance was that he thought the Clear was Flax Seed oil. etc.
In other words, they told me it was this which was ok, later I found it was steroid.
As for the Wife, comment by Schilling - His quote was "well, he admitted to cheating on his taxes and his wife"
Bonds admitted to using the cream and the clear, which are none steroids.......
Link?
Again, I don't follow this very closely because I don't give a shit, but I thought he said he may have used them, but did not know exactly what they did (uh-huh) or something like that.
AgGain, you might think this is bullshit, but he is techincally not admitting knowingly using roids.
In other words, they told me it was this which was ok, later I found it was steroid.
That sounds right.
As for the Wife, comment by Schilling - His quote was "well, he admitted to cheating on his taxes and his wife"
Wasn't that in a book on Bonds and not an actual admission in public?
When is MLB (and other leagues...NFL) just going to start f'ing testing for 'roids, HGH, etc.? Are they that worried that their "product" will be de-valued?
Of course all of this admittance is also "leaked" GJ testimony. Let me see the transcripts!
I also agree with Sock - I really don't care, the hypocrisy by the owners and the players on this issue makes me want to puke.
Of course all of this admittance is also "leaked" GJ testimony. Let me see the transcripts!
Leaking them was illegal, as well.
redsock said...
AgGain, you might think this is bullshit, but he is techincally not admitting knowingly using roids.
Correct..........I beleive he saying if you think this is true , build your case and come and get me..........which I think they are doing...Balco ran their business somewhat like bookies with strange notes and unclear markings on calenders so I believe it has hard for them to make the case..........All the while his buddy Greg Anderson still sits in a jail for contempt of court of charges, I believe he has been in jail for 6 months....
R-diddy - NFL has been testing for years for Steroids. Once abuse was linked to health issues the Union and the Owners got together and hammered out a deal.
Remember last year there were a couple of suspensions for roid use including the LB for the Chargers.
s1c said...
I also agree with Sock - I really don't care, the hypocrisy by the owners and the players on this issue makes me want to puke.
I believe Bud and the boys were caught with thier pants down.....then realized they had to stiffen thie policies.......then the senate hearings......They know what thier players are doing ....Until the gov't steps in why change.........chicks love the long ball.....
Recent quote from Jim Bouton, author of ball Four: He said in his day (1960s) if someone had come along as said "take this, you'll win 20 games but it will knock 5 years off your life", pitchers would have stampeded to use it.
He also talked about him and Whitey Ford rubbing some drug for horses shit on their arms. I know you know this, but this shit ain't new.
Not for sure about where Schilling got the quote - I was just stating what Schilling said on WEEI.
As for the leak, yep, it was illegal.
9casey:
pants down.....stiffen thie policies.......
:>O
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