White Sox - 022 030 010 - 8 8 2All six of the Red Sox's third inning runs were unearned.
Red Sox - 016 200 30x - 12 13 1
Alex Gonzalez (3-for-4) singled to center against Contreras. Jacoby Ellsbury flew out to center and Dustin Pedroia (also 3-for-4) popped to first. With two outs, the rally began.
Victor Martinez walked. Kevin Youkilis was hit by an 0-2 pitch to load the bases. David Ortiz, green-lighted on a 3-0 count, tapped a dribbler along the first base line. Contreras came over to field it, but could not pick it up with his glove. Tiz had stopped, then he ran around Contreras and Paul Konerko and continued on to first base. Seabass scored and Boston trailed 4-2.
Jason Bay walked to force in a run, and while Mike Lowell was batting, a wild pitch tied the game at 4-4. Lowell then capped an eight-pitch at-bat by crushing a three-run home run to left. Boston led 7-4.
Boston also had a nice two-out rally in the seventh. With two gone, J.D. Drew hit a solo home run over the bullpens. Gonzalez doubled, Ellsbury tripled, and Pedroia doubled.
Buchholz (4.2-6-7-3-3, 92) had an easy 1-2-3 first on nine pitches, but struggled most of the evening. Five of the seven runs he allowed came on home runs to Gordon Beckham and Konerko.
The Rays beat the Blue Jays 12-7 and stay 3 GB Boston in the wild card. Texas and New York were off, so the Rangers dropped to 1.5 GB in the WC and the Yankees' East lead over the Red Sox is now 7 GB.
In Buchholz's last three starts -- against the Yankees, Tigers and Blue Jays -- he has a 1.89 ERA over 19 innings.
The Yankees and Rangers are off. They begin a three-game series in New York tomorrow.
To tell you the truth, I don't really like [hitting] seventh, and I haven't told that to no one. It's because the back of my jersey still says "Ortiz".
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1 – 200 of 337 Newer› Newest»1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Victor Martinez, C
4. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
5. David Ortiz, DH
6. Jason Bay, LF
7. Mike Lowell, 3B
8. J.D. Drew, RF
9. Alex Gonzalez, SS
1. Scott Podsednik, CF
2. Gordon Beckham, 3B
3. Jermaine Dye, RF
4. Jim Thome, DH
5. Paul Konerko, 1B
6. Carlos Quentin, LF
7. A.J. Pierzynski, C
8. Alexei Ramirez, SS
9. Jayson Nix, 2B
Red Sox Pythagorean Expectation since the ASB: .522
Red Sox Actual win% since the ASB: .457
MFY Pythagorean Expectation since the ASB: .630
MFY Actual win% since the ASB .750
Their luck is bound to run out soon
Very happy to have four games on my four non-work nights.
I like this lineup!
Now THAT'S oatmeal.
Padding the wc lead tonight!
Singing at 7, then going to watch others sing (and play various instruments of music) afterward.
Might be an adult beverage or 2 involved as well.
I do not like listening to O'B, but if somehow we get stuck with the Hawk, then O'B will sound like Scully to me.
Good thing that Ortiz isn't batting 7th.
Time to make a certain manager cry!!!
MFY Actual win% since the ASB .750
Their luck is bound to run out soon
Actually before the ASB the MFY's were about 3 or 4 games below the pythagorean expectation, so you could say they were due for a hot streak.
Conversely, the Sox this year fluctuated between 2 over to 2 under.
David Ortiz, to WEEI:
To tell you the truth, I don't really like [hitting] seventh, and I haven't told that to no one. It's because the back of my jersey still says "Ortiz".
What does the front say?
What do your stats say?
NESN - PTL!
Irid, I loved your comment on the other thread about the stat police turning in their badge.
F7
5-3
1-3
9 pitches for HH
Listening to white sox radio for a change of pace. It's somehow reassuring to me that these guys talk out their ass about other team's players as much as OB and Joe.
L.- Thanks :)
Good start for Clay...
FYouble!
39th double. He's a beast!!
how did he do that???
Safe?! Wow!
Merry Christmas, we got a gift there.
Sounds like he was out?
Wow Dustin got lucky there.
replay - tagged in chest before left foot on bag
xmas!
FU NIX!
FU NIX!
What did Coco do? The Royals aren't even playing...
Oh, wait, they are. Not that it matters...
Guy One: That's not a friendly sky to the west.
Guy Two: If that's that way, I agree.
HH is bothered. Watching his face, his body expression, he's very bothered right now about something.
crap
fuck and double fuck
pissed the cactus is not catching?
Patrick's right. Boston is going to get rained on.
A short shower, but we might incur a delay within the hour.
Watching his face, his body expression, he's very bothered right now about something.
He is even more bothered now.
I WANT MY CACTUS!
Shit
Ozzie caught that foul ball and faked a throw to Lowell.
Bleh
OK, HH, that was your big meltdown inning. Settle down, now.
Alright, let's score some runs
Hey, at least Laptop got one scoreless inning already... it took Beckett until the 6th.
Halladay's slide might be continuing as he gave up 3 to TB. But Toronto's loaded the bases vs. Niemann, so maybe they'll come back.
I guess the real question of whether you've given up on the division comes when Texas plays the Yankees. Every year it happens...these opportunities to root for the Yanks to win, to help our position.
Did I speak too soon? Barajas with the grand slam. Toronto goes up, 4-3.
Last year I rooted for the yankees when they played the Rays.
This year I just want them to lose. I hope the Rangers sweep them.
I hope WE win every game. The rest will take care of themselves.
Has Drew made an out from the 8th spot yet?
I realize I'm harping on Niemann's nightmarish bottom of the second, but so far it's gone like this:
single
BB
single
HR
BB
single
4 runs in, 1st and 3rd, still no outs.
Has Drew made an out from the 8th spot yet?
Checked it. His OBP is .571. Disappointing.
LOL That rundown play almost never works....cool!
Wha' happened? GDGD says, "Bay caught stealing, Drew out at second." But the run scored...?
Drew caught stealing but got into a rundown allowing Bay to come in and score.
Drew took off to steal. Catcher threw down to second. Bay broke for home on the throw. Drew caused a run down which allowed Bay to score.
CRAP
Bugger.
Wow, it took GDGD like 5 minutes to figure that play out
Working non-lagged NESN feed: http://www.atdhe.net/7404/watch-white-sox-vs-red-sox
FUCK
fuck...
They scored it as a caught-stealing for Drew and a fielder's choice for Bay.
Please don't let this be another one of these games. I just want some good fucking pitching.
10 second delay for that adthe.net link.
Ah, Christ.
Pitching...pitching.
pitching
pitching
pitching
When it's not pitching, it's the offense.
When it's not the offense, we win.
redsock said...
What do your stats say?
Really?
Ortiz's stats say he has no bitch if he bats behind Bay or Lowell....
Oh dear.
The 5th inning of September 27th the radio guys are doing the Verizon FiOS "Switch"... O'B will be in the Yankees broadcast booth with John Sterling and Joe said, "And I get... Suzyn Waldman." In a low voice like ah crap. I'm stuck with her.
Castig may use one of his sick days!
Sea bass!
Ortiz probably needs to keep his confidence up and tell himself he's the same player he used to be even if the stats this year don't bear that out. I don't really blame him for that attitude.
LBJ is hitting the ball hard. Two long fly ball outs.
Youk is a sweaty ball magnet. He's incredible.
Do they include HBP in OBP?
What an assortment of names! Leaders of HBP:
Shoppach
Inge
Choo
Youkilis
OBP i believe they do
They include everything in OBP. However you get on.
BAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Did that really happen!!!?
OMG!!!!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Allan was busy cursing... then he's safe!!
I was about to type *asshole papi* but the god of BABIP bailed me out.
YES!! More runs now.
Time to capitalize, or, if you're Canadian, to capitalise.
HA!
LBJ is hitting the ball hard. Two long fly ball outs.
I know! I got truped on both of them. :)
Error? Or hit?
man, we have loved hitting against this guy forever!!!
Mine was "No no no no no, woohoo"
You know I do the ou in colour and such, but I haven't gotten the hang of "apologise" and "capitalise".
Like, let's capitalise on this and make Tito apologise.
yeah baby!
rBBi!
How about defence?
somebody get me a doctor
3 runs, just like that.
This is too much fun!!!!
PIERZYNSKIBALLA
For the RS it has been beautiful!!!
Tonight, Contreras is our 10th man.
How does that blink-182 line go about being my own worst enemy?
PIERZYNSKIBALLA
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Lots of free runs this inning!
Lovin' this!
That's hilarious, how those three runs scored. An error, a walk, and a wild pitch. Or was that a Pierzynskiballa?
There's apparently a difference between defense and defence. No idea what it is, so I'm sticking to defense.
OTOH, it's amazing how quickly the "ou" spellings became natural. When I write for US publications now, I have to spellcheck the OUs out.
the bases may be cleared with lowell still hitting
DR DONG!!!
MOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DOCTOR DOCTOR GIVE ME THE NEWS I GOTTA BAD CASE OF LOVING YOUR DONG!!!
DOCTAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 more runs, just like that.
The doctor delivers!!!
I LOVED that!!! He hit that ball and then pumped his fist. YESSAH.
R FUCKIN' X!!!!
night night jose
Pierzynskiballa
Love this, but wish I knew how to say it!
Hahaha. Just came back to the computer. That inning sounds like one of the ugliest shitshows I've heard of. I love it!
THE DOCTOR HAS LEFT THE BUILDING!
/fucking conflicting edits thing
OK, my work is done - showed up to hear 6 runs. Putting MLB Audio back on mute so I can finish up my work and go home. Enjoy the game folks.
It actually has a nice ring to it.
Pierzynkskiiiiballlaaaaaaa
I know there is discretion involved in determining earned runs. How will these runs be scored?
wait! jose! don't go!
we're not thru with you yet
That inning was fun
More two out magic.
6 runs on 2 hits
Should be all unearned after the "third out" (Ortiz) reached on an error.
Was just gonna remark on how weird 3 runs on one single is before Mike did his thing (6 runs on 2 hits is probably still pretty weird)
MLBbox has only 1 earned (which was the one in the second inning)
yeah although I've always thought when the pitcher himself makes the error the runs should be earned :)
Did that idiot in the booth just say "bleacher creatures"???
i already wanna murder this tool.
what an asshole
--- all these obviously pre-rehearsed "jokes"
ARE WE IN A RAIN DELAY?
BECAUSE I SEE NO FUCKING GAME
OK Laptop, earned or unearned, make sure you don't give them back.
remy thinking "i should of come back a week later, so i would miss this dick"
bring back sox appeal!!!!
nesn is really just above (or maybe below) public access with this shit.
yeah this guy is a douche (the Jonas brothers?) why are they even giving this free publicity?
Where did this Laptop come from?
Never mind, it's right there in the glossary.
ha
halladay sucks
What's going on in the booth? Jerry overcome with laughter? Mic broken?
Oh, now I see what you meant by FU NIX.
"Did anyone punch you in the streets?" :) I bet Orsillo would like to punch him right now :)
OK, I got my answer. They're laughing at the Pocket Money guy!!!
Crawford out with a back injury. LBJ has better chances of swiping the most bags in the AL this season.
"it's amazing how quickly the "ou" spellings became natural."
I did a graduate thesis in English history using primary sources--and decided for my typist's sake (this was back before computers when a final draft had to be professionally done) to have the spelling conform throughout--my sources' English and my American needed to mesh, and obviously I had to go with the English for the sake of quotations.
So, 40 years later I still go back and forth with things like 'apologise.'
Weird, he is very unfunny.
Sit
John, now I have to ask what your thesis was on.
bass-o-matic
There you go Lyndon!
No more rain worries for Fenway.
I also have a tendency to use colour and apologise. Not defence, though.
"now I have to ask what your thesis was on"
Early Victorian prisons and penology, crime, poverty, class struggle, all that good stuff....
Scrotum fly!
"Scrotum fly!"
Um what? that's a new one for me :)
nesn misses ball 1 to yook because it's showing a replay.
how fucking hard is it to show the game?
Early Victorian prisons and penology, crime, poverty, class struggle
Oh excellent! My concentration for my English major was Victorian. I'm a big Dickens-head. That's my favourite period of history, both US and English.
YOUK!
YOOOOOOOOOOK
What? Someone doesn't know "scrotum fly"? Impossible! ;)
Another two-out run
didn't see it in the glossary I don't think and never heard you guys use it before.
Iri, you got a man at thrid, an less than two outs? You just let that scrotum fly.
Well I sure don't use it. I think it's only used by people who have one. Or two. However you count those.
patrick LOL
"sac" fly.
ah yeah sac(k) fly very creative :)
A scrotum bunt, though, is much less appreciated round these parts.
"I'm a big Dickens-head."
Dickens is the heavyweight champ, no doubt about it, but my taste runs more to the middleweight: Trollope.
damnit Clay!
Laptop, you fuck tard. chew some gum, puke between innings, find a better way to work off that nervous energy.
Trollope is great.
I like all the Victorians. Dickens is just a huge writing hero of mine. Dickens, Orwell, Steinbeck: my big three.
I'm actually re-reading Great Expectations right now. Haven't read any Dickens since the mid-90s, I'm enjoying it so much.
Yes, I'm not a fan of scrotum bunting either.
However you count those
I vote for two
Unless you're Mike Lowell.
Me too, s2c. Thank you.
I saw District 9 the other day. It was actually pretty good for an action flick.
As Amy said recently, I'm not touching that with a 10-foot pole.
I hope Amy knows there's a game tonight!
craptastic!
Holy shit that's 3 runs.
Wow. Thank god Contreras was so generous.
Btw, in case anyone doesn't know this, if you get "conflicting edits", just reload the page.
pfuh
We might've held onto Buchholz for way too long. I shouldn't, but I do think of the players we might've gotten for him in a trade.
I wrote my dad an E-mail, saying I was sick. He wrote back:
At least there is Lowell, to keep you warm.
You're right, you shouldn't. There's no going back.
Shit, I look away for two minutes and suddenly it's a two-run game
Gotta be patient with young pitchers hope he'll learn and get better and more consistant.
Lowell to keep you warm? Interesting.
Hope you feel better.
Gotta be patient with young pitchers hope he'll learn and get better and more consistant.
My auto mechanic's last name is Buchholtz, but he pronounces it Boo-Holtz. I guess that would be appropriate for tonight (even though I don't think you should boo your own players).
Why is it that whenever we give him a massive lead he doesn't last 5 innings, but when we barely score at all, he pitches like Walter Johnson?
Man, the Sox' team ERA has definitely suffered these last few weeks...
Maybe he loses focus with a big lead. Like they often say that about closers who come in in "non-save" situations and get lit up. An interesting question.
He didn't seem to have his good stuff tonight right from the beginning though. Struggling with control and command.
(even though I don't think you should boo your own players)
yay
FIFTY FIVE!!!!! DO IT!!!
Looooove this White Sox defense!
Or defence.
FIF-TY-FIVE
FIF-TY-FIVE
FIF-TY-FIVE
Hi, all. Been listening on the radio...though missed a few innings while doing some boring shopping errands. Uch.
I did hear the big inning when Contrera melted down and granted us a few gift runs.
Steal home!
Hi Amy.
hi Amy
Hi Amy, glad you had radio, I was hoping you weren't missing this fun.
Of course, it was more fun at 9-4, but we'll soon extend our lead.
I remember saying just a few days ago that our pitching was solid, but where was our offense. How the worm has turned....
i would like to accept a consignment of boston salami from tizzle.
We went into a store and the score was 7-4. Came out and it was 9-4. Harvey said, "You have nothing to worry about tonight." Then---boom---it was 9-7.
We are back in our motel for another four nights until we move in, so as much as I hate shopping, things need to get done before the move. We went to four stores looking for a bathroom mirror and could not find one the right size. For that, I missed two innings.
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