Blue Jays - 020 020 000 - 5 10 0Johnathan Papelbon loads the bases with one out in the ninth, but strikes out the next two batters for the save.
Red Sox - 000 320 01x - 6 10 0
The winning pitcher (Okajima, 3 pitches) and losing pitcher (Brian Tallet, 7 pitches) each faced only one batter. Jeemer got the last out in the eighth once play had resumed and Tallet walked Ortiz to start the Boston eighth.
The Sox went ahead on Casey Kotchman's fielder's choice -- after David Ortiz had walked, Drew doubled and Varitek was intentionally walked. Kotchman's hot shot was to the right of Lyle Overbay at first base; it rolled away from him and his only play was to second base for the force, as Flo scored.
The Yankees beat the White Sox 5-2 in 10 innings and the Twins held on to beat the Rangers 3-2, so Boston remains 6 GB in the East, but is now 2.5 GA of Texas in the Wild Card.
10:12 PM: Rain delay with two outs in the top of the eighth and a runner at third base.
Beckett (5-5-5-5-9, 108) did not have it for the third consecutive start, throwing 80 pitches in the first three innings. He allowed a three-run homer to Aaron Hill and a two-run dong to Rod Barajas.
Boston got five hits in the fourth and RBIs from J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek and Jacoby Ellsbury. Jason Bay tied the game in the fifth with his 29th home run.
13.1 innings, 18 hits, 15 runs (including eight dongs).
That's the damage done to Beckett in his last two outings by the Blue Jays (August 18) and Yankees (August 23). It came as a bit of a shock, as in 16 starts before those outings, Beckett had a 1.93 ERA over 116.1 innings. John Farrell insists there is nothing physically wrong.
Jacoby Ellsbury hopes to play tonight after suffering a left high-ankle sprain last night. Francona was "hopeful" LBJ could play and said the injury didn't seem to be "anything more than a nagging thing".
The other games in this series:
Saturday, 7 PM: Ricky Romero/Clay BuchholzOn The Big Board: White Sox/Yankees (Buehrle/Sabathia) at 7 and Rangers/Twins at 8.
Sunday, 1:30 PM: Roy Halladay/Jon Lester
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1 – 200 of 362 Newer› Newest»MFY interested in Penny, and Damon approves:
"He's got good stuff. His secondary stuff might need a little tweak, but his fastball was electric. It cut and he hit his spots with it. Bring him here, why not? I love the way the guy competes."
Oatmeal!!!
1. Ellsbury, CF
2. Pedroia, 2b
3. Martinez, 1b
4. Youkilis, 3b
5. Ortiz, DH
6. Bay, LF
7. Drew, RF
8. Varitek, C
9. Gonzalez, SS
redsock said...
MFY interested in Penny, and Damon approves:
I love the way the guy competes."
Is it me or is "competes" slang for mediocre...
The Angels are close to trading for Scott Kazmir.
Wonder why the Sox did not put in a claim?
Any prognosis weather delays/etc.?
Another reason to hate Steinbrenner.
The MFY also put in a waiver claim on Chris Carter, who Boston is sending to the Mets in the Wagner deal. Looks like a dick move out of spite.
Looks like the MFY claim hampers the Sox roster a bit (Carter has to remain on the 40-man but cannot be used), but it really fucks over Carter, since he can't play baseball at all. The trade will be completed at the end of the season.
Jays pregame doing a big piece on LBJ! I'm watching on mute. Fun.
Another reason to hate Steinbrenner.
Kind of hard to cheer for the former president of MSG.
The stream sites I know about do not have this game. Crap. Looks I'll have to turn up my rad-e-o.
I'm so glad to be able to watch this game start to finish. Missed Weds (w/ walkoff) for the war resisters, and last night had to watch on mute during a long phone call.
Dear Red Sox:
Win.
Love,
A Citizen of Joy Nation
More Dead Jays pls.
Dear Josh:
Be Old Josh. Be not New Josh.
Signed,
Friday night gamethreaders
s1c, aren't you supposed to be packing up the car, or comforting BH or something?
does beckett think martinez is back there?
Buffy just said that Boston's wild card lead "is getting smaller and smaller". I believe the lead only got smaller yesterday. We won 3 games before that, our lead couldn't have shrunk!
89mph changeup...
wc lead beginning last saturday
1
2
1
1.5
1.5
2.5
1.5
Thanks. That does not constitute "lead getting smaller and smaller".
Buffy struggling to create drama.
Do they ever give an email address for themselves?
Beckettsuzaka!
Buffy implied Josh was afraid of this guy Ruiz. Rance let Buffy down easy.
"Gonna get my Ph.D.
I'm a Blue Jay Lobotomy!!!"
Allan, check your inbox.
Buffyvision? Yes, they frequently give their email address, then read q's from viewers. I can get it for you if you want.
I want.
...The Wild card lead couldn't really possibly get any smaller. half a game, yes, but that's nit picking.
If the Rays are thinking of trading Kazmir, that means they are giving up, which seems pretty dumb to me.
Rance Mullinix and I have something in common. He thinks LBJ is exciting and enjoys watching him.
LBJ says See Allan???
LBJ: "Hey, Allan, this walking stuff is cool. I get on base more now!"
Hello all.
I see Josh pulled a nice Houdini act in the top of the inning.
lBBj
...The Wild card lead couldn't really possibly get any smaller
As long as we're on top, it doesn't matter. I just meant it has not be shrinking steadily the way they made it sound.
It's 1.5, so it can get smaller:
1.0 or 0.5
We're winning the East though, so whatever.
I agree exactly, L. That's what I was trying to say.
Come on, LBJ, make it a 2B on balls.
ian browne twitters on gdgd to say that he hears pedro is *dealing* tonight.
Oh sorry Patrick!
now i guess pedro is in a rain delay.
browne also says dice is on track for a sept 9 start.
Meh
Waste a leadoff walk...
"now i guess pedro is in a rain delay."
Its fucking pouring here in southern Pennsylvania. They're going to be in a delay for a while.
I forget. Do leadoff walks always score, or is it only leadoff walks in the 9th inning?
All leadoff walks score.
ALL!
CWS: 00
MFY: 10
CI dong.
A, I *think* it's jaysbooth@sportsnet.ca. But I'm not 100% sure. So if you write a masterpiece, keep a copy.
If I get something better, I'll let you know.
All leadoff walks score.
ALL!
Got it. So we need some more runs to bolster our 1-0 lead.
O'B is going on about "intention" on check swings again.
I expect him to contradict himself and give the correct rule in about 6 innings -- as he did last time.
I was able to get mlb audio on cell phone, with eei feed......but when I put my sign info for the computer I have to pay more....money grubbin beyotches..
Has Remy talked about his own situation during all the Jimmy Fund talk?
A Conformer said...
Has Remy talked about his own situation during all the Jimmy Fund talk?
This morning he did on eei......during the telethon
Fuck it, put in Green. Let's not let this one slip away.
He and Don mentioned it briefly last night too, at least the part of the game I heard w/ the sound on.
Come on Josh, no effing around, get the outs.
My email to Sportsnet:
***
At the start of tonight's game, Jamie Campbell said that Boston's wild card lead "is getting smaller and smaller".
Here is the Red Sox wild card lead, going back to the morning of August 19:
Tied
1 GA
1 GA
1 GA
2 GA
1 GA
1.5 GA
1.5 GA
2.5 GA
1.5 GA
They lost one game with last night's loss, but to state that their lead is "getting smaller and smaller" is clearly grossly inaccurate and a lame attempt at creating some sense of drama.
***
Buffy said Nick Green was our best pitcher last night.
Fuck me
Get well soon, Beckett.
ugh x 3
Patrick said...
Fuck it, put in Green. Let's not let this one slip away.
its amazing what happens when you throw strikes, and don't over analyze every pitch....don't get me wrong there is a time for that....but sometimes its overthought a bit..
SHIT
if it ain't physical, then fuckin' stop this shit.
Josh at 55 thru 2.
Can Green pitch on b2b days?
I'm really not enjoying the return of 2006 Beckett
Score runs
"who do you call when your ace is suh-king .....?"
redsock said...
Josh at 55 thru 2.
Can Green pitch on b2b days?
He's not even allowed to play short in back to back days.
i'll take 2006 beckett if that means 2010 is a repeat of 2007.
damon dong, 2-0 bot 3rd
He's not even allowed to play short in back to back days.
Allowed? Yes. Good enough? Not really.
i'll take 2006 beckett if that means 2010 is a repeat of 2007.
I think 2009 was supposed to be the repeat of 2007. It was definitely going well till two starts ago...
Canada vs Canada
Both BC too
"Not to discredit Drew, but his two best seasons have come in the years he entered free agency, contract years."
STFU Buffy
"Not to discredit Drew" = I am about to discredit Drew
Burp.
Runs, please.
A rather timely strikeout.
Alright, let's get some fucking runs
Man, Beckett just looks bad. I have no idea what's wrong, but there's definitely something off here...
Wow, I'm so delayed it's comical.
Yeah LBJ!
LBJ: "Since I stopped swinging at shit I couldn't get my bat on, I have becoem a better player. Thanks, Allan."
Hey, we have a hit!
Everyone's safe! Here we go.
If it's mlb.tv, try killing and reloading it between innings.
blue light time.
It's two out rally time!
LBJ: "Since I stopped swinging at shit I couldn't get my bat on, I have becoem a better player. Thanks, Allan."
Oh you did that for him, did you? Ha ha.
BARAJASBALLA!
Barajasballa
Come on Extra Mart, 2 outs is our favourite flavour
I'd probably go with "passed ballrajas".
Meh.
crap crap crap
Bleh
So much for that two out rally
I'd probably go with "passed ballrajas".
Much better. Easier to say, too.
BEANNNNN
Scutaro out, hit on the helmet in the ear flap.
MacDowell replaces him.
John MacDonald
McDonald
Tampa gettin' spanked by the Tigers, 6-0.
Dear Red Sox,
RUNS PLEASE
Signed,
3-0
Runs
Now
CWS: 000 00
MFY: 101 00
TEX: 0
MIN: 3
Drinking a Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout.
"Saskatchewan loves baseball at Fenway"
Way to get on Rogers TV
OMG Buffy. "The Yookstah"???
sportsnet email did not get kicked back, by the way.
Shift this!
TIZ
I sent a test email before I gave you the address, mine didn't come back either.
Alright, let's have some Thunder
i actually stopped for a second or two, knowing i could not type "buffy" but drawing a blank on his actual name!
Dane Cook is a douchebag.
Crap, bad spot to go down looking
Cedarstrom has always been my least esteemed umpire.
Random Dane Cook comment?
O. Fire!
EN FUEGO!
Man, Buffy has a hate on for Drew.
Drewingle!!!
Fire!
Let's go Senor Saguaro.
No Cook is in the Sox radio booth as part of the Jimmy Fund thing.
Time for a spiky cactus dong
Cactusac
Fucking ump.
2 more please.
Cactus Scrotum!
Does that even make sense?
all the better drew got a hit.
aha - cook is in the radio booth. the voice sounded familair. god, castig and o'b are gushing right and left at him. my volume is way down.
I feel we can rely on the Capn for a sac fly.
Although that is Ortiz on third.
Heh. Well done.
No Cook is in the Sox radio booth as part of the Jimmy Fund thing.
Oh yeah, that makes sense! I was wondering where that came from. I have the Jays TV b'cast.
Who is cactus? Why?
Tek is the Cactus.
Because he throws out runners at approximately the same rate a cactus would.
Cactus Scrotum!
Does that even make sense?
Sounds really painful!!
Seabassingle! Keep 'em coming boys.
The Bass is on base
MAKE BUFFY CRY!!!!!
Because Kevin cracked us all up by saying maybe we wouldn't give up 25 stolen bases a game if we didn't have a cactus behind the plate.
I like the Pixies song Cactus.
Cactus: Jason Varitek - On August 15, 2009, as the Rangers stole eight bases in eight tries on Varitek, Kevin asked: "Can we just sit a cactus behind home plate? I think it would have more luck throwing out runners..."
I have seen some cacti that have protrusions slightly resembling scrotums. FWIW.
I emphasize with Tek's back spasms, I gave them to myself yesterday trying a new golf swing.
i can't really hear the radio, but i think o'b is blowing cook right now.
THAT'S MY BOY!!!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!
(yay)
LBJ!! LBJ!!
Run(s)!
Too bad that didn't stay in, Gonzo not allowed to score and it might have been an ITPHR also.
LBJRBI!
I emphasize with Tek's back spasms
Does this have something to do with Dane Cook?
Hearty congratulations to Laura! You must be very proud.
sounded like a solid AB:
fcfbbbf - 2B
no
The P&S on my house was signed tonight and the house buying trip booked.
MAKE BUFFY CRY!!!!!
Yeah, like that time she had to kill Angel even though she loved him, because he had turned evil and wanted to destroy the world, and right after she stabbed him with a magical sword he became good again, just in time to make her cry and cry and cry...
Hmmm.... yeah.
Dear Josh:
Please do not give these runs back.
Signed,
People who want to love you
(boo)
LBJ is irritated with the ground rule double.
CWS: 000 000
MFY: 101 000
TEX: 000
MIN: 30
"Too bad that didn't stay in, Gonzo not allowed to score and it might have been an ITPHR also."
Random fact: Every member of the 600 home run club has at least one inside the park home run.
Hearty congratulations to Laura! You must be very proud.
You know he's not "my boy" as in my son. Despite the fact that I am old enough to be his mother.
Come on Josh, cut the shit.
Get Cook the fuck out of the booth.
I can't wait to see LBJ hit an ITP HR. I hope I see it, unlike his steal of home that happened 5 minutes after I left work.
white sox with 1 in the top 7th, still hitting (trail 2-1)
K would be great here
There's the K
Fuck you, Josh.
Beckett what did we tell you??? Cut the shit!!!
FUCK
Pale Sox have em loaded at the Toilet
Now why couldn't you have done that one batter ago Josh?
108 - will tito try to get another inning out of him?
Hm. White Sox finally getting to CC a bit. 2-1 Yanks, Sox have bases loaded...but two outs now.
In Beckett's last 3 starts:
18.1 innings, 23 hits, 6 walks, 20 runs (including 10 dongs!)
TIED at the toilet
White Sox tie it up, but the go-ahead run gets thrown out at home
108 - will tito try to get another inning out of him?
I doubt it very much. And definitely hope not.
saito up
We'll see Wagner today for sure.
sounded like castig said overbay caught yook's foul pop, but gdgd says hill got it.
?
Thank you, Bay.
HOMRE!!!!!!!!!!!
DOUNG!!!!!!!!!
DOUNG
THUNDER!!!!!
Trail BC > Vancouver BC
SIMULPOST !!!
A, Hill caught the popup
obrien saying (like a 8 yo) hey if drew hits a home run here, beckett can geta win.
Yeah Bayby!
white-out to the rescue!
saito
obrien saying (like a 8 yo) hey if drew hits a home run here, beckett can geta win.
Oh, I really hope so. Because it's not about pitching well, it's about winning and doing the little things and not trying to do too much, and as long as the offense scores enough he pitched well enough to win, so he should get it.
beckett: 5-5-5-5-9, 108
Hopefully this game with at least put to bed that retarded idea that Tek has some magical ability to make Beckett pitch well.
beckett: 5-5-5-5-9, 108
Shit, couldn't he have gotten 4 less Ks?
Saito is so lucky Bautista didn't groove that one over the wall.
CWS: 000 000 20
MFY: 101 000 0
TEX: 000 00
MIN: 300 0
Saito you gascan..
Saito, don't eff this up
Go Twinkies go!
Saito you gascan..
last 7 games = 0 runs
24 batters
2 hits
2 walks
8 K
Hopefully this game with at least put to bed that retarded idea that Tek has some magical ability to make Beckett pitch well.
B-B-B-But he's a magic cactus!!
Yes, it should put that silliness to rest.
Saito, come on now, end this.
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