Twins - 000 000 011 - 2 6 0Lester: 9-6-2-0-9, 103.
Red Sox - 013 011 00x - 6 8 1
Kevin Youkilis hit a three-run home run to the back wall in dead center to put the game on ice in the third. Yook also drove in a run in the fifth inning. Adrian Beltre homered in the second and doubled and scored in the sixth.
Lester -- in his 100th career start -- was at the top of his game, allowing only one runner to second base in the first seven innings. His strikeouts of Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau in the seventh, both looking, were devastating. His economical pitch count: 9-12-10 9-10-8 14-12-19 = 103.
Tampa Bay (30-11) beat the Yankees 8-6 to extend its lead in the East to 5 games. Boston is now only 3.5 games out of second place -- or the Yankees are 3.5 games out of fourth place.
Since April 18, when his ERA was 8.44, Lester has made five starts: 1.82 ERA in 34.2 innings. He has pitched at least seven innings in each of his last four outings.McDonald, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Martinez, C
Youkilis, 1B
Lowell, DH
Beltre, 3B
Drew, RF
Hall, LF
Sanchez, SS
Liriano has gone at least six innings in all seven of his 2010 starts; he had a 23-inning scoreless streak in April. He lost to the Yankees (6-9-3-0-7, 101) last time out.
Jacoby Ellsbury and Mike Cameron batted 1-2 in Portland's lineup this afternoon. Ellsbury went 3-for-4, with a double, stolen base, and a run, while Cameron was 1-for-4 with an RBI double (he knocked in LBJ) and a run. The Sea Dogs lost 6-2. ... Lefty Felix Doubront was promoted to Pawtucket.
Top RBI per plate appearance among catchers (min. 20 PA):
0.219 - Ryan Hanigan, Reds
0.213 - Jason Varitek, Red Sox
0.210 - Francisco Cervelli, Yankees
0.197 - John Jaso, Rays
PA AVG OBP SLG OPS BABIPThe Cactus has thrown out only 19% of SB attempts (3 of 16), but Cervelli (who I guess will not be a back-up for the next 3-4 weeks) is worse: 1 of 13, 8%.
Varitek 47 .317 .404 .805 1.209 .304
Cervelli 81 .373 .442 .493 .934 .417
So will Blogger be working tonight??
ReplyDeleteDenard Span CF
ReplyDeleteOrlando Hudson 2B
Joe Mauer C
Justin Morneau 1B
Michael Cuddyer RF
Jason Kubel DH
Delmon Young LF
Brendan Harris SS
Nick Punto 3B
Jays give up three in the bottom of the ninth and Griffey gets a PH walkoff. Hopefully this is the beginning of a slide for them. I've been waiting uncomfortably long for it to begin.
ReplyDeleteThat's nothing compared to the 7-run Braves comeback today with a PH walkoff grand slam.
Let us win another tonight, please.
woohoo Jays lose!!! we have a chance to move up a bit!
ReplyDeleteHmm, looks like comments are still not coming through since my test message sent about half an hour ago has not shown up. Another night without a game thread? :(
ReplyDeleteI see it Amy.
ReplyDeleteso Angel is pronounced like the heavenly being, and not like aunt hill?
ReplyDeleteThat's how Castig says it anyways.
the fucking twins guys i am stuck with say an-hell.
ReplyDelete... and with the jays done, rogers is showing YES on sportsnet.
ReplyDeleteso a hearty FUCK YOU to rogers.
McDonald, Hall, Sanchez...gah.
ReplyDeleteI whine about this lineup but these are the guys who have played all year (basically), and our problems are not offense related.
I think it's Añgel.
ReplyDeleteOTT your hearts out, Twins.
ReplyDeleteHall at SS I don't care for.
ReplyDeleteMickey D leading off I really don't care for.
Lester on his game and Pettitte giving up a quick run, those things I like.
ñ is option + the key below the esc key on Macs, I don't know on other computers.
ReplyDeleteone of twins idiots -- maybe circle me bert -- says that some umps like to call a big zone at the start of a game "to move the game along" -- he seemed like he approved. don't want the game to start off slow -- just fuck the actual rules .....
ReplyDeleteThe Beak begins with a double, single, and homer. 3-0 Rays.
ReplyDeleteChrist, that team is sucking down rocket fuel before games or something.
Darnell McDonald has a 1.000 OBP when batting in the #1 slot.
ReplyDeleteOr at least now he does.
I have Newman Romero as the utility player instead of Sanchez.
ReplyDeleteoops in MLB 2k10 I mean
ReplyDeleteOB just said Youk is on pace for 130 runs.
ReplyDeleteYOWZA!
The Beak ???
ReplyDeleteSB MacDonald
ReplyDeletethe beak
ReplyDeletetucan sam
horseface
Youk K'd but we have made Liriano throw more than 20 pitches in the 1st
ReplyDeleteI just got MLB TV. Over stimulation here I come.
ReplyDeleteI think we realize that making fun of the size of a person's nose is not exactly mature behavior. But when it's a figure as beloved as Andy Pettitte, ordinary rules don't apply.
ReplyDelete23 for liriano
ReplyDeleteSchghnoz?
ReplyDeleteshame the jays lost. if they had, a tampa win would have toronto tied with the mfy for second.
ReplyDeleteFFS!!!!
ReplyDeleteLESTER IS AN ANDROID SENT FROM THE FUTURE TO THROW STRIKES!
23 for liriano in 1st
ReplyDelete21 for lester in 1st + 2nd
Swisher just looked absolutely dumb missing a shallow fly, but got Kapler by a mile at second when he tried to extend.
ReplyDeleteBELTRE HOMRE!
ReplyDeleteBeltre dong.
ReplyDeleteWay to work the count, Drew. I'm sure OB approved of the effort.
ReplyDeletetwins tv wondering why sox got beltre since lowell is a gold-glove winner at third. it has "created friction".
ReplyDeleteLowell couldn't get a gold glove at DH these days.
ReplyDeleteYay. Beltre.
ReplyDeletethese twins tv guys are DUMB. really, really DUMB.
ReplyDeletetwins tv wondering why sox got beltre since lowell is a gold-glove winner at third
ReplyDeleteReading fucking newspaper. Or computer screen. Christ. There are only 14 other teams in the AL. You can know a little about each even if it's not your job.
Lester faces the minimum!!
ReplyDeleteSEN!!!
Hmm, guess Blogger is working. I hadn't even bothered to check.
ReplyDeletetwins tv: "so ... angel or an-hell -- what should we call him?"
ReplyDeleteHOW ABOUT WHAT IS SAY IN THE PRESS NOTES THAT HAVE EVERY SINGLE FUCKING PLAYER PHONECTICALLY!
Joe C was just explaining that Sanchez said he didn't care which, and that Tito and Pedroia call him Ain-GEL. So that's that.
ReplyDeleteYes!
ReplyDeleteSWEATY DONG!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWOW!! Our offense is offensive and sweaty!
ReplyDeleteSWEATY!
ReplyDeleteHIS DONG IS SO SWEATY
ReplyDeleteLiriano said "hijo de la puta"
ReplyDeleteJust finished cooking Trahana and sat down to start threading just in time.
ReplyDeleteYOUUUUUUKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wooop. let's keep it goin
ReplyDeleteanother 2-outs, nothing going on rally!
ReplyDeleteHi. Not threading these days (too much typing all day) but watching. Hooray for sweaty dongs.
ReplyDeleteLester's has 73/32 FB/GB this year.
ReplyDeleteThat's impossible to deal with when he's K'ing a hitter an inning.
He's a machine.
Lester still facing the minimum!
ReplyDeleteTET!
lester pc: 9-12-10 9 = 40
ReplyDeleteReading fucking newspaper. Or computer screen. Christ. There are only 14 other teams in the AL. You can know a little about each even if it's not your job.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was Allan's comment!
Reading fucking newspaper. Or computer screen. Christ. There are only 14 other teams in the AL. You can know a little about each even if it's not your job.
ReplyDeleteI thought this was Allan's comment!
laura has sox radio on, so i will be bitching about o'brien now, not twins guys
ReplyDeleteI have home and away options on EI tonight, so NESN it is.
ReplyDeleteWP? how can that not be a PB?
ReplyDeleteOK, I have spent a few minutes trying to decode FB/GB in Patrick's comment, but to no avail. ???
ReplyDeleteIt took me a little bit, but I figured it's fly ball/ground ball???
ReplyDeletepizza night, bye.
ReplyDeleteI wrote it backwards, which makes it look not impressive. Lester has, before this game recorded 72 GB outs, and 32 FB outs. Keeping the ball on the ground is a great recipe for success as a pitcher.
ReplyDeleteNow it makes sense! OK, thanks for the explanation, Patrick. (At least you know we are reading your comments.)
ReplyDeleteYes, that ratio makes a lot more sense! I thought maybe there was something I didn't understand about fly ball outs.
ReplyDeleteOh, well, no longer facing the minimum.
ReplyDeleteWHoa! Pop fly to center field, BJ Upton held out his arms like he had it, he had it, he had it, it falls 10 feet behind his back.
ReplyDeleteMiranda into third.
Pop fly to center field, BJ Upton held out his arms like he had it, he had it, he had it, it falls 10 feet behind his back.
ReplyDeleteI am angry that the first thing to pop into my head after reading this was Lou Pinella.
Now the only chance is to pick off Morneau.
ReplyDeleteShort man on risers.
ReplyDeleteFY!!!
ReplyDeleteFUCK YES!
ReplyDeletedid not need a step-ladder.
ReplyDeleteBYAH
ReplyDeletefor the record, the idiot in the wins booth is dick bremer. i lost about 12 IQ points listening to the first 3 innings
ReplyDeleteSo this time I could figure out that wins booth = Twins booth.
ReplyDeleteVmart definitely finding his swing.
ReplyDeletemanship up in the twins manpen
ReplyDeleteYouk hot and sweaty!
ReplyDeleteYOUUKKK!!
ReplyDeleteSo this time I could figure out that wins booth = Twins booth.
ReplyDeleteHA!! That got a laugh out of me.
Still, He Sweats
ReplyDeleteYeah, I am having one of those nights where I am reading everything very literally.
ReplyDeleteMust be a result of reading bluebooks all afternoon.....
Manship can be on all kinds of teams.
ReplyDeleteThe Twins are full of "team" names. Hudson on the body-of-water team, Span on the buildings team, Baker on the trades team... there are others. I'll try to control myself.
Gotta do something while I'm not threading. :)
I always have some mixed emotions when a college alum is playing against the Sox. I want them to do well, but not make a game-winning play or anything. Brendan Harris is an alum of my college.
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing Curtis Pride (another alum) against the Sox at Fenway. I think he came up late in the game with a chance to win it.
rays 5-4 in top 5th
ReplyDeleteSomething awful lurks at the fringe of human awareness. Still he sweats.
ReplyDeletelester - 58 pit thru 6!
ReplyDeleteLester and Buchholz making me feel a lot better about the monster contracts we just handed out to Lackey and Beckett.
ReplyDeleteYes, Lester and HH are our aces. We can hope Beckett fixes his back, his head, and his control. Lackey is just lacking. And DiceK is a wicked roll of the dice every game.
ReplyDeleteDon't even get me started on the bullshit pen.
Something Wicked This Way Sweats
ReplyDeleteDREW - HACKER!
ReplyDeleteBullpen band: Daniel Pappelbon and the ulcers.
ReplyDeleteWarming up for The Ulcers, the Crapshoots
ReplyDeleteis mauer related to posada?
ReplyDeleteMauerballa
ReplyDeleteHall doesn't usually get a hit, but he so often works the count.
ReplyDeletePapelbon is the Heart Attack.
ReplyDeleteSo the Crapshoots warm up for the Ulcers and then we close with the Heart Attack.
Joeballa?
ReplyDeleteI was pretty amazed to read (here on JoS!) that Pap's recent blown save was his first one since JoS1.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I still can't believe that about Papelbon's blown saves. I think Allan (or whoever wrote that comment) made it up.
ReplyDeleteAt any rate, it fails to reveal how many times he has come dangerously close to blowing a save by giving up at least one and sometimes two runs before squeaking by. Or at least has put the tying/go ahead runs on base.
OB had to say it twice: Jon Lester is dealing.
ReplyDeleteOr it may prove the blown save statistic is sliced too thin - too specific.
ReplyDeleteOr it may mean Amy sees Papelbon as worse than he objectively is.
Or ... something else.
Putting the tying run on base shouldn't matter. Plenty of closers do that all the time. All that matters is runs allowed.
ReplyDeleteLester! Wow.
ReplyDeleteWhat a boner inducing inning. My god!
ReplyDelete72 thru 7
ReplyDeletelester should be good for 11-12 innings tonight.
Two consecutive great pitching nights. Nice to see.
ReplyDeleteTotally great to see.
ReplyDeleteJesse Crain on the bird team
ReplyDeleteI better stop threading, bye for now.
ReplyDeleteVMart again!!
ReplyDeleteumm, ob, that did not "rattle around" the corner. idiot.
ReplyDeleteI love Lester!
ReplyDeletejust saying to laura that it was a few years ago now, but lester used to be "dice, the prequel": 100 pitches in 5 innings, worked slower than molasses, put lots of guys on base, somehow wriggled out of trouble ... that's where houdini first started.
ReplyDeleteHmm, I don't remember that being Lester's MO. Interesting.
ReplyDeleteI remember that Lester. He was like that in '08 right up until he owned Toronto against Halladay, and then threw the no-hitter two starts later.
ReplyDeletethe first half-season he was up, for sure. and into the next year. there was a bit of talk whether he would snap out of it and show the talent he had in the minors.
ReplyDeleteThat's right, he was the original Houdini. Now it's a generic term for getting out of jams, but Lester used to give us heart attacks on a regular basis.
ReplyDeleteMemo to Dice-K: anytime you want to similarly transform yourself, feel free.
It was 4 starts later, now that I actually look it up.
ReplyDeleteram and bot up
ReplyDeleteI remember that Lester. This is Lester 2.0
ReplyDeleteonly 3rd 3 ball count
ReplyDeleteThat's an incredible stat.
ReplyDeleteThe water is Muddy!!!
ReplyDeleteLESTER!!! We love you!
ReplyDeleteThe water is filthy.
Sweaty Water!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful dirty water! A complete game! Can't remember the last time I saw one of those.
ReplyDeletenever mind the bollocks, it's jon lester.
ReplyDeleteDirty>>Clean.
ReplyDeleteLester>>Liriano
rays 8-4, in bot 8th
ReplyDeleteyanks would be 5 GB
mmmmmm......
ReplyDeleteJust in time for some dirty water I see.
Cool.
LL team won againg too, we're like 10 -2 or something now.
Liking it.
Mmmmm dirty water.
ReplyDeleteDon't fish in it, but love it.
FKR - 300 121 010 - 8 11 1
ReplyDeleteMFY - 021 100 002 - 6 10 1
FKR ---
MFY 5.0
TOR 6.0
BOS 8.5
BAL 17.5
We may still be 8.5, but we're closing in on the Yankees!