Red Sox - 000 000 001 - 1 7 0Lester (6-6-1-1-6, 90) allowed a single and a walk to start the fifth, and had nearly pitched out of danger when Todd Helton rapped an RBI single to right. Hideki Okajima gave up a run on three consecutive one-out singles in the eighth.
Rockies - 000 010 01x - 2 9 0
Chacin allowed four hits and five walks in 6.2 innings, but they were nearly all bunched together in two innings. Mike Cameron singled to open the third, but was thrown out stealing. Josh Reddick singled and, after a bunt from Lester, Marco Scutaro and Dustin Pedroia walked. With the bases loaded, Victor Martinez worked a full count but grounded to second.
In the seventh, Adrian Beltre walked with one out and Daniel Nava singled. After Chacin fanned Cameron, he walked Reddick to load the bases. Joe Neimel came into face pinch-hitter David Ortiz and Papi grounded to second.
Boston rallied in the ninth as Beltre lead off with a double. Nava struck out, but Cameron singled Beltre home. Pinch-hitters Bill Hall (F9) and Mike Lowell (6-3) could not deliver. Lowell's grounder was deep in the hole, but Clint Barmes had time to dive for it, tumble a bit, then get to his feet and throw to first. A turtle could have beaten it out for a hit, but, alas, Lowell is no turtle.
The Yankees beat the Diamondbacks 9-3 and the Rays lost to the Padres 2-1, so both Boston and Tampa Bay fell to 1.5 GB in the East.
The last time the Red Sox played in Colorado was October 28, 2007, when Lester and friends finished a four-game sweep of the Rockies in the World Series.Scutaro, SS
Pedroia, 2B
Martinez, C
Youkilis, 1B
Beltre, 3B
Nava, LF
Cameron, CF
Reddick, RF
Lester, P
Lester gets the ball again tonight, as the Red Sox begin a road trip with three games each against the Rockies and Giants. (After that, five of their next eight games are against the Rays.)AL East:
Padres/Rays, 7 PM
Yankees/Diamondbacks, 9:30 PM
1894 - Washington scores in every inning and beats Boston 26-12. Washington's George Tebeau scores four runs without getting a hit.
1912 - It's Ty Cobb's turn to bat with two outs in the bottom of the 9th, and the Tigers trailing 11-3, but no one can find him. George Mullin pinch-hits and flies out to end the game. Cobb was in the clubhouse taking a shower.
1916 - The Braves pull off a triple steal against the Giants in the 11th inning. It is the only extra-inning triple steal in National League history. It has happened only once in the AL: by the White Sox against the Senators on June 25, 1941.
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At BP, Boston's playoff odds have increased 21% in the last week, while New York's have dropped 12% and Tampa has dropped 14%.
Making Playoff %:
NYY - 68%
BOS - 58%
TB - 49%
Odds of Winning the East
June 11: 9.7%
June 22: 29.7%
Odds of Making Playoffs
May 3: 9.5%
June 22: 57.9%
MFY Odds of Making Playoffs
June 16: 83.1%
June 22: 67.9%
MFY Odds of Winning East
June 16: 57.5%
June 22: 41.6%
I really hope the Rangers win the West, mostly because I have an absurd hatred for all LA teams.
F the Angels.
RS - I wrote a long somewhat sabre-y look at Ubaldo Jimenez on my blog. I'll post the link here with your permission.
And again that is right there with run differential.
Our differential...
May 3: -11
June 22: +65
This past week the Yankees and Rays dropped their diff by about 10-15.
June 15: NYY 108, TB 103
June 22: NYY 95, TB 92
Here we go Red Sox, here we go.
A game I'll be able to watch! Holy shit! Love the semi-late start.
Work and groceries for now, then wine and beisbol at 8:40.
Globe Notes: Drew may return Thursday. Reddick up, Manuel down. Reddick may go back down when Dice returns on Thursday. ... Tiz, Yook and will each play two games in this series; Tiz out tonight. ... Nava-Cameron-Reddick is the 21st different outfield alignment this year.
matty: go ahead. i want to do something re him also, i guess tomorrow.
Here's an article I wrote looking into why Jimenez has done differently this season versus his others.
www.toooast.com/2010/06/why-boston-or-anyone-else-can-beat.html
matty's post is here. it's quite good.
HaHa@Reddick in right.
Hall just doesn't belong there.
Wade Davis struggling with his control vs. San Diego (5 BB and a HBP through 3). He's lucky it's only SD 2, TB 0.
SDP: 002
FKR: 00
Indeed. Davis at 83 pitches thru 3.
Latos: 6 up / 6 down.
Obviously, if the Rays lose, it's us alone in second -- or even first place.
pant pant
Maybe lowell will get some ABs with NL rules in effect.
I hope he gets traded soon. We need that roster spot.
Maybe lowell will get some ABs with NL rules in effect.
A couple of pinch-hitting spots, for sure.
Thanks for the kind words, RS.
Is anyone else shocked that San Diego is 40-29, +59 RD?
Also, the Red Sox have out-scored SD by 102 runs so far.
Game time!
play ball
sam adams > coors
(stuck with the rox mediots)
YAY! Beisbol!
Laser show missing the gaps
have we angered the babip gods?
"Big Pappy"
---
oh, it's the ump who throws his back out on called strikeouts
What's the expected babip on line drives? gotta be more that 50%.
Great post, matty.
Interesting, mattymatty. Even for a non-sabremetrics person like me. I hope his luck starts running out soon. Really soon.
Thanks, WCS.
Do you live out west? I just moved to Portland, OR from Philly.
Yeah, Jonny L!
I can't believe we have to listen to Rockies announcers. That's how much Allan dislikes Dave O'Brien!
rox tv had has a few poll questions to text into -- all about 2007!
one asked are you able to wear red again or are you still not over it!
So on Thursday Tim will glimpse behind the gamethread curtain here at Chez L-Sock.
Mattymatty, how do you like Portland so far? My friends who have lived there really liked it.
Lucky Tim! I hope he reveals all your secrets---like do you talk to each other while watching or just read each other's posts? :)
ugh
I'm in the San Fran area, along with Zenslinger.
Ofer was here in 2007 and he didn't tell. :)
Joe Grav was here, too, but we didn't thread. It was a weekend, he went to the game and we went to work.
We're still in Boston (last night), so we have NESN.
Cameron get thrown out at the plate?
So weird to see the pitcher bat. It's hard for me to believe that I used to watch all games by these rules.
i bitch about the announcers WAAAAAY more in the room than i do in comments.
Cameron got thrown out at second.
No, at second.
Great to see Lester do something productive with that at-bat!
i bitch about the announcers WAAAAAY more in the room than i do in comments.
Lucky Laura.
I feel the same way re DH. But honestly, I hardly remember baseball before the DH. By the time I was a conscious fan, it was post DH.
Hard to imagine that. No wonder Laura gets pissy about it!
CS - must have missed a sign. was dead easy.
i bitch about the announcers WAAAAAY more in the room than i do in comments.
Lucky Laura.
Indeed
I remember hating the DH rule when it was adopted.
Hard to imagine that. No wonder Laura gets pissy about it!
People may think I am impatient.
They are wrong!
And remember I was a Mets fan until 75 so really thought that the AL was ruining baseball.
Speaking of Allan complaining, one season I forbid the word JIMY to be uttered in my presence.
It came to that.
Then Jimy was gone, and it only got worse!
Yes, we are all afraid to mention He Who Cannot Be Named.
All right---all bases are covered!
According to MLB.com Ubaldo Jimenez left the ballpark before today's game with flulike symptoms.
time for a blue light special.
Mrs G, which game did you see in Boston - Sunday?
Amy, I was thinking of you re Mets and no DH.
Apodaca, great name. Sounds like an Italian dish. Chicken apodaca with pesto.
go flu!!!
Sorry for the delayed response, L-girl. I'm kinda in and out tonight (kids).
I love Portland. The weather has sucked since I've been here (about a month and a half), but today was beautiful. I love that you can see Mt. Hood from downtown. Never fails to blow my mind.
Also blowing my mind: Chacin's lack of control. Make him throw a strike Victor!
L: "FLUbaldo
Maybe that flu is the key to Matty's predictions of his unsustainable record.
AHHH!! NO SQUANDER, NO SQUANDER!!!
Wow, that sucked. At least we made him throw some pitches.
squanderrific
Damn. Classic baseball scenario of bases loaded, two out, full count.
chupe la verga.
Mattymatty, that's great. I have only been to the coast in Oregon, but it was one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen. A whole coastline without commercial development - what a concept!
Yes Laura, we were at Sunday's game. Great seats behind home plate about 20 rows up or so. It was great to see HH regain his composure and pitch really well. I was hoping for a pitcher's duel and it didn't look like I was going to get one after the first two innings.
We tour Berklee in the morning and then back home.
Excellent, Mrs G, what a treat!
Jon Lester will crush you now.
The Oregon coast is incredible. Actually got married there on the beach three years ago before I ever thought about moving out here. One downside: the Oregon beach is much more exotic if you live in Philadelphia, PA. Telling people out here we got married on the Oregon coast isn't very impressive. (not that that's why we did it, but that's the joke).
Hope Lester is OK...
A whole coastline without commercial development - what a concept!
Like the National Seashore on the Outer Cape? I have never been to Oregon.
Uh oh, Jon. Ouch.
I think that hit him in the wrist.
Guess he is ok. What are those bugs?
rox pbp guy said herrera had "a long at-bat" in the first and "fouled off a bunch of pitches"
it was a 7 pitch AB and he fouled off 2 pitches. TWO!
Bugs, sun---doesn't look like fun out there.
Well, it's the Pacific coast, so it's very different than the Cape. There's a coastal road linked by a series of bridges, each one unique and beautiful, and a whole string of state park beaches, with beautiful coves and rock outcroppings.
Before our trip, I didn't know anything about it, so it was also a complete surprise and revelation, which is so cool.
MM, very cool re getting married there. I'm not from there so I can be impressed. :)
DP!
5-4-3
Purple people, be forewarned: Jon Lester will commence his crushing of you now.
SD up over TB 2-0 in t8.
Sounds amazing. We did the PCH from SF to LA in 2003 and although there obviously is some commercial developement along sections of that, there are also those long sections of state parks and incredible vistas. Is it like that?
Is the Rockies starter related to Cologne Man?
I've driven the PCH several times, and I love it, especially (of course) the Big Sur section. Oregon, the one time I was there, anyway, was even less developed and less traveled than that.
We were there in 2002. We drove from border to border, Canada to Mexico, coastal route the whole way. Saw 5 games in 5 parks - only San Diego wasn't home.
Plus of course sand dunes, sea lions, San Francisco, Seattle, etc etc.
GRILLED SALMON SANDWICHES IN SEATTLE!!!!!!!!
Come to think of it, I think the PCH is more dramatic - the changes in elevation and the hairpin turns.
Did you see games while you were there in 2003?
Bah, A-Rod 2run HR. 2-0
Found it on wikipedia; Jhoulys and Houston Astros pitcher Gustavo Chacin are second cousins (Jhoulys' mother is the cousin of Gustavo's grandfather).
Big Sur is unbelievably beautiful. The Oregon Coast, at least where I've been and I haven't seen the whole thing or close to it, is darker, colder and the beaches are wider. Also, the sea stacks... well, I won't describe them. You can see them here: www.smate.wwu.edu/teched/geology/GeoHaz/Erosion/Erosion-02.JPG
We saw a game in SF, but it was pre-season. It was late March.
It must have been amazing to drive the whole coast! How many days did you allow for that?
We loved the PCH---one of our favorite travel experiences. I loved all those parks, all the seals, birds, sea elephants.
The Pacfic NW is the next part of the US I want to see---I'd love to do Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, and the coast and wine country in between.
Crawford hit what would've been a single to right, but he nailed Jaso who was running at first.
ahaha!
Beautiful, Matty!
(We have to teach you the trick to posting a link. I was given the lesson when I first started threading.)
Yeah, I know how to italicize and bold, but i don't know the link trick.
{a href="link}blahblah{/a}
ack, with a second quote around the link
But don't put those brackets. Use < and > instead.
rays with 1 so far in bot8th
Driving the west coast from north to south...sounds tremendous!
Do you need the quotes around the link? I don't think so.
hey - amy with the html tips!!!
If all our starting outfielders weren't hurt I'd say we should just DL Cameron until he's healthy.
Heh, just watch out. Pretty soon I will be throwing OPS+ and WHIP and BABIP around also.
Hey, has anyone seen our offense? It was here a second ago...
It was a very memorable trip. The drive was the whole trip. We spent a few days in SF and a few days in Seattle, but other than that it was a road trip. Then we spent a few days relaxing in Solana Beach, outside San Diego. I think the whole trip was 17 days, something like that.
Patrick, your link won't work - no close quotes. bzzzzt
Yes, quotes around the URL.
[a href="URL HERE"]name of link[/a}
and replace [ ] with < > as Amy said
"The affable David Ortiz, Big Pappy" says Col anncrs
oh shit, mine has one of those } in there, ignore that
I'm completely confused now.
Poor Matty---I don't blame you! Too many teachers...
Look at mine and just substitute < > for the other brackets.
Try it, it works! :)
My instructions from Allan & Laura, saved to my hard drive:
Code for adding a link:
[a href="URL"]Highlighted Text[/a]
but use < and > instead of [ and ]
OK, got it. Thanks!
Quotes around the URL
A space between A and HREF
dp pls
And thus, we no longer make pitchers hit in the American League.
I just have this bookmarked
Reddick > Hall
What's up ladies and gents?
This sucks, been in and out from the computer, kept seeing baserunners for the sox but we are still scoreless. Must be one of them LOBotomys.
And I'm quite looking forward to Thursday, I'll have to bring the laptop over (in addition to the obvious wine).
BTW, we're going to a cottage on Lake Erie over the July 2 weekend, so close to the Pelee winery. Definitely going to have to tour that.
TB loses 2-1.
Nice play by Reddick there.
FKRs lose! Good news.
Good to see TB hold up their end of the bargain, now, Red Sox and Yankees - do your thing.
Shit.
Crap.
suck
That's not your thing.
Piss
Oh man, I really want to go to Pelee Island.
Oh fuck, they scored.
When we were in Detroit/Windsor for the Sox, we went to Point Pelee, but couldn't make it out to the island. The ferry times didn't work for us.
Apparently the actual winery/vineyard is on land, theres just a store or something on the island. Fucking fraud.
Your monosyllable here
snakes 2nd/3rd and 2 outs vs mfy
thunks. get that back pls. and then some.
Apparently the actual winery/vineyard is on land, theres just a store or something on the island. Fucking fraud.
You're kidding?! What a rip.
But I drink their Pinot Noir - daily, if possible.
Canada's southernmost point. More southern than half of US states! (Counting any bit of state as a whole state.)
We saw cacti growing there, kind of strange to see in Canada!
Some place near Detroit is south of half of the states in the US? How can that be?
Scutaro has hit the ball hard up the middle twice and has nothing to show for it. Tough luck.
Haven't tried the pinot noir in a couple years at least, dunno why. I'll have to pick up a bottle of it sometime this week ;)
I love the gewurztraminer (and this built-in spell check) even though I normally don't like fruity type whites.
snyder and toucan battling it out.
I normally don't like fruity type whites
...
Enough with the F'n DPs!!
Dammit looks like we arn't going to get a break tonight.
Crass.
That was utterly crass.
That was unpleasant.
I hate gwertz's. But I do like some Reislings, which many people find disgusting.
So steak on Thursday, and grilled asparagus. Do you eat gazpacho? Do you like garlic?
Also, you should stay over. No need to drive back late after drinking.
12 pitch at bat leads to bases loaded for Diamondbacks.
loaded for pitcher in AZ
Amy, it's weird, isn't it? Look it up - it's Point Pelee, on the Canadian side of Lake Erie. Even Toronto is well south of much of the US.
I used to hate sweet whites, but my son-in-law introduced me to Reislings, which I now like.
In college I used to drink nothing but sweet wines. I thought when I went from Boone's Farm Apple to Sauterne that I had become VERY sophisticated.
OK, I am going to go look at some maps.
In play, run(s)
Yeah, I'll stay over. I heard the drive to here is easy in the morning, so no worries!
Dinner sounds amazing. I love garlic, probably more than any other food ever, and I've always wanted to try gazpacho because I think I will love it, just haven't gotten around to making a batch.
Pitcher Haren singles, two runs score!
C'mon Sox, win this one.
Haren ties it up!
that haren is an all right dude!
Reislings can have a citrusy taste that I really like. Refreshing in summer.
How do you guys feel about sparkling?
I'm not big on champagne, but there is this amazing lightly sparkled white that we buy all the time. Great summer wine.
Hell, great wine any time.
I make killer gazpacho, and very garlicky. Yum, I'll make it tomorrow morning so it can settle in for Thursday. All we need is good weather.
I should mention that this wine has like 1/3 the bubbles of champagne. That shit is too gaseous.
I love champagne. Looove.
Sparkles are good. :)
But we're eating steak, so we'll have plenty of red around.
Lester is pitching a heck of a game. We gotta find a way get him some runs.
Fuckin 'zona.
SASAHE
runs pls
RUNS PLEASE
RUNS PLEASE
hopefully that will help
Hello good people,
Feel like I haven't been around you all much. Even now, I'm supposed to be doing some work while I have the game on. will be on that shortly.
Belt one, kindly.
Hi Nick. Boo to working during the game.
Get him, Adrian!
mmm. red wine.
out of a fucking mojito glass. terrible.
stupid rez.
As a former Philadelphian I second L-girl's booing.
Can we please SCORE this time?
Time to score some runs!!!!!
Nava! Nicely done. This just in: dude can hit.
could it be - something?!
Mmmm.... apodaca...
RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS
F!
2 out rally, please!
Very cool, Laura. I found this map here showing Pt Pelee and where it is located relative to US states.
And I did not put the link in quotes, but I think it still works.
Our favourite kind
wmtc
It's not the worst work, just not that I want to do it. I rotate hosting a radio show once a month where I gather a list of all the live music shows around us (that I know of) and then play music from selected artists. We figure if people actually hear music they'll maybe check the band/performer out. It does work on occasion.
It works without quotes!!! But normally, if you are coding in your blog, it does not. But it appears to work in comments. How very strange.
Papi coming in to hit.
Holy shit, that is so weird. Normally if you don't use quotes, you will get a message that the link is broken, it cannot post.
PAPI, PAPI, PAPI
RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS PLS
Reddick walked! Here comes Big Papi!
RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS RUNS
Well, I think I have only used the code in comments since I have no blog...
PH? OK, that one will do
From the blog Amy linked to
What’s more amazing (from the other side of the Atlantic) is that parts of Canada are further south than parts of Portugal!
Papi has to get a hit now though cause otherwise we lost Lester for nothing.
large father dong would be awesome.
even a 1/4 dong would be great, but let's go all the way.
RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS RUNS PLS
PA-PI
PA-PI
PA-PI
good times pls
Show us your big Dominican dong!
FUCK
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