Red Sox - 020 000 200 - 4 7 0 Spiders - 210 004 01x - 8 8 0The Red Sox squandered several scoring chances in the early innings, and poor pitching and a mental error led to a four-run sixth as Cleveland broke the game open. Boston dropped to 0-5 for only the sixth time in team history (1905, 1927, 1945, 1966, 1996).
After Matsuzaka (5-6-3-3-2, 96) departed, Dennys Reyes hit two batters and walked another, leaving a bases-loaded, no-out mess for Dan Wheeler. Michael Brantley stung a liner to third that Kevin Youkilis dropped. Yook recovered, stepped on third to force Matt LaPorta, and threw home. Jason Varitek caught the ball and stepped on the plate, thinking he was forcing out Travis Buck. But Yook's play at third meant that Varitek had to tag Buck -- and he did not -- and so Buck crossed the plate, giving Cleveland a 4-2 lead. Four pitches later, Asdrubal Cabrera hit a three-run dong, and it was 7-2.
Adrian Gonzalez's two-run homer to right closed the gap to 7-4 in the seventh, but no Boston batter reached base after that.
The Red Sox's missed opportunities began in the first inning. Carl Crawford singled with one out and stole second, but Talbot fanned Dustin Pedroia and Gonzalez. In the second, the Red Sox led 1-0 and had the bases loaded with one out. Jacoby Ellsbury's grounder to first scored a second run before Crawford lined out to third.
In the third, Pedroia was hit by a pitch and took third on Gonzalez's double off the left field wall. Second and third, and no one out, but Youkilis was called out on strikes, David Ortiz popped to shortstop, and J.D. Drew was caught looking on a nasty curve.
In the fifth, Crawford walked and stole his second base of the night. With one out, and Crawford now on third, Gonzalez walked. Cleveland manager Manny Acta, with his team holding a 3-2 lead, went to his pen. Chad Durbin struck out Youkilis on three pitches and lefty Rafael Perez retired Ortiz on a weak grounder to first. The fifth inning may have been a little early to micro-manage a one-run game, but Acta saw the spark of a Boston rally and (figuring the visitors were likely to cash in at some point) moved aggressively to snuff it out.
Red Sox hitters struck out 11 times, with Ellsbury fanning three times, and Drew, Ortiz, and Marco Scutaro going down twice.
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Ellsbury CF
Crawford LF
Pedroia 2B
Gonzalez 1B
Youkilis 3B
Ortiz DH
Drew RF
Varitek C
Scutaro SS
Brantley CF
A. Cabrera SS
Choo RF
Santana C
Hafner DH
O. Cabrera 2B
Buck LF
LaPorta 1B
Hannahan 3B
PAbe: Matsuzaka has not faced another team since March 26. He threw a simulated game in Houston last Thursday.
Win pls.
Could DiceK, our #4 pitcher, get our first win of the season???
Here's hoping.....
1-4. Let's do this.
Dice is our #5, actually.
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Manny (1-for-16 in 4 games) gets a seat on Joe Maddon's bench.
Rather, Manny did not start this afternoon. Rays lost to the Angels 5-1, dropping to 0-5.
MLB's box says 39 degrees and raining. Tarp was removed at 6:08.
THE FUCKING CLEVELAND FEED AGAIN?????????????
WTF ROGERS, YOU ASSHOLES??!?!?
There are no Cleveland fans in Canada. If you show NESN, no one will be annoyed. CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!
Heh, #5. I guess I forgot we lost FOUR games in a row.
Tek plays tonight. If they win, can I give him partial credit? :)
he may deserve all the credit
He can only get all the credit if he drives in all the runs, and the Sox win. Even I know that. :)
Tardy on the cut!
(And I'm tardy on the thread.)
i know we'll get a "framed by" very soon
MIN -
MFY -
Rain delay (CI not starting)
OK, got to do some work while watching so won't be able to thread much. Let's WIN!
booooooooooo chooooooooooo
GOD DAMN IT. I hate this game. I hate this team.
salty may be off the hook
that ball got outta here like charlie sheen after hearing his dealer was leaving his house in 10 minutes...
no - that ball was hammered more than charlie sheen on a saturday night.
yeah, that's it.
So many fouls, but none of them carved?
there goes the no-walker
that ball was hammered more than charlie sheen on a saturday night.
Ha
it appears that my plan to cut down on my drinking in the evening is going to be sorely tested this year.
Hey Gang. I was out to dinner with my husband (after seeing our son off to Florida). I checked the phone as we left the restaurant. WTF?? 2-0 in bottom of first? But, silver lining, DiceK only had 14 pitches at that time...that was before the 9 pitch walk.
no - that ball was hammered more than charlie sheen on a saturday night.
On any night.
This just in... it was revealed that our new pitching coach is on the payroll of the MFY's.
Tim Lincecum has 8 K's in four innings vs. SD. No walks, one hit (a solo HR).
Papi. Yipee.
Let's get ON FIRE.
Time for an ON FIRE.
Elevates!!!
calm, cool, collected, AND ON FIRE!
Never mind, I thought elevates was on there.
FIRE.
I'm at work watching the Bruins - wish we had picture-in-picture, but for now I have to choose one.
It's cactus time.........
it used to be.
Theo may have put together the Miami Heat of baseball.
FEAR THE CACTUS!
it would be nice not to waste this
Didn't 'bases filled with Red Sox' used to be on there too?
i dont think so.
And an RBI!!!!
Scu-scu-scutaro
Intermission... Red Sox! And holy balls the bases are loaded.
In other news, the wifi here SUCKS.
Rob, maybe lots of people at work are watching the Bruins and/or Red Sox.
back door?
We scored. And we may score again. This is great.
Wow, no double play???
Maybe. I'm on the bottom floor of a Navy barracks building using Navy wifi, so... well let's face it - government wifi? Um, yeah.
A home run would be nice, CC.
GETS THE BAD NEWS
MFY PPD
21-minute wait
Who's this Matt LaPorter guy? Never heard of him... OH REMY.
very gone
&
not enamored
will give us bingo!
Did I miss Enjoy the Game at the beginning??
is dice working this slow hoping the batters get sleepy?
Isn't it in the 30's (Faranheit)? Good luck rocking them to sleep.
He's certainly making me sleepy... 2nd period now in the Bruins game. Then at the end I get to clean up and go home. Fun.
This is vintage DiceK. 2 walks and a HBP.
dp pls
thx
dice hits their 2B -
our 2B gets hit
interesting
10 K for Lincecum through 5. Wow.
I'm glad to see that exchange between Tek and Dice. Pretty animated and Dice seemed more interactive than usual.
FRAMED BY
after a very close back door pitch that could have been strike 3 (i thought it was going to be called) bert doubles to left!
Youk make them pay please.
Yep, I thought he was down by way of the k.
Is "And it's quickly 0 and 2" on the bingo game?
Gameday is way behind.
jeff, that's a good one.
what would it replace?
DET 4, BAL 0 (in 4th)
Your call.
Of course, that statement could be on the bingo card of nearly every baseball announcer, but still.
Brutal.
LOBotomy
Those were some nasty strike threes.
Did you email the bingo game to NESN? That would be hilarious if Orsillo started using it to mess with you.
fucking squander
No, I didn't do anything with it. I did mention my paranoia about Don not liking me in the Card post, though.
nice dice
Anyone in the Boston area have any idea where this game is on TV? NESN is showing me the Bruins for some odd reason.
NESN loved the Jack Edwards Bingo, with Edwards being the play-by-play man for the Bruins. In fact, a couple games ago they had a graphic that pulled down from the scoreboard that promoted Jack Edwards Bingo, and said to go to NESN.com for it.
I know it didn't start on NESN. A fan made it and sent it to NESN.
whew -- craw's leap snared it
Philip, go to NESN.com and find your NESNPlus channel.
Rob, you're a lifesaver.
Whaaa-at? OTT?
Time to clean up and get the hell out of here.
I did mention my paranoia about Don not liking me in the Card post, though.
But this could you back in his good graces, LOL...
never gonna catch him!
Another one. I like this. He just needs to get on base more.
Awesome!!!!!! That's some fancy base running.
OK, nice to see CC causing havoc for us.
They better get this run home w/ <2 outs!
L is not here, so I can say that's a problem with him in general.
maybe not a problem, but something i wish he did more of.
"of the intentional variety" would have been a good phrase too.
double steal, maybe?
"falling fast" is another one.
Let's go Youk.
Youk can't hit a beachball right now
YouKK
flo needs to get this team on a rolle.
What is going on with Cleveland's multiple pitching moves in the 5th inning ?!
shit
Hopefully the spiders get short on their bullpen now though.
My son just texted me. They have WiFi on the bus and he is watching the game. He is on a school trip to Florida...15 hours on a bus overnight. Fun when you're 17, but not when you're 49.
reyes up
STRAND A PAIR
DET 6, BAL 3 (in 8th)
That's why we are sucking, the Sox have been infected with Lebron.
oh for fucks sake
WHAT IS GOING ON THIS YEAR???? No I'm not giving up. But sheesh.
throw STRIKES, you fat fuck
No, this is why we are sucking...PITCHING
12 pitches
11 balls
go enjoy the buffet, reyes.
So glad I have not been threading. Working is more fun than watching this game.
wakefield up
heads up play, cap'n.
We are doomed. The stars are not aligned.
WTF???
NO ONE on the Sox staff can pitch, what is going on?
Fer fuck sakes. Thanks for that solid play, tek.
Thanks for the meatball, hot wheels.
Maybe a lot of fans will dress in black for the opener on Friday?
EVIL BERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
EVIL DONG!!!!!!
ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
12-pitch AB for EB!
Evil man, evil dong.
I just got home from the movies--looks like maybe I should have stayed for the late show too.
dale arnold says youkilis drifts back and catches that popup.
ummm, that's adrian gonzalez, dale.
nope - you are just in time for the comeback -- and the wakefield win.
down by way of the k, fwiw
W works for me.
saving the fireworks for the 9th....
sigh
scutaro
ellsbury
crawford
pedroia
gonzalez
etc.
PLAN:
Salty, Scutaro, Ellsbury all walk and Crawford ties this up. Then Pedroia goes b2b with him and we lead.
Ignore that plan. Just forward it by one batter. Pedroia and Gonzo are going to have to go back to back after 3 consecutive walks.
I guess this isn't late-breaking news at JOS, but that Spiders' logo...the more you look, the worse it gets.
that applies to the sox team, also, so far.
aw, allan, you be the voice of reason, and let someone else be the voice of despair
ok, i'll try
argh.
seeya, sportsfans
it may be necessary to do shots before the game tomorrow.
it may be necessary to do shots before the game tomorrow.
Where's Millar when we need him?
Dale Arnold also said Curt Young came out of the bullpen instead of the dugout.
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