Twins - 000 000 000 - 0 3 0 Red Sox - 101 000 02x - 4 12 1Buchholz (5-2-0-1-6, 61) returned to the mound after a 2:07 rain delay and gave the Red Sox three additional innings before turning it over to the bullpen (which allowed only one hit and one walk in the final four frames).
Only one Twins runner made it past first base.
Jacoby Ellsbury started the first inning with a double (16-game hit streak!), stole third as part of a double steal with Dustin Pedroia, and scored on Jed Lowrie's two-out single to left.
The tarp came out after two innings were complete. In the home third, Adrian Gonzalez hit a ground-rule double to right field and scored on Kevin Youkilis's single off the Wall.
Boston got some insurance in the eighth. With two outs, Jarrod Saltalamachia and Carl Crawford (2-for-4) singled. J.D. Drew, pinch-hitting for Marco Scutaro (2-for-3), walked on four pitches to load the bases. Ellsbury then lined a single to center to score two runs.
Duensing has pitched out of the pen in the past against the Red Sox, but this is his first start against them.
In their last three games (all losses), Boston has been outscored 25-5.
Jacoby Ellsbury's 15-game hitting streak is the longest active streak in the AL. ... Andre Ethier of the Dodgers extended his streak to 30 games last night. ... Cliff Lee struck out 16 Atlanta batters in only seven innings last night.
AL East: Rays/Orioles at 1:10 PM; Tigers/Blue Jays at 4 PM; and Yankees/Rangers at 8 PM.
Ellsbury, CF
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Gonzalez, 1B
Youkilis, DH
Lowrie, 3B
Cameron, RF
Saltalamacchia, C
Crawford, LF
Scutaro, SS
Stats That Grab You By The Eyeballs
ReplyDeleteBartolo Colon has the lowest xFIP in the American League, at 2.66.
The Cardinals have a team OBP of .364.
We'll take the joy where we can find it, I guess. Ellsbury looks good now. Lester seems on track.
ReplyDeleteIs it just me, or does DLowe tend to pitch well after he gets busted for drinking?
ReplyDeleteI had the TV on "The Baseball Show" and CHB said the last time there were two balks in one game in Boston was 1949. I knew that could not possibly be right so I checked and found the stat he obviously read and then misquoted: 1949 was the last time they balked in two RUNS in a game. But I really think Dan thinks what he was saying was right.
ReplyDeleteSince 1919, Red Sox have had 1 game with 4 balks and 2 with 3 balks.
ReplyDeleteJune 13, 1989 - John Dopson (4)
April 4, 1988 - Fat Billy (3)
May 6, 1988 - Jeff Sellers (3); he also had 2 wild pitches!
*basks in glow of "classic" CF camera angle, from the man in the well, not the robot on the wall. Ahhhh....
ReplyDeletewow Stockton senile.....
ReplyDelete(Scutaro senile too)
ReplyDeleteWait a minute--Fox just played their football theme after that inning. Has that always been used for baseball too? Or is Stockton in charge of the music today?
ReplyDeleteAm I crazy or did Karros just respond to Gonzalez hitting a HR over the Monster yesterday by saying "yeah but what they really want him to do is go to the opposite field and use the Green Monster"?
ReplyDeletei am an idiot. i thought the game started at 1:30.
ReplyDeletestockson does get confused. (as do i.)
good job Jed, we HAD to score after 1st/2nd no outs.
ReplyDeleteA run!
ReplyDeleteha. (I thought it was a 7:10 game until I saw your post this morning....)
ReplyDeleteI'm at work today and it's a rare day where the Red Sox aren't playing while I'm a.) busy, or b.) the Bruins are playing.
ReplyDeleteExplanation of my Stockton comment: With two outs, Scutaro takes his sweet time on a routine grounder, and the runner beats his throw barely. Stockton, however, despite the clear safe call and the fielders all staying on the field, is calling it like he was out, saying "throws him out to retire the side, it's a one-two-three inning" before finally noticing the runner was safe.
ReplyDeleteJedi?
ReplyDeleteJed-E.
.. and rain.
wow that worked out
ReplyDeletetarp out
ReplyDeleteSunny and beautiful in Providence anyway....
ReplyDeleteHere's a clickable pdf of the final bingo card.
ReplyDelete(Can't disappoint Amy.)
RSDH made a bingo card that would give you the Remy pic when you clicked a box, but I am sorry to report that the uploading instructions she sent me made me glaze over in 0.8 seconds and I basically forgot about it, which isn't very nice because I'm sure she put a lot of work into it.
ReplyDelete"situation will be reassessed at 3:15". Yet most people back out in the uncovered seats.
ReplyDeletetime for some lunch, then.
ReplyDelete4:00 start. 2:07 rain delay if that's the case.
ReplyDeleterosenthal says buchholz has been throwing simulated innings during the delay and will return. i am skeptical after 2 hours.
ReplyDeleteif rain was in the forecast and a delay was all but certain, why not start a reliever and then come back after the delay with the scheduled starter?
clay is out there.
ReplyDelete"starting pitching pitcher for the twins"
ReplyDeleteHH looked very good that inning, 8 pitches: a K and two foul popups.
ReplyDeletegame! wow, thought i would totally miss this game.
ReplyDeletebrand new (second hand) leather couch was delivered this morning. leave the animals alone with it for a few hours and...well, fuck. i don't wanna talk about it.
2-0 us
ReplyDeleteyook has to remind yankee joe west that lowrie took ball 4, so he actually is not out.
ReplyDeleteWest calls him out TWICE! Never knew it was a walk.
ReplyDeletehearing karros talking about how west knows what he was doing out there was painful.
ReplyDeleteWow, game is on, and I got all my chores done without missing too much of it!
ReplyDeleteBenjamin, thanks for the PDF of the Bingo card. Now once I get done grading exams I will be able to focus more on baseball and bingo.
Tim, that doesn't sound good. Cat claws in the leather?
ReplyDeleteSUPER JED!
ReplyDeleteLowrie's defense is back, baby!
ReplyDeletefunny that mlbtv is running its "umpires camp" commercial during this series
ReplyDeletethis is your chance to see how the big leagues do it!
I can't see the game. Fox showed the Orioles game. So I've got WEEI.
ReplyDeleteI can really go on a rant about he umps. It is getting worse and worse, with their hotdogging. Thanks for the link to the article on Bill Hall...amazing.
rich hill in
ReplyDeleteDid the game start late?
ReplyDelete2:07 rain delay (from 1:53 to 4 pm)
ReplyDeletedelay came after two innings
ReplyDeleteSunny in Maine but wind from the southwest....
ReplyDeleteIt didn't rain here in western MA either. Must have just been fairly localized storm.
ReplyDeletelooks like bard in the 8th and bot in the 9th
ReplyDeletehasn't the "day after a knuckleball pitcher malaise" karros is talking about been throughly debunked many times?
ReplyDeleteRats, this game was not on EI or FOX. There were a whole bunch of different channels showing the blowout in Baltimore, not one with the Sox game.
ReplyDeleteAnd FOX's coverage of MLB ended when that game ended so they could show infomercials. Awesome.
And yup, amy, need to cut that cat's nails badly.
nice!!!
ReplyDeleteIf this game ends as-is...Duensing will be credited with the L.
ReplyDeleteMore evidence as to the uselessness of pitcher W-L records.
I feel better!
ReplyDeleteLBJ!
ReplyDeleteThat is really bad that Fox doesn't stay with coverage until all until all games finish. They had no problem showing the O's game for 2 hours to New England while the Sox were delayed.
ReplyDeleteYay! Some presidential insurance.
ReplyDeletethe programming is just some shit to fill the empty space between commercials.
ReplyDeleteYeah, those claws can do serious damage...
ReplyDeleteOK, Pap, do your thing. I have to head out, but am feeling like we might actually win this one!
Good night, all.
GDGD says FY fouled out to third, but the red dot where the play was made is on the first base side.
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ReplyDeleteyeah I thought it was to the first baseman in foul territory
ReplyDeleteif the twins tie it up, papelbon will bat 7th in the bottom half (yook the dh is at 3B)
ReplyDeleteIts incredibly annoying to me, especially because the Buffalo FOX station was SUPPOSED to have shown the Red Sox today. Same thing with whatever feed our FOX west channel is.
ReplyDeleteSox lose the DH....you better hold this, Pap, otherwise you're winning it with a walkoff!
yeah, i'm going to believe the dot.
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ReplyDeletekazmir?
ReplyDeletejeez, give scutaro some love on that play; all they talk about is fy.
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ReplyDeleteNice job Pap
DIRTY, DIRTY
done
ReplyDeleteDELAYED WATER!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDW!
ReplyDeleteVerlander is perfect through 7.
ReplyDeleteDIRTY, DIRTY
ReplyDeleteI approve this comment #69 of the thread.
/immature
wow - 2 no-hit bids are through 7 innings.
ReplyDeletevisual confirmation: Pedroia popped to Cuddyer right by the tarp
ReplyDelete... and you're my fact checkin' cuz.
ReplyDeletemake that one. brewer just gave up a hit.
ReplyDeleteI turned on the STL game on MLB Network. First pitch, single. End no-hitter.
ReplyDeleteSTL got a hit.
ReplyDeleteVerlander going into the bottom of the 8th, 21/21 so far.
ReplyDeleteVerlander throwing 101.
ReplyDelete... one out walk in the bot 8th, then a dp. no hits though. 3 outs to go.
ReplyDeletegotta fire up the ol' mlbtv...
ah fuck, it's at skydome. fucking blackout motherfuckers.
ReplyDeletemay be blacked out for you, but its on here that works for me
ReplyDeleteit says to stay tuned, the live stream will begin shortly.
ReplyDeleteyeah, it only shows the innings verlander pitches. watched bottom 8 on it.
ReplyDeletewhich leads me to a question.
ReplyDeletethe game is 9 innings long, and if a pitcher gets 3 outs, that's one inning pitched. there's halves to an inning, but for pitchers' stats they are considered to have pitched a whole inning.
at least we also bought a wine fridge when we bought the couch. makes for a nice saturday.
ReplyDeletenot really a question, more of an observation.
ReplyDeletethe game is 9 innings long, and if a pitcher gets 3 outs, that's one inning pitched. there's halves to an inning, but for pitchers' stats they are considered to have pitched a whole inning.
ReplyDeletewhat is your question? (a pitcher can't pitch both the top and bottom of an inning.)
#-minute wait for verlander....
ReplyDeletethey actually pitch half an inning, but the stats say 1 IP.
ReplyDeletebecause there are only three outs in that inning for them. there isn't six outs to get per inning.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it makes sense. They just aren't in the game for the other half.
ReplyDeleteAmused by Jays fans talking about how Rajai Davis is an amazing addition to the top of the lineup.
ReplyDeleteSure he has speed...for the 17.7% of the time he gets a hit! That's who I want at the top of my lineup.
I am thinking you may be stoned - and having some "deep thoughts".
ReplyDelete:>)
quick one!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking that a few minutes ago, this sounds like some sort of revelation Dock Ellis may have had during his no-no.
ReplyDeleteNeeds the 27th out. Or to Tim, the 54th!
ReplyDeletetigers anncrs sound like theyre talking to a dog.
ReplyDelete"good fans. good fans"
is joyce at first?
ReplyDeleteDavis career: .277/.325/.377
ReplyDeleteQuestionable whether a .702 OPS rises to even a "meh" level.
K!
ReplyDeleteWow, I've seen two no-hitters on TV in the last few days. What a great, great job by me.
ReplyDeleteIn the spirit of congratulating the catcher, that was totally V-Mart.
ReplyDeleteOh wait, he wasn't catching today.
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