Red Sox - 001 010 000 - 2 7 0 Spiders - 000 100 02x - 3 6 1Daniel Bard blew his second save of the year, allowing an inherited runner to score with one out in the eighth, then gave up a run of his own, as Cleveland took a 3-2 lead. With one out in the ninth, singles by J.D. Drew and Jed Lowrie put the potential tying run on third base, but Carl Crawford -- who had singled and scored Boston's first run and homered for its second -- grounded into a game-ending 463 double play.
Buchholz (7.1-4-2-2-4, 94) and Masterson (7.2-4-2-2-3, 112) were evenly matched -- and both pitched well despite a rain delay of 61 minutes at the start of the game. In the eighth, after Buchholz allowed a single to Jack Hannahan and pinch-runner Adam Everett took second on Austin Kearns's groundout, Bard came in to face pinch-hitter Carlos Santana.
Bard got Santana to foul out to third, but Michael Brantley lined an RBI-single to right to tie the game. (It was the first inherited runner that Bard has allowed to score this season; he's now stranded eight of nine.) Asdrubal Cabrera, who had homered in the fourth, doubled to left-center for the go-ahead run.
Dustin Pedroia was injured in the eighth inning and had to leave the game. He was on first when Adrian Gonzalez singled to right. Pedroia tripped rounding second base, got his feet tangled, and fell. He crawled back to the bag, but was very slow to get up. He seemed unable to put much weight on his left foot/ankle, and Drew Sutton ran for him and finished the game at second base.
The Blue Jays beat the Yankees 7-3 and the Tigers beat the Rays 6-3, so the Red Sox remain 0.5 GB; Toronto is now 1.5 GB.
Buchholz has pitched seven innings in each of his last two starts and has allowed only two runs in his last 20.2 innings. In four May starts, he has a 1.40 ERA.
Masterson has allowed only one run in five of his nine starts this season. He has a 2.52 ERA and 1.22 WHIP. His walk rate is the lowest of his career and he has given up only one home run in 60.2 innings.
Jarrod Saltalamacchia is 7-for-18 (.389) in his last five games, with one double and three home runs:
I'm feeling more comfortable. As soon as I managed to slow things down, I've been putting good at-bats together. ... At the beginning of the season I was pressing a little bit, trying to go out and hit everything as hard as I could. ... [Now] I'm not trying to pull everything, I'm trying to put it in the big part of the park, and good things happen.AL East: Blue Jays/Yankees and Rays/Tigers at 7 PM.
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Ellsbury, CF
Pedroia, 2B
Gonzalez, 1B
Youkilis, 3B
Ortiz, DH
Drew, RF
Lowrie, SS
Crawford, LF
Saltalamacchia, C
Brantley, CF
A. Cabrera, SS
Choo, RF
Buck, DH
Laporta, 1B
O. Cabrera, 2B
Hannahan, 3B
Kearns, LF
Marson, C
Notes: Spiders have the best record in baseball and are 18-4 at home.
Red Sox won 8 of 9 and 11 of 13.
Youkilis has hit in 10 straight games: 15-of-37 (.405/.489/.811), with 8 extra-base hits, 13 RBIs and 6 BB.
Lowrie's .810 OPS is 4th among all MLB shortstops.
Grounds crew readying the tarp, TC says the rain will come and go, then they can start.
Ooh, tornado warning!
Bautista Dong - Jays 1, MFY 0
Globe: 7:31 p.m.: Rain has stopped. Grounds crew is preparing to pull the tarp off the field. There is a tornado warning in this area but the skies are clearing around the park.
1st pitch expected 8:05
we had espn before, maybe they won't come back and we'll get lucky.
Nothing like having an opposing starter who knows most of your team :/
After retiring the side, Masterson will wrestle a bear to stay frosty.
two sides to that coin!
o'brien says gonzalez's 4-hit games against the cubs came back-to-back.
friday and sunday are not back-to-back.
3-5-1 DP!
Woody Allen's Radio Days has a hilarious segment on a baseball player who continues to pitch despite losing a leg, then an arm...
"...but he had heart," the announcer says. The era's version of "gritty".
TOR - 100 00
MFY - 000 1
FKR - 000 1
DET - 000
rays still batting
TARTAR sauce. (That's a run, there's a run.) (Sauce.)
2-out rally time!
right after espn has a graphic that fy has 0 rbi in last 86 PA
Jays have 'em loaded one out
Castig loves Masterson. Can't stop talking about what a great guy he is, how sad everyone was when he left.
Jays score on a single, then Colon walks in a run on 4 pitches! 3-1
Masterson was my favorite. And I don't always declare a favorite!
oooooh baby..6-1 Jays!!!!
I think the ESPN announcers just said two of the walks in that inning were intentional.
"Castig loves Masterson ..."
I remember Delcarmen had glowing things to say about Masterson when they traded him. I guess Masterson is just one of those kinds of guys.
beautifully turned
Yeah, the Yanks intentionally walked Bautista with man on second. But the next guy bunts 'em over so they intentionally walk the guy after that. Then single, walk, 3-run double.
Remy and Don love Masterson's wife, and she gave them cookies tonight like she used to. (Don ate both chocolate chip before Remy saw the bag.)
The reason I liked him was that he was just a normal dude when he talked, did not speak in cliches. And was just a nice guy. Didn't like the Jesus stuff but you're gonna have to deal with that with almost all these guys.
Oh yeah, I remember the cookies, and Delcarmen liking him so much.
We're back to the dyed-hair discussion. But cut off by the inning ending....
TOR - 100 005
MFY - 000 10
FKR - 000 10
DET - 000 01
Hannibal's Brother strikes again.
Ass Dribble had 18 dongs in his first 1415 at bats. And he has 10 in under 200 AB this season.
CC DeDong
CC DDONG!
Bogar is holding up him up.
Just stopping by to say CC!!!!
Craw-four!
allan said...
Bogar is holding up him up.
That cracked me up.
Ass Dribble had 18 dongs in his first 1415 at bats. And he has 10 in under 200 AB this season.
With this stat, I'll go with my original thought, crude or not...
Who put a firecracker up his ass this year?
YAY CC
haha! That's why you keep the tag close to the guy!
this one's official!
if the runner makes it safely, but overslides the base and gets tagged out, should he get credit a SB?
and the Jays tack on.... 7-2 in the 8th
I think it's just considered a CS.
it is a CS, but i was just thinking he did make it safely (for a fraction of a second)
But basically, if you try to steal second and you're tagged out, even if it's after you touched the bag, it's all just one failed attempt. Or at least that's how they consider it.
But I think if you make an attempt toward the next base and then are tagged you might get credit for the initial SB.
Why when switch hitters, like Lowrie, are slumping from one side of the plate, why not Just hit from the side you are doing so well from?
SB and a pick off? kinda like trying to stretch a single to a double, but that's assuming there was an effort to continue on.
Not seeing the play, I'm assuming he over slid? part of the same action.
just an over slide. could not keep his trailing foot on the base. so just a CS.
Judging by the fact that even a switch hitter who's batting a thousand lefty wouldn't hit lefty against a lefty, I'd say it's because they're just always more comfortable facing the opposite, and it trumps how well they do on whichever side. ?
espn crawl info:
jered weaver
1st six starts: WWWWWW
next 4 starts: LLLL
(no no-decisions)
first pitcher to do that since 1884!
GDGD still just calling it a SB
Yanks coulda had more in the 6th and 8th, but Posada ended both rallies. 7-3 Jays going to the 9th
Jere said...
Judging by the fact that even a switch hitter who's batting a thousand lefty wouldn't hit lefty against a lefty,
Yeah Jere, being a lefty , facing a lefty is quite difficult, but for a righty facing a righty it never realy is an issue......
Does anyone know of any Switchitters who stopped during their career?
I guess JT Snow is the big example of a guy who used to switch hit. source: the Internet
I hate how hockey being on means we get fewer AL East updates.
when we were in nyc in september, fucking football camp always crowded out pennant races.
If Jeter can hit a fly out where Gardner tags and is thrown out at the plate, he can be Mr. 26/27.
ESPN can barely show us LBJ's AB, because the announcers are chatting and we have to see them. Or I assume they are chatting, we have MLB Audio on. I cannot hear Sutcliffe.
some replays looked likem asterson did tap the northwest corner of the base.
yeah, like acta can see from the 3B dugout.
Acta going berzerk.
NESN finally showed a third angle where it really looks like his toe flicks the bag. His achilles heel was reaching back for it, which tells the ump you missed it the first time.
Wow, that was an amazing throw. Why don't we have a catcher who can do that?
so ... why can't we get pitchers and catchers like that?
Yanks lose. Rays down to last 3 outs
Please be okay. oh no.
left ankle?
That's what it looks like.
Who's hurt? What happened? I'm listening to the Bruins game.
bert singled to right, pedroia went from first to second, rounded second, but tripped over the bag and his feet got tangled up, and he fell. dove back to the bag, looked like he hurt his left foot or ankle. had trouble putting weight on it.
Thanks for the textual replay. GDGD just lists the pinch runner substitution. Hope it's not too serious--we need Pedy's fire.
FN :(
clay at 83 thru 7 - hill and bard up
Rays down 4-1 in 8th. First place is ripe for the takin'.
Crap. Make the play.
Make it Tigers 6 Rays 1
And we give up the exact grounder Pedroia usually gets in his sleep.
Yanks lose.
And he makes an error right away.
"Yanks lose."
17 minutes ago, guy
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I was a little late on that one.
p.s. not an error by sutton.
"I was a little late on that one."
Well you did give us a sentence we like to hear multiple times...
gets the pop up. key.
bah, tied
Tied. With the rain and the Pedroia injury, this feels like some bizarre purgatory.
fack
Shakespeare is working on one of his "problem" plays.
They should have called this game after the 7th inning. Aagghh. They better let them play the 9th.
first inherited runner bard has allowed to score this year. had been 8-for-8 in leaving them on base.
Oh fuckety. Not that I'm thinking this game is over, but it's doubly good NYY lost and FKR are losing.
Runs, please.
RSVP
Oh come on, first pitch?
Miggy drops a pop up with 2 outs in the 9th to extend the game, 6-3 still.
Way to make him work ,Papi
J.Dingle!
damn you No doubles D!
I want Drew to steal.
Rays were down 6-1, first two went down in the 9th, but now they have the tying run up.
Rays lose!
Okay, Rays lose. Take first place now! Tying run at third!
How bout it CC?
I want Lowrie to steal.
i want crawford to do what needs to be done.
Not the time for a fucking hockey update! Come on!
oh that is just fuck
FUCK
Water is annoyingly clean.
*THAT* is why I wanted Lowrie to steal.
that was the one thing NOT to fucking do.
Fucking Spiders!
We don't take 1st, but at least we don't fall farther back. #GlassHalfFull
Tough loss. We'll break into first place just like we got over .500 and then it's all good.
I hope Pedey is okay.
Crawford almost never hits in DPs.
Only his 2nd GIDP of the year. (April 27 was the other one.) Shame since his dong was big in the 5th.
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