Game Time: 1:05 pm

Scheduled Starters: Casey Fossum v. David Wells

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Ft. Myers Weather: 11 am observation at Page Field: wind variable at 7 mph, visibility greater than 10 miles, sky clear, temperature 67F, DP 35F

Forecast: Sunny with highs in the mid-70's and a light northeast wind. The dew point is still in Sahara-range!

Anni

Foulke's pitching today according to redsox.com

The Sox scored four runs on four hits in the first off Casey Fossum. It doesn't look like there were any homeruns.

4-0 Sox after 1.

Anni

Why can't we get players like Fossum?

/Boob Lobel

TB did not score in the second.

Sox batted around in the first. Crisp leading off both innings.

Any chance today's the first time (right?) the Sox are playing the full lineup?

Sox extend lead to 5-0 still in the bottom of the 2nd, Manny batting with 0 outs according to MLB.com Scoreboard.

Now 7-0, after 2. Wells pitching in the 3rd. Still no HRs.

Sox scored three more runs on three hits in the bottom of the second.

Sox 7, TB 0 after 2.

No info on homeruns yet.

Anni

7-5, Gomes with a HR off of Wells.

That was a short lived bit of glory.

Toby Hall homered off Wells in the third as well.

7-6 Sox after 2 1/2

Lineup:

Coco CF
Loretta 2B
Ortiz DH
Manny LF
Varitek C
Lowell 3B
Nixon RF
Snow 1B
Gonzalez SS

Sox 1st inning:



Sox 2nd inning:



Info from Redsox.com Message Board (poster is apparently watching the D-Rays broadcast...?)



Ouch.

Thanks for the info, RSiI, it's much appreciated.

And shame on the rest of you for saying "no homeruns yet" over and over.

Thank papsroy06...

It's no problem.

Sox out in the 3rd. 7-6 after 3.

Why is there no way to listen to this game? Send a couple college kids with cellphones to call the game. WTF??? How am I supposed to acclimate myself to work after a weekend with no baseball to fixate on? This is downright unamerican! Somehow I'm getting score updates via israel via papsmear06...

Edit: Anni, next year I'll borrow the RSN jet that's parked in MALC's driveway and call the games myself....Avoiding contact with the ashtrays of course

Wells' horrible 3rd:

Sox batting in the bottom of the 4th. 7-6 Sox 7-7 in hits.

Loretta gets a hit. He's 2-2 with a BB.

Sox score a run (not sure how)....End of the 4th. Wells still in. 8 runs on 9 hits.

The Sox scored a run in the bottom of the 4th.

8-6 Sox after 4

Wells out after 4. Here's the Sox 8th run:



Scoreless 5th for Holtz.

Sox add 2 in the 5th.

10-6 Sox after 5.

Holy @#$$ing crap this game is on gameday...

I had no idea there's a gameday for ST.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/y2006/gd.ht...mlb_1&brand=mlb

Foulke in to pitch the 6th

Ahh, that's much better. I didn't know there was gameday either.

Foulke in, it seems. 3 outs on 5 pitches, including a strikeout. Not bad, not bad at all

Foulke with a 1-2-3 inning.

2 first pitches, 2 outs. Gathright strikes out on 3 pitches all swinging.

Now with Gameday...updates on batters:

Crisp, 1-2, single, SB, BB, K, RBI, 2 runs batting .463
Loretta 3-3 3 runs, 1 RBI, 1BB
Ortiz 1-3, run, RBI
Manny 2-4 2 RBI, 1 run
Varitek 1-3 2 RBI
Lowell 0-1, 1 run, 2 BBs
Nixon 1-3 2 RBI
Snow 1-2 RBI R
Gonzalez 1-3 run

End of the 6th.

A little 1,2,3 from Foulkie. Thanks for the Gameday link, dude.

Timlin in for te 7th

Thanks for the link! How did you find it? I can't see any links for gameday on the mlb website. I normally use Yahoo during the season, and they don't have ST games. I've got gameday audio from mlb. Do you have to subscribe to the gameday links as well?

Where did you find that link to gameday?

Edit: Too slow

No problem, it's a bit behind (it basically waits until the end of the inning and then updates it all together quickly) but it's better than anything we have today.



Actually read it on another forum...don't think there's a direct link there from the MLB site but I believe you can change the end of the url...like this:

....2006_03_27_tbamlb_bosmlb_1&brand=mlb you can probably change tomorrow to

to 2006_03_28_bosmlb_cinmlb_1&brand=mlb and it'll work (once the game starts) (If you want, when you open tomorrow's thread you could just put that in the first post [it'll probably work only when the game starts-lineups are posted])



10-7 Sox, timlin gives up a run.

Tomorrow's game will be on WEEI, and with a little luck the rest of the games will be on mlb gameday audio.

There's got to be a way to link to gameday... Is it a subscription service in the spring?

oh, right and Wednesday is on ESPN.

I'm not sure about the gameday link. I've looked everywhere but I can't find it.

glad to hear foulke had another good outing.

Tavarez got ejected in the 8th?

We're about to lose another one. (all starting 9 out of the game)



4 unearned runs given up by Papelbon and Taverez.

Anyone ever heard of Keoni De Renne before? Was that like the bat boy or something?

Minor League Free Agent? Was playing for Arizona AAA club last year in the Pacific coast league.

1st and 2nd for the Sox but no runs. Willy Mo Pena K'ed looking.

No idea.

Taverez and Gathwright had a fight apparently:



Harris singles, Stern singles, Wilson with a run scoring play!

The fight:

Enrique Wilson reaches on force attempt, missed catch error by shortstop Julio Lugo, assist to second baseman Nick Green. Willie Harris scores. Adam Stern to 2nd.

11-11!

1st and 2nd 0 outs. Durrington batting. error onpickoff...runners to 2nd and 3rd!!!

First the Beckett - Howard incident, and now this. Man.

So much drama for just spring training. What are we going to encounter in the regular season?

I thought that things were getting a little out of hand with Tampa Bay over the last couple of years with all of the plunking going on. Thought that the new manager might make a difference. Maybe its too much bad blood between the two teams for what ever reason.

This year's Red Sox are really starting to make a name for themselves. Two bench clearing sessions in two days?

They walk Durrington, They walk Choi! Sox win! The Sox win!

12-11, wild game.

Papelbon with the win, and the BS.

I dunno, but ARod better watch his ass...

No Shit! Giant Wily Mo, Martial Arts Rudy, and Crazy-man Tavarez is a pretty scary group. I LIKE IT!

The Brawlin' Boston Red Sox.

Just an idea for Fenway: Install some turnbuckles and ring posts. I want to see Hee Seop Choi give Matsui a flying elbow drop.

FINAL: SOX 12, TB 11

WP - Jonathan Papelbon LP - Tim Corcoran

SOX - 12R, 15H, 2E
TP - 11R, 15H, 1E

[codebox]TAMPA BAY (11) AT BOSTON (12)

TAMPA BAY AB R H BI BOSTON AB R H BI
J Lugo ss 4 3 2 1 C Crisp cf 2 2 1 1
C Crawford lf 5 2 2 2 W Harris cf 2 1 2 0
J Gomes dh 5 1 3 5 M Loretta 2b 4 3 3 1
T Wigginton 1b 4 0 1 1 T Mota lf 0 0 0 0
D Hollins rf 4 0 0 0 A Stern ph 1 1 1 0
T Hall c 4 1 2 1 D Ortiz dh 3 1 1 1
K Cash c 1 0 1 0 E Wilson dh 2 0 0 1
N Green 2b 4 1 0 0 M Ramirez lf 4 1 2 2
L Ordaz 3b 3 1 1 0 T Durrington lf 1 0 0 0
G Norton 1b 2 1 1 0 J Varitek c 3 0 1 2
J Gathright cf 4 1 2 1 H Choi 1b 0 0 0 1
J Raburn rf 1 0 0 0 M Lowell 3b 2 1 0 0
K De Renne 3b 0 0 0 0
T Nixon rf 3 0 1 2
W Pena rf 2 0 0 0
J Snow 1b 3 1 1 1
K Huckaby c 0 0 0 0
A Gonzalez ss 4 1 1 0
Z Borowiak 2b 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 41 11 15 11 TOTALS 37 12 14 12

TAMPA BAY 006 000 140 -- 11
BOSTON 430 120 002 -- 12

E--J Tavarez, K De Renne, T Hall, T Corcoran, J
Lugo. DP--BOSTON 1. LOB--TAMPA BAY 7, BOSTON 14.
2B--A Gonzalez, M Ramirez, J Van Buren, T Hall, C
Crawford, J Lugo, G Norton. HR--T Hall 1 (1) (off
D Wells), J Gomes 1 (3) (off D Wells). SB--M
Loretta 1 (1), W Harris 1 (1), C Crisp 1 (7), J
Gomes 1 (1). CS--K Cash. SF--J Varitek, C Crisp.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
TAMPA BAY
C Fossum 4 1-3 10 10 10 4 2 0
J Lugo 1 2-3 1 0 0 1 2 0
C Harville 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
W Franklin 1 0 0 0 2 3 0
T Corcoran (L,0-1) 0 2 2 1 2 0 0
BOSTON
D Wells 4 7 6 6 1 3 2
M Holtz 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
K Foulke 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
M Timlin 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
J Tavarez 2-3 1 3 0 0 0 0
J Papelbon (W,1-2) 1 1-3 5 1 0 0 1 0

NONE OUT WHEN WINNING RUN SCORED.
HBP--J Snow by C Fossum, N Green by J Tavarez, H
Choi by W Franklin. SO--TAM: D Hollins 2, T
Wigginton, N Green, J Gathright. BOS: W Pena 2, J
Varitek, T Durrington, M Loretta, Z Borowiak, M
Ramirez, C Crisp. BB--TAM: J Lugo, D Hollins, T
Wigginton. BOS: M Lowell 2, E Wilson, T
Durrington, M Loretta, H Choi, K Huckaby, C Crisp,
K De Renne. T--3:24. A--7,707.[/codebox]