Game time: 7:05 pm

Scheduled starters: Justin Verlander (14-5, 2.95) v. David Wells (1-2, 6.23)

Boston weather: 1 pm observation at BOS: Wind calm, visibility more than 10 miles, few clouds at 5,500 feet, temperature 80F, DP 56F.

Forecast: A nice late summer evening, with little humidity. It'll be in the 70's during the game. Right now the wind is calm, but it will pick up a bit out of the north later in the afternoon. That's blowing across from left to right...maybe out toward the Pesky pole.

Here's to wishing Wells has the stuff tongiht to right this ship.

I'm headed to RFK tonight for a Nats-Braves game, and when I come back after spending 2 hours on the Metro with sweaty, drunken fans, I expect to turn on the ESPN ticker and see that we have won. Is that clear?

Nice. A montage. Very nice.

Offensive slaugter tonight. Time to change my mindset from last night. We're going to get the "W" today.

You did see Verlander, he of the 2.95 ERA, is pitching, right?

Wells is a big game pitcher who continues to look better with each outing.

Let him bring his stuff and he will prevail.

If he wins, would it be in poor taste for the RSN to send him a dozen victory donuts?

[codebox] Detroit Boston
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Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
C Rodriguez, Ivan 9 51 .295 CF Crisp, Coco 6 24 .277
LF Monroe, Craig 19 63 .274 2B Loretta, Mark 4 45 .304
DH Thames, Marcus 21 46 .267 DH Ortiz, David 41 111 .284
RF Ordonez, Magglio 16 79 .297 LF Ramirez, Manny 32 93 .320
SS Guillen, Carlos 13 69 .304 1B Youkilis, Kevin 13 60 .291
3B Inge, Brandon 21 62 .243 3B Lowell, Mike 14 59 .284
1B Casey, Sean 2 12 .311 RF Pena, Wily Mo 9 34 .320
CF Clevlen, Brent 2 2 .429 C Lopez, Javy 8 35 .265
2B Infante, Omar 2 13 .264 SS Cora, Alex 0 13 .282
P Verlander, Justin (14-5, 2.95) P Wells, David (1-2, 6.23)[/codebox]


08/16 17:38:15 ET

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Gift cards are always good...

Sox are due to bust out. Wells will continue his resurgence. Verlander is due for a bad game (is he, I don't really know).

One win. One win to create a small semblance of momentum before the Yanks come to town. With one win and the possible acquisition of LaTroy Hawkins, the Sox will no doubt play truly inspired baseball for a at least a month and a half.

wooo! shut up thorne and phillips!

nice play by coco.

In no way is he a CFer!!!

I am getting sick of that Boston Globe commercial.

The Mirabelli returns game is an instant classic, but they can't show Papelbon's first start, with Manny on trade deadline day?

Are we really breaking away from the game for a faux-advertisement from Gulf Oil? Hopefully that put some extra cash in our bank account so we can go sign Laporta and Anderson.

Cory Lidle has given up 8 baserunners through 2 and 2/3 vs. the O's as the Yankees are down 3-0.

But still...

"I can't believe the Sawx didn't get Corey Lidle!!!!!!111111111 Our season is lawssssssttttt!!!!!!!"

Why go there when you have us to talk to?

BTW, I'm calling another Crisp hit or two today just so maybe we can start putting an end to the "Crisp can't hit better than .200 against righties!"

Cory "Mr. I didn't win in Philly because I couldn't get run support" Lidle walked in a run to give the O's a 3-0 lead over the Yanks. That's funny!

We need to score here. We've wasted far too many situations like this this year.

I'll take it, but that was another lackluster offensive performance with RISP.

Verlander is really struggling with his command, we should be able to do some damage.

maybe things are beginning to "bounce" our way.

God, are we afraid of winning? Could we possibly take advantage of a struggling pitcher? Other teams do it to us all the time.

To us.

Sweet, Papi was due.

Papi comes through.

BTW, whoever made fun of the Lidle non-move, he has just thrown another QS, 6IP 3ER. Yeah, the sox didnt need him. Theo

It would be great if the PA system played "Ice Cream Man" by Van Halen when Lidle walks out to the mound on Monday at Fenway (see Arthur Rhodes comments about how Lidle sat in the clubhouseduring gameshe did not pitch and ate ice cream while surfing the net).

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dl.../608020337/1002

Unbelievable.

and the yankees are rallying, 3-2 O's with 2 on and 1 out for the yankees. Solid news for the sox [/sarcasm]

damn everything was going right us tonight, Yankees and White Sox are losing and all of a sudden Wells decides to take a page out of Beckett's book

I know there is over a month left in the season. However if they lose tonight, I feel like they might as well start shining up the golf clubs.

They really need to sac up and pull this one out.

Another fine example of Mike Timlin's pitchers throwing well

Thing is, he is giving the yankees exactly what they need while losers like Johnson keep giving the sox huge deficits.

You're quite the negative nancy...welcome to the board. Do you know balla45?

We'll get Zumaya in the 7th and 8th so we need to do something now

Beckett should throw a changeup like Verlander's, which is around 84 mph.

Coco comes through, but why send Cora there?

Lousy call. Biggest hit of Coco's Sox career thus far.

the sox are lucky that Leyland essentially gave them the game here. Verlander had no right being in that game. The sox will take it though, eh? By the way, Cora was safe.

what happened with cora at the plate

Still, better than a sharp stick in the eye. We've got the lead, now it's a battle of the bullpens and Papelbon is available. Not a bad place to be...

Froemming's been screwing us all night.

Happy 5,000th game you ass. We could have used the insurance run.

OK bullpen, get it DONE!

the fact that wells is still in this game is a testament to how horrible the pen is.

Please tell me someone is warm and ready to come in immediately in case Wells puts someone on???

he looked pretty good against Pudge, but a short leash is necessary, they've got Hansen out there warming up just in case

good job javy, you could have very easily dropped that

I'll be damned...Tito makes a move mid-inning, proactively. This is a rarity!

time for paps?

Why? Timlin says he and everyone else in the pen have been throwing well. Seriously, Hansen has displayed that once he sits down, he isnot as effective coming back out....Now a leadoff single....Tito needs to have a very short leash here...

STOP.

TAKING.

WMP.

OUT.

he has also been smoking pole for crack if he thinks that.

nothing like watching the pen take some kerosene and a blowtorch to the bridge. You gotta be kidding me.

LaTroy Hawkins (cleared waivers) pitches out of jam in the Toilet.