Royal Rooters > Tampa Bay at BOSTON, Wednesday, September 27, 2006

RedSoxAnni

Sep 27 2006, 02:12 PM

Game time: 7 pm

Scheduled starters: Tim Corcoran (4-9, 4.73) v. Josh Beckett (16-10, 4.82)

Boston weather: 3 pm observation at BOS: Wind out of the southeast at 12 mph, visibility greater than 10 miles, broken clouds at 8,000 feet, temperature67F, DP 50F

Forecast: Clear and cool, with a south to southeast wind at less than 10 mph. It will be in the upper 50's/low 60's at game time.

The wind will be blowing in from right to across from right to left.

SoxAroundTheWorld

Sep 27 2006, 03:01 PM

Well I, for one, am still looking for brightsides. Beckett will make his 33rd start tongith. Assuming he lasts two innings, he will have pitched 200 innings for the year. These are things we would have been very happy about back in March. Josh has also already set a personal high for wins in a season. This is a good thing.

He also has a shot to keep his ERA under 5.00. This is more of a pyrrhic victory, as we all would have been quite depressed by that number back in March. And let's not talk about home runs allowed. Setting a career high in walks allowed is also not great, and unless he strikes out 17 tonight, he won't match last year's total there. Yes, Josh has been a disappointment.

So, let's go out on a high note, shall we? Give us fans something nice to mull over through the cold winter. Your competition tonight is not stiff, either at the plate or on the mound. Get it done.

Papi: 62 is not out of the question, but to get there you'll need to start hitting more than one per game. Tonight is a good time to start.

Let's win, boys. Just for the heck of it.

RedSoxAnni

Sep 27 2006, 05:01 PM

CODE

Tampa Bay                               Boston
---------                               ------

Pos  Player               HR  RBI  AVG. Pos  Player              HR  RBI  AVG.
---  ------               --  ---  ---- ---  ------              --  ---  ----
  CF  Baldelli, Rocco      14   53  .303  CF  Murphy, David        1    2  .200
  RF  Young, Delmon         3   10  .321  2B  Loretta, Mark        4   58  .287
  LF  Crawford, Carl       18   76  .303  DH  Ortiz, David        54  137  .287
  DH  Norton, Greg         14   38  .289  LF  Pena, Wily Mo       11   41  .305
  1B  Wigginton, Ty        24   74  .274  RF  Nixon, Trot          8   51  .272
  2B  Cantu, Jorge         14   61  .254   C  Varitek, Jason      12   55  .242
  3B  Upton, BJ             1   10  .241  1B  Hinske, Eric         0    4  .269
   C  Riggans, Shawn        0    0  .188  SS  Pedroia, Dustin      2    6  .190
  SS  Perez, Tomas          2   16  .210  3B  Cora, Alex           1   18  .247
   P  Corcoran, Tim (4-9, 4.73)            P  Beckett, Josh (16-10, 4.82)

09/27 17:34:52 ET

RedSoxAnni

Sep 27 2006, 06:27 PM

Looks like Beckett can give up homeruns with the wind blowing IN! He may have a chance at getting his ERA over 5.00 tonight if he keeps this up!

MrNewEngland

Sep 27 2006, 06:57 PM

Ortiz was headed towards first without even seeing that fourth pitch.

Ralpho316

Sep 27 2006, 07:05 PM

Hmmmm that kid Natale lives in Hamden, I wonder if I ever saw him

Bergs

Sep 27 2006, 07:34 PM

Holy shit Remy is cracking me up.

SFFM38

Sep 27 2006, 08:11 PM

This is completely HUMILIATING!

Santoshalper

Sep 27 2006, 08:18 PM

I just woke up (in bed with the flu), and I am seeing that Beckett has 8 unearned runs. WTF happened?

RedSoxAnni

Sep 27 2006, 08:26 PM

QUOTE(Santoshalper @ Sep 27 2006, 09:15 PM) [snapback]592572[/snapback]

I just woke up (in bed with the flu), and I am seeing that Beckett has 8 unearned runs. WTF happened?

Sorry, but the runs are all earned! The hits just kept on coming.

Beckett will end the season with an ERA over 5.00.

Santoshalper

Sep 27 2006, 08:41 PM

Aye, my mistake. Thanks for correcting that, and providing the info. I'm going back to sleep; this is just TOO ugly to continue watching.

RedSoxAnni

Sep 27 2006, 09:35 PM

CODE

Tampa Bay                          ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
Baldelli, Rocco cf                   5  2  2   0   0   1    3  0  3  .305
Young, Delmon rf                     5  1  1   0   0   0    0  0  2  .316
Crawford, Carl lf                    4  2  2   0   1   0    1  0  1  .304
  Hollins, Damon lf                   1  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .225
Norton, Greg dh                      3  3  2   1   0   1    3  1  0  .293
Wigginton, Ty 1b                     4  1  2   2   0   0    3  0  0  .276
Cantu, Jorge 2b                      4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  2  .252
Upton, BJ 3b                         4  0  2   1   0   0    0  0  1  .247
Riggans, Shawn c                     4  1  0   0   0   0    1  0  0  .150
Perez, Tomas ss                      4  1  1   0   0   0    0  0  0  .211
  Totals                             38 11 12   4   1   2   11  1 10

  Boston                             ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
Murphy, David cf                     2  0  1   0   0   0    0  2  1  .227
Loretta, Mark 2b                     4  0  1   1   0   0    0  0  0  .286
Ortiz, David dh                      1  0  0   0   0   0    0  3  0  .286
Pena, Wily Mo lf                     4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  2  .300
Nixon, Trot rf                       4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .270
Varitek, Jason c                     3  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  3  .240
  Huckaby, Ken c                      1  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .200
Hinske, Eric 1b                      4  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  1  .269
Pedroia, Dustin ss                   4  0  2   1   0   0    0  0  0  .205
Cora, Alex 3b                        4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .242
  Totals                             31  0  5   2   0   0    0  5  9

  Tampa Bay         2 0 0  0 0 0  9 0 0  -- 11
  Boston            0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  --  0

     LOB_Tampa Bay 1, Boston 9. 2B_G.Norton, T.Wigginton 2, B.Upton, M.Loretta,
D.Pedroia. 3B_C.Crawford. HR_R.Baldelli (15) off J.Beckett, G.Norton (15) off
J.Beckett. GIDP_M.Loretta. DP_Tampa Bay (T.Perez and T.Wigginton); Boston
(A.Cora and M.Loretta).

  Tampa Bay                   IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
Corcoran, Tim (W 5-9)       6 2-3    4  0  0  5  7   0 100-59  4.38
Miceli, Dan                 1 1-3    0  0  0  0  1   0   19-9  3.77
Salas, Juan                   1      1  0  0  0  1   0  16-10  5.40

  Boston                      IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
Beckett, Josh (L 16-11)     6 2-3    8  8  8  1  8   2  92-65  5.01
Corey, Bryan                   0     4  3  3  0  0   0  19-12  3.79
Hansen, Craig                1-3     0  0  0  0  0   0    3-1  6.63
Delcarmen, Manny              1      0  0  0  0  0   0    7-5  4.89
Lopez, Javier                 1      0  0  0  0  2   0   11-8  2.93

B.Corey pitched to four batters in the 7th.

BK_T.Corcoran.
T_2:45. A_36,028.

Redcell

Sep 27 2006, 10:09 PM

Flipped on the game tonight (WEEI) just as the eighth run scored in the 7th. Flipped it right off. I flipped the Sox off, too. Can we at least get a freakin' effort?

RedSoxAnni

Sep 27 2006, 10:27 PM

And Beckett ends the season with an ERA of 5.01. There's no way I expected that back in April. Meanwhile, Anibal Sanchez is 9-3 with an ERA of 2.80.

Leephus Pitch

Sep 27 2006, 11:14 PM

I was at the game tonight, and I can tell you all that it was the ugliest atmosphere I've ever experienced in that park. EVER.
This season can't end soon enough for me.

Sox Sweep Again

Sep 27 2006, 11:20 PM

QUOTE(RedSoxAnni @ Sep 27 2006, 11:24 PM) [snapback]592615[/snapback]

And Beckett ends the season with an ERA of 5.01. There's no way I expected that back in April. Meanwhile, Anibal Sanchez is 9-3 with an ERA of 2.80.

Wow, MLB marketing moves FAST!

IPB Image

Hand-in-hand with Levi Strauss.

Besides, Sanchez's ERA would be like, tripled in the AL. And my postman could throw a National League no-hitter. No big whoop.

GreenBud

Sep 27 2006, 11:47 PM

QUOTE(RedSoxAnni @ Sep 27 2006, 08:24 PM) [snapback]592615[/snapback]

And Beckett ends the season with an ERA of 5.01. There's no way I expected that back in April. Meanwhile, Anibal Sanchez is 9-3 with an ERA of 2.80.

Make that 10-3 and 2.83.

Love of Sox

Sep 28 2006, 02:24 AM

QUOTE(Sox Sweep Again @ Sep 27 2006, 09:17 PM) [snapback]592626[/snapback]

Wow, MLB marketing moves FAST!

snip

Hand-in-hand with Levi Strauss.

Besides, Sanchez's ERA would be like, tripled in the AL. And my postman could throw a National League no-hitter. No big whoop.

Keep telling yourself that. Boy, what ends some of our fans will go to justify trades after the fact!

Sox Sweep Again

Sep 28 2006, 08:10 AM

QUOTE(Love of Sox @ Sep 28 2006, 03:21 AM) [snapback]592650[/snapback]

Keep telling yourself that. Boy, what ends some of our fans will go to justify trades after the fact!

Either you didn't know I was being facetious, or I don't know if you're kidding.

Red Sox Fan2

Sep 28 2006, 12:12 PM

Well, at least there were a few ups in last nights game.

Pedrioa got 2 hits
Murphy got a hit with 2 walks
Ortiz got 3 walks (increasing his OBP and with it his chance of MVP)

And again Hansen and Delcarmen didn't give up a run.

Love of Sox

Sep 28 2006, 12:20 PM

QUOTE(Red Sox Fan2 @ Sep 28 2006, 10:09 AM) [snapback]592798[/snapback]

Well, at least there were a few ups in last nights game.

Pedrioa got 2 hits
Murphy got a hit with 2 walks
Ortiz got 3 walks (increasing his OBP and with it his chance of MVP)

And again Hansen and Delcarmen didn't give up a run.

Yeah, I'm sure the few ticks up in the OBP will make the difference for the MVP voters. The way this season is ending is disgusting, don't these guys have any dignity left?

Red Sox Fan2

Sep 28 2006, 12:26 PM

QUOTE(Love of Sox @ Sep 28 2006, 01:17 PM) [snapback]592805[/snapback]

Yeah, I'm sure the few ticks up in the OBP will make the difference for the MVP voters. The way this season is ending is disgusting, don't these guys have any dignity left?

Well he does have a commanding lead in walks. He has 114 now compared to Jeter's 60.

I doubt 1 HR would have made the difference as well. It just makes his numbers look a little prettier.