Game time: 1:05 pm
Scheduled starters: Randy Wolf v. Josh Beckett
The game will be on WRKO and on Gameday Audio
Ft. Myers Weather:
10 am observation at FMY: Wind out of the north at 14 mph, visibility 10, sky clear, temperature 58F, DP 31F
Forecast: High pressure dominates South Florida. It will be cool and dry, with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. There will be a gusty north/northeast wind in the afternoon.
Jon Lester will pitch one inning in the "B" squad game this morning against the Twins.
Full Version: LA Dodgers at BOSTON, Monday, March 5, 2007
Here's the Sox lineup for today. The Dodgers' lineup has not been posted anywhere:
Coco Crisp, cf
Dustin Pedroia, 2b
David Ortiz, DH
Manny Ramirez, lf
J.D. Drew, rf
Mike Lowell, 3b
Eric Hinske, 1b
Doug Mirabelli, c
Alex Cora, ss
Josh Beckett, p
Coco Crisp, cf
Dustin Pedroia, 2b
David Ortiz, DH
Manny Ramirez, lf
J.D. Drew, rf
Mike Lowell, 3b
Eric Hinske, 1b
Doug Mirabelli, c
Alex Cora, ss
Josh Beckett, p
Nick Cafardo has an update on Lester's outing this morning.
Cafardo's boston.com report
Lefty Jon Lester saw his first exhibition action of the spring this morning against the Twins at Hammond Stadium, throwing eight pitches in a 1-2-3 first inning.
Lester, who had been slated to throw just one inning, retired each of the three batters he faced on ground balls. Three of Lester’s pitches hit 89 miles per hour and one hit 90 on the radar guns of the 18 or so scouts that were on hand to watch him and Twins starter Sidney Ponson.
This was the lineup for the B game:
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Kerry Robinson, LF
George Kottaras, C
Jeff Bailey, 1B
Alex Ochoa, RF
Joe McEwing, SS
Bobby Scales, 2B
Chad Spann, 3B
Kevin Cash, DH
Cafardo's boston.com report
Lefty Jon Lester saw his first exhibition action of the spring this morning against the Twins at Hammond Stadium, throwing eight pitches in a 1-2-3 first inning.
Lester, who had been slated to throw just one inning, retired each of the three batters he faced on ground balls. Three of Lester’s pitches hit 89 miles per hour and one hit 90 on the radar guns of the 18 or so scouts that were on hand to watch him and Twins starter Sidney Ponson.
This was the lineup for the B game:
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Kerry Robinson, LF
George Kottaras, C
Jeff Bailey, 1B
Alex Ochoa, RF
Joe McEwing, SS
Bobby Scales, 2B
Chad Spann, 3B
Kevin Cash, DH
I understand the whole "take it slow" situation completely......but 8 pitches? Maybe they didn't want to let him sit between innings and have to cool down then come back out?
QUOTE(buffs4444 @ Mar 5 2007, 12:13 PM) [snapback]651337[/snapback]
I understand the whole "take it slow" situation completely......but 8 pitches? Maybe they didn't want to let him sit between innings and have to cool down then come back out?
Maybe they had the pitching line up scripted in advance and didn't want to change it.. One inning lester, 2 innings someone else, two innings for a 3rd guy, etc., etc.
A lot of guys got to get their work in.
Any update? I get no audio at work ...
Scoreless going into the bottom of the 4th. I haven't had a chance to listen, so I don't know any details.
Gameday is here for those of you at work like me:
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/y2006/gd.ht...1&brand=mlb
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/y2006/gd.ht...1&brand=mlb
Beckett pitched three scoreless innings. He gave up 2 hits, including a double in the first, and struck out two. No walks.
Okajima pitched the fourth; one single, one K.
No score in the bottom of the fourth.
Okajima pitched the fourth; one single, one K.
No score in the bottom of the fourth.
The "B" game apparently ended in a 0-0 tie after the Twins ran out of pitchers. Good old B games.
Our "killer" lineup looks more like "roadkill" so far this spring. Maybe we should revisit that Helton trade...
Tavarez struggling again.
You know, some guys just need to play a certain role. I think maybe Tavarez needs to start games..
Dealing him to a team like the Nats for a decent reliever would be plus plus because they start him for 3.75 mil and we get a good reliever which is most of what we'd use Julian for.
You know, some guys just need to play a certain role. I think maybe Tavarez needs to start games..
Dealing him to a team like the Nats for a decent reliever would be plus plus because they start him for 3.75 mil and we get a good reliever which is most of what we'd use Julian for.
QUOTE(bigbilly @ Mar 5 2007, 02:45 PM) [snapback]651433[/snapback]
Our "killer" lineup looks more like "roadkill" so far this spring. Maybe we should revisit that Helton trade...
Oh, you're just saying that because they only have one hit (DP double off Billingsley, later stranded at third) in 5 innings, with 14 LOB.
EDIT: Gameday recants Scales' second error. 2-0 LADs. Tavarez has loaded the bases with his signature "when in trouble, HBP" move.
QUOTE(bigbilly @ Mar 5 2007, 07:45 PM) [snapback]651433[/snapback]
Our "killer" lineup looks more like "roadkill" so far this spring. Maybe we should revisit that Helton trade...
Dont we always suck in Spring Training? I remember last year - the first time i paid attention to ST - I thought we were awful but by the time the regular season kicked off we were pretty good.
Or.....it could be that we're less than a week into games and we're still shaking the rust off? Just a thought..... 
To declare any player's status or role this early in ST is absurd. Pre-season statistics are virtually meaningless.
If I recall correctly, Foulke had a terrible spring in '04. Oh, and Mike Lowell's bat looked "slow" last spring.
Please, stop the madness.
If I recall correctly, Foulke had a terrible spring in '04. Oh, and Mike Lowell's bat looked "slow" last spring.
Please, stop the madness.
You mean, there's a reason they put the "training" part in the term "spring training"? Veterans working on a certain pitch, maybe a new pitch, over and over? Rookies trying to impress the coaching staff? Who'd a thunk... 
QUOTE(gerky @ Mar 5 2007, 03:22 PM) [snapback]651489[/snapback]
To declare any player's status or role this early in ST is absurd. Pre-season statistics are virtually meaningless.
If I recall correctly, Foulke had a terrible spring in '04. Oh, and Mike Lowell's bat looked "slow" last spring.
Please, stop the madness.
And wasn't Crisp lighting it up last year, in ST? I know he got injured but still, bad predictor for the regular season.
CODE
Los Angeles ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi avg.
Abreu, Tony 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250
Stinnett, Kelly ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Hu, Ching-Lung ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Pierre, Juan cf 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 .444
Repko, Jason cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
Garciaparra, Nomar 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Loney, James 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Saenz, Olmedo dh 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .600
Tatis, Fernando pr-dh 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bigbie, Larry lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500
Kemp, Matt lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Martin, Russell c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Martinez, Sandy c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Betemit, Wilson 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
LaRoche, Andy 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
Freeman, Choo rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .375
Young, Delwyn ph-rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222
Valdez, Wilson ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Jackson, Damian ph-2b-ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Totals 35 2 8 2 0 0 1
Boston ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi avg.
Crisp, Coco cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091
Bailey, Jeff lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Pedroia, Dustin 2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .231
Scales, Bobby 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Ortiz, David dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Ellsbury, Jacoby ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Ramirez, Manny lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Castillo, Alberto c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Drew, JD rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Moss, Brandon rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200
Lowell, Mike 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Prieto, Alex 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667
Hinske, Eric 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Jimenez, Luis 1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 .375
Mirabelli, Doug c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Murphy, David lf-cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Cora, Alex ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286
Rogers, Ed pr-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Totals 32 1 5 2 0 0 1
Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -- 2
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -- 1
E_T.Abreu, N.Garciaparra, B.Scales. LOB_Los Angeles 9, Boston 9. 2B_T.Abreu,
O.Saenz, D.Pedroia, L.Jimenez. SB_J.Pierre (1), L.Bigbie (1). CS_D.Jackson.
DP_Boston 1 (Castillo and Prieto).
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Wolf, Randy 2 0 0 0 2 3 2.25
Billingsley, Chad (W 1-1) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0.00
White, Matt 2 0 0 0 1 2 0.00
Seanez, Rudy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Beimel, Joe 1 3 1 1 0 1 4.50
Smith, Travis (S 1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
Boston IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Beckett, Josh 3 3 0 0 0 2 0.00
Okajima, Hideki 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00
Donnelly, Brendan (L 0-1) 1 2 1 1 0 2 3.00
Tavarez, Julian 2 1 1 0 1 2 6.75
Corey, Bryan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Martinez, Edgar 1 1 0 0 1 2 0.00
HBP_by C.Billingsley (M.Ramirez), by J.Tavarez (D.Jackson).
WP_R.Wolf, C.Billingsley.
T_3:02. A_8249.
Umpires_Home, Marvin Hudson; First, Randy Marsh;
Second, Brian O'Nora; Third, Fieldin Culbreth.
Abreu, Tony 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 .250
Stinnett, Kelly ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Hu, Ching-Lung ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Pierre, Juan cf 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 .444
Repko, Jason cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400
Garciaparra, Nomar 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Loney, James 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Saenz, Olmedo dh 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 .600
Tatis, Fernando pr-dh 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bigbie, Larry lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500
Kemp, Matt lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Martin, Russell c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Martinez, Sandy c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Betemit, Wilson 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
LaRoche, Andy 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
Freeman, Choo rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .375
Young, Delwyn ph-rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .222
Valdez, Wilson ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Jackson, Damian ph-2b-ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Totals 35 2 8 2 0 0 1
Boston ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi avg.
Crisp, Coco cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .091
Bailey, Jeff lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Pedroia, Dustin 2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 .231
Scales, Bobby 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Ortiz, David dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Ellsbury, Jacoby ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Ramirez, Manny lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Castillo, Alberto c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Drew, JD rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Moss, Brandon rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200
Lowell, Mike 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Prieto, Alex 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667
Hinske, Eric 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Jimenez, Luis 1b 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 .375
Mirabelli, Doug c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Murphy, David lf-cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
Cora, Alex ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286
Rogers, Ed pr-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111
Totals 32 1 5 2 0 0 1
Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -- 2
Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -- 1
E_T.Abreu, N.Garciaparra, B.Scales. LOB_Los Angeles 9, Boston 9. 2B_T.Abreu,
O.Saenz, D.Pedroia, L.Jimenez. SB_J.Pierre (1), L.Bigbie (1). CS_D.Jackson.
DP_Boston 1 (Castillo and Prieto).
Los Angeles IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Wolf, Randy 2 0 0 0 2 3 2.25
Billingsley, Chad (W 1-1) 2 1 0 0 1 1 0.00
White, Matt 2 0 0 0 1 2 0.00
Seanez, Rudy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Beimel, Joe 1 3 1 1 0 1 4.50
Smith, Travis (S 1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
Boston IP H R ER BB SO ERA
Beckett, Josh 3 3 0 0 0 2 0.00
Okajima, Hideki 1 1 0 0 0 1 0.00
Donnelly, Brendan (L 0-1) 1 2 1 1 0 2 3.00
Tavarez, Julian 2 1 1 0 1 2 6.75
Corey, Bryan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Martinez, Edgar 1 1 0 0 1 2 0.00
HBP_by C.Billingsley (M.Ramirez), by J.Tavarez (D.Jackson).
WP_R.Wolf, C.Billingsley.
T_3:02. A_8249.
Umpires_Home, Marvin Hudson; First, Randy Marsh;
Second, Brian O'Nora; Third, Fieldin Culbreth.
03/05 16:56:14 ET
Well...Murphy is off to a good start
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