Game time: 1:05 pm PDT, 4:05 pm EDT
Scheduled starters: Jon Lester (3-2, 3.41) v. Joe Blanton (2-6, 3.87)
The game will be on NESN
Oakland weather: 11 am PDT (2 pm EDT) observation at KOAK: wind out of the west at 7 mph, visibility 10 miles, few clouds at 1,500 feet, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet, broken layer at 7,500 feet, temperature 60F, DP 45F
Forecast: That upper level low is now right over the Bay Area and it's starting to spin back to the east. It's going to keep things cool and cloudy. There's a chance for some light drizzle, but probably nothing significant.
Full Version: BOSTON at OAKLAND, Sunday, May 25, 2008
Laser shot by Ortiz. 1-0
Manny also brought his hitting shoes today. Too bad about the nice play on Pedroia's drive.
Wonder how Mr. Lester's let down game will be.
Wonder how Mr. Lester's let down game will be.
Here's the Sox lineup:
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
David Ortiz, DH
Manny Ramirez, LF
Mike Lowell, 3B
Kevin Youkilis, 1B
J.D. Drew, RF
Jason Varitek, C
Julio Lugo, SS
Jon Lester, SP
For some reason I can't get the official lineup in the correct format today...
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
David Ortiz, DH
Manny Ramirez, LF
Mike Lowell, 3B
Kevin Youkilis, 1B
J.D. Drew, RF
Jason Varitek, C
Julio Lugo, SS
Jon Lester, SP
For some reason I can't get the official lineup in the correct format today...
Johnny Vander Meer is safe.
Edit: well, except for being dead.
Edit: well, except for being dead.
Nice DP to erase the error. Lester still looks hung over, though. Short leash, please.
The idiots with the horns and the drums are at the game today. If they were there last night, I would have sought them out and throttled them with my bare hands. 
Manny Ramirez, gold glove candidate, strikes again...
This team is maddeningly different between home and the road. Wasn't that way last year. 16-7 home, 16-8 road on this day.
Manny botches a can of corn into a trippple.
Manny botches a can of corn into a trippple.
Way to give Jon a rest, boys, after a long hard inning...
You know things are bad when Julio Lugo is the reason that inning didn't get a whole lot worse...
I sense a big inning here.
It doesn't hurt that Blanton can't throw strikes this inning. Patience, boys!
Now would be a good time for #499...
Edit: But I'll take a two run single.
Now would be a good time for #499...
Edit: But I'll take a two run single.
QUOTE(SoxAroundTheWorld @ May 25 2008, 05:26 PM) 
Now would be a good time for #499...
No HR, but that'll work!
Foulkie getting Papi on 86 and 87 mph "fastballs". I really hate Oakland...their stadium, the city it's in, their crappy uniforms and team, and the fact that we have so much trouble winning against them.
I think I can even take losing to the Yankees easier, because they spend gazillions of dollars on their team and you can rationalize it.
I think I can even take losing to the Yankees easier, because they spend gazillions of dollars on their team and you can rationalize it.
Why use Timlin in this crap game? Mike has quietly risen in the ranks to probably third most reliable reliever. Again. He does it every year.
CODE
Boston ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Ellsbury, Jacoby cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
Pedroia, Dustin 2b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .291
Ortiz, David dh 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 .247
Ramirez, Manny lf 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .290
Lowell, Mike 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .277
Youkilis, Kevin 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .306
Drew, J.D. rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .282
Varitek, Jason c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .281
Lugo, Julio ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .295
Totals 33 3 7 0 0 1 3 4 10
Oakland ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Hannahan, Jack 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .224
Crosby, Bobby ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .266
Sweeney, Mike 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .307
Barton, Daric 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211
Thomas, Frank dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
Petit, Gregorio pr-dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Brown, Emil rf-lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .249
Cust, Jack lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 .252
Davis, Rajai cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
Ellis, Mark 2b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .239
Sweeney, Ryan cf-rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
Suzuki, Kurt c 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253
Totals 37 6 11 0 0 1 6 2 6
Boston 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -- 3
Oakland 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 X -- 6
E_M.Ramirez, J.Lugo, J.Lester. LOB_Boston 7, Oakland 9. HR_D.Ortiz (11) off
J.Blanton, J.Cust (8) off J.Lopez. GIDP_J.Ellsbury, R.Sweeney. DP_Boston 1
(J. Lester, J. Lugo and K. Youklis); Oakland 1 (M. Ellis, B. Crosby and D.
Barton).
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Lester, Jon (L 3-3) 5 7 4 3 2 3 0 94-57 3.55
Hansen, Craig 1 2-3 2 1 1 0 1 0 22-13 7.20
Lopez, Javier 1-3 1 1 1 0 0 1 3-3 3.38
Timlin, Mike 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 21-16 6.60
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Blanton, Joe (W 3-6) 6 5 3 3 4 7 1 107-62 3.92
Foulke, Keith 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11-8 2.92
Devine, Joey 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12-9 1.23
Embree, Alan 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5-4 4.15
Street, Huston (S 11) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12-7 3.86
Ellsbury, Jacoby cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
Pedroia, Dustin 2b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .291
Ortiz, David dh 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 .247
Ramirez, Manny lf 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .290
Lowell, Mike 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .277
Youkilis, Kevin 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .306
Drew, J.D. rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .282
Varitek, Jason c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .281
Lugo, Julio ss 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .295
Totals 33 3 7 0 0 1 3 4 10
Oakland ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Hannahan, Jack 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .224
Crosby, Bobby ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .266
Sweeney, Mike 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .307
Barton, Daric 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211
Thomas, Frank dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
Petit, Gregorio pr-dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Brown, Emil rf-lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .249
Cust, Jack lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 2 .252
Davis, Rajai cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262
Ellis, Mark 2b 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .239
Sweeney, Ryan cf-rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .293
Suzuki, Kurt c 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .253
Totals 37 6 11 0 0 1 6 2 6
Boston 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -- 3
Oakland 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 X -- 6
E_M.Ramirez, J.Lugo, J.Lester. LOB_Boston 7, Oakland 9. HR_D.Ortiz (11) off
J.Blanton, J.Cust (8) off J.Lopez. GIDP_J.Ellsbury, R.Sweeney. DP_Boston 1
(J. Lester, J. Lugo and K. Youklis); Oakland 1 (M. Ellis, B. Crosby and D.
Barton).
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Lester, Jon (L 3-3) 5 7 4 3 2 3 0 94-57 3.55
Hansen, Craig 1 2-3 2 1 1 0 1 0 22-13 7.20
Lopez, Javier 1-3 1 1 1 0 0 1 3-3 3.38
Timlin, Mike 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 21-16 6.60
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Blanton, Joe (W 3-6) 6 5 3 3 4 7 1 107-62 3.92
Foulke, Keith 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11-8 2.92
Devine, Joey 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 12-9 1.23
Embree, Alan 1-3 0 0 0 0 1 0 5-4 4.15
Street, Huston (S 11) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 12-7 3.86
T_2:39. A_33,067.
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