Game time: 1:15 pm
Scheduled starters: Josh Beckett (6-4, 4.22) v. Homer Bailey (0-2, 6.30)
The game will be on NESN and on TBS
Cincinnati weather: 10 am observation at KLUK: Wind calm, visibility 10 miles, sky clear, temperature 75F, DP 64F
Forecast: Summertime! High pressure is in control, and it will be a sunny and warm day. Maybe a bit humid... There's a cold front approaching from the northwest, but the Sox will be on the 'plane to Philly before anything gets to Cincinnati.
Full Version: BOSTON at Cincinnati, Sunday, June 15, 2008
QUOTE(RedSoxAnni @ Jun 15 2008, 07:20 AM) 
Game time: 1:15 pm
Scheduled starters: Josh Beckett (6-4, 4.22) v. Homer Bailey (0-2, 6.30)
The game will be on NESN and on TBS
Cincinnati weather: 10 am observation at KLUK: Wind calm, visibility 10 miles, sky clear, temperature 75F, DP 64F
Forecast: Summertime! High pressure is in control, and it will be a sunny and warm day. Maybe a bit humid... There's a cold front approaching from the northwest, but the Sox will be on the 'plane to Philly before anything gets to Cincinnati.
Scheduled starters: Josh Beckett (6-4, 4.22) v. Homer Bailey (0-2, 6.30)
The game will be on NESN and on TBS
Cincinnati weather: 10 am observation at KLUK: Wind calm, visibility 10 miles, sky clear, temperature 75F, DP 64F
Forecast: Summertime! High pressure is in control, and it will be a sunny and warm day. Maybe a bit humid... There's a cold front approaching from the northwest, but the Sox will be on the 'plane to Philly before anything gets to Cincinnati.
TBS, yes, catch a few innings before going over the hill to the coast for the day.
Beckett shall supply his own mojo for today's game.
Let's get to Homer early.
Let's get to Homer early.
I like what I'm seeing so far. Ellsbury is just awesome as usual, and Pedroia made Bailey throw a lot of pitches...hopefully Drew and Lowell can keep the mojo going.
That double play sucked, but at least Lowell made him use a bunch of pitches
D'oh-mer Bailey had to throw a bit and suffered from bad control in the first, so I think we're in decent shape for the rest of the game. I just hope Beckett can give us an ace outing.
That double play sucked, but at least Lowell made him use a bunch of pitches
D'oh-mer Bailey had to throw a bit and suffered from bad control in the first, so I think we're in decent shape for the rest of the game. I just hope Beckett can give us an ace outing.
Lugo as usual making the stupid, stupid play to extend the inning. Oh, it's only Adam Dunn now with 2 on. The Red Sox have to get Lugo out of the starting lineup. What a horrible player. This could be the game.
Beckett gets out of it. Ball three tailed back in to catch the inside corner too, maybe. Not bad striking out Dunn twice. Maybe the real strike three was a makeup call by the ump. Seriously though, Beckett had to throw about 10 extra pitches because of Lugo's gaff. I usually have a ton of patience with Red Sox players, always have, being a big homer. But Lugo has to go.
Beckett gets out of it. Ball three tailed back in to catch the inside corner too, maybe. Not bad striking out Dunn twice. Maybe the real strike three was a makeup call by the ump. Seriously though, Beckett had to throw about 10 extra pitches because of Lugo's gaff. I usually have a ton of patience with Red Sox players, always have, being a big homer. But Lugo has to go.
QUOTE(Malzone64 @ Jun 15 2008, 01:29 PM)
Lugo as usual making the stupid, stupid play to extend the inning. Oh, it's only Adam Dunn now with 2 on. The Red Sox have to get Lugo out of the starting lineup. What a horrible player. This could be the game.
It's really amazing how Lugo always does the little things that could have disasterous consequences. Thankfully Beckett got out of it with the clutch 3-2 pitch after getting squeezed on 2-2. That's what a real ace should do.
Lugo manages to make the bad play every time...I've resigned myself to the idea that they're stuck with him and will never make him the backup, but I'm starting to believe that the defensive upgrade(and I mean in terms of making the right play instead of the stupid one, not range factor metrics and whatnot) to Cora seriously outweighs the offensive downgrade.
This is not the Coco I know.
Did Coco Crisp just hit a bomb 20 rows deep? Coco ****ing Crisp?Does it concern anyone else that Beckett just made harder contact with the ball than Lugo did?
A lot of pitches for Beckett.
Homer's not fooling anyone.
Homer's not fooling anyone.
Kids in bed, just tuning in. What? Coco went deep again??? Guess he likes NL ball. Theo: see if the Reds will trade Dunn for Coco straight up. Or throw in Lugo for Phillips, too.
So that's what a nice play by a shortstop looks like. Imagine that!
Just when I think Pedroia isn't that slow, he again proves he is. Oh well, he has the good D.
I'm very impressed by Paul Bako's hustle to save a base, even in a 9-0 game.
I think we can be satisfied with Mr. Beckett's performance thus far this evening.
Anyone watching MLB.TV ever notice how it seems A-Rod has trouble spelling "MLB.TV" on the "keep watching" ad?
Nice ovation from the Cinci fans for Casey.
Good outing by Beckett! I wonder if the TBS gun was accurate though as it had him mostly in the 93 range instead of his usual 95.
The offense looked great against bad pitching. Good win heading into Philly!
The offense looked great against bad pitching. Good win heading into Philly!
It ain't over yet, as Aardvark comes in and walks the first batter he faces. Better get Paps up!
OK, it's over now. Timlin with a clean inning - go figure.
The water, it is dirty!
The water, it is dirty!
CODE
Boston ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Ellsbury, Jacoby lf 5 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .289
Pedroia, Dustin 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .262
Drew, J.D. rf 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 .321
Moss, Brandon rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
Lowell, Mike 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .274
Casey, Sean ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .367
Youkilis, Kevin 1b-3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .305
Varitek, Jason c 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .254
Cash, Kevin c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236
Crisp, Coco cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 3 .256
Lugo, Julio ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Beckett, Josh p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Aardsma, David p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Timlin, Mike p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 9 11 0 0 4 9 5 7
Cincinnati ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Bruce, Jay cf-rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .342
Cabrera, Jolbert ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500
Griffey, Ken rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
Patterson, Corey cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .193
Phillips, Brandon 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .265
Burton, Jared p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dunn, Adam lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .229
Encarnacion, Edwin 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .244
Votto, Joey 1b 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .275
Ross, David c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .227
Majewski, Gary p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bray, Bill p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Valentin, Javier ph-c 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
Bailey, Homer p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Affeldt, Jeremy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bako, Paul c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .238
Weathers, David p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Phillips, Andy 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158
Totals 32 0 6 1 0 0 0 3 8
Boston 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 -- 9
Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0
E_J.Lugo, A.Dunn, E.Encarnacion. LOB_Boston 7, Cincinnati 8. 2B_, J.Votto.
HR_C.Crisp (4) off H.Bailey, J.Ellsbury (5) off H.Bailey, J.Drew (11) off
H.Bailey, D.Pedroia (5) off G.Majewski. SF_D.Pedroia. S_J.Beckett.
SB_J.Ellsbury 2 (33). GIDP_M.Lowell, J.Bruce. DP_Boston 1 (D.Pedroia, J.Lugo
and K.Youkilis); Cincinnati 1 (J.Cabrera, B.Phillips and J.Votto).
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Beckett, Josh (W 7-4) 7 6 0 0 2 6 0 98-67 3.87
Aardsma, David 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 17-9 2.87
Timlin, Mike 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9-7 5.57
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Bailey, Homer (L 0-3) 2 1-3 4 5 5 3 0 3 62-38 8.76
Affeldt, Jeremy 2 3 3 3 1 2 0 46-31 4.68
Majewski, Gary 1 2-3 2 1 1 1 1 1 29-17 3.60
Bray, Bill 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 26-19 2.53
Weathers, David 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 16-11 4.26
Burton, Jared 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14-9 2.48
T_3:07. A_39,958.
Ellsbury, Jacoby lf 5 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .289
Pedroia, Dustin 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .262
Drew, J.D. rf 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 .321
Moss, Brandon rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .242
Lowell, Mike 3b 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .274
Casey, Sean ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .367
Youkilis, Kevin 1b-3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .305
Varitek, Jason c 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .254
Cash, Kevin c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .236
Crisp, Coco cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 4 0 3 .256
Lugo, Julio ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Beckett, Josh p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Aardsma, David p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Timlin, Mike p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 9 11 0 0 4 9 5 7
Cincinnati ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Bruce, Jay cf-rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .342
Cabrera, Jolbert ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500
Griffey, Ken rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .245
Patterson, Corey cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .193
Phillips, Brandon 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .265
Burton, Jared p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Dunn, Adam lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .229
Encarnacion, Edwin 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .244
Votto, Joey 1b 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .275
Ross, David c 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .227
Majewski, Gary p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bray, Bill p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Valentin, Javier ph-c 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .235
Bailey, Homer p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Affeldt, Jeremy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bako, Paul c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .238
Weathers, David p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Phillips, Andy 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .158
Totals 32 0 6 1 0 0 0 3 8
Boston 1 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 -- 9
Cincinnati 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 0
E_J.Lugo, A.Dunn, E.Encarnacion. LOB_Boston 7, Cincinnati 8. 2B_, J.Votto.
HR_C.Crisp (4) off H.Bailey, J.Ellsbury (5) off H.Bailey, J.Drew (11) off
H.Bailey, D.Pedroia (5) off G.Majewski. SF_D.Pedroia. S_J.Beckett.
SB_J.Ellsbury 2 (33). GIDP_M.Lowell, J.Bruce. DP_Boston 1 (D.Pedroia, J.Lugo
and K.Youkilis); Cincinnati 1 (J.Cabrera, B.Phillips and J.Votto).
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Beckett, Josh (W 7-4) 7 6 0 0 2 6 0 98-67 3.87
Aardsma, David 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 17-9 2.87
Timlin, Mike 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9-7 5.57
Cincinnati IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Bailey, Homer (L 0-3) 2 1-3 4 5 5 3 0 3 62-38 8.76
Affeldt, Jeremy 2 3 3 3 1 2 0 46-31 4.68
Majewski, Gary 1 2-3 2 1 1 1 1 1 29-17 3.60
Bray, Bill 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 26-19 2.53
Weathers, David 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 16-11 4.26
Burton, Jared 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14-9 2.48
T_3:07. A_39,958.
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