Game time: 2:05 pm EDT (1:05 pm CDT)
Scheduled starters: Josh Beckett (7-5, 3.73) v. Brian Moehler (4-3, 4.03)
The game will be on NESN
Houston weather: 11 am CDT (noon EDT) observation at KHOU: Wind out of the south at 5 mph, visibility 9 miles, scattered clouds at 2,500 feet, broken layer at 25,000 feet, temperature 87F, DP 76F
Forecast: There's a chance of thunderstorms and the temperature could get into the mid-90s, with the DP near 80F! I suspect they'll close the roof.
Full Version: BOSTON at Houston, Sunday, June 29, 2008
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Boston Houston
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Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
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CF Ellsbury, Jacoby 5 24 .272 CF Bourn, Michael 4 15 .235
2B Pedroia, Dustin 7 36 .302 RF Pence, Hunter 10 40 .266
RF Drew, J.D. 15 48 .309 1B Berkman, Lance 21 66 .366
LF Ramirez, Manny 15 51 .286 LF Lee, Carlos 18 62 .279
3B Lowell, Mike 12 46 .297 SS Tejada, Miguel 10 43 .288
1B Youkilis, Kevin 13 50 .314 2B Blum, Geoff 4 16 .223
C Varitek, Jason 7 25 .228 3B Wigginton, Ty 5 13 .277
SS Lugo, Julio 1 18 .270 C Quintero, Humberto 0 1 .243
P Beckett, Josh (7-5, 3.73) P Moehler, Brian (4-3, 4.03)
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Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
CF Ellsbury, Jacoby 5 24 .272 CF Bourn, Michael 4 15 .235
2B Pedroia, Dustin 7 36 .302 RF Pence, Hunter 10 40 .266
RF Drew, J.D. 15 48 .309 1B Berkman, Lance 21 66 .366
LF Ramirez, Manny 15 51 .286 LF Lee, Carlos 18 62 .279
3B Lowell, Mike 12 46 .297 SS Tejada, Miguel 10 43 .288
1B Youkilis, Kevin 13 50 .314 2B Blum, Geoff 4 16 .223
C Varitek, Jason 7 25 .228 3B Wigginton, Ty 5 13 .277
SS Lugo, Julio 1 18 .270 C Quintero, Humberto 0 1 .243
P Beckett, Josh (7-5, 3.73) P Moehler, Brian (4-3, 4.03)
06/29 13:31:15 ET
I would like to place an order for double from Youkilis at this point.
Just joining - darn summer vacation lets the kids stay up too late. I see the Sox have already squandered a bases loaded opportunity. I'll take the silver lining and say they'll get to Mr. Möhler. Go get 'em, Josh: Nice performance for the home town crowd, please!
Not a bad AB for Beckett, even if it resulted in a K.
Here I am thinking Beckett looks real good on the hill when Blum goes deep. Runs, please!
Here I am thinking Beckett looks real good on the hill when Blum goes deep. Runs, please!
"Extended Funk" would be a good name for a band featuring Varitek.
Geesh...Beckett's not getting hits but he's hitting the ball harder than Tek.
The Mets v Yanks game on TBS is a nice option during commercials breaks.
Just a comment: I ran out for beers a few innings back & caught a 1/2 inning on the radio.
The announcers were talking about Clemens and commented how they were surprised how unpopular he was right now in Houston. They thought he would have gotten the treatment that Bonds gets in San Fran but instead he's getting left out of media & charity events in the Texas region & it was their observation that TX fans weren't in support of him.
The Carlos Lee fan club cracks me up w/ their straw cowboys hats & 'stick horses' (if that's what they're called). Looks like they create a fun atmosphere.....the same for the Berkman fans with their puma suits....I don't get it but they seem fun.
The Mets v Yanks game on TBS is a nice option during commercials breaks.
Just a comment: I ran out for beers a few innings back & caught a 1/2 inning on the radio.
The announcers were talking about Clemens and commented how they were surprised how unpopular he was right now in Houston. They thought he would have gotten the treatment that Bonds gets in San Fran but instead he's getting left out of media & charity events in the Texas region & it was their observation that TX fans weren't in support of him.
The Carlos Lee fan club cracks me up w/ their straw cowboys hats & 'stick horses' (if that's what they're called). Looks like they create a fun atmosphere.....the same for the Berkman fans with their puma suits....I don't get it but they seem fun.
2 on, 2 out...and a 95 MPH pitch for the K - Wigginton just looked over matched in that at bat
QUOTE(VoteRiceIn @ Jun 29 2008, 09:30 PM) 
Geesh...Beckett's not getting hits but he's hitting the ball harder than Tek.
The Mets v Yanks game on TBS is a nice option during commercials breaks.
Just a comment: I ran out for beers a few innings back & caught a 1/2 inning on the radio.
The announcers were talking about Clemens and commented how they were surprised how unpopular he was right now in Houston. They thought he would have gotten the treatment that Bonds gets in San Fran but instead he's getting left out of media & charity events in the Texas region & it was there observation that TX fans weren't in support of him.
The Carlos Lee fan club cracks me up w/ their straw cowboys hats & 'stick horses' (if that's what they're called). Looks like they create a fun atmosphere.....the same for the Berkman fans with their puma suits....I don't get it but they seem fun.
The Mets v Yanks game on TBS is a nice option during commercials breaks.
Just a comment: I ran out for beers a few innings back & caught a 1/2 inning on the radio.
The announcers were talking about Clemens and commented how they were surprised how unpopular he was right now in Houston. They thought he would have gotten the treatment that Bonds gets in San Fran but instead he's getting left out of media & charity events in the Texas region & it was there observation that TX fans weren't in support of him.
The Carlos Lee fan club cracks me up w/ their straw cowboys hats & 'stick horses' (if that's what they're called). Looks like they create a fun atmosphere.....the same for the Berkman fans with their puma suits....I don't get it but they seem fun.
Beckett looked better striking out than Tek has looked at the plate...
As for Clemens, why should 'Stros fans be particularly sympathetic? He dumped them to go back to his New York whore, and didn't exactly do them any favors in the World Series, either.
How is it possible that the Sox have let Möhler settle down?
Walking the opposing pitcher is never a good idea... 
QUOTE(SoxAroundTheWorld @ Jun 29 2008, 03:47 PM)
How is it possible that the Sox have let Möhler settle down?
Well, Moehler has had some solid outings this season but he's can melt down @ at any time (I was just looking at his game log online). He's @ 91 pitches through 5 now...he can't last much longer.We need some bats here!!!
edit: Nice, Dustin 'Red Hot' P.Diddy up with the bases juiced.........
"... and the Red Sox leave the bases loaded for the second time today." Geez Louise!
10 LOB so far...
Man-My Manny ties it on a tater.
The top of the order will come around again....Yanks lost but TB won today....I want this game!
The top of the order will come around again....Yanks lost but TB won today....I want this game!
Manny homers to tie the game as Spain defeats Germany for the European Football (Soccer) Championship. I live in parallel worlds...!
This plate ump has just been making stuff up all game. He has no clue.
Let's have Manny bat this inning so that Moss can replace him and put the pitcher in the clean=up slot. Or at least have him replace Drew. With Coco out, Jacoby's not going anywhere.
Oki coming in. I miss the good feeling I used to have when that was the case...
QUOTE(SoxAroundTheWorld @ Jun 29 2008, 05:15 PM)
Oki coming in. I miss the good feeling I used to have when that was the case...
With the conditional exception for Paps, I miss the good feeling when I used to have about our BP in general.
Rally time. At least the right guys are coming up. Drew needs to wake up, Manny needs to stay awake and Lowell needs to keep on keeping on. This can be done.
Well that sucked. And so does Okajima.
That was embarrassing.
Also, that was just stupid. I am not sure how exactly Manny was out at second base just now. But whatever. To score fewer than 15 runs with how Moehler pitched today is a joke. He was terrible, and all we managed were a couple of solo home runs. Not one of the better performances by the team today.
Also, that was just stupid. I am not sure how exactly Manny was out at second base just now. But whatever. To score fewer than 15 runs with how Moehler pitched today is a joke. He was terrible, and all we managed were a couple of solo home runs. Not one of the better performances by the team today.
Hello second place. I really don't like losing series to bad teams. Now 3-12 indoors as they head to the Trop. Oh boy!
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Boston ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Ellsbury, Jacoby cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .272
Pedroia, Dustin 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .304
Drew, J.D. rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .304
Ramirez, Manny lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 .289
Lowell, Mike 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .296
Youkilis, Kevin 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313
Varitek, Jason c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .225
Lugo, Julio ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .274
Beckett, Josh p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Moss, Brandon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222
Aardsma, David p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Okajima, Hideki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 2 9 0 0 2 2 6 10
Houston ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Bourn, Michael cf 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232
Pence, Hunter rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .269
Berkman, Lance 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .364
Lee, Carlos lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
Erstad, Darin lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303
Tejada, Miguel ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .287
Blum, Geoff 2b-3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .231
Wigginton, Ty 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278
Brocail, Doug p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Loretta, Mark ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .259
Valverde, Jose p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Quintero, Humberto c 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
Moehler, Brian p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Wright, Wesley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Villarreal, Oscar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Newhan, David 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Totals 33 3 10 1 0 1 3 1 4
Boston 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 -- 2
Houston 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X -- 3
LOB_Boston 13, Houston 8. 2B_T.Wigginton. HR_D.Pedroia (8) off B.Moehler,
M.Ramirez (16) off O.Villarreal, G.Blum (5) off J.Beckett. S_B.Moehler.
SB_D.Pedroia (9), J.Lugo (11).
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Beckett, Josh 7 8 2 2 1 4 1 111-76 3.65
Aardsma, David (L 2-2) 1-3 1 1 1 0 0 0 12-8 2.92
Okajima, Hideki 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13-7 3.15
Houston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Moehler, Brian 5 2-3 7 1 1 3 5 1 111-70 3.82
Wright, Wesley 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 14-8 5.33
Villarreal, Oscar (B 1) 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 13-7 4.91
Brocail, Doug (W 4-3) 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 3 0 25-16 3.05
Valverde, Jose (S 21) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 15-10 4.35
O.Villarreal pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.
WP_H.Okajima.
T_3:27. A_42,066.
Umpires_Home, Paul Nauert; First, Brian O'Nora;
Second, Tom Hallion; Third, Mike Mulchinski.
Ellsbury, Jacoby cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .272
Pedroia, Dustin 2b 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .304
Drew, J.D. rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .304
Ramirez, Manny lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 .289
Lowell, Mike 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .296
Youkilis, Kevin 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313
Varitek, Jason c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .225
Lugo, Julio ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .274
Beckett, Josh p 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Moss, Brandon ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .222
Aardsma, David p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Okajima, Hideki p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 36 2 9 0 0 2 2 6 10
Houston ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Bourn, Michael cf 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232
Pence, Hunter rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .269
Berkman, Lance 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .364
Lee, Carlos lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .279
Erstad, Darin lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303
Tejada, Miguel ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .287
Blum, Geoff 2b-3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .231
Wigginton, Ty 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .278
Brocail, Doug p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Loretta, Mark ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .259
Valverde, Jose p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Quintero, Humberto c 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
Moehler, Brian p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Wright, Wesley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Villarreal, Oscar p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Newhan, David 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Totals 33 3 10 1 0 1 3 1 4
Boston 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 -- 2
Houston 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 X -- 3
LOB_Boston 13, Houston 8. 2B_T.Wigginton. HR_D.Pedroia (8) off B.Moehler,
M.Ramirez (16) off O.Villarreal, G.Blum (5) off J.Beckett. S_B.Moehler.
SB_D.Pedroia (9), J.Lugo (11).
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Beckett, Josh 7 8 2 2 1 4 1 111-76 3.65
Aardsma, David (L 2-2) 1-3 1 1 1 0 0 0 12-8 2.92
Okajima, Hideki 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 13-7 3.15
Houston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Moehler, Brian 5 2-3 7 1 1 3 5 1 111-70 3.82
Wright, Wesley 2-3 0 0 0 1 2 0 14-8 5.33
Villarreal, Oscar (B 1) 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 13-7 4.91
Brocail, Doug (W 4-3) 1 2-3 0 0 0 0 3 0 25-16 3.05
Valverde, Jose (S 21) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 15-10 4.35
O.Villarreal pitched to 3 batters in the 7th.
WP_H.Okajima.
T_3:27. A_42,066.
Umpires_Home, Paul Nauert; First, Brian O'Nora;
Second, Tom Hallion; Third, Mike Mulchinski.
06/29 17:48:15 ET
One comment: 'bbboooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!'
That is all.
That is all.
This team is so talented, has a giant payroll, yet seems to do almost everything wrong.
The bullpen's going to get a lot of blame, as they should for blowing the last two, but there's no excuse for only scoring one run off ****ing Brian Moehler today, or Lester giving up so many runs last night.
They never put the good offensive day and good pitching day together...nope, it's always amazing pitching and lose 3-2, or hit the cover off the ball and lose 15-10. So ****ing frustrating, this team should be at least 5 games better than they are right now, and now they're technically in second place(even if the Rays are a collapse waiting to happen, so I'm not concerned about them at all, aside from the ego hit for being in 2nd at this point). It's a good thing the Yanks pitching staff sucks and put them in a huge hole in April and May.
Hopefully we can win no less than 5 of the 7 upcoming divisional games so we can get some space ahead of the pack, and the annoying wad Rays fans will stop acting like they're going to actually win 81 games.
The bullpen's going to get a lot of blame, as they should for blowing the last two, but there's no excuse for only scoring one run off ****ing Brian Moehler today, or Lester giving up so many runs last night.
They never put the good offensive day and good pitching day together...nope, it's always amazing pitching and lose 3-2, or hit the cover off the ball and lose 15-10. So ****ing frustrating, this team should be at least 5 games better than they are right now, and now they're technically in second place(even if the Rays are a collapse waiting to happen, so I'm not concerned about them at all, aside from the ego hit for being in 2nd at this point). It's a good thing the Yanks pitching staff sucks and put them in a huge hole in April and May.
Hopefully we can win no less than 5 of the 7 upcoming divisional games so we can get some space ahead of the pack, and the annoying wad Rays fans will stop acting like they're going to actually win 81 games.
QUOTE(acr @ Jun 29 2008, 03:22 PM)
They never put the good offensive day and good pitching day together...nope, it's always amazing pitching and lose 3-2, or hit the cover off the ball and lose 15-10.
This statement would make a ton of sense if the Sox were not within one win of having the best winning percentage in MLB.
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