Game time: 7:05 pm
Scheduled starters: Nick Blackburn (7-4, 3.78) v. Jon Lester (7-3, 3.21)
The game will be on NESN.
Boston weather: 4 pm observation at KBOS: Wind out of the southwest at 14 mph with gusts to 23 mh, visibility 10 miles, scattered clouds at 5,000 feet, temperature 89F, DP 67F
Forecast: Sultry. The Bermuda high is keeping us in a humid and stagnant air mass. There are some showers and thunderstorms out in western and northern New England, but they are air mass storms, and it doesn't look like anything is going to form near the coast. The organized weather is still about 34-36 hours away. It should be a dry night. The wind will be blowing out toward left, and will diminish after sundown.
Full Version: Minnesota at BOSTON, Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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Minnesota Boston
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Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
CF Gomez, Carlos 5 30 .266 CF Ellsbury, Jacoby 5 26 .268
2B Casilla, Alexi 4 35 .318 2B Pedroia, Dustin 9 41 .311
C Mauer, Joe 4 37 .325 RF Drew, J.D. 16 51 .299
1B Morneau, Justin 12 65 .310 DH Ramirez, Manny 16 54 .281
DH Monroe, Craig 8 28 .217 3B Lowell, Mike 13 54 .299
LF Young, Delmon 3 33 .286 1B Youkilis, Kevin 13 53 .308
3B Harris, Brendan 4 25 .250 LF Moss, Brandon 2 8 .277
SS Punto, Nick 1 14 .287 SS Lugo, Julio 1 19 .264
RF Span, Denard 0 5 .294 C Cash, Kevin 1 10 .238
P Blackburn, Nick (7-4, 3.78) P Lester, Jon (7-3, 3.21)
07/08 17:25:33 ET
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Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
CF Gomez, Carlos 5 30 .266 CF Ellsbury, Jacoby 5 26 .268
2B Casilla, Alexi 4 35 .318 2B Pedroia, Dustin 9 41 .311
C Mauer, Joe 4 37 .325 RF Drew, J.D. 16 51 .299
1B Morneau, Justin 12 65 .310 DH Ramirez, Manny 16 54 .281
DH Monroe, Craig 8 28 .217 3B Lowell, Mike 13 54 .299
LF Young, Delmon 3 33 .286 1B Youkilis, Kevin 13 53 .308
3B Harris, Brendan 4 25 .250 LF Moss, Brandon 2 8 .277
SS Punto, Nick 1 14 .287 SS Lugo, Julio 1 19 .264
RF Span, Denard 0 5 .294 C Cash, Kevin 1 10 .238
P Blackburn, Nick (7-4, 3.78) P Lester, Jon (7-3, 3.21)
07/08 17:25:33 ET
No 'Tek
well back after 6 weeks of day shift and all is good..........go sox
An unfortunate side effect of the gentrification at Fenway is the idiots against the fence are clueless when it comes to NOT interfering with balls that players have a chance at.
This total lack of offense is getting depressing - we need a healthy Ortiz.
QUOTE(67YazWithSideburns @ Jul 8 2008, 08:26 PM) 
This total lack of offense is getting depressing - we need a healthy Ortiz.
I missed the game so far.. its very hot in the room. hitters 7,8,9 looks better then last nite? or same old ?
QUOTE(SFFM38 @ Jul 8 2008, 08:36 PM)
I missed the game so far.. its very hot in the room. hitters 7,8,9 looks better then last nite? or same old ?
I'm following it online so I can only read the box score and play by play. But I should correct myself, we need a healthy Ortiz and Willie Mays circa 1958. (Sorry, meant 1955)
We've got to score more than once tonight for eff's sake.
7 through 9 are collectively 0-fer.
Goodness, Manny has k'd in 15 straight games........looks like he's aged 4 years in the past 4 weeks.
Please don't strand Youk @ 3b...
Welcome back Manuel Aristides Ramirez.
I remember watching a guy named Manny Ramirez who used to absolutely be an RBI machine and kill the ball. I wonder if this Manny is related at all. Welcome!!!!!!!!!HELL YEAH Moss. Red Sox lead 6-5YEAH Moss. Red Sox lead 6-5
The offense.........it's alive!!!
Nice win. Dirty f*cking water.
dirty water!!!!!!!!!
... and we're back in this race! What a win!
QUOTE(samba guy @ Jul 8 2008, 10:00 PM)
... and we're back in this race! What a win!
We were never out of it.
Now another win tomorrow, while the DRays beat the Yanks--divide and conquer. I'd love to see the Yanks slip further back--we'll deal with Tampa soon enough.
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Minnesota ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Gomez, Carlos cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .263
Kubel, Jason ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .266
Casilla, Alexi 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .313
Mauer, Joe c 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324
Morneau, Justin 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313
Monroe, Craig dh 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .211
Young, Delmon lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .288
Harris, Brendan 3b 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 .254
Punto, Nick ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .297
Span, Denard rf 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .315
Totals 34 5 11 2 1 0 5 3 7
Boston ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Ellsbury, Jacoby cf-lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271
Pedroia, Dustin 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
Drew, J.D. rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .298
Crisp, Coco cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
Ramirez, Manny dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 .280
Lowell, Mike 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .295
Youkilis, Kevin 1b 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .314
Moss, Brandon lf-rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .279
Lugo, Julio ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .264
Cash, Kevin c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Casey, Sean ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .360
Bailey, Jeff ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Varitek, Jason c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215
Totals 34 6 11 3 1 1 6 0 5
Minnesota 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 -- 5
Boston 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 X -- 6
E_M.Lowell. LOB_Minnesota 6, Boston 5. 2B_B.Harris, N.Punto, J.Ellsbury,
J.Drew, K.Youkilis. 3B_B.Harris, K.Youkilis. HR_M.Ramirez (17) off
M.Guerrier. SF_B.Moss. S_D.Span. SB_B.Moss (1). CS_C.Gomez, N.Punto.
GIDP_J.Mauer, B.Harris. DP_Boston 2 (J.Lugo, D.Pedroia and K.Youkilis 2).
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Blackburn, Nick 6 2-3 6 2 2 0 2 0 85-60 3.72
Reyes, Dennys 1-3 1 1 1 0 1 0 7-5 2.59
Guerrier, Matt (L 4-4;B 3) 1 4 3 3 0 2 1 22-16 3.56
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Lester, Jon 7 1-3 9 5 5 3 6 0 117-78 3.38
Aardsma, David (W 3-2) 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11-8 2.84
Papelbon, Jonathan (S 27) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 22-16 2.27
D. Reyes pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
PB_K.Cash.
WP_M.Guerrier.
T_2:51. A_37,925.
Gomez, Carlos cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .263
Kubel, Jason ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .266
Casilla, Alexi 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .313
Mauer, Joe c 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324
Morneau, Justin 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313
Monroe, Craig dh 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .211
Young, Delmon lf 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 .288
Harris, Brendan 3b 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 .254
Punto, Nick ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 .297
Span, Denard rf 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .315
Totals 34 5 11 2 1 0 5 3 7
Boston ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Ellsbury, Jacoby cf-lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .271
Pedroia, Dustin 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
Drew, J.D. rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 .298
Crisp, Coco cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259
Ramirez, Manny dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 .280
Lowell, Mike 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .295
Youkilis, Kevin 1b 4 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .314
Moss, Brandon lf-rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 .279
Lugo, Julio ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .264
Cash, Kevin c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Casey, Sean ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .360
Bailey, Jeff ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Varitek, Jason c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215
Totals 34 6 11 3 1 1 6 0 5
Minnesota 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 -- 5
Boston 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 X -- 6
E_M.Lowell. LOB_Minnesota 6, Boston 5. 2B_B.Harris, N.Punto, J.Ellsbury,
J.Drew, K.Youkilis. 3B_B.Harris, K.Youkilis. HR_M.Ramirez (17) off
M.Guerrier. SF_B.Moss. S_D.Span. SB_B.Moss (1). CS_C.Gomez, N.Punto.
GIDP_J.Mauer, B.Harris. DP_Boston 2 (J.Lugo, D.Pedroia and K.Youkilis 2).
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Blackburn, Nick 6 2-3 6 2 2 0 2 0 85-60 3.72
Reyes, Dennys 1-3 1 1 1 0 1 0 7-5 2.59
Guerrier, Matt (L 4-4;B 3) 1 4 3 3 0 2 1 22-16 3.56
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Lester, Jon 7 1-3 9 5 5 3 6 0 117-78 3.38
Aardsma, David (W 3-2) 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 11-8 2.84
Papelbon, Jonathan (S 27) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 22-16 2.27
D. Reyes pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
PB_K.Cash.
WP_M.Guerrier.
T_2:51. A_37,925.
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