Game time: 4:40 pm EDT (1:40 pm PDT)
Scheduled starters: Clay Buchholz (2-5, 5.88) v. Felix Hernandez (7-6, 2.95)
The game will be on NESN.
Seattle weather: 10 am PDT (1 pm EDT) observation at KBFI: wind out of the south southwest at 7 mph, visibility 10 miles, broken layer at 3,300 feet, overcast at 4,000 feet, temperature 58F, DP 46F
Forecast: Drier air is moving into the area and helping to erode the marine layer early today. Once the overcast breaks, it should warm up into the low 70s and turn into a partly sunny day. The wind will be blowing out, but shouldn't be much of a factor today.
Full Version: BOSTON at Seattle, Wednesday, July 23, 2008
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Boston Seattle
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Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
LF Ellsbury, Jacoby 5 27 .261 RF Suzuki, Ichiro 4 24 .302
2B Pedroia, Dustin 9 47 .320 2B Lopez, Jose 6 52 .296
RF Drew, J.D. 18 57 .294 LF Ibanez, Raul 13 60 .278
1B Youkilis, Kevin 17 67 .311 DH Vidro, Jose 5 41 .223
3B Lowell, Mike 13 59 .285 3B Beltre, Adrian 16 46 .261
DH Casey, Sean 0 10 .362 CF Reed, Jeremy 2 11 .248
SS Lowrie, Jed 1 10 .300 C Johjima, Kenji 3 20 .207
C Varitek, Jason 8 30 .219 1B LaHair, Bryan 0 0 .111
CF Crisp, Coco 5 22 .251 SS Bloomquist, Willie 0 7 .273
P Buchholz, Clay (2-5, 5.88) P Hernandez, Felix (7-6, 2.95)
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Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
LF Ellsbury, Jacoby 5 27 .261 RF Suzuki, Ichiro 4 24 .302
2B Pedroia, Dustin 9 47 .320 2B Lopez, Jose 6 52 .296
RF Drew, J.D. 18 57 .294 LF Ibanez, Raul 13 60 .278
1B Youkilis, Kevin 17 67 .311 DH Vidro, Jose 5 41 .223
3B Lowell, Mike 13 59 .285 3B Beltre, Adrian 16 46 .261
DH Casey, Sean 0 10 .362 CF Reed, Jeremy 2 11 .248
SS Lowrie, Jed 1 10 .300 C Johjima, Kenji 3 20 .207
C Varitek, Jason 8 30 .219 1B LaHair, Bryan 0 0 .111
CF Crisp, Coco 5 22 .251 SS Bloomquist, Willie 0 7 .273
P Buchholz, Clay (2-5, 5.88) P Hernandez, Felix (7-6, 2.95)
07/23 15:51:31 ET
Ellsbury k's on three pitches...
QUOTE(RedSoxAnni @ Jul 23 2008, 04:50 PM) 
Ellsbury k's on three pitches...
On an inside corner pitch low in the strike zone. What a surprise. At least Hernandez had to throw 17 pitches. Hopefully the Sox can at least get him out of the game early even if they don't score a lot.Clay picks Ichiro off of first base!!!!
Buchholz makes an amazing play and doesn't get rewarded for it. Great call at 1st, ass. 
QUOTE(Renton @ Jul 23 2008, 05:43 PM)
Buchholz makes an amazing play and doesn't get rewarded for it. Great call at 1st, ass.
Was it just me or when the batter came up (LaHair) did NESN post his stats as 1-9 .200? As soon as I saw that I was sure he was getting a hit. Unless of course I misread it and that was his OBP.
Edit: I rewound the DVR, it was his OBP
What's Buchholz looking like today (besides like a tall skinny guy)? I mean, how's his stuff, command, etc.?
If we don't get any runs out of this I will be absolutely disgusted!
How much longer is Ellsbury going to hit(I wish) in the 1 spot? This is getting painful to watch.
QUOTE(Kylyk @ Jul 23 2008, 03:31 PM)
If we don't get any runs out of this I will be absolutely disgusted!
You've heard of a brain fart? Felix had an arm fart walking Coco.
QUOTE(Malzone64 @ Jul 23 2008, 05:16 PM)
What's Buchholz looking like today (besides like a tall skinny guy)? I mean, how's his stuff, command, etc.?
Pretty good. His fastball has been up to 95 and he has located it late in the count pretty well. He has had some trouble locating his breaking ball, but has still gotten a lot of swings and misses because of the good movement. His best start in a long while.
And after I fellate him he gives up a 2-run jack. ****.
QUOTE(DesertDirtDog @ Jul 23 2008, 03:36 PM)
How much longer is Ellsbury going to hit(I wish) in the 1 spot? This is getting painful to watch.
How long did they stay with Pedroia last year before he started hitting? Yeah, the comparisons to a young Damon and Sizemore are looking embarassing right now.
QUOTE(Malzone64 @ Jul 23 2008, 06:16 PM)
What's Buchholz looking like today (besides like a tall skinny guy)? I mean, how's his stuff, command, etc.?
Very good. Throught 5.2 innings he's thrown 61 strikes and 27 balls. He's been pounding the strike zone and.... **** a 2R HR ties it.
QUOTE(BigSlick @ Jul 23 2008, 06:44 PM)
Very good. Throught 5.2 innings he's thrown 61 strikes and 27 balls. He's been pounding the strike zone and.... **** a 2R HR ties it.
From a guy that hasn't homered in almost 6 weeks...****
QUOTE(Renton @ Jul 23 2008, 03:43 PM)
Pretty good. His fastball has been up to 95 and he has located it late in the count pretty well. He has had some trouble locating his breaking ball, but has still gotten a lot of swings and misses because of the good movement. His best start in a long while.
Thanks, Renton. Sounds good.I thought I was going to be home to watch, but someone called in sick. Another homer and a tie game though. And a walk. Who's warming?
QUOTE(Malzone64 @ Jul 23 2008, 06:46 PM)
Thanks, Renton. Sounds good.I thought I was going to be home to watch, but someone called in sick. Another homer and a tie game though. And a walk. Who's warming?
Masterson just came on in relief.
QUOTE(Malzone64 @ Jul 23 2008, 03:46 PM)
Thanks, Renton. Sounds good.I thought I was going to be home to watch, but someone called in sick. Another homer and a tie game though. And a walk. Who's warming?
'Who's warming?" NOBODY! Not until the game is out of reach, gezz, is this the first game with Tito as manager you've watched?
I stand corrected.... or was Terry tossed in the first??!
Masterson shoring up the pen gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling.
Much against my better judgement, I'm in from a night of drinking and ready to watch some baseball. Looks like we handled King Felix fairly well, and Clay did better than (I) expected. Oki on for the second night in a row. Please hold 'em - I want more baseball!
We need to do something about this auto-out of a 7-8-9-1 thing.
Nice range by Jacoby, quick hook for Oki. Wish I could say I'm happy about seeing MDC come in.
Delcarmen will be fine.
Guys: You've got a transcontinental flight ahead of you, only to be met by the red hot you-know-whos. Let's score and get out of here, "Kay?Coco does what he does best. I'm going to bed.
Water! Great job by the pen today/tonight. Bring on the Yankees!
Anyone else getting the feeling that this weekends series is ramping up to be one that gets talked about for a while afterwards?
CODE
Boston ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Ellsbury, Jacoby lf 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .259
Pedroia, Dustin 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .321
Drew, J.D. rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .291
Youkilis, Kevin 1b 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .311
Lowell, Mike 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 .287
Casey, Sean dh 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .356
Lowrie, Jed ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .292
Varitek, Jason c 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .217
Crisp, Coco cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .251
Totals 45 6 11 0 0 0 5 8 11
Seattle ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Suzuki, Ichiro rf 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
Lopez, Jose 2b 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .297
Ibanez, Raul lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 .277
Vidro, Jose dh 5 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 .229
Beltre, Adrian 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .259
Reed, Jeremy cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250
Betancourt, Yuniesky ph-ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
Johjima, Kenji c 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .203
LaHair, Bryan 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167
Cairo, Miguel ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .223
Bloomquist, Willie ss-cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .271
Totals 45 3 11 0 0 2 3 4 13
Boston 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 -- 6
Seattle 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 3
E_I.Suzuki, W.Bloomquist. LOB_Boston 11, Seattle 10. HR_R.Ibanez (14) off
C.Buchholz, J.Vidro (6) off C.Buchholz. SB_D.Pedroia (10). CS_D.Pedroia.
GIDP_K.Johjima. DP_Seattle 3 (K.Johjima and W.Bloomquist) (I.Suzuki and
M.Cairo) (J.Lopez and B.LaHair).
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Buchholz, Clay 5 1-3 7 3 3 2 7 2 98-63 5.81
Masterson, Justin 2 2-3 0 0 0 0 3 0 27-20 3.49
Okajima, Hideki 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 13-5 2.72
Delcarmen, Manny 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 18-11 4.50
Papelbon, Jonathan (W 4-3) 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 15-11 2.23
Hansen, Craig (S 2) 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 22-12 5.08
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Hernandez, Felix 6 6 3 2 5 6 0 108-70 2.95
Putz, J.J. 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 23-16 4.50
Morrow, Brandon 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 26-17 1.60
Green, Sean (L 2-3) 1 1-3 3 3 2 2 0 0 28-17 2.93
Jimenez, Cesar 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8-5 0.73
IBB_off S.Green (J.Drew).
T_4:01. A_43,231.
Ellsbury, Jacoby lf 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .259
Pedroia, Dustin 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .321
Drew, J.D. rf 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .291
Youkilis, Kevin 1b 6 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .311
Lowell, Mike 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 .287
Casey, Sean dh 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 .356
Lowrie, Jed ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .292
Varitek, Jason c 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .217
Crisp, Coco cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .251
Totals 45 6 11 0 0 0 5 8 11
Seattle ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Suzuki, Ichiro rf 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
Lopez, Jose 2b 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .297
Ibanez, Raul lf 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 .277
Vidro, Jose dh 5 1 3 0 0 1 2 1 1 .229
Beltre, Adrian 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .259
Reed, Jeremy cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250
Betancourt, Yuniesky ph-ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264
Johjima, Kenji c 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .203
LaHair, Bryan 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167
Cairo, Miguel ph-1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .223
Bloomquist, Willie ss-cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .271
Totals 45 3 11 0 0 2 3 4 13
Boston 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 -- 6
Seattle 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -- 3
E_I.Suzuki, W.Bloomquist. LOB_Boston 11, Seattle 10. HR_R.Ibanez (14) off
C.Buchholz, J.Vidro (6) off C.Buchholz. SB_D.Pedroia (10). CS_D.Pedroia.
GIDP_K.Johjima. DP_Seattle 3 (K.Johjima and W.Bloomquist) (I.Suzuki and
M.Cairo) (J.Lopez and B.LaHair).
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Buchholz, Clay 5 1-3 7 3 3 2 7 2 98-63 5.81
Masterson, Justin 2 2-3 0 0 0 0 3 0 27-20 3.49
Okajima, Hideki 2-3 0 0 0 1 0 0 13-5 2.72
Delcarmen, Manny 1 1-3 0 0 0 0 2 0 18-11 4.50
Papelbon, Jonathan (W 4-3) 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 15-11 2.23
Hansen, Craig (S 2) 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 22-12 5.08
Seattle IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Hernandez, Felix 6 6 3 2 5 6 0 108-70 2.95
Putz, J.J. 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 23-16 4.50
Morrow, Brandon 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 26-17 1.60
Green, Sean (L 2-3) 1 1-3 3 3 2 2 0 0 28-17 2.93
Jimenez, Cesar 2-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 8-5 0.73
IBB_off S.Green (J.Drew).
T_4:01. A_43,231.
Anni, wheres your broom icon which is extremely rare to sweep while on road trip 
QUOTE(SFFM38 @ Jul 23 2008, 09:19 PM)
Anni, wheres your broom icon which is extremely rare to sweep while on road trip
Here it is!
Wow, 45 AB's without an XBH and they still got the W.
QUOTE(BigSlick @ Jul 23 2008, 10:38 PM)
Wow, 45 AB's without an XBH and they still got the W.
It doesn't sound like the Sox at all.
I realize the M's suck with great exuberance this season, but when was the last time we swept in Seattle? I remember taking a series there in August, but don't recall us ever brooming them.
I think Baseball Tonight said it was the first Sox sweep in Seattle in 15 years. Sure enough, last one was July 2-4, 1993. Frank Viola, Greg Harris, and Paul Quantrill picked up the wins. Scott Cooper, Andre Dawson, and Mo Vaughn each hit two home runs in the series. Good times! (Not.)
QUOTE(thanman2 @ Jul 24 2008, 12:16 PM)
I think Baseball Tonight said it was the first Sox sweep in Seattle in 15 years. Sure enough, last one was July 2-4, 1993. Frank Viola, Greg Harris, and Paul Quantrill picked up the wins. Scott Cooper, Andre Dawson, and Mo Vaughn each hit two home runs in the series. Good times! (Not.)
I have 10 Scott Cooper rookie cards that I am willing to sell and if you buy them I will throw in my 10 Phil Plantier rookie cards at no extra cost!!!!!
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