Game time: 1:35 pm
Scheduled starters: Shaun Marcum (7-5, 3.42) v. Josh Beckett (11-8, 3.92)
The game will be on NESN
Boston weather: noon observation at KBOS: wind out of the west at 15 mph with gusts to 21 mph, visibility 10 miles, few clouds at 4,500 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet, temperature 78F, DP 56F
Forecast: NO rain!!! Weak high pressure is in charge this afternoon. It will be a mostly sunny day, with a breeze out of the west, which is blowing out. It will be warm and not humid and perfectly summer... There are some thin high cirrus from the next system that's up in the St. Lawrence valley, but today will be a perfect summer day.
Full Version: Toronto at BOSTON, Sunday, August 17, 2008
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Toronto Boston
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Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
2B Inglett, Joe 2 26 .296 CF Ellsbury, Jacoby 7 34 .268
3B Scutaro, Marco 4 42 .257 2B Pedroia, Dustin 11 57 .322
RF Rios, Alex 9 52 .282 DH Ortiz, David 17 62 .261
CF Wells, Vernon 10 50 .285 1B Youkilis, Kevin 22 83 .319
DH Lind, Adam 7 30 .294 RF Drew, J.D. 19 64 .280
C Barajas, Rod 10 40 .257 LF Bay, Jason 1 12 .345
1B Overbay, Lyle 9 47 .265 3B Lowrie, Jed 1 29 .302
LF Wilkerson, Brad 0 5 .220 SS Cora, Alex 0 6 .286
SS McDonald, John 1 11 .209 C Varitek, Jason 8 32 .213
P Marcum, Shaun (7-5, 3.42) P Beckett, Josh (11-8, 3.92)
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Pos Player HR RBI AVG. Pos Player HR RBI AVG.
--- ------ -- --- ---- --- ------ -- --- ----
2B Inglett, Joe 2 26 .296 CF Ellsbury, Jacoby 7 34 .268
3B Scutaro, Marco 4 42 .257 2B Pedroia, Dustin 11 57 .322
RF Rios, Alex 9 52 .282 DH Ortiz, David 17 62 .261
CF Wells, Vernon 10 50 .285 1B Youkilis, Kevin 22 83 .319
DH Lind, Adam 7 30 .294 RF Drew, J.D. 19 64 .280
C Barajas, Rod 10 40 .257 LF Bay, Jason 1 12 .345
1B Overbay, Lyle 9 47 .265 3B Lowrie, Jed 1 29 .302
LF Wilkerson, Brad 0 5 .220 SS Cora, Alex 0 6 .286
SS McDonald, John 1 11 .209 C Varitek, Jason 8 32 .213
P Marcum, Shaun (7-5, 3.42) P Beckett, Josh (11-8, 3.92)
08/17 12:28:04 ET
Josh is pitching today which lowers the number of runs needed. Still though, 1 run is not going to win you many ballgames.
Oh man, you see that single that went past a diving Cora?
The man is a freaking statue, any other shortstop in the league would have made that a rather uninteresting out, for Cora it's a single past his glove. You're telling me there's not a better option somewhere out there? Sheesh!
The man is a freaking statue, any other shortstop in the league would have made that a rather uninteresting out, for Cora it's a single past his glove. You're telling me there's not a better option somewhere out there? Sheesh!
Wow well this sucks. Way to suck Josh.
QUOTE(Lesbian BoyFriend @ Aug 17 2008, 12:48 PM) 
Josh is pitching today
It's actually somebody else wearing his jersey.
QUOTE(amanuel777 @ Aug 17 2008, 01:49 PM)
It's actually somebody else wearing his jersey.
So I noticed, maybe it's Clay.......Holy SH!T. When the hell did the Blue Jays become any good?
QUOTE(Lesbian BoyFriend @ Aug 17 2008, 01:52 PM)
So I noticed, maybe it's Clay.......Holy SH!T. When the hell did the Blue Jays become any good?
They're always good when they play the Sox.
Nice to see Beckett was ready to pitch today.
Damn, this is like a nightmare.. 36 ****ing pitches in 1st inning for Beckett.
Aardsma warming up in the 1st with Beckett starting... WTF is wrong with you, Josh??? 
QUOTE(amanuel777 @ Aug 17 2008, 01:56 PM)
Aardsma warming up in the 1st with Beckett starting... WTF is wrong with you, Josh???
This could be a LONG LONG afternoon.. and the Pigs are winning again.. so this would mean Pigs would have gained 2 games on us just like that.
So much for Josh being the stopper. Long live Lester! He's the ace of the staff!
QUOTE(SFFM38 @ Aug 17 2008, 01:59 PM)
and the Pigs are winning again..
Yanks are 10/13 with 3HR against Bannister so far....
QUOTE(SFFM38 @ Aug 17 2008, 01:59 PM)
This could be a LONG LONG afternoon.. and the Pigs are winning again.. so this would mean Pigs would have gained 2 games on us just like that.
You should be more concerned about either the Twins or White Sox.
That's some ace.
Tough one today. I'll let the rest of you start crying that the sky is falling.
Man, NESN should just cut to game 5 of the 99 ALDS.
QUOTE(jackson @ Aug 17 2008, 11:18 AM)
You should be more concerned about either the Twins or White Sox.
Well, there's a reason for the Sox not playing up to last year's pace that wasn't expected: Beckett's extreme inconsistency. He probably went back to Texas and celebrated all winter. If this team gets nosed out for the playoffs by the Twins, what a major disappointment. The White Sox at least have a lot of power and decent pitching.
I'm another brilliant pitching performance wasted, now if only we could get some offense 
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Watched an old friend pitch an inning for the Braves just now...Julian Tavarez. He looked pretty good, and, if anything, a little Louie Tiant-ish. Of course, Tim Lincecum is mowing down the Braves.
And Manny crushes one about 450' off Jeff Suppan on the first pitch he sees.
Great baseball day.
Great baseball day.
This is Jason Bay's fault. His inability to help inspire Beckett (the team as a whole must contribute for this to work) caused this team to lose this game. In fact, does anyone really wonder why the bats fell silent last night? DFA this emotionless AAA player. Club house chemistry cost us these last 2 games.
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Toronto ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Inglett, Joe 2b 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .297
Scutaro, Marco 3b 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .261
Rios, Alex rf 6 3 5 4 0 0 2 0 0 .289
Wells, Vernon cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 .288
Lind, Adam dh 6 2 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 .301
Barajas, Rod c 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .254
Overbay, Lyle 1b 5 3 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 .269
Wilkerson, Brad lf 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 .219
McDonald, John ss 5 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 1 .226
Totals 48 15 22 10 1 1 14 4 10
Boston ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Ellsbury, Jacoby cf-rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267
Pedroia, Dustin 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 .321
Ortiz, David dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .260
Casey, Sean ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .348
Youkilis, Kevin 1b 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .320
Crisp, Coco cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .246
Drew, J.D. rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .280
Bailey, Jeff rf-1b 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Bay, Jason lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .328
Lowrie, Jed 3b 3 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .318
Cora, Alex ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
Varitek, Jason c 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215
Cash, Kevin c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218
Totals 33 4 10 2 1 2 3 5 9
Toronto 6 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 0 -- 15
Boston 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 -- 4
E_M.Scutaro, J.Bay. LOB_Toronto 11, Boston 7. 2B_A.Rios 4, V.Wells, A.Lind,
L.Overbay 2, J.McDonald 2, J.Bailey, J.Lowrie. 3B_B.Wilkerson, J.Lowrie.
HR_A.Lind (8) off J.Beckett, K.Youkilis (23) off S.Marcum, D.Pedroia (12) off
J.Carlson. GIDP_A.Rios, D.Pedroia, J.Bailey, J.Varitek. DP_Toronto 4
(J.McDonald, J.Inglett and L.Overbay 2), (V.Wells and J.Inglett), (J.Inglett,
J.McDonald and L.Overbay); Boston 1 (A.Cora, D.Pedroia and K.Youkilis).
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Marcum, Shaun (W 8-5) 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 95-53 3.36
Camp, Shawn 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 19-14 3.75
Carlson, Jesse 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 19-15 2.25
League, Brandon 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 12-8 2.18
Ryan, B.J. 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 22-15 2.93
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Beckett, Josh (L 11-9) 2 1-3 8 8 8 1 3 1 55-36 4.34
Aardsma, David 1 1-3 3 1 1 2 2 0 36-19 3.83
Timlin, Mike 1 1-3 3 1 1 0 0 0 21-16 5.35
Buchholz, Clay 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 21-12 6.35
Masterson, Justin 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 14-10 3.44
Okajima, Hideki 1 5 3 3 0 1 0 28-20 3.02
Papelbon, Jonathan 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 13-10 1.89
HBP_by J.Beckett (R.Barajas).
T_3:27. A_37,415.
Umpires_Home, Jim Wolf; First, Phil Cuzzi;
Second, Jerry Layne; Third, Brian Knight.
Inglett, Joe 2b 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .297
Scutaro, Marco 3b 6 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .261
Rios, Alex rf 6 3 5 4 0 0 2 0 0 .289
Wells, Vernon cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 2 1 .288
Lind, Adam dh 6 2 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 .301
Barajas, Rod c 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .254
Overbay, Lyle 1b 5 3 3 2 0 0 2 1 1 .269
Wilkerson, Brad lf 6 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 .219
McDonald, John ss 5 1 3 2 0 0 3 0 1 .226
Totals 48 15 22 10 1 1 14 4 10
Boston ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi w k avg.
Ellsbury, Jacoby cf-rf 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .267
Pedroia, Dustin 2b 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 .321
Ortiz, David dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .260
Casey, Sean ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .348
Youkilis, Kevin 1b 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 .320
Crisp, Coco cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .246
Drew, J.D. rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .280
Bailey, Jeff rf-1b 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222
Bay, Jason lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .328
Lowrie, Jed 3b 3 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 .318
Cora, Alex ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
Varitek, Jason c 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215
Cash, Kevin c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .218
Totals 33 4 10 2 1 2 3 5 9
Toronto 6 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 0 -- 15
Boston 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 -- 4
E_M.Scutaro, J.Bay. LOB_Toronto 11, Boston 7. 2B_A.Rios 4, V.Wells, A.Lind,
L.Overbay 2, J.McDonald 2, J.Bailey, J.Lowrie. 3B_B.Wilkerson, J.Lowrie.
HR_A.Lind (8) off J.Beckett, K.Youkilis (23) off S.Marcum, D.Pedroia (12) off
J.Carlson. GIDP_A.Rios, D.Pedroia, J.Bailey, J.Varitek. DP_Toronto 4
(J.McDonald, J.Inglett and L.Overbay 2), (V.Wells and J.Inglett), (J.Inglett,
J.McDonald and L.Overbay); Boston 1 (A.Cora, D.Pedroia and K.Youkilis).
Toronto IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Marcum, Shaun (W 8-5) 5 5 1 1 4 4 1 95-53 3.36
Camp, Shawn 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 19-14 3.75
Carlson, Jesse 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 19-15 2.25
League, Brandon 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 12-8 2.18
Ryan, B.J. 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 22-15 2.93
Boston IP H R ER BB SO HR PC-ST ERA
Beckett, Josh (L 11-9) 2 1-3 8 8 8 1 3 1 55-36 4.34
Aardsma, David 1 1-3 3 1 1 2 2 0 36-19 3.83
Timlin, Mike 1 1-3 3 1 1 0 0 0 21-16 5.35
Buchholz, Clay 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 21-12 6.35
Masterson, Justin 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 14-10 3.44
Okajima, Hideki 1 5 3 3 0 1 0 28-20 3.02
Papelbon, Jonathan 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 13-10 1.89
HBP_by J.Beckett (R.Barajas).
T_3:27. A_37,415.
Umpires_Home, Jim Wolf; First, Phil Cuzzi;
Second, Jerry Layne; Third, Brian Knight.
08/17 17:40:32 ET
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