[RedSoxAnni]

Game time: 2:20 pm EDT, 1:20 pm CDT

Scheduled starters: Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-1, 7.20) v. Ryan Dempster (2-3, 2.31)

The game will be on NESN, MLB Network, and WEEI

Chicago weather: 1 pm CDT (2 pm EDT) observation at KORD: Wind out of the southwest at 10 mph, visibility 10 miles, few clouds at 25,000 feet, temperature 89F, DP 48F

Forecast: Hot and sunny, near 90F, but with low humidity. The wind will blow out.

[RedSoxAnni]

Boston                                  Chicago Cubs                          
 ------                                  ------------                          
 
 Pos  Player               HR  RBI  AVG. Pos  Player              HR  RBI  AVG.
 ---  ------               --  ---  ---- ---  ------              --  ---  ----
  LF  Podsednik, Scott      1    6  .373  CF  Campana, Tony        0    5  .276 
  2B  Pedroia, Dustin       5   25  .275  SS  Castro, Starlin      5   34  .295 
  RF  Gonzalez, Adrian      5   35  .267  RF  DeJesus, David       2   17  .263 
  1B  Ortiz, David         15   41  .307  LF  Soriano, Alfonso    12   41  .280 
  3B  Youkilis, Kevin       4   13  .219  1B  LaHair, Bryan       12   26  .303 
   C  Saltalamacchia, Jarr 11   30  .253   C  Clevenger, Steve     0    6  .281 
  CF  Sweeney, Ryan         0   13  .301  2B  Barney, Darwin       3   21  .279 
  SS  Aviles, Mike          8   37  .263  3B  Valbuena, Luis       0    1  .000 
   P  Matsuzaka, Daisuke (0-1, 7.20)       P  Dempster, Ryan (2-3, 2.31)

[RedSoxAnni]

Ah, yes... Matsuzaka is back.

[BigSlick]

RedSoxAnni, on 15 June 2012 - 02:00 PM, said:

Ah, yes... Matsuzaka is back.

I didn't miss this Daisuke.

[ARZJake]

I thought Dice K was turning it around? 2 outs 2 walks then two runs.

Aviles must go. Baserunning blunder in 5th is uncalled for.

Team flat out "just isn't good".

[rominer]

Why does Ryan Dempster have a 2.14 ERA?

[Hail Cesar]

rominer, on 15 June 2012 - 03:16 PM, said:

Why does Ryan Dempster have a 2.14 ERA?

I thought Rom was dead?

[Mike LansWho]

rominer, on 15 June 2012 - 03:16 PM, said:

Why does Ryan Dempster have a 2.14 ERA?

Because he has started 8 games where he has pitched at least 6 innings and given up 2 or fewer runs. It's a new concept that the Red Sox should look in to.

[BigSlick]

rominer, on 15 June 2012 - 03:16 PM, said:

Why does Ryan Dempster have a 2.14 ERA?

[i]THAT[/1] is your return?

[rominer]

BigSlick, on 15 June 2012 - 03:25 PM, said:

[i]THAT[/1] is your return?

No, my return was breaking the site. But then someone went and fixed it. Asshole.

Hail Cesar, on 15 June 2012 - 03:18 PM, said:

I thought Rom was dead?

Stop thinking. It doesn't help.

[Mike LansWho]

rominer, on 15 June 2012 - 03:29 PM, said:

No, my return was breaking the site. But then someone went and fixed it. Asshole.

That begs the question, what is better; the site being down or the site up and running without rominer? I vote for zebra.

[rominer]

Mike LansWho, on 15 June 2012 - 03:40 PM, said:

That begs the question, what is better; the site being down or the site up and running without rominer? I vote for zebra.

Owl is not happy about this.

[ghostoffoxx]

rominer, on 15 June 2012 - 03:43 PM, said:

Owl is not happy about this.

Owls are assholes. No one cares what they think.

[rominer]

ghostoffoxx, on 15 June 2012 - 03:45 PM, said:

Owls are assholes. No one cares what they think.

I think you're thinking of Cubs.

Jesus Christ. Of the 33 different embarrassing losses so far this season, this had to be the most embarrassing.

The entire team should take the field tomorrow with paper bags over their heads. Eyeholes optional.

[RedSoxAnni]

Boston                             ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Podsednik, Scott lf                  4  0  2   0   0   0    0  1  0  .382
 Pedroia, Dustin 2b                   4  0  0   0   0   0    0  1  0  .271
 Gonzalez, Adrian rf                  4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  2  .263
 Ortiz, David 1b                      4  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  0  .306
 Youkilis, Kevin 3b                   4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .212
 Saltalamacchia, Jarrod c             4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .247
 Sweeney, Ryan cf                     4  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  0  .299
 Aviles, Mike ss                      4  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  0  .263
 Matsuzaka, Daisuke p                 2  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .000
  Punto, Nick ph                      0  0  0   0   0   0    0  1  0  .209
  Atchison, Scott p                   0  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .000
  Melancon, Mark p                    0  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .000
  Nava, Daniel ph                     1  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .295
  Totals                             35  0  5   0   0   0    0  3  4 
 
  Chicago Cubs                       ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Campana, Tony cf                     3  1  0   0   0   0    0  1  1  .269
 Castro, Starlin ss                   3  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  2  .292
 DeJesus, David rf                    3  0  1   0   0   0    1  1  0  .264
 Soriano, Alfonso lf                  3  1  0   0   0   0    0  1  0  .276
  Johnson, Reed lf                    0  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .298
 LaHair, Bryan 1b                     3  0  0   0   0   0    0  1  1  .298
 Clevenger, Steve c                   3  0  1   1   0   0    2  0  0  .284
 Barney, Darwin 2b                    3  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .275
 Valbuena, Luis 3b                    3  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .000
 Dempster, Ryan p                     2  1  2   0   1   0    0  0  0  .120
  Cardenas, Adrian ph                 1  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .152
  Russell, James p                    0  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .000
  Marmol, Carlos p                    0  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .000
  Totals                             27  3  4   1   1   0    3  4  6 
 
  Boston            0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  --  0
  Chicago Cubs      2 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 X  --  3
 
     E_S.Castro, D.Barney, L.Valbuena. LOB_Boston 11, Chicago Cubs 5. 
 2B_S.Clevenger. 3B_R.Dempster. SB_S.Podsednik 2 (6), M.Aviles (8), N.Punto 
 (3), T.Campana 2 (23), D.DeJesus (2). CS_D.DeJesus.
 
  Boston                      IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 Matsuzaka, Daisuke (L 0-2)    6      4  3  3  3  3   0  93-62  5.73
 Atchison, Scott               1      0  0  0  0  2   0   11-9  1.29
 Melancon, Mark                1      0  0  0  1  1   0  19-12 24.75
 
  Chicago Cubs                IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 Dempster, Ryan (W 3-3)        7      4  0  0  2  3   0 106-69  2.11
 Russell, James (H 5)          1      0  0  0  0  0   0  17-11  2.64
 Marmol, Carlos (S 3)          1      1  0  0  1  1   0  29-18  5.79
 
 HBP_by D.Matsuzaka (S.Castro). 
 T_2:41. A_40,073

[Whitey McMoonburn]

Glad I was at work for this one.

[roidrage]

I wonder how many times a team has been shut out when the opposition makes at least 3 errors. That has got to be a small number.

Edit: WTF Android autocorrect...

This post has been edited by roidrage: 15 June 2012 - 06:18 PM