[RedSoxAnni]

Game time: 7:05 pm EDT

Scheduled starters: Kevin Slowey (4-0, 4.57) v. Daisuke Matsuzaka (14-12, 4.48)

The game will be on NESN.

Boston weather: 2 pm observation at KBOS: wind out of the northwest at 14 mph, with gusts to 20 mph, visibility 10 miles, scattered clouds at 4,500 feet and 11,000 feet, temperature 80F, DP 59F

Forecast: The cold front moved through the area in the late morning, and will move offshore this evening. The air will gradually cool off and dry out behind the front. Right now, there's instability aloft, and we could see some scattered showers. There's a secondary front behind it, and it's likely to bring some rain later in the evening, most likely after the game is over, but there's a chance of some rain this evening.

The wind will be gusty out of the northwest, which is blowing out toward right, but the gusts should diminish later in the evening.

[Walking Disaster]

I hope the rain holds off tonight. I'll be in section 93 with my wife. She so sweet she might melt :thumbsup

[BigSlick]

Walking Disaster, on Sep 28 2007, 02:39 PM, said:

I hope the rain holds off tonight. I'll be in section 93 with my wife. She so sweet she might melt :thumbsup

And I'm guessing she reads the board too.

Just win tonight. No scoreboard watching. Don't worry about that other team, just go out and take care of business.

[SoxAroundTheWorld]

Winning. Yup. That's a good idea. The team needs Dice-K to live up to his billing. Now. Just do it.

[Cornelius]

I'm driving up from Richmond to Baltimore this weekend and will see the MFY game tomorrow evening. I'm praying that not only will the Yankees lose, but that their loss will officially clinch the division for the Sox. It would be one of the greatest games of my life. Of course, if the Sox clinch today I won't be complaining.

[RedSoxAnni]

Minnesota							   Boston								
 ---------							   ------								
 
 Pos  Player			   HR  RBI  AVG. Pos  Player			  HR  RBI  AVG.
 ---  ------			   --  ---  ---- ---  ------			  --  ---  ----
  SS  Bartlett, Jason	   5   43  .269  2B  Pedroia, Dustin	  8   50  .318 
  LF  Kubel, Jason		 13   65  .268  LF  Ramirez, Manny	  20   87  .297 
  CF  Hunter, Torii		28  106  .289  DH  Ortiz, David		34  116  .330 
  DH  Morneau, Justin	  30  110  .275  3B  Lowell, Mike		20  116  .324 
  RF  Cuddyer, Michael	 16   81  .278  RF  Drew, JD			10   60  .266 
  1B  Jones, Garrett		2	4  .211  1B  Youkilis, Kevin	 16   81  .286 
   C  LeCroy, Matthew	   0	0  .143   C  Varitek, Jason	  16   67  .256 
  3B  Buscher, Brian		2	8  .250  CF  Ellsbury, Jacoby	 3   18  .352 
  2B  Punto, Nick		   1   25  .212  SS  Lugo, Julio		  8   73  .238 
   P  Slowey, Kevin (4-0, 4.57)			P  Matsuzaka, Daisuke (14-12, 4.48)

09/28 17:56:51 ET

[Mateo321]

I agree here. I think we need to concentrate on us winning. If the Yanks win, then so be it. We need to win!

[rominer]

Mateo321, on Sep 28 2007, 03:57 PM, said:

I agree here. I think we need to concentrate on us winning. If the Yanks win, then so be it. We need to win!

Especially with Matsuzaka on the hill.

Beckett gets a mulligan for last night - hopefully he got that bad outing out of his system. But Dice-K needs something to build on. This team isn't winning in the postseason without him.

[Martin and Woods]

rominer, on Sep 28 2007, 07:08 PM, said:

Especially with Matsuzaka on the hill.

Beckett gets a mulligan for last night - hopefully he got that bad outing out of his system. But Dice-K needs something to build on. This team isn't winning in the postseason without him.

Let's see what the added rest will do. It appeared to help Okajima.

[RedSoxExtraInnings]

Otriz double dice-k got out of the first inning 123

[Jermaine Van Buren Fan]

Youkilis looks like absolute shit up there.

[RedSoxExtraInnings]

Jermaine Van Buren Fan, on Sep 28 2007, 07:29 PM, said:

Youkilis looks like absolute shit up there.

better than hinske. BTW 2-0 sox end of first!

[Jermaine Van Buren Fan]

RedSoxExtraInnings, on Sep 28 2007, 07:30 PM, said:

BTW 2-0 sox end of first!

We're all here, bro.

[Ralpho316]

BUT THATS RED SOX EXTRA INNINGS!!!

[Bergs]

Jermaine Van Buren Fan, on Sep 28 2007, 06:29 PM, said:

Youkilis looks like absolute shit up there.

Which is pretty much how he's looked for the last 3 months.

[RedSoxExtraInnings]

Ralpho316, on Sep 28 2007, 07:37 PM, said:

BUT THATS RED SOX EXTRA INNINGS!!!

off topic: Soprano's best show, worst ending! 123 inning for the twins top 3

[acr]

I know I'm an inning and a half late on this, but I'd like to thank Jason Kubel for both runs. I haven't seen routes that bad since Wily Mo was traded.

[Red Sox Fan2]

Hell, I'd be glad if this game got stuck on 0-2 ;)

[acr]

Pedroia was out. Lucky break.

[Bergs]

mfy up 4-1