[RedSoxAnni]

Game time: 7:10 pm

Scheduled starters: Brandon McCarthy (1-3, 3.23) v. Daniel Bard (2-2, 3.72)

The game will be on NESN and WEEI

Boston weather: 5 pm observation at KBOS: Wind out of the east at 14 mph, visibility 10 miles, few clouds at 800 feet, overcast at 2,500 feet, temperature 49F, DP 44F

Forecast: cool and cloudy with the wind blowing in. It should be dry for this game.

[RedSoxAnni]

Oakland                                 Boston                                
 -------                                 ------                                
 
 Pos  Player               HR  RBI  AVG. Pos  Player              HR  RBI  AVG.
 ---  ------               --  ---  ---- ---  ------              --  ---  ----
  LF  Crisp, Coco           0    5  .206  SS  Aviles, Mike         5   19  .286 
  SS  Pennington, Cliff     0    4  .213  RF  Sweeney, Ryan        0    8  .362 
  RF  Reddick, Josh         4    9  .276  2B  Pedroia, Dustin      3    7  .296 
  CF  Cespedes, Yoenis      5   20  .250  1B  Gonzalez, Adrian     2   15  .261 
  DH  Smith, Seth           2    5  .197  DH  Ortiz, David         6   21  .386 
  1B  Ka'aihue, Kila        0    2  .313  LF  Ross, Cody           5   18  .282 
   C  Suzuki, Kurt          0    8  .229   C  Saltalamacchia, Jar  4    9  .241 
  3B  Inge, Brandon         1    2  .107  3B  Middlebrooks, Will   0    0  .000 
  2B  Sogard, Eric          2    6  .152  CF  Byrd, Marlon         0    3  .324 
   P  McCarthy, Brandon (1-3, 3.23)        P  Bard, Daniel (2-2, 3.72)        
 
 05/02 16:21:23 ET

[MrNewEngland]

Welcome to the WMB era.

[rominer]

Who knew that the major selling point of Will Middlebrooks would be his blazing speed?

[Cambridge]

The official scorer needs to change that to an error. 99 % of outfielders catch that ball 99% of the time. Unfortunately, Ross is one of the 1%.

[rominer]

Can they change Aviles's "groundout" to a hit while they're at it?

[Cambridge]

Red Sox opponents should start hiring me to interview their starters the day before they pitch at Fenway. Monday I talked to Parker, yesterday it was McCarthy.

[SoxAroundTheWorld]

They got a run! Imagine that!

Who are these guys?

[Cambridge]

A good time for Gonzo to be eponymous.

[SoxAroundTheWorld]

Or not. This is a bad joke.

[Cambridge]

Guess we can't put Middlebrooks in the Hall of Fame just yet.

[SoxAroundTheWorld]

Nats just walked off with a come from behind win. Why do I have the impression that this team can't do that?

[The Ghost of Ned Martin]

SoxAroundTheWorld, on 02 May 2012 - 09:16 PM, said:

Nats just walked off with a come from behind win. Why do I have the impression that this team can't do that?

No they can't but John Henry is minimizing luxury tax payments,

Be happy for him you freaking ingrate.

[SoxAroundTheWorld]

I know all about sacrificing effectiveness to save money - I work for the government.

M Aviles continues his lonely effort to make this team likable.

Well, at least Pedey refused to jeter two games in a row.

Am less than impressed with the Adrian Gonzalez era...

[Cambridge]

Losing two out of three at home against a bad team isn't good.

[rominer]

Good thing they didn't let Adrian Gonzalez come up for a third time with a chance to tie the game. He might have done it.

Cambridge, on 02 May 2012 - 09:37 PM, said:

Losing two out of three at home against a bad team isn't good.

You need to change your schedule.

[RedSoxAnni]

Oakland                            ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Crisp, Coco lf                       4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .194
  Gomes, Jonny lf                     1  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .190
 Pennington, Cliff ss                 5  0  2   0   0   0    0  0  1  .223
 Reddick, Josh rf                     4  1  1   0   0   0    0  0  1  .275
 Cespedes, Yoenis cf                  4  1  1   1   0   0    0  0  1  .250
 Smith, Seth dh                       4  1  2   1   0   0    2  0  0  .215
 Ka'aihue, Kila 1b                    3  1  1   1   0   0    1  1  0  .314
 Suzuki, Kurt c                       3  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  1  .233
 Inge, Brandon 3b                     3  0  1   1   0   0    1  1  1  .129
 Sogard, Eric 2b                      4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .140
  Totals                             35  4  9   4   0   0    4  2  8 
 
  Boston                             ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Aviles, Mike ss                      5  1  1   0   0   0    0  0  0  .281
 Sweeney, Ryan rf                     3  0  1   1   0   0    0  1  0  .361
  McDonald, Darnell ph                1  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .200
 Pedroia, Dustin 2b                   4  0  1   1   0   0    1  1  1  .294
 Gonzalez, Adrian 1b                  4  0  0   0   0   0    0  1  2  .250
 Ortiz, David dh                      4  0  2   2   0   0    0  0  0  .391
 Ross, Cody lf                        4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .268
 Saltalamacchia, Jarrod c             4  1  1   0   0   0    0  0  1  .241
 Middlebrooks, Will 3b                3  0  2   1   0   0    0  1  1  .667
 Byrd, Marlon cf                      3  0  0   0   0   0    1  0  1  .297
  Totals                             35  2  8   5   0   0    2  4  7 
 
  Oakland           0 0 0  1 0 3  0 0 0  --  4
  Boston            0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 1  --  2
 
     E_J.Reddick. LOB_Oakland 7, Boston 11. 2B_Y.Cespedes, S.Smith, K.Ka'aihue, 
 B.Inge, R.Sweeney, D.Pedroia, D.Ortiz 2, W.Middlebrooks. SF_M.Byrd. 
 SB_W.Middlebrooks (1). GIDP_J.Reddick. DP_Boston 1 (D.Bard, M.Aviles and 
 A.Gonzalez).
 
  Oakland                     IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 McCarthy, Brandon (W 2-3)   6 2-3    5  1  1  3  4   0 113-70  2.96
 Cook, Ryan (H 7)            1 1-3    1  0  0  1  3   0  25-16  0.00
 Fuentes, Brian (S 1)          1      2  1  1  0  0   0  18-11  4.50
 
  Boston                      IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 Bard, Daniel (L 2-3)        5 1-3    8  4  4  2  1   0 101-60  4.38
 Albers, Matt                 2-3     0  0  0  0  1   0    8-5  1.80
 Mortensen, Clayton            3      1  0  0  0  6   0  47-34  0.00
 
 HBP_by D.Bard (K.Suzuki). 
 WP_C.Mortensen.
 T_3:22. A_37,434

[Hail Cesar]

I think I only had a chance to watch about 15 minutes total of the entire three-game series against Oakland, so the losses are on me. That being said, when did Josh Reddick become a werewolf?

[BigSlick]

Hail Cesar, on 03 May 2012 - 06:31 AM, said:

That being said, when did Josh Reddick become a werewolf?

He's not like other guys.

How did rominer not make that post before I did?

This post has been edited by BigSlick: 03 May 2012 - 11:33 AM

[Hail Cesar]

BigSlick, on 03 May 2012 - 11:32 AM, said:

How did rominer not make that post before I did?

He must have contracted Super Herpes. It's affecting his mental functions.