[RedSoxAnni]

Game time: 7:10 pm

Scheduled starters: Roy Halladay (16-10, 2.90) v. Tim Wakefield (11-4, 4.33)

The game will be on NESN and WEEI

Boston weather: 5 pm observation at KBOS: Wind out of the west at 14 mph with gusts to 24 mph, visibility 9 miles, broken layers at 4,200 feet, 8,000 feet, and 12,000 feet, temperature 56F, DP 41F

Forecast: It will be in the low 50s tonight. There is a slight chance of light showers during the evening, but most likely it will be dry. The wind will be blowing out toward left center.


And now that we've backed into the wild card it's time to win a baseball game.

[rominer]

Fortunately, tonight's opposing starter is a bum. This one should be easy.

[CTLovesTheSox]

Since the sox have now clinched the wild card, here's the lineup tonight:

Gathright, CF
Reddick, LF
Kotchman, 1B
Ortiz, DH
Baldelli, RF
Kottaras, C
Gonzalez, SS
Lowrie, 3B
Woodward, 2B

Resting almost everyone.

[RedSoxAnni]

Toronto                                 Boston                                
 -------                                 ------                                
 
 Pos  Player               HR  RBI  AVG. Pos  Player              HR  RBI  AVG.
 ---  ------               --  ---  ---- ---  ------              --  ---  ----
  RF  Bautista, Jose       10   34  .236  CF  Gathright, Joey      0    0  .500 
  2B  Hill, Aaron          36  105  .286  LF  Reddick, Josh        2    4  .192 
  3B  Millar, Kevin         7   29  .222  1B  Kotchman, Casey      1    7  .224 
  CF  Wells, Vernon        15   66  .262  DH  Ortiz, David        28   96  .240 
  1B  Overbay, Lyle        15   61  .269  RF  Baldelli, Rocco      7   23  .259 
   C  Barajas, Rod         19   71  .231   C  Kottaras, George     1   10  .227 
  DH  Ruiz, Randy           7   14  .276  SS  Gonzalez, Alex       4   14  .285 
  LF  Snider, Travis        9   27  .236  3B  Lowrie, Jed          1    7  .153 
  SS  McDonald, John        3   10  .235  2B  Woodward, Chris      0    0  .221 
   P  Halladay, Roy (16-10, 2.90)          P  Wakefield, Tim (11-4, 4.33)     
 
 09/30 17:52:46 ET

[SFFM38]

Ughh!! just other UGLY GAME!!!!! I believe this is 1st time Sox has got swept at Fenway this season.

[RedSoxAnni]

Toronto                            ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Bautista, Jose rf                    5  1  1   0   0   1    3  0  1  .235
 Hill, Aaron 2b                       6  0  3   1   0   0    2  0  0  .288
 Millar, Kevin 3b                     4  1  1   0   0   0    0  2  0  .223
 Wells, Vernon cf                     5  1  3   2   0   0    0  1  1  .265
 Overbay, Lyle 1b                     3  1  1   0   0   1    3  3  0  .270
 Barajas, Rod c                       6  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .228
 Ruiz, Randy dh                       6  4  4   1   0   2    2  0  1  .298
 Snider, Travis lf                    4  3  2   0   1   0    0  1  0  .240
 McDonald, John ss                    3  1  2   0   0   0    2  0  0  .245
  Totals                             42 12 17   4   1   4   12  7  4 
 
  Boston                             ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Gathright, Joey cf-rf                4  0  2   0   0   0    0  0  0  .500
 Reddick, Josh lf                     4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .179
 Kotchman, Casey 1b                   3  0  0   0   0   0    0  1  0  .215
 Ortiz, David dh                      3  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  3  .238
 Baldelli, Rocco rf-3b                4  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  0  .259
 Kottaras, George c                   3  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .220
 Gonzalez, Alex ss                    2  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .281
  Anderson, Brian cf                  1  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .234
 Lowrie, Jed 3b-ss                    3  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .145
 Woodward, Chris 2b                   2  0  0   0   0   0    0  1  1  .215
  Totals                             29  0  3   0   0   0    0  2  6 
 
  Toronto           0 2 3  0 3 2  0 1 1  -- 12
  Boston            0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  --  0
 
     LOB_Toronto 13, Boston 5. 2B_A.Hill, V.Wells 2, R.Ruiz. 3B_T.Snider. 
 HR_L.Overbay (16) off T.Wakefield, R.Ruiz (8) off T.Wakefield, R.Ruiz (9) off 
 M.Delcarmen, J.Bautista (11) off H.Okajima. SF_J.Bautista. S_J.McDonald. 
 SB_R.Baldelli (1). GIDP_J.Gathright. DP_Toronto 1 (A.Hill, J.McDonald and 
 L.Overbay);
 
  Toronto                     IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 Halladay, Roy (W 17-10)       9      3  0  0  2  6   0 100-68  2.79
 
  Boston                      IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 Wakefield, Tim (L 11-5)       3      7  5  5  2  2   2  76-48  4.58
 Cabrera, Fernando             1      3  3  3  2  0   0  28-14  9.00
 Richardson, Dustin            1      1  0  0  1  0   0  18-11  0.00
 Delcarmen, Manny              1      3  2  2  0  0   1   19-9  4.53
 Jones, Hunter                 1      0  0  0  2  1   0  23-13  9.24
 Okajima, Hideki               1      1  1  1  0  0   1  15-10  3.39
 Brown, Dusty                  1      2  1  1  0  1   0   13-9  9.00
 
      F.Cabrera pitched to 3 batters in the 5th.
 
 HBP_by R.Halladay (D.Ortiz), by T.Wakefield (J.McDonald). 
 WP_T.Wakefield, D.Richardson.
 BK_D.Richardson.
 T_2:38. A_37,246.

[acr]

Is there anything gayer than games during the week between the clinching and the start of the playoffs?

[RedSoxAnni]

I would have been very annoyed if I had paid to see that game. There should be some rule that you have to have at least four legitimate Major Leaguers in a starting lineup.

[Ralpho316]

I am being offered tickets to Friday, odds are after tonight's disaster I am goign to pass.

At least the fans saw Halladay pitch

[yazgoesbacklooksupitsgone]

I caught a little of the game on the radio during my lunch break. At one point, Castiglione said "Facing Halliday will be Woodward, Gathright and Reddick" and I thought I had the wrong station.
It's like the scene in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid where one of them screams "who are these guys???"