[RedSoxAnni]

Game time: 7:10 pm

Scheduled starters: Clay Buchholz (15-5, 2.26) v. Matt Garza (13-7, 3.62)

The game will be on NESN and on MLB Network

St. Pete weather: 5 pm observation at KPIE: Wind out of the northeast at 6 mph, visibility 10 miles, scattered clouds at 3,600 feet, temperature 91F, DP 73F

Forecast: Hot and muggy outside with a chance of thunder. Baseball inside with a chance of cowbell.



Notes:


If you are in the NESN area, the MLB Network game will be Yankees/White Sox, so get those clickers ready.

Okajima was activated and Michael was sent back to Pawtucket. He can return after 10 days unless someone else goes on the DL.

[RedSoxAnni]

Boston                                  Tampa Bay                             
 ------                                  ---------                             
 
 Pos  Player               HR  RBI  AVG. Pos  Player              HR  RBI  AVG.
 ---  ------               --  ---  ---- ---  ------              --  ---  ----
  SS  Scutaro, Marco        7   44  .275   C  Jaso, John           4   42  .280 
  RF  Drew, J.D.           17   59  .261  2B  Zobrist, Ben         7   57  .251 
   C  Martinez, Victor     12   53  .285  LF  Crawford, Carl      14   68  .297 
  DH  Ortiz, David         27   79  .262  3B  Longoria, Evan      19   86  .291 
  3B  Beltre, Adrian       23   87  .324  1B  Pena, Carlos        24   72  .213 
  1B  Lowell, Mike          4   20  .233  RF  Joyce, Matt          7   30  .226 
  LF  Nava, Daniel          1   19  .269  DH  Johnson, Dan         1    7  .140 
  CF  Kalish, Ryan          2    8  .230  CF  Upton, B.J.         12   45  .235 
  2B  Hall, Bill           17   40  .241  SS  Bartlett, Jason      3   42  .253 
   P  Buchholz, Clay (15-5, 2.26)          P  Garza, Matt (13-7, 3.62)        
 
 08/28 18:26:53 ET

[roidrage]

That Kalish catch was sick.

[Cambridge]

This Buchholz guy is pretty good.

[roidrage]

I'm glad we traded mascho for him.

We did do that, right?

[roidrage]

VeeeeeeMaaaarrrrt!!!!!

[rominer]

I would like to think that after the game, BJ Upton is going to get eaten by a shark.

That would be awesome.

[roidrage]

God dammit.

It really pisses me off to have Atchison give up thejack while Papelbon sits on his hands in the bullpen.

Memo to Francona: once in extras, use your best available bullpen arms first, especially when in a pennant race and facing one of the teams you are chasing.

****.

F~CK!!!

[rominer]

All I know is this:

I hated Tampa Bay when they were a last place team full of headhunters.

I hated them when they were a Cinderella story and went to the World Series.

I will hate them next year, or the year after that, or whenever it is that ownership is (understandably) too cheap to keep that team together to play in front of a half-empty house.

I hate them now.

**** them.

[The Ghost of Ned Martin]

rominer, on 28 August 2010 - 09:43 PM, said:

<br />All I know is this:<br /><br />I hated Tampa Bay when they were a last place team full of headhunters.<br /><br />I hated them when they were a Cinderella story and went to the World Series.<br /><br />I will hate them next year, or the year after that, or whenever it is that ownership is (understandably) too cheap to keep that team together to play in front of a half-empty house.<br /><br />I hate them now.<br /><br />**** them.<br />

They aren't even a real ****ing franchise. They play in the worse sports venue in all of professional sports. Most of their fans are toothless racist ****s who sleep with their moms and sisters. Evan Longoria tries to give aids to young children and BJ Upton can suck my dingle berry filled ass.

I hate the world right now. I am going to call Pat Robertson to see if he can send a hurricane to Tampa since the population consists of nothing but sodomites.

[RedSoxAnni]

Boston                             ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Scutaro, Marco ss                    5  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  1  .274
 Drew, J.D. rf                        5  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .258
 Martinez, Victor c                   5  2  4   0   0   1    1  0  1  .292
 Ortiz, David dh                      4  0  3   1   0   0    0  1  0  .267
 Beltre, Adrian 3b                    3  0  1   0   0   0    1  0  0  .324
 Lowell, Mike 1b                      4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .227
 Nava, Daniel lf                      4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .259
 Kalish, Ryan cf                      4  0  1   0   0   0    0  0  0  .231
 Hall, Bill 2b                        3  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .238
  Lowrie, Jed ph-2b                   1  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .276
  Totals                             38  2 10   1   0   1    2  1  5 
 
  Tampa Bay                          ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  w  k  avg.
 Jaso, John c                         3  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .277
  Shoppach, Kelly ph-c                1  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .191
 Zobrist, Ben 2b                      3  0  1   0   0   0    0  1  0  .252
 Crawford, Carl lf                    4  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  0  .294
 Longoria, Evan 3b                    4  0  2   0   0   0    0  0  1  .293
 Pena, Carlos 1b                      4  1  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .211
 Joyce, Matt rf                       2  0  1   0   0   0    1  1  0  .230
 Johnson, Dan dh                      4  1  1   0   0   1    1  0  2  .149
 Upton, B.J. cf                       3  1  1   0   0   1    1  0  0  .235
 Bartlett, Jason ss                   3  0  0   0   0   0    0  0  1  .251
  Totals                             31  3  6   0   0   2    3  2  7 
 
  Boston            0 0 0  1 0 0  0 1 0  0  --  2
  Tampa Bay         0 0 0  0 0 0  1 1 0  1  --  3
 
 None out when winning run scored.
 
     E_C.Buchholz. LOB_Boston 8, Tampa Bay 4. 2B_D.Ortiz. HR_V.Martinez (13) off 
 J.Benoit, B.Upton (13) off C.Buchholz, D.Johnson (2) off S.Atchison. 
 SF_A.Beltre, M.Joyce. CS_E.Longoria. GIDP_A.Beltre. DP_Tampa Bay 1 
 (E.Longoria, B.Zobrist and C.Pena).
 
  Boston                      IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 Buchholz, Clay              7 1-3    4  2  1  2  5   1 110-67  2.21
 Doubront, Felix              2-3     1  0  0  0  1   0   11-6  3.75
 Bard, Daniel                  1      0  0  0  0  1   0   10-8  1.76
 Atchison, Scott (L 2-2)        0     1  1  1  0  0   1    8-6  4.23
 
  Tampa Bay                   IP      H  R ER BB SO  HR  PC-ST   ERA
 Garza, Matt                   7      6  1  1  1  3   0 101-63  3.53
 Benoit, Joaquin               1      3  1  1  0  1   1  21-11  1.52
 Soriano, Rafael               1      0  0  0  0  0   0    7-6  1.75
 Qualls, Chad                 2-3     1  0  0  0  1   0   14-9  5.40
 Choate, Randy (W 4-3)        1-3     0  0  0  0  0   0    5-3  4.54
 
      S.Atchison pitched to 1 batter in the 10th.
 
 WP_J.Benoit.
 T_3:17. A_36,973.

[acr]

I hate Tampa so much, god damn asshole, lucky fluke bastards who don't deserve an ounce of the success they've backed into the past few years.

And Terry Francona is a moron. Let's throw Buchholz out there for another inning when he's at 107 pitches and we just got the lead back. Then let's put ****ing Scott Atchison in to lose the game for us while Bard only threw a few pitches in the 9th and Papelbon is sitting on his ass in the pen. Bald retard can't manage a pitching staff to save his life. And the Rays capitalize again, like in 2008 when Francona handed them a trip to the World Series by single handedly blowing game 2 with retarded pitching staff management.