[RedSoxAnni]

Game time: 1:05 pm

Scheduled starters: Daisuke Matsuzaka v. Andy Sonnanstine

The game will be on MLBN


Port Charlotte weather: Noon observation at KRSW: Wind out of the southeast at 13 mph, visibility 10 miles in light rain, broken layer at 3,500 feet, overcast at 8,000 feet, temperature 63F, DP 60F

Forecast: There's a chance of rain showers and possibly a thunderstorm this afternoon. There was light rain reported at noon, but a thunderstorm dumped over an inch of rain at Port Charlotte Airport around 9 am. It will be cool, and will be in the mid- to upper 60s at game time. The wind will blow across from left to right.

[RedSoxAnni]

RED SOX

Ellsbury CF
Crawford LF
Cameron DH
Youkilis 3B
Kalish RF
Spears 1B
Hoover C
Tejeda 2B
Iglesias SS

Pitching: RHP Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP Alfredo Aceves, LHP Andrew Miller, RHP Michael Bowden, LHP Rich Hill



RAYS

Zobrist CF
Damon DH
Longoria 3B
Ramirez LF
Joyce RF
Upton CF
Johnson 1B
Brignac SS
Jaso C

Pitching: RHP Andy Sonnanstine, RHP Rob Delaney, RHP Mike Ekstrom, RHP Matt Bush, RHP Brandon Gomes, LHP Alex Torres

[coloradojack]

spring baseball makes me happy.

edit: is it me or do the Rays have a better spring training ballpark than Tropicana?

This post has been edited by coloradojack: 10 March 2011 - 01:43 PM

[RedSoxAnni]

From Peter Abraham...


Matsuzaka was lifted after getting two outs (in the fourth). His line: 3.2 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1 HR. 62 pitches, 34 strikes.

Matsuzaka threw only 9 strikes in his first 24 pitches. Then 25 of the next 38. But lots of those were hit hard, too. Can't categorize this as anything but disappointing.

His line this spring: 8.1 IP, 13 H, 13 R, 11 ER, 5 BB, 4 K. That's an ERA of 11.88. Unless he is injured, he'll start the season as the No. 5 starter. Not sure what else the Red Sox can do at this point. But how long will that leash extend in the season?




Discuss...

[rominer]

coloradojack, on 10 March 2011 - 01:38 PM, said:

edit: is it me or do the Rays have a better spring training ballpark than Tropicana?

Would it even be possible for that not to be the case?

[RedSoxAnni]

Boston                             ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  avg.
 Ellsbury, Jacoby cf                  3  0  0   0   0   0    0  .261
  Lin, Che-Hsuan cf                   2  0  1   1   0   0    0  .231
 Crawford, Carl lf                    3  0  1   0   0   0    0  .250
  Reddick, Josh lf                    2  0  0   0   0   0    0  .190
 Cameron, Mike dh                     4  1  1   0   0   0    0  .333
 Youkilis, Kevin 3b                   3  0  1   1   0   0    0  .261
  Navarro, Yamaico pr-3b              1  1  0   0   0   0    0  .304
 Kalish, Ryan rf                      4  1  1   0   0   0    0  .281
 Spears, Nate 1b                      4  1  3   0   1   0    2  .444
 Hoover, Paul c                       2  0  0   0   0   0    0  .250
  Federowicz, Tim c                   2  0  1   0   0   0    1  .333
 Tejeda, Oscar 2b                     4  1  1   0   0   1    2  .357
 Iglesias, Jose ss                    2  0  2   0   0   0    0  .462
  Sutton, Drew ss                     2  1  1   0   0   1    1  .250
  Totals                             38  6 13   2   1   2    6  
 
  Tampa Bay                          ab  r  h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  avg.
 Zobrist, Ben 2b                      2  2  1   1   0   0    0  .357
  Johnson, Elliot 2b-ss               1  0  0   0   0   0    0  .000
 Damon, Johnny dh                     2  2  1   1   0   0    1  .190
  Carter, Chris ph-dh                 1  0  0   0   0   0    0  .400
 Longoria, Evan 3b                    3  0  1   0   0   0    1  .259
  Lopez, Felipe 3b                    1  0  0   0   0   0    0  .400
 Joyce, Matt rf                       2  0  1   0   0   0    2  .261
  Rodriguez, Sean rf-2b               1  0  0   0   0   0    0  .353
 Upton, B.J. cf                       3  0  0   0   0   0    0  .269
  Jennings, Desmond cf                1  1  1   0   0   0    0  .174
 Johnson, Dan 1b                      3  0  0   0   0   0    0  .136
  Kotchman, Casey 1b                  1  0  1   1   0   0    1  .417
  Beckham, Tim pr                     0  1  0   0   0   0    0  .357
 Brignac, Reid ss                     3  0  1   0   0   0    0  .467
  Vogt, Stephen rf                    1  0  0   0   0   0    0  .000
 Jaso, John c                         2  1  2   0   0   1    1  .316
  Chirinos, Robinson c                2  1  1   0   0   1    2  .400
 Fuld, Sam lf                         3  0  0   0   0   0    0  .100
  Canzler, Russ lf                    0  0  0   0   0   0    0  .000
  Totals                             32  8 10   3   0   2    8  
 
  Boston            0 0 0  0 1 3  0 0 2  --  6
  Tampa Bay         2 1 2  0 0 0  0 0 3  --  8
 
 One out when winning run scored.
 
     LOB_Boston 5, Tampa Bay 2. 2B_C.Lin, K.Youkilis, B.Zobrist, J.Damon, 
 C.Kotchman. 3B_N.Spears. HR_O.Tejeda (1) off B.Gomes, D.Sutton (1) off 
 B.Gomes, J.Jaso (1) off D.Matsuzaka, J.Damon (1) off D.Matsuzaka, C.Kotchman 
 (1) off A.Aceves. SF_M.Joyce. SB_R.Kalish (3), N.Spears (2). CS_M.Joyce. 
 GIDP_J.Ellsbury, Y.Navarro, B.Upton. DP_Boston 1 (Youkilis, Tejeda and 
 Spears); Tampa Bay 2 (Zobrist, Brignac and Johnson), (Lopez, Rodriguez and 
 Kotchman).
 
  Boston                      IP      H  R ER BB SO   ERA
 Matsuzaka, Daisuke          3 2-3    5  5  5  2  2  11.42
 Miller, Andrew              1 1-3    1  0  0  0  1   5.06
 Bard, Daniel                  1      0  0  0  0  2   9.82
 Aceves, Alfredo (L 0-1)     2 1-3    4  3  3  0  1   3.68
 
  Tampa Bay                   IP      H  R ER BB SO   ERA
 Sonnanstine, Andy             4      2  0  0  0  1  10.13
 Swindle, R.J.                 0      2  1  1  0  0   3.60
 Ekstrom, Mike                 1      1  0  0  0  1   9.64
 Torres, Alexander             2      4  3  3  0  1   4.50
 Bush, Matt (H 1)              1      1  0  0  0  0   3.60
 Gomes, Brandon (W 2-0;B 1)    1      3  2  2  0  2   4.15
 
      Swindle pitched to 2 batters in the 5th.
 
 T_2:43. A_7,322.
 Umpires_Home, John Hirschbeck; First, Bill Welke; 
         Second, Tim Welke; Third, Paul Emmel.
 
 03/10 16:13:30 ET