August 14th vs Chicago

[GabeKaplerluver19]

well that was a great game! lol

[yankeessuck013]

Clement, Red Sox rescued by raindrops

 

Boston starter's five earned runs dissipate in the deluge

 

BOSTON -- Mother Nature provided the best relief Sunday for Matt Clement and the Red Sox.

 

The second rain delay of the game was brought on by a series of heavy rains, lightning and thunderstorms that inundated Fenway Park and eventually forced umpires to call the game following a wait of nearly four hours.

 

The White Sox were batting in the top of the fourth and had scored twice to extend their lead to 5-2 with runners on first and second with one out when the deluge began anew.

 

Statistics from the game will be wiped out, and the contest will be replayed in its entirety.

 

The game was stopped the first time for 48 minutes after the top of the first. Rainwater flooded the first two rows of infield box seats and both dugouts.

 

Before the second stoppage, the White Sox had rapped out eight hits against Clement, who surrendered three runs in the third before his teammates rallied in the bottom half of the inning for two.

 

But Clement gave the runs right back on a long homer to the first row of the Monster seats in left-center by Jermaine Dye leading off the fourth, followed by an RBI double to Chris Widger, making it 5-2.

 

The washout also preserved Boston's 13-game home winning streak and its six-game overall streak. The Red Sox did lose a half-game on their first-place cushion in the AL East and now lead the Yankees by 4 1/2 games.

[yankeessuck013]

Mutual off days for the Sox Rojo and Sox Blanco for the rest of the year: August 22 and September 5.

 

August 22

Red are in Anaheim on the 21st and in KC on the 23rd.

White are home on the 21st and in Minnesota on the 23rd.

 

September 5

Both teams in the midst of homestands.

 

 

Because there are no mutual off days anywhere near the end of the year, this game probably won't be made up . The only way I could see a makeup is on October 3 if the Yankees are within a half-game of the division title. I'd say that's pretty unlikely, and isn't the ALDS slated to begin October 4?

[yankeessuck013]

Hey, we could look back on this, at the end of the season and the Sox up by 1 game (or even tied) with the Yankees, and that rain could have been a gift from the heavens.

[GabeKaplerluver19]

yeah, my mom might have done that!

[riverside sluggers]

ERA's, K's, RBIs, Hits, HR's, etc. everything that happened in yesterday's game will be all wiped off the board as they never happened