Official 2006 Spring Training Game Thread

[CrespoBlows]

Pena fans on a curveball in the dirt.

 

He's got a lot of work to do.

[riverside sluggers]

Atta boy Pena

 

2 run shot to left field ties it up at 2

[RedSoxRooter]

Wily Mo! 2-2

[Sox Fan on Cape]

Pena fans on a curveball in the dirt.

 

He's got a lot of work to do.

But he did just hit a shot . Now 2-2.

[Beckett95]

he making a good first impression on the team. Im hoping he can gete around 400 AB's this year. Give him some time in the OF, DH and maybe play a little 1st

[riverside sluggers]

But he did just hit a shot . Now 2-2.

 

true, he's still taking his pitches in his first ABs so far that ive seen him. yesterday's game included

He is now 2 for 3, HR, 2 RBIs, Walk, K. Not bad start at all

 

Stern show off your power there, RBI double. Its 3-2

[jsinger121]

Wily Mo shows like he can take a few pitches which I like. He has a quick bat and tons of power. If he can just see the strikezone better he could become a very good hitter.

[CrespoBlows]

That's a wall ball single at Fenway. Nice at-bat though.

[jsinger121]

Papelbon gets damon looking

[riverside sluggers]

Now thats how to end his outing

 

He's up to 75 pitches I believe

[jsinger121]

Decent outing nothing spectacular. Had to battle a bit....but to me it looked like he was getting squeezed on some pitches which contributed to his high pitch count.

[a700hitter]

Is it customary to stretch out a pitcher beyond 75 pitches when he has at least one more start before ST breaks?

[jsinger121]

The Sox need to stretch him out and each outing he should be throwing more pitches.

[riverside sluggers]

Papelbon worked hard thru 5 innings. I find it very positive he held this Yankees lineup to 2 runs in 5 innings of play

 

That was a slick play by Machado to turn the double play

[a700hitter]

I figured that he would work 75-80 pitches tonight and 90-95 the next time out. I am not disagreeing. I am just not that familiar with the pitch progression throughout ST. His stuff is not outstanding tonight, but he has gotten better as the game moved along. All in all, an impressive outing. It's nice to see that he can be successful against a great lineup when he has sub par stuff.

[Sox Fan on Cape]

One good thing so far about the yankee broadcast is that they showed video of Posada trying to catch a ball with his nose during BP. That's why he's not playing. It looked broken, but with that beak you never know. :dunno:

I heard that as I was coming in my bedroom " In a freak accident..." Damn, ther goes my fantasy league catcher. Only a broken nose, no problem... it'll probably be an inprovement.

[riverside sluggers]

2 run HR given up by... Riske

 

I know spring training stats have no relavance, but would one of the sox players/coaches smack some sense into Riske

[a700hitter]

Weasel Sturtze, hitting Lowell. Sturtze is really a bum.

[CrespoBlows]

Weasel Sturtze, hitting Lowell. Sturtze is really a bum.

 

omg! i thought i told u 2 change ur sig. unless im straight up hustlin' fo sho do?

 

Seriously, that had no intent to it.

[jsinger121]

I would imagine that come the start of the season both Riske and Seanez will have short leashes if they pitch the way they have in spring training.

[riverside sluggers]

Stern takes Farnsworth deep, 5-4 ball game

[a700hitter]

Stern is making a bit of a statement with the bat. Maybe he doesn't go down after April.

[riverside sluggers]

Id go with that, but I think Theo will still be focused more on getting ABs & playing time for Wily. A full season of conditioning in Pawtucket wouldnt be the worst thing for Stern, where he would get more playing time than he would up north. Also an optioning of him to Pawtucket, they could be able to add another arm in the pen like DiNardo, DelCarmen, or even Hansen

[ORS]

Stern's stock keeps rising. When does he hit his selling point?

[a700hitter]

Stern can pull a major league fastball for a HR. Farnsworth has serious heat, and last year he took Jenks deep.

[riverside sluggers]

Good game by Pena against NY. He went 2 for 4 with big hit of course being the 2-run shot (tying the game). He did strike out but I did notice that each AB, he was taking his pitches.

 

This spring training (most of which was spent in WBC)

3 for 8 (.375 avg) HR, 2 RBIs, 4 Ks---- 1 game was played for Cincy, 0 for 3 with 3 Ks

 

So overall a good start with his new team, lets hope it parlays

[mtbykr]

One thing i thought was interesting last night was the fact that we played so well with our "B" team. The line-up that we faced was the line-up that will be there on opening day (sub posada for stinnett----posada has a fractured nasal passage) and we held them down until Riske came in the game, and even then we only lost by 1. The line-up that we put out there was minus papi, crisp, nixon, loretta, youk, tek, from our potential opening day line-up.

 

Remmy also mentioned that tito said the sox would carry 11 pitchers (no need for 12 at the beggining with the amount of off days) and that they were thinking of keeping machado up with the club---they really like what they have seen so far. (and that dude can fly)

 

I really like what i have seen from crisp; however it will be tough to see Stern be sent down at some point----he's fun to watch play!

[HeadOfSoxNation]

Forgive me if this was mentioned before...but does anyone have any idea why Manny is wearing number 95 in Spring Training? I thought the really high numbers were reserved for scrubs trying to make the system and minor leaguers? Guys like Lowell are wearing their regular numbers. Maybe Manny forgot his uniform at home and they had to hook him up with something? Oh Manny being Manny

[ORS]

You hit the nail on the head. Manny forgot his uniform when he left with the travel squad.

[riverside sluggers]

The Sox fell to the Twins, 4-3. This drops their spring record to 6-14-1, their 3rd straight loss. Matt Clement had a good outing, giving up 3 runs in 5 innings while striking out 5. Rudy Seanez & Manny DC combined for 2 scoreless innings of relief

 

Mark Loretta connected for his 2 HR of the spring, this one a 2 run shut. Coco Crisp had gone 2 for 3 with a walk.

 

Coco Crisp- 2 for 3, Walk (.472 avg)

Yema- 0 for 1, RBI

Mark Loretta- 2 for 4, HR, 2 RBIs (.441 avg)

Ramos- 0 for 1

David Ortiz- 1 for 3 (.500 avg)

Enrique Wilson- 0 for 1 (.276 avg)

Manny Ramirez- 1 for 2, Walk (.379 avg)

Trent Durrington- 0 for 1 (.150 avg)

Trot Nixon- 0 for 3 (.270 avg)

Dusty Brown- 1 for 1 (.333 avg)

Jason Varitek- 0 for 2

Chris Durbin- 0 for 2 (.250 avg)

Kevin Youkilis- 1 for 3 (.206 avg)

Jeff Bailey- 1 for 1 (.444 avg)

Tony Graffanino- 0 for 2, Walk (.200 avg)

Andrew Pinckney- 0 for 1

Alex Gonzalez- 0 for 3 (.097 avg)

Luis Segovia- 1 for 1 (.500 avg)

 

Matt Clement (L, 0-1)- 5 innings, 6 Hits, 3 Runs, 3 Walks, 5 Ks, 3.00 ERA

Rudy Seanez- 1 inning, 2 Hits, Walk, K, 8.00 ERA

Manny Delcarmen- 1 inning, 1 Hit, K, 3.38 ERA

Mike Holtz- 1 inning, 1 Hit, 1 Run, K, 4.15 ERA