April 17th @ Toronto

[a700hitter]

WMP is such a klutz in the field.

[Sky]

Matsuzaka's a really strong pitcher. I think he'll be like this nearly all season

[riverside sluggers]

Wily Mo shouldnt have even attempted to catch it. Pedroia was clearly calling for it and had it at hand

 

Kevin Youkilis is K'd on a pitch at the same location vernon Wells got a ball count in his favor. Cmon guys give him some frigging run support, dont make him "Wakefield 05-07"

[ORS]

Was the called strike to Youk close? Gameday had it 6" inside.

[Rdsxmbnt]

of course vernon wells gets the ball on that pitch and screws up Dmat for the inning and then Youk gets the strike 3

[ORS]

PH for WMP? I don't like the righty against him in this spot, and Hinske's bat is hot.

[SchillingIsTheNatural]

Why does Francona not bring in JD Drew vs. the righty??? These are reasons I continue to believe Francona gets out-coached all the time

[riverside sluggers]

Francona in his red sox tenure has always been sketchy about pinch hitters. He \wants to stay with his lineup during the whole game

[jacksonianmarch]

just back from another cross NE trip. Listened to XM, sounds like DMats lost it in one inning, but other than that was untouchable.

[riverside sluggers]

Dustin Pedroia, Julio Lugo, Coco Crisp for the 8th... um Tito Id like JD Drew or Hinske or even both to pinch hit

 

Okajima is nasty, starts the inning off with back to back Ks. They could start using him in setup if he continues to pitch like this

[Rdsxmbnt]

lol Okajima dealing!

[ORS]

Okajima is looking like a good buy.

[SchillingIsTheNatural]

rally time

[jacksonianmarch]

WIULY MOI POPUP SUXXX !!1!!1!!1!

[SchillingIsTheNatural]

a game of bad luck

[riverside sluggers]

ok now hinske pinch hit for coco?

 

guess not, yes coco try bunting with 2 outs in the 8th

[jacksonianmarch]

ok now hinske pinch hit for coco?

 

guess not, yes coco try bunting with 2 outs in the 8th

 

am I reading this right? Youkilis is your #5 hitter? WTF?

[jacksonianmarch]

COCO GOT A HIT!!! An occasion this rare should be celebrated with a PAHHHTY!

[ORS]

Crisp did what he needed to do. It's Papi time.

[riverside sluggers]

Im trying to understand it myself Jacko... I guess Tito thought "What should I do to get him out of his funk? Hey I know I'll put the limited pitch taking Coco in front of Ortiz and put Youkilis down to the 5 pot"

 

EDIT: Coco with 2 hits, huh I guess keep it up

[jacksonianmarch]

well it isnt necessarily working to perfection. 1 run vs Chacin and a depleted Jays pen is pretty poor (no Ryan, no Speier).

[jacksonianmarch]

frasor works out of it. Papi cannot do it every time.

[a700hitter]

Piniero with a good inning.

[riverside sluggers]

Manny is key matchup vs Frasor, 3 for 8, 2 of those hits are homeruns

 

Guess not, and Youkilis hacks at the 1st pitch in a 1 run game in the 9th inning. Tito I better see him batting 2nd tomorrow and Drew 5th

[TGov]

Manny is key matchup vs Frasor' date=' 3 for 8, 2 of those hits are homeruns[/quote']

 

not this time...

[TGov]

...what the f***...

[ORS]

Kinda bites losing when you get twice as many hits as your opponent. The bum luck against the Jays continues. Blame Canada.

[jacksonianmarch]

And you still havent faced Halladay. You guys own Anaheim yet they own us. The Jays own you guys and we own them for the most part. Funny game this baseball is.

[castigs850]

gay loss, we had more hits and matsu did really well other than the 4th. go get 'um tomorrow i guess

[riverside sluggers]

Matsuzaka is not well liked by the Sox offense. He is now 1-2 with a 2.84 ERA, 24 Ks in 20 innings. But the Sox have just backed him up with a grand total of 5 runs, maybe they'll score enough vs the Yankees when he starts next... maybe