6/22 vs. STL

[TheKilo]

Lester v. some scrub. Win.

[The Dustball]

Piniero sucks so please salvage today's game. Let's go Sox.

 

Sox-

Ellsbury-LF

Pedroia-2B

Drew-RF

Ramirez-DH

Lowell-3B

Youkilis-1B

Varitek-C

Crisp-CF

Lugo-SS

 

Lester-SP

 

 

Cards-

Barton-LF

Miles-2B

Ludwick-RF

Glaus-3B

Stavinoha-DH

Ankiel-CF

Molina-1B

Larue-C

Ryan-SS

 

Piniero-SP

[Cocos Disciples]

Joey Pins!

[Thumper]

Just win you cocks.

[Thumper]

Wee oh, rain delay.

[Thumper]

And the cover's coming off.

 

Game time!

[Soxfan1]

I was at a banquet and it was ridiculously bad for about 1 minute then went back to cloudy humid.

[Thumper]

K

[Thumper]

Nice DP to end the first.

[The Dustball]

Good. After they take away a well hit ball by Ellsbury, Pedroia sneaks in a blooper down the line.

[riverside sluggers]

Joel Pineiro (9 games vs Boston, 3-5 with a 6.75 ERA---Career at Fenway Park in 19 games, 1-3 with a 5.82 ERA)

Jacoby Ellsbury, 0 for 3

Dustin Pedroia, 2 for 3 (.667 avg) Double

J.D. Drew, 2 for 9 (.222 avg)

Manny Ramirez, 11 for 25 (.440 avg) 3 HRs, 5 RBIs, 3 Walks, 3 Ks

Mike Lowell, 1 for 2 (.500 avg)

Kevin Youkilis, 2 for 11 (.182 avg) Double, RBI, 3 Ks

Jason Varitek, 0 for 15, RBI, 2 Walks, 5 Ks

Coco Crisp, 5 for 13 (.385 avg) HR, 2 RBIs, Walk, 3 Ks

Julio Lugo, 3 for 11 (.273 avg) Double, HR, RBI, Walk, K, SB

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Sean Casey, 1 for 4 (.250 avg) Walk

Kevin Cash, 0 for 3

Alex Cora, 0 for 3

 

Jon Lester (1 game vs St. Louis---Career at Fenway Park in 23 games, 9-2 with a 3.73 ERA)

Brian Barton, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) Double, RBI, K, SB

Aaron Miles, 2 for 3 (.667 avg)

Ryan Ludwick, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) RBI

Troy Glaus, 0 for 2, Walk

Nick Stavinoha, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) K

Rick Ankiel, 0 for 3

Yadier Molina, 0 for 2

Jason LaRue, 0 for 2, K

Brendan Ryan, 2 for 2 (1.000 avg) 2 Doubles

[Thumper]

K K

[TheKilo]

Lester is so good.

[TheKilo]

Varitek - Nice and toasty

[Thumper]

ELLSBURY!

[Jayhawk Bill]

Through four, Tim Timmons has done an exceptional job calling balls and strikes. He's only missed two pitches, calling one strike a ball for both Lester and Pineiro.

 

Great catch Coco!

[Thumper]

Good catch by Crisp.

 

This is turning into a pitcher's duel.

[a700hitter]

Good catch by Crisp.

 

This is turning into a pitcher's duel.

The Sox offense should be beating Joel Pinata like a Piniero.

[Thumper]

The Sox offense should be beating Joel Pinata like a Piniero.

 

I was under the assumption before the game that we'd be making him s*** bricks, but apparently that assumption has since been wronged.

 

 

Lightning sighted around the park. Possible rain delay to come.

 

Holy f*** Crisp.

[Jayhawk Bill]

Two-out line drive single by Coco.

 

Looks to me as if Coco might be juicing again

 

...too bad it slows him down on the basepaths.

[Jayhawk Bill]

As attempts at diving catches go, JD Drew's was not the most elegant or effective: he had the reach to make the catch, but he missed the ball by almost a foot vertically.

[Thumper]

Two-out line drive single by Coco.

 

Looks to me as if Coco might be juicing again

 

...too bad it slows him down on the basepaths.

 

Get him into a roid rage... he'll run down the bases.

[Jayhawk Bill]

It's raining pretty hard at Fenway now.

[Thumper]

Dammit.

 

Come on Lester get out of this.

[Jayhawk Bill]

On the bright side, I see no more rain.

 

Radar showed a small thunderstorm and then about 30 miles to a major squall line crossing I-495. Let's hope that Pineiro is less effective in the bottom of the sixth.

[Thumper]

2-0 Cardinals.

 

f***.

[Jayhawk Bill]

Two out double...Pedroia in scoring position for Drew.

[Jayhawk Bill]

How often does a pitcher successfully field a line drive? Pineiro snagged two in one half inning...

[Thumper]

Tito better be warming up that bullpen soon.

[Jayhawk Bill]

Lester's fastball was 95 mph in the first inning. It's now 88-92 mph.