8/19/08 @ BAL

[TheKilo]

DiceK and Cabrera

 

 

....aaaaaaaand go.

[BoSox21]

we usually own Cabrera, id hope that continues tonight

[riverside sluggers]

Dice looking to improve his record to 15-2 tonight!

 

Daisuke Matsuzaka (4 games vs Baltimore, 2-1 with a 4.79 ERA---Career at Camden Yards in 3 games, 1-1 with a 6.75 ERA ERA)

Brian Roberts, 5 for 10 (.500 avg) Double, 2 Walks, 3 Ks, SB

Nick Markakis, 0 for 6, RBI, 5 Walks, 2 Ks

Melvin Mora, 1 for 9 (.111 avg) 4 Ks

Aubrey Huff, 1 for 8 (.125 avg) 3 Walks, 4 Ks

Ramon Hernandez, 2 for 6 (.333 avg) RBI

Luke Scott, 1 for 3 (.333 avg) RBI, 3 Walks

Kevin Millar, 0 for 6, RBI, 2 Walks, 2 Ks

Jay Payton, 1 for 8 (.125 avg) K, SB

Juan Castro, 1 for 2 (.500 avg)

///

Guillermo Quiroz, 0 for 3, 2 Ks

 

Daniel Cabrera (16 games vs Boston, 2-11 with a 7.13 ERA---Career at Camden Yards in 73 games, 24-30 with a 5.13 ERA)

Jacoby Ellsbury, 9 for 21 (.429 avg) 2 Doubles, HR, RBI, Walk, 3 Ks, 5 SBs

Dustin Pedroia, 9 for 18 (.500 avg) 4 Doubles, 2 RBIs, Walk, K

David Ortiz, 7 for 26 (.269 avg) Double, 4 RBIs, 9 Walks, 4 Ks, SB

Kevin Youkilis, 7 for 27 (.259 avg) 5 Doubles, HR, 6 RBIs, 3 Walks, 8 Ks

Jason Bay, 3 for 4 (.750 avg) Double, RBI, Walk, SB

Sean Casey, 4 for 10 (.400 avg) 2 Doubles, 2 RBIs, 3 Walks

Jason Varitek, 6 for 26 (.231 avg) Double, 2 HRs, 5 RBIs, 5 Walks, 12 Ks, 2 SBs

Alex Cora, 13 for 30 (.433 avg) Double, Triple, HR, RBI, 4 Ks

Coco Crisp, 5 for 16 (.313 avg) 3 RBIs, 3 Walks, 3 Ks, SB

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Kevin Cash, 0 for 3, K

J.D. Drew, 5 for 12 (.417 avg) 2 Doubles, HR, 3 RBIs, 6 Walks, K

 

Matsuzaka this season vs Baltimore in 2 games, 2-0 with a 1.64 ERA. On the road in 10 games, 7-0 with a 2.17 ERA

 

Cabrera this season vs Boston in 5 games, 1-2 with a 5.86 ERA. At home in 11 games, 4-2 with a 5.79 ERA

[BoSox21]

Lineups:

 

Red Sox

 

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, RF

2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B

3. David Ortiz, DH

4. Kevin Youkilis, 3B

5. Jason Bay, LF

6. Sean Casey, 1B

7. Jason Varitek, C

8. Alex Cora, SS

9. Coco Crisp, CF

-- Daisuke Matsuzaka, SP

 

Orioles

 

1. Dave Roberts, 2B

2. Nick Markakis, RF

3. Melvin Mora, 3B

4. Aubrey Huff, DH

5. Ramon Hernadez, C

6. Luke Scott, LF

7. Kevin Millar, 1B

8. Jay Payton, CF

9. Juan Castro, SS

-- Daniel Cabrera, SP

[TheKilo]

Wow, does 789 suck.

[redsoxrules]

Is something wrong with JD?

 

EDIT: nevermind I saw he had lower back problems

[TheKilo]

Is Cabrera really only hitting 92? He's in trouble if that's the case.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Haha Cabrera leads in walks, hit batters, and wild pitches. It's like the anti-triple crown.

[ORS]

JC, Diceman looks like s***, and this is relative to his usual horribleness.

[Dojji]

Daisuke can't find the plate. This is beginning to look like one of those "starts well and goes downhill from there" games.

[ORS]

4 pitches nowhere near the target. Not even close.

[Dojji]

Mora really, really helped Daisuke there.

[toledosoxfan]

With how spotty Dice has been this year with his good stuff, it's surprising he's 14-2. If there is one thing he does well though, he buckles down with men on base. The great pitchers of the last 20+ years have done that well, Clemens, Maddux, etc.

[Dojji]

I love that Daisuke can do this with runners on base but why the **** can't he do it with the bases empty???

[ORS]

Yeah, Mora helped, but he's not out of the woods yet. He's got the former corpse of Aubrey Huff to deal with.

[toledosoxfan]

Dice's stats are insane. Opponents hitting .210 off him, solid ERA, if he could cut down on his walks, he'd be damn near unhittable. I'll give him one more year to adjust to everything MLB before I seriously critique him.

[Dojji]

So why couldn't you just do that to start the inning, Daisuke?

[TheKilo]

lol don't question it, just bask in the awesome that is DiceK.

[toledosoxfan]

I gotta wonder if he feels more comfortable pitching out of the stretch than the wind-up. He at least seems to have more control when he has men on base.

[TheKilo]

Well at least we'll have a chance to score a run in the 3rd.

[Dojji]

Holy crap, is Cabrera that bad or is Tek back???!

[ORS]

Tek? Two games in a row?

[Dojji]

Foul ball...

[Dojji]

here we go again...

[ORS]

I'm pretty sure that Luke Scott is at least 87% douche bag.

[Dojji]

LOW-RIE! LOW-RIE! LOW-RIE!

 

Jeeze. For the first time I'm anxious to get Lugo back so we can dump Cora.

[ORS]

Cora's awesomeness is shining bright tonight.

[Dojji]

Cora's awesomeness is shining bright tonight.

 

If by that you mean "going up in flames," yeah

[Dojji]

Don't you hit Papi!

[Dojji]

Wow. Testament to how good Pedroia is defensively that I was disappointed he didn't get to that.