4/20 at Oakland

[ORS]

I made a game thread. That game got rained out. Someone else made a game thread for the next game, and in order to go with the flow, I endorsed that game thread. The Sox lost. Clearly, the gods of mojo wanted more from me than a mere endorsement.

 

Today, I answer their call.

 

Everyone in the rotation seems to have gotten the memo, Clay. Your turn.

 

Win.

[RedSoxFrank]

Win and get the f*** OUT of Oakland.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Gio Gonzalez has a 5.51 ERA vs BOS in his career. Youk is 4 for 8 against him. While playing @OAK, Gio has a 6.00 ERA vs BOS.

[Palodios]

I took a look, and it appears that this 6 game stand is the longest west coast trip all season. If they go 3-3 here, they'll be in pretty good shape for the rest of the season.

[RedSoxFrank]

I took a look' date=' and it appears that this 6 game stand is the longest west coast trip all season. If they go 3-3 here, they'll be in pretty good shape for the rest of the season.[/quote']

 

3-3 for this West coast trip sounds good to me, now lets make it happen.

[Palodios]

3-3 for this West coast trip sounds good to me' date=' now lets make it happen.[/quote']

 

4 games against the Angels, whose entire starting rotation is right handed. Oh, did I mention that in a 4 game series, we're not playing against Weaver?

[RedSoxFrank]

4 games against the Angels' date=' whose entire starting rotation is right handed. Oh, did I mention that in a 4 game series, we're not playing against Weaver?[/quote']

 

It's good that we're finally facing some RHP's hopefully we can hit them hard.

[Palodios]

JED LOWRIE ON WEEI AT 12PM!!!

 

That is all.

[La Munson]

Hopefully we get some better umps today.

[RedSoxFrank]

Hopefully we get some better umps today.

 

We can only hope...

[Wil Corderos Wife]

I'll be at work for this one, but checking in occasionally. I wonder if Remy & Orsillo will be slightly sillier than usual in honor of 4/20.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Hopefully we get some better umps today.

 

Can't get any worse than last night.

[RedSoxFrank]

I have bartending class around 6:00-6:30 hopefully I get to watch the whole game, I doubt it though.

[VA Sox Fan]

Hopefully we get some better umps today.

 

It will be the same umps but they will be located differently.

 

WIN!

[Palodios]

JED LOWRIE ON WEEI AT 12PM!!!

 

All I want to do is listen to his voice. What a sexy beast.

[SoxFanForsyth]

RED SOX (5-11)

Drew RF

Pedroia 2B

Gonzalez 1B

Youkilis DH

Lowrie 3B

Scutaro SS

Crawford LF

Varitek C

Ellsbury CF

 

Pitching: RHP Clay Buchholz (0-2, 6.60).

[ORS]

Great, Crawford/Ellsbury hitting 7 and 9....no chance for success. [/soxSport]

[SoxFanForsyth]

Great' date=' Crawford/Ellsbury hitting 7 and 9....no chance for success. [/soxSport']

 

Dude. We're platooning Ortiz. Easy win.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Jed Lowrie should be hitting third. Also, fourth, fifth, and sixth. Also, leading off.

[BornToRun]

Jed Lowrie should be hitting third. Also' date=' fourth, fifth, and sixth. Also, leading off.[/quote']

 

Should probably let him be manager too.

[MNSoxChief102]

RED SOX (5-11)

Drew RF

Pedroia 2B

Gonzalez 1B

Youkilis DH

Lowrie 3B

Scutaro SS

Crawford LF

Varitek C

Ellsbury CF

 

Pitching: RHP Clay Buchholz (0-2, 6.60).

 

That's the lineup I've been hoping to see consistently for some time now, with the exception of Ortiz not being there and Scutaro starting at SS. Right now, Drew is getting on base pretty well and he's always been solid as a leadoff guy.

 

Keeping Crawford in one spot (7th) will help him get out of his slump IMO and having Ells hit 9th gives us a guy that should be able to turnover the lineup and get it back to the top with at least one guy on base. Now if we can just get Clay to man up and pitch like he's capable of, we'll be in great shape.

[RedSoxFrank]

I wish the game today was a night game instead of a day game, I'm probably not going to be able to watch all of it.

[VA Sox Fan]

ATHLETICS (9-8)

Crisp CF

Barton 1B

DeJesus RF

Matsui DH

Sweeney LF

Ellis 2B

Powell C

Kouzmanoff 3B

Pennington SS

 

Pitching: LHP Gio Gonzalez (2-0, 0.47)

 

Game time: 3:35 p.m.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Good thing it is a day game. I need to catch up on some sleep.

[SoxFanForsyth]

We need to score about 4 or 5 in the first and set the pace for this game.

[Palodios]

Anyone have a good online stream for radio? I skimmed the thread about this, but it seemed like most of them were day-by-day websites.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Come on Gio. s*** a lemon today.

[La Munson]

Clay has to be REALLY good today, if the dude we're up against has a ERA below half of 1

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

We need to add a couple numbers to his ERA.

[La Munson]

I have to admit, those alternate uniforms are pretty damn cool.

 

Reminds me of the early 70s A's