8/4 vs Indians

[Jasonbay44]

Erik Bedard (4-7, 3.45 ERA) vs Justin Masterson (8-7, 2.56 ERA)

 

Game time: 7:10 PM

 

Lineups:

RED SOX (68-41)

Ellsbury CF

Pedroia 2B

Gonzalez 1B

Youkilis 3B

Ortiz DH

Crawford LF

Reddick RF

Varitek C

Scutaro SS

 

Guardians (54-54)

Carrera CF

Kipnis 2B

Cabrera SS

Hafner DH

Santana C

Fukudome RF

Laporta 1B

Kearns LF

Donald 3B

 

Win.

[AtWork]

Bedard - 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 2 K

[BornToRun]

Bedard- 9.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 21 K

[AtWork]

Upon hearing last Sunday that Erik Bedard had been traded to the Red Sox [team stats], Mark Lambert immediately recalled a conversation over dinner with the left-hander a few years ago.

 

“I remember him saying, ‘I like Boston. I could see myself playing there. I’m sure it would be a lot of fun,’ ” Lambert, Bedard’s former coach at Norwalk (Conn.) Community College, said by phone yesterday. “That was the first thing I thought of. It’s pretty neat that he ended up there.”

[BossSox]

Let's win!

[a700hitter]

6 inn 1 run 7 k's 2BB

[a700hitter]

6 inn 1 run 7 k's 2BB

I think he'll do good tonight, especially since he will not have the stinky catcher.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

As long as we win.

[iortiz]

I thought that Lester was pitching tonight... They are scheduling him vs NY, right?

[SoxFanForsyth]

Aviles vs Masterson: 4/12

Scutaro vs Masterson: 1/12

 

Just sayin...I really like Aviles, and if you've got an opportunity to play someone who hits .333 against a guy we struggle to hit, why not?

[a700hitter]

Aviles vs Masterson: 4/12

Scutaro vs Masterson: 1/12

 

Just sayin...I really like Aviles, and if you've got an opportunity to play someone who hits .333 against a guy we struggle to hit, why not?

Aviles is a utility player from the Royals, I.e. Nothing special.

[Palodios]

This team will figure out Masterson eventually. He dominates righties, but gives up a .284 BA to lefties. Considering this team's lefties are Ellsbury, Agon, Ortiz, Crawford, something has to give.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Aviles is a utility player from the Royals' date=' I.e. Nothing special.[/quote']

 

He's having a down year thanks in large part to a horrible BABIP. Don't forget this guy was 4th in ROY in 2008 when he hit .325/.354./480. He had a solid season in 2010 as well, hitting .304/.335/.413.

 

Give him some consistent AB's and he could be a pretty solid upgrade over Scutaro.

[redsoxbeatz]

Gonna' kick some asssss tonightttt!!!

[SoxFanForsyth]

I'm pumped to see Bedard throw. He can be ridiculous when he's healthy and throwing well. Very Cliff Lee-esque. Not overpowering, but paints, has a nice cutter, and a knee buckling breaking ball. Obviously he's nowhere near as good as Cliff Lee, but he's a similar type of pitcher.

[d-money]

Good luck to Bedard.Lets hope his control is there.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Wow. On MLB Network I'm getting the Pirates/Cubs game. Holy s***. Could they put a worse game on TV???

[SoxFanForsyth]

Can someone tell NESN to just stick to the behind the pitcher camera??

[d-money]

Wats the word on the velocity early?

[d-money]

I wanna beat Masterson.Score runs!!!!

[SoxFanForsyth]

Velocity was around 92-94.

[d-money]

Not bad at all.

[yeszir]

I love Ellsbury

[AtWork]

Nice Ells! That's how you hit a sinkerballer.

[Flynnatic10]

Not bad, Ells.

[boston22407]

A-GOD!

1-0

[wyo-sox]

What mixed emotions ......I am a huge sox fan. My fantasy team has both starting pitchers tonight, Pedroia, Youk, and Asdrubul Cabrera.

[AtWork]

Aaadrian!

 

#91

[AtWork]

Crawford hit that one too well. It stayed up just long enough for Kearns to grab it.

[TedWilliams101]

What mixed emotions ......I am a huge sox fan. My fantasy team has both starting pitchers tonight' date=' Pedroia, Youk, and Asdrubul Cabrera.[/quote']

 

f*** Fantasy Baseball. That's all.