4/14 vs Rays

[yeszir]

T Minus 15 minutes and no game thread yet. Mojo interruptus?

[VA Sox Fan]

RED SOX (2-5)

 

Aviles SS

Pedroia 2B

Gonzalez 1B

Youkilis 3B

Ortiz DH

Ross CF

Sweeney RF

Saltalamacchia C

McDonald LF

 

Pitching: RHP Clay Buchholz (0-0, 15.75)

[VA Sox Fan]

T Minus 15 minutes and no game thread yet. Mojo interruptus?

 

Hope BTR is ok. If we lose today we'll have to kick his ass!

[VA Sox Fan]

More from the Globe:

 

Rays vs. Buchholz: Longoria 5-20, Scott 3-19, Zobrist 3-15, Pena 2-15, Joyce 1-5, Molina 3-5, Brignac 0-3, Rodriguez 0-2.

 

Sox vs. Hellickson: Gonzalez 2-9, Ortiz 4-10, Pedroia 2-10, Youkilis 1-7, Saltalamacchia 1-6, McDonald 1-1.

 

Stat of the Day: Manager Joe Maddon is one win away from 500 with Tampa Bay. Only four active managers have 500 wins with their current team: Charlie Manuel (Phillies) Mike Scioscia (Angels), Ron Gardenhire (Twins), and Jim Leyland (Tigers).

 

Notes: Buchholz faced the Rays in his final game of the 2011 season, on June 16. He went five innings, allowing one run on two hits then was lost for the season with a back injury. He is 4-2, 1.81 in eight career starts against the Rays, never allowing more than three earned runs. Buchholz faced them just that one time last season ... Hellickson is pitching despite a scary incident in Detroit Wednesday when he was hit in the head by a batted ball while throwing in the bullpen during batting practice ... The 2011 AL Rookie of the Year pitched well against the Sox last season, going 2-1, 3.38 in four starts. He as 2-0, 2.45 in two starts at Fenway ... Sweeney has hit safely in all six games he has played in this season at 9 of 21 with four RBIs ... The Sox have not won consecutive games since sweeping a doubleheader from Oakland last Aug. 27.

[TutGadol]

Why is Avlies hitting 1st god dammit? Couldn't we move Sweeny to second and Ped to first?

[yeszir]

Leadoff walks suck

[Station 13]

What the s*** Clay.

[yeszir]

Sweeney just played that terribly. This is gonna be a long day.

[jung]

Having Echabod Crane playing in right field will eventually catch up to us.

[yeszir]

He's been all over the place so far

[Station 13]

The 2010 Buchholz had a dominant slider. It turned into such an average cutter these days.

[VA Sox Fan]

Luke Scott's facial hair looks ridiculous.

[Station 13]

Clay's slider was worth 10.8+ run above average for his career. His next best pitch is his change at 8.9+.

 

Everything else is in minus.

[Cocos Disciples]

So we can collectively agree that Luke Scott is the worst, right? He's an absolute moron and has the worst facial hair in the history of facial hair.

[yeszir]

He also looks a little like Johnny Damon

[yeszir]

Yes I very much hate Luke Scott

[VA Sox Fan]

Yes I very much hate Luke Scott

 

Agreed.

 

Come on Clay! Dammit!

[NativeBostonian]

God does he have no control over his pitches.

[Station 13]

welp.......

 

. Way to earn that contract extension.

[TutGadol]

Padilla get out there.

[VA Sox Fan]

Nice hustle Aviles!!

[NativeBostonian]

Good job getting that hit.

[BornToRun]

s***. I slept in. I'll throw one together right now of it isn't too late

[jung]

I keep saying it...we need to worry about our starting pitching....never mind who the hell is closing the damn game

[NativeBostonian]

Wow....

[VA Sox Fan]

Aviles erased, jeez!

[TutGadol]

Tried to do the shopach.

[NativeBostonian]

Way to make me hate you again aviles

[VA Sox Fan]

s***. I slept in. I'll throw one together right now of it isn't too late

 

Damn! What time did you go to bed? 8am?

[BornToRun]

Okay this is bad. Time to save the day with my delayed mojo. New gt is going up if only for show.