6/29 Redsox @ Mariners

[SoxFanForsyth]

Aaron Cook has been absolutely brilliant tonight. What an incredible outing for him. Just a beaut of a game.

[NativeBostonian]

Oh my god , semper Fi. I just noticed you changed your avatar again. You change that thing more then the horse of many colors in the wizard of oz changes colors.

[Cocos Disciples]

Ho hum, just your every day CG 2-hit shutout on 81 pitches for Aaron Cook.

 

Wow.

[yeszir]

Aaron Cook is the man

[SoxFanForsyth]

That was incredible.

[jung]

What a job by Cook tonight....a very professional job of pitching....very impressive. Obviously he can not live up in the zone...his selection of pitches would all be death up in the zone but he did a tremendous job keeping the ball down.

[NativeBostonian]

Cook!?!

[wyo-sox]

What a pleasure to watch. Congrats Cook.

[redsoxbeatz]

81 pitches. dang, that's so crazy.

[Bellhorn04]

Ho hum, just your every day CG 2-hit shutout on 81 pitches for Aaron Cook.

 

Wow.

 

Amazing. Could turn out to be a great move by Cherington.

[redsoxbeatz]

Amazing. Could turn out to be a great move by Cherington.

 

Yea! He has been great in 2 starts.

 

Even though this start was tremendous and he did keep the ball down, down, down.... it was pitched against the Mariners IN Seattle.

 

Hope he is just as good next time out... versus... the Yanks!?

[yeszir]

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[jung]

Well that has been the question regarding Cook all along right...would he be able to survive in the AL east, populated by teams that can hit and that live in hitters ballparks for the most part.

 

He will very likely end up with more men on base, will have to pitch from the stretch much more often....lots can change for Cook against a team like the Yanks. For example he did start to get the ball up a bit later in this stint tonight...just not enough times to matter against the feeble M's. A team like the Yanks will not let that stuff get by them and they will be much much more patient as well. The M's were hackin' at everything. But based on this performance he should at least get the chance.

[Station 13]

Nice game by Cook.

[kapsis21]

holy crap.. CG 81 pitch shutout.. brilliant outing by Cook!

[Wil Corderos Wife]

[afjay]

Man we have a lot of fans from Wyoming here (or so it seems). I'll be joining that group next week.

[BornToRun]

Pleasantly surprised to see cook went cg sho. And nice job on the WMB prediction sff.

[SemperFi Sox]

come on it's Saturday...should be a day game.

[redsoxfan3]

Didn't get a chance to post in the game thread, but I did see the game. Amazing performance by Aaron Cook, both him and Morales had solid performances the last two nights. The six man rotation might actually be a better idea than I thought. Dice-K only gave up one his last start, Morales gave up none, and Cook gave up none. That is something that is shocking to me. Hopefully they can keep this up. Lester needs to take note. Beckett and Doubront need to do their thing and get us the final two wins in the series.

[jung]

and the Mariners are more pathetic as hitters than any of us probably imagined. Cooks incredibly low pitch count is a testament to how little patience the Mariners showed at the plate hardly ever giving the ump a chance to call a ball or a strike before pounding out yet another ground ball.

[Bellhorn04]

and the Mariners are more pathetic as hitters than any of us probably imagined. Cooks incredibly low pitch count is a testament to how little patience the Mariners showed at the plate hardly ever giving the ump a chance to call a ball or a strike before pounding out yet another ground ball.

 

May they stay that way for 2 more games.

[mvp 78]

Beckett will give up 3 runs today.

[BornToRun]

Beckett will give up 3 runs today.

 

I'm gonna say 6-7 innings with 2 ER. The long layoff might have an effect but settles bats are pathetic enough for him to survive it.

[TylerD]

I'm gonna say 6-7 innings with 2 ER. The long layoff might have an effect but settles bats are pathetic enough for him to survive it.

 

Ill second that, Josh was playing some good ball against some good offensive teams. No way he struggles against Seattle today. Im not worried about it. If we were playing a team like the Yankees I would be a bit more worried, but Seattle is the perfect team for him to ease his way back in there.

[SemperFi Sox]

I could give up less than 3 runs against Seattle.

[redsoxbeatz]

Seattle sucks so hard. Wouldn't be suprised if Beckett goes 7.1ip/0er but maybe 1-2 unearned b/c of an error by WMB or Aviles.