4/8 vs Baltimore - Home Opener

[Jasonbay44]

Clay Buchholz vs Wei-Yin Chen

 

2:05 start time.

 

WIN.

[BornToRun]

Time for us to endanger another species of bird.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Let's take a big stanley steamer right in Chen's mouth.

[Whiteandnerdy42]

If Buchholz can deliver another masterful performance, and the sox can hit, I feel sorry for the birds already.

[Thunder]

Anyone know who's throwing out the first pitch?

[MANNYHOF24]

Sox win 6-2. Buchholz 7 innings 2 runs 5 k's. Pedroia and Middlebrooks both hit monster shots.

[User Name]

5-3 Sox

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Hopefully Chris Davis has settled down. He's been on a roll lately.

[MJantomaso]

Hopefully Salty gets the start. We seem to forget the bat when Ross is in the lineup

[jung]

Big Jimmy Fund event today. I would not be surprised to see the first pitch thrown out by a prominent Sox guy that is also a prominent Jimmy Fund guy.

 

EEI says JBJ is out of the lineup today. Not that much of a surprise.

[Quinny]

Anyone know who's throwing out the first pitch?

 

I believe I read on Redsox.com that it will be a few long time patients of the Jimmy Fund.

[VA Sox Fan]

Adam Jones: Orioles want to 'shut up' the fans Fenway Park

 

Posted by Peter Abraham, Globe Staff April 7, 2013 07:37 PM

 

 

TORONTO — The Orioles are 3-3 after losing to the Twins on Sunday and have dropped two straight one-run games. That had center fielder Adam Jones fired up about playing the Red Sox on Monday.

 

“It’s important,” Jones told reporters in Baltimore about the team's need to platy well at Fenway Park. “You’ve seen the last couple days, you look on the scoreboard today. They had 13 runs and they put them up quick, too. I think they are swinging the bats. We’ve got to go out there ... and spoil their Opening Day."

 

That Fenway will be sold out matters not to Jones.

 

"The more people, the more you want to shut them up. That’s how I look at it. I don’t care, they can stand up the whole game. They do anyway. But when you can silence 40,000 people, it’s pretty cool," he said.

 

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Someone needs to shut him up! The O's are a pesky pain in the ass. Hope we win the series.

[jung]

Another fun game to watch today. Good pitching matchup. O's are going to be tougher than people give them credit for even if they don't enjoy the good fortune of last year. Great match up for the home opener.

[VA Sox Fan]

ORIOLES (3-3)

McLouth LF

Machado 3B

Markakis RF

Jones CF

Davis 1B

Wieters C

Hardy SS

Flaherty 2B

Pearce DH

Pitching: LHP Wei-Yin Chen (0-0, 3.18)

 

RED SOX (4-2)

Ellsbury CF

Victorino RF

Pedroia 2B

Napoli 1B

Middlebrooks 3B

Nava LF

Gomes DH

Ross C

Iglesias SS

Pitching: RHP Clay Buchholz (1-0, 1.29)

[VA Sox Fan]

More info from Abraham:

 

Game time: 2:05 p.m.

 

TV/Radio: NESN / WEEI-FM.

 

Red Sox vs.Chen: Pedroia 3-8, Gomes 1-4, Middlebrooks 3-6, Ellsbury 2-4, Ciriaco 1-2, Ross 1-3, Saltalamacchia 1-3,

 

Orioles vs. Buchholz: Markakis 4-31, Jones 5-21, Wieters 6-25, Davis 3-14, Hardy 6-13, Casilla 3-5, Flaherty 3-5, Teagarden 0-5, McLouth 1-4, Machado 1-2, Reimold 0-3.

 

Stat of the Day: Red Sox were 5-13 against the Orioles last season,

 

Notes: Bradley is out of the lineup for the first time this season. He is hitting .143 (3 of 21) after six games and was 1 for 11 against the Jays.... Buchholz is 7-3, 3.64 in 14 career appearances against the Orioles, 13 of them starts. He was 2-0, 4.50 in four starts last season. ... Chen is 2-0, 2.50 in three starts against the Sox. ... Victorino has reached base safely in every game this season. ... Chen has much better splits against lefthanded hitters (.229 with a .675 OPS) than righthanders (.261 with a .750 OPS). ... Sox reliever Koji Uehara has not allowed a run in 16 consecutive appearances dating last to last season. His line: 13.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 21 K.

 

Song of the Day: "Come Home to You" by John Hiatt.

[redsoxbeatz]

Clay Buchholz vs Wei-Yin Chen

 

2:05 start time.

 

WIN.

 

11:05 AM start time for me!! Woohoo!!

 

West Coast is great for the weather and the early sports games!!

 

It is now time to go on a run, crossfit, drink coffee black, eat crispy bacon, a few tokes , and watch baseball baybeeeeee!!!

 

Buchholz will go 7IP with less than 3 ER ~~! ! ! ! !

[mvp 78]

JBJ sits!

[redsoxbeatz]

JBJ sits!

 

So lame! He should either be playing everyday in the majors or everyday in AAA.

[kapsis21]

would have loved to see JBJ on opending day. imagine how much the crowd would have cheered him.

[Gillian]

would have loved to see JBJ on opending day. imagine how much the crowd would have cheered him,

 

I agree.

[NativeBostonian]

Win!

[redsoxbeatz]

Win!

 

Win!

[a700hitter]

Is this game sold out?

[NativeBostonian]

Is this game sold out?

 

This one is. But, they think the streak is going to end after the end of the today's game.

[Lucienbel]

Hoping for a good game today. Should be interesting to see what the pitching can do against the O's. I think I read somewhere that this one was sold out btw, not sure though. Anyone headed out to any of the games this weekend? I'm going Friday, scored some right field bleacher seats for $4 thanks to some Ace Tickets rewards.

[a700hitter]

This one is. But, they think the streak is going to end after the end of the today's game.

2 for 1 hot dogs and kids eating free was not enough to get through 2 games. That's what happens when you charge the highest prices in the sport and come in last place for the first time in 47 years (when the highest price ticket was $3.50).

[NativeBostonian]

2 for 1 hot dogs and kids eating free was not enough to get through 2 games. That's what happens when you charge the highest prices in the sport and come in last place for the first time in 47 years (when the highest price ticket was $3.50).

 

Yeah. They should have lowered ticket prices, not give food away.

[kapsis21]

Hoping for a good game today. Should be interesting to see what the pitching can do against the O's. I think I read somewhere that this one was sold out btw, not sure though. Anyone headed out to any of the games this weekend? I'm going Friday, scored some right field bleacher seats for $4 thanks to some Ace Tickets rewards.

 

i envy all of you guys who can go to the games. but i am planning to go when they travel midwest..

[jung]

I don't think playing every day is what this is about. JBJ is struggling at the plate. LH pitcher going today for the O's. I think the brain trust wants him to see a game from the bench, reflect a little and not grt caught up in Opening Day pressure when he is not going good. Opening day for a struggling rook can be a trying experience. If he was knocking the cover off the ball, that would be one thing. However he is not and really has not since the start of regular season. Were it not for his patience and the walks he has gotten, it would have been an even more ragged start.

 

This day off plus the off day tomorrow gives him a chance to take more balls in Fenway LF. He has misplayed three balls so far in left, two of them hugging the edges of opposing park LF grandstands. Has not been tagged with an error yet but has misplayed three balls none the less. Our LF grandstand is no picnic for the LFer. I bet he will be out there tomorrow on the off day taking balls in LF.

 

I would not be surprised if the game was lopsided one way or the other to see JBJ later in this game. Obviously if they really need to use him today they will. Otherwise I think he watches from the bench.

[NativeBostonian]

I think Mike Napoli is going to get a homerun today.