7/2 vs San Diego

[rjortiz]

RED SOX (50-34)

Ellsbury CF

Victorino RF

Pedroia 2B

Ortiz DH

Napoli 1B

Gomes LF

Saltalamacchia C

Snyder 3B

Iglesias SS,

Pitching: RHP John Lackey (5-5, 2.99).

 

PADRES (40-43)

Forsythe 2B

Denorfia RF

Quentin DH

Headley 3B

Blanks LF

Guzman 1B

Hundley C

Amarista CF

Ciriaco SS

Pitching: LHP Robbie Erlin (1-0, 3.60).

 

Red Sox are huge favorites tonight at -210. I think Sox roll in this one. 7-3, Red Sox

[Thunder]

Lets smack this Erlin guy! Lackey has looked great the past few games.

[SeanJohn93]

we should win this series

[MANNYHOF24]

Lackey looks amazing

[Standing Room]

Lackey retires the side on 10 pitches, two strikeouts and an 0-2 groundout. He hit 95 mph and looked unhittable.

[jung]

I know Bradford does not think so but I still say Lackey is throwing harder post surgery. OK so he likely did throw 94 previous but multiple 95 mph FBs'???

[Youk Of The Nation]

They should not lose a single game to this team. This better end up like the Astros series.

[jung]

Well I suppose with 2 outs that was an OK gamble by Butterfield. Scoring from first though....I don't know....I would like to have seen Napoli get a shot. One run in the 1st inning of this game is probably not that big a deal.

 

I wonder if you can just plain earn such a reputation for going all the time that teams really hustle the ball back to the infield every play cause they are no longer guessing that you might go...they are just about sure you are going to try it.

[Standing Room]

9 swing and misses on Lackey's first 15 pitches.

[a700hitter]

Boy this site looks like s***.

[SoxFanForsyth]

Anyone else notice that Salty has a new stance from the right side?

[jung]

That is a pretty normal number (23) for a new guy like Snyder. The Sox have not given him something like the ever popular number 68.

[jung]

This is two games in a row that Lackey is really attacking the strike zone hard.

[mvp 78]

Don should really try listening to Jerry once in a while.

[mvp 78]

That is a pretty normal number (23) for a new guy like Snyder. The Sox have not given him something like the ever popular number 68.

 

The past 4 Sox to wear 23: Ciriaco, Valencia, Lillibridge and Byrd.

 

Not exactly murderers row.

[jung]

That is a long way for a guy like Naps to go to get to a baseball.

 

Couple squib hits are all the Padre's have to this point. Sox need to put up some runs here.

Edited July 3, 2013 by jung

[jung]

Nice shot by Snyder. Couple feet higher or even toward straight away and that is likely a HR.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Snyder has been pleasantly surprising. It's still early, but considering how useless I expected him to be, this is nice.

[Youk Of The Nation]

That's the fourth out on the bases this game.

[jung]

Well I do not know about that. It has become such common practice in MLB now to force the defense to cut the ball off and get the sure out on the base runner allowing the run to get home without an attempt at a play there. Just about everybody plays it that way now. I think we have done it twice in this game.

[CaliSoxFan04]

damn its killing me I can barley watch this game mlbtv is f***ing laggy

[Bellhorn04]

Well I do not know about that. It has become such common practice in MLB now to force the defense to cut the ball off and get the sure out on the base runner allowing the run to get home without an attempt at a play there. Just about everybody plays it that way now. I think we have done it twice in this game.

 

Or as I like to explain it to myself, "This can't be as stupid as it looks".

[a700hitter]

That's how Farrell teams run the bases. At least the running has not been too stupid like his teams did in Toronto.

[jung]

Or as I like to explain it to myself, "This can't be as stupid as it looks".

 

It is real common with two outs and especially two outs with anybody from 6-9 coming up.

 

I did not like the running play in the first inning cause I think early in games you want the chance to rally even with two outs. I would have preferred seeing Naps come up with runners on 1st and 3rd and the pitcher pitching from the stretch early in the game even with two outs. I would want to take my chances with that instead of trying to get the runner in from 1st for a single run in the 1st inning.

[CaliSoxFan04]

Game one in the books!!

[VA Sox Fan]

Atta boy Koji! 3 pages of whining? Good job guys! Red Sox WIN

[mvp 78]

Atta boy Koji! 3 pages of whining? Good job guys! Red Sox WIN

 

It'd be foolish to expect anything less.

[TylerD]

Didnt catch the game but looks like Lackey had a hell of a performance! Great to see. Socks keep rolling this and the Angels series are a good chance to really separate us from the rest of the pack.

[Bellhorn04]

Didnt catch the game but looks like Lackey had a hell of a performance! Great to see. Socks keep rolling this and the Angels series are a good chance to really separate us from the rest of the pack.

 

The Angels are on their way to their 7th win in a row tonight. I think they are a tougher assignment than the Padres right now.

[seabeachfred]

My friend USER thinks the Angels are non-factor now but they are coming on and their lineup is scary. I really want to just concentrate on the Padres and that is what the Red Sox have to do----one game at a time but we have to admit the win tonight was terrific and Lackey was outstanding. That West Coast trip could be a real head buster but this year the team must be determined to go out there and take care of business and come home from it in first place. It's doable.