7/22 vs Devil Rays

[mvp 78]

Barndon Workman "the guy half the board wants to trade for spare parts" v Matt Moore

 

Workman has a whip under 1.00 and a K/BB of 9 to 1. Rays are in town. s*** just got real.

[SeanJohn93]

It will be interesting to see if Workman can continue the success he had verse Oakland before the ASB.

[VA Sox Fan]

RAYS (58-41)

Jennings CF

Zobrist 2B

Longoria 3B

Loney 1B

Scott DH

Johnson LF

Joyce RF

Lobaton C

Escobar SS

Pitching: LHP Matt Moore (13-3, 3.44)

 

RED SOX (60-40)

Ellsbury CF

Victorino RF

Pedroia 2B

Ortiz DH

Napoli 1B

Gomes LF

Lavarnway C

Snyder 3B

Iglesias SS

Pitching: RHP Brandon Workman (0-0, 5.40).

[VA Sox Fan]

Game time: 7:10 p.m.

 

TV/Radio: NESN / WEEI.

 

Red Sox vs. Moore: Pedroia 2-11, Ortiz 5-10, Gomes 2-9, Napoli 0-7, Drew 2-5, Ellsbury 0-2, Nava 0-3, Victorino 0-3, Lavarnway 0-2, Salty 0-1.

 

Rays vs. Workman: No history.

 

Stat of the Day: The Sox are 33-17 at home. They won 34 games at home all last season.

 

Notes: It's a showdown series as the first-place Sox leads the second-place Rays by 1.5 games in the East. The Sox have the second-best record in baseball and the Rays the fourth. ... The Rays have won five straight, 13 of 14 and 17 of 19. Those 17 wins came against the Astros (5), Twins (4), White Sox (3), Blue Jays (3) and Tigers (2). Of those five teams, only the Tigers have a winning record. ... Workman, a 24-year-old rookie, is starting his first game at Fenway. He made his first career start on July 14 in Oakland and took a no-hitter into the seventh inning before giving up a single and a home run. ... The Sox are 9-3 against the Ray this season, outscoring them 51-38. ... Moore is 1-2, 5.48 in four career appearances against the Sox. He faced them on May 14 and allowed three runs on three hits over six innings. He walked two and struck out eight. ... The Rays probably won't have closer Fernando Rodney. He pitched on Saturday and Sunday, throwing 56 pitches. ... The Sox have won 10 of their last 12 games at Fenway. ...The Sox are 8-1 in their last nine starts against lefthanders. ... The Sox are 25-16 against the AL East. ... The Sox are 19-1 when they score first at Fenway and 42-9 overall when they score first. That's the best percentage in the majors.

[jung]

Hope Workman has command of his curve tonight. He pitched well the last time out but really could not use the curve. He can be real fun to watch when he has that thing working...not to mention being that much harder to hit.

[Jasonbay44]

Very interested to see how Workman does tonight, hopefully well.

[NativeBostonian]

f*** the Rays. Win!!

[NativeBostonian]

Good pick off!

[jung]

Workman looked a little like this his first outing. Got away without using many curves last time but it does seem like he really needs that pitch to make his FB effective. Rays tagging the FB so far.

[NativeBostonian]

We need him to pitch past 6 because of last night and he's already at 27 pitches.

[jung]

The other thing I noticed about Workman's curve last time out is that since he does not have a rep in the Majors yet, the ump was giving up on his curve. He threw more curve ball strikes than he got credit for last time out.

[SeanJohn93]

Pitch count high for workman in 1st inning

[NativeBostonian]

Not too bad. I'd like to see that pitch count not in the thirties after just one. But, ill take it.

[jung]

I think one of the toughest things for a young pitchers is getting stuck pitching out of the stretch almost from the first batter. It is not easy for any starting pitcher to pitch from the stretch that early on but that much tougher on a young guy. Wish he could have just gotten into a nice groove instead.

[VA Sox Fan]

I think one of the toughest things for a young pitchers is getting stuck pitching out of the stretch almost from the first batter. It is not easy for any starting pitcher to pitch from the stretch that early on but that much tougher on a young guy. Wish he could have just gotten into a nice groove instead.

 

Hopefully he will. The BP is taxed.

[Jasonbay44]

Way to make him throw some pitches!!

[NativeBostonian]

They're going to kill this kid only looking at ten pitches themselves.

[jung]

Noticed the Braun suspension came down today. Braun hoped the fans, teammates etc could "forgive him" as he knows he has made some mistakes. Wonder if he will ask the test handler that he cut to shreds for his forgiveness.

[VA Sox Fan]

Much better inning for Workman. Come on bats!

[VA Sox Fan]

Wow Napoli comes through with a base hit. Imagine that?

[User Name]

I'll keep beating this drum: Napoli is about to go on a tear.

[jung]

Workman is getting a lotta' plate with that FB.

[VA Sox Fan]

I'll keep beating this drum: Napoli is about to go on a tear.

 

I hope so. Afraid he's more like the roller coaster type. Like him a lot regardless.

[Station 13]

Our catchers throw sloppy changeups .

[VA Sox Fan]

Our catchers throw sloppy changeups .

 

:D Hey! That's kinda positive coming from you!

[Jasonbay44]

Our catchers throw sloppy changeups .

 

At least this throw didn't go into the outfield..

[Standing Room]

Noticed the Braun suspension came down today. Braun hoped the fans, teammates etc could "forgive him" as he knows he has made some mistakes. Wonder if he will ask the test handler that he cut to shreds for his forgiveness.

 

Braun's a douche. I'm glad he finally got caught and admitted to cheating so Brewers fans would stop acting like he was a victim.

[Station 13]

:D Hey! That's kinda positive coming from you!

 

The ball just kinda die before it finds a glove.

[NativeBostonian]

Braun's a douche. I'm glad he finally got caught and admitted to cheating so Brewers fans would stop acting like he was a victim.

 

The only victim was the guy who Braun through under the bus. The guy who gave Braun the first drug test.

[jung]

The only victim was the guy who Braun through under the bus. The guy who gave Braun the first drug test.

 

That's the guy I was talkin' about Native. I never found out for sure but I assumed at the time that the test handler really took it on the chin, like lost the job etc...maybe not.