8/10 @ Royals

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Tired of losing, this team is built to win. That's exactly what we're going to do tonight.

 

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Felix Doubront (8-5, 3.56 ERA)

 

vs

 

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Jeremy Guthrie(12-7, 3.96 ERA)

 

WMB is back in the lineup tonight and will do some damage. Doubront had a great outing in his last start vs the D-Backs, expect the same vs the Royals. Just get this win and go on a streak please. Time to cool off the Royals who are getting too much credit imo. Winning seven straight series is good no matter how you put it, but they did face some s***** teams.

[VA Sox Fan]

RED SOX (70-48)

Ellsbury CF

Victorino RF

Pedroia 2B

Ortiz DH

Carp LF

Napoli 1B

Saltalamacchia C

Drew SS

Middlebrooks 3B

Pitching: LHP Felix Doubront (8-5, 3.56).

[VA Sox Fan]

ROYALS (60-53)

Escobar SS

Hosmer 1B

Butler DH

Gordon LF

Maxwell RF

Tejada 2B

Moustakas 3B

Hayes C

Dyson CF

Pitching: RHP Jeremy Guthrie (12-7, 3.96).

 

Game time: 7:10 p.m.

 

TV/Radio: NESN / WEEI

 

Red Sox vs. Guthrie: Pedroia 16-49, Ellsbury 16-42, Ortiz 13-38 (3 HR), Napoli 6-16 (2 HR), Salty 6-12, Gomes 3-9, Carp 5-9 (2 HR), Victorino 2-6, Nava 1-4, Middlebrooks 0-3, Lavarnway 1-1.

 

Royals vs. Doubront: Gordon 2-6, Butler 0-5, Escobar 2-5, Hosmer 1-5, Dyson 2-4, Cain 1-2, Johnson 0-2, Moustakas 1-3, Hayes 0-2.

 

Stat of the Day: Red Sox players are hitting a collective .371/.437/.667 in 213 career plate appearances against Guthrie.

 

Notes: The Sox are 2-3 on their 10-game road trip but still lead the division after the Dodgers came back to beat the Rays in the bottom of the ninth inning. ... Sox pitchers have allowed 27 earned runs on 41 hits over 34 innings in the last four games. ... Doubront is 5-4 with a 2.55 ERA in his last 15 games. Since May 16, he has the 11th-lowest ERA among starters in baseball. Doubront was 1-0 in two starts against Kansas City last season, albeit with a 5.56 ERA. ... Guthrie is 3-8, 4.94 in 21 career appearances against the Sox, 19 of them starts. Guthrie is 17-10,3.36 in 37 starts for the Royals since being acquired from Colorado on July 20, 2012. Guthrie was 50-74, 4.37 before he joined the Royals. ... Ortiz drove in his 1,400th career run on Friday. That's 73rd all-time and fourth among active players. Only Alex Rodriguez (1,950), Albert Pujols (1,498) and Jason Giambi (1,430) have more. ... Ortiz is 10 of his last 14 with three RBIs. ... Red Sox third basemen (Brock Holt and Brandon Snyder) are 5 of 37 since the trade of Jose Iglesias, 0 for their last 18. That's what led to the recall of Middlebrooks. ... Drew has a 10-game hit streak (16 of 37) with three extra-base hits and eight RBIs.

[mvp 78]

WMvpB

[InfernoOrangeSS]

Go Red Sox!!!

[jung]

Infuriating

 

I was just listening to the radio and hearing that Felix is likely to pitch differently than Lester and Peavy had the last couple nights. Apparently like everything else seems to come to the Sox brain trust late, it has come to their attention that the Royals hitters are diving out across the plate and getting complete plate coverage with impunity. Why? Because the Sox don't have a starter that will pitch inside. But this have been happening since at least the D-backs series. In truth it has been happening since before the D-backs series. It just got so bad in that series that I felt compelled to post something about it. However I would guess that as bad as it was in the D-backs series, other team scouts have noticed and clued teams in that the Sox pitchers simply refuse to pitch inside.

 

Peavy actually did try to get inside some but I could not tell if he was just wild last night.

 

Sox need to wake up and figure out that they are in a dog fight. It has all been fun and games and "isn't it fun to win". But if they don't smarten up soon, they are gonna' find out that losing is not much fun at all. Teams are coming out now with the eyes narrowed, loaded for bear. WAKE UP.

[BornToRun]

I'm here for you, RSFFL. Don't waste my time!

[BigPapi]

Guthrie does not have impressive stuff. Great job jacoby.

[jung]

The only thing I don't like about the Sox choosing WMB over XB is that the Sox had proclaimed early on that Will would not come back until he was ready to stay. That may come back to haunt them now. I had thought that Will looked too comfortable for a rookie 3rd baseman while he was up here. He still looked too comfortable and not focused enough in the few times I saw him in Pawtucket. Granted he started to generate some better numbers in Pawtucket. But, this is a hard hard game. Nothing easy about MLB. I hope he is not sitting here now, fat, dumb and happy thinking that the Sox MUST keep him here based on what was said when they sent him down. You have work to do young man.

[Station 13]

Let's score early and often.

[BigPapi]

Thank the lord for the sun.

[Station 13]

Tejada is still playing?

[BornToRun]

Tejada is still alive?

 

Fixed that for you.

[BornToRun]

Lame.

[Station 13]

it's a f***ing fastball, swing at that s*** pedroia.

[BigPapi]

Look how easy vic did that. Ells should have stole.

[BigPapi]

Annahaha damn. Papi wasnt expecting that weird ass curveball.

[Station 13]

Squander.

[BigPapi]

At least doubront isnt falling behind people thus far like peavy yesterday.

[Station 13]

Remember how s***** this place used to look? What a transformation.

[BigPapi]

I hope la cools off when we play them.

[Station 13]

Pick up the pace Doubront.

[BigPapi]

Well douby has certaintly been pitching inside. Has been effective when they are inside and right around the strike zone

[BigPapi]

Why cant we have efficient innings anymore?

[italstallianion]

Why cant we have efficient innings anymore?

 

Considering our pitching staff was leading the league in walks for a long time, I don't think they are used to efficient innings. We are also probably near/at the bottom for complete games too.

[BornToRun]

So painful to watch Wild Doubie

[BigPapi]

Considering our pitching staff was leading the league in walks for a long time, I don't think they are used to efficient innings. We are also probably near/at the bottom for complete games too.

 

 

Very true. We rarely have super dominant performances by our pitchers. Like those a kernsaw or a price or a hernandez could generate.

[Station 13]

When is Lackey turn to pitch next?

[jung]

Man, so far we don't have a single pitcher that has looked at all comfortable in this hell hole. Lester had a terrible 1st inning. Peavy has always hated it here and never got settled. Felix does not even look like he has his mechanics under control.

[BigPapi]

Does doubies leg kick look a little bit lower tonight, or is it just me?