8/23 vs Dodgers

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

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John Lackey(8-10, 3.22 ERA)

 

Vs

 

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Rickey Nolasco(9-9, 3.60 ERA)

 

This is the game to win. Take the pressure off losing the series. This is the best pitching matchup for the Sox. Forsyth just beat the Dodgers 14-6 on MLB the show. If that's the final score, I demand he plays on rookie everyday for the rest of the season. Come on Sox, don't let me down. I better wake up tomorrow and see that the Sox won.

[Thunder]

RED SOX (75-54)

Ellsbury CF

Victorino RF

Pedroia 2B

Ortiz 1B

Saltalamacchia C

Nava LF

Drew SS

Middlebrooks 3B

Pitching: RHP John Lackey (8-10, 3.22).

[rjortiz]

Red Sox slight underdogs tonight at EVEN money. Dodgers at -110.

[Thunder]

Look who's leading off:

 

DODGERS (75-52)

Crawford LF

Puig RF

Gonzalez 1B

Ramirez SS

Ethier CF

Uribe 3B

M Ellis 2B

Federowicz C

Pitching: RHP Ricky Nolasco (9-9, 3.60).

 

Game time: 10:10 p.m.

 

TV/radio: NESN / WEEI.

 

Red Sox vs. Nolasco: Victorino 6-37, Drew 11-21 (3 HR), Ortiz 1-4, Pedroia 1-5, Salty 1-4, Gomes 0-3, Middlebrooks 0-3, Nava 2-3, Ellsbury 0-2, Ross 1-2.

 

Dodgers vs. Lackey: Ellis 16-62, Crawford 21-45 (2 HR), Punto 4-24, Uribe 7-22, Ethier 4-13, Gonzalez 6-14, Hairston 3-9.

 

Stat of the Day: The switch-hitting Shane Victorino has been batting righthanded against righthanders because of a sore left hamstring. He is 11 of 34 with three extra-base hits batting righthanded against righties.

 

Notes: The Sox took two of three from the Giants but have lost five of eight overall. They start the day with a one-game lead on the Rays ... The Dodgers lead the NL West by 9.5 games. They are 28-5 since the All-Star break and 45-10 since June 22. The Dodgers were once 30-42 before turning their season around ... The Sox are 5-4 against the Dodgers all-time and are at Dodger Stadium for the first time since 2002 ... The Sox are 11-4 against NL teams this season, outscoring them, 95-36 ... Lackey is 5-2 with a 1.89 ERA in 10 career appearances against the Dodgers, the last coming in 2009. Lackey is 17-8, 3.11, in 35 interleague games ... Nolasco is 4-1, 2.98, in eight starts with the Dodgers since behind obtained from the Marlins. Nolasco faced the Sox twice last season when he was with Miami. He was 0-2 and allowed 12 earned runs over 9.1 innings ... Victorino is 11 of his last 22 with four extra-base hits and three RBIs ... Daniel Nava is 10 of his last 20 with five doubles and five RBIs ... Jarrod Saltalamacchia has a nine-game hitting streak and is 13 of 36 over that stretch with 6 doubles, 7 RBIs, and 8 runs ... Jacoby Ellsbury is hitting .239/.271/.283 in his last 10 games.

 

Closing time: Koji Uehara has appeared in 17 games since the Red Sox named him closer. His line: 26.2 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 36 K. He has thrown 19.1 consecutive scoreless innings since July 6. Opponents are 6 of 62 against him in his last 17 games.

 

Song of the Day: "It Was A Good Day" by Ice Cube.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Thunder, don't complain later when other posters give you s***.

[Station 13]

Man, beat the f***ing Dodgers.

[Thunder]

Thunder, don't complain later when other posters give you s***.

 

I won't.

[BigPapi]

They didnt score there but it was nice to see solid contact by papi and a hit by pedey

[mvp 78]

These road unis are horrid.

[a700hitter]

Is anyone else listening to the Dodger feed? Scully is masterful and informative.

[BigPapi]

I hate seeing a pitcher hit. Why can't they just implement the dh in the nl ?

[mvp 78]

It is a very beautiful stadium.

 

And Vin Scully is the man.

[Emmz]

I love listening to Vin Scully, he has the best voice and he's always telling you things that you'd never know unless you listened to Dodgers games.

 

Whenever I have the opportunity I listen to Dodgers games just so I can hear Vin.

[sk7326]

I hate seeing a pitcher hit. Why can't they just implement the dh in the nl ?

 

They will - now that there is interleague every day - it is going to be hard not to change it.

 

And yes, I'm getting the Vin Scully feed here - another level. By himself no less!

[mvp 78]

Vin was the only reason I'd watch a Dodgers game when in LA. He is a legend and completely amazing at what he does.

[a700hitter]

It's mind-blowing that Scully is 86 years old. Next season he will be be coming back for his 65th season. If the Dodgers don't have a statue for him, they should.

[Youk Of The Nation]

I hate seeing a pitcher hit. Why can't they just implement the dh in the nl ?

 

Something about the purity of baseball or fundamentals or some other stupid crap. Yeah, I love looking up box scores when I come home from work and seeing seventeen substitutions in a nine-inning game because the starters sucked. And if I'm lucky, I can watch the video clips on MLB.com of all the sacrifice bunts and strikeouts for the pitchers!

[Youk Of The Nation]

It's mind-blowing that Scully is 86 years old. Next season he will be be coming back for his 65th season. If the Dodgers don't have a statue for him, they should.

 

 

They could just wait until he croaks in the booth and cover him in bronze.

[BigPapi]

Alright, enough f***ing around offense. Time for some runs.

[BigPapi]

Lets hope that nice play by stevie can ignite the o.

[Brennan]

Not a huge Vin Scully fan myself but the again I used to love listening to Bob Euker have conversations with himself. Joe Costiglione gets my vote, always makes me feel at home.

[jung]

One f***ing hit...is that what we have...one f***ing hit against f***ing Nolasco.

[sk7326]

Tough baseball luck there - Will hit a rocket - sometimes just the breaks

[Youk Of The Nation]

One f***ing hit...is that what we have...one f***ing hit against f***ing Nolasco.

 

It's actually two f***ing hits, but no f***ing runs, against f***ing Nolasco. f***ing f***. f***.

[Brennan]

I know the Sox have gotten used to having bad West Coast swings over the past few years but they have got to stop pissing away games now.

[BigPapi]

What this team needs is consistent run scoring. You can score 12 runs one game, and zero runs the next. Sure, you have a nice average of 6 runs a game, but its misleading if you can't muster any offense the next game.

[jung]

I hate it when announcers say the pitcher has only made "one mistake". Only one hitter has taken a mistake pitch out of the park but that does not mean Lackey has only made one mistake...although hearing the way Eck talks about pitching you know darned will that if he was on the mound, that is how he would think about it..."I only made one mistake".

[BigPapi]

I hate it when announcers say the pitcher has only made "one mistake". Only one hitter has taken a mistake pitch out of the park but that does not mean Lackey has only made one mistake...although hearing the way Eck talks about pitching you know darned will that if he was on the mound, that is how he would think about it..."I only made one mistake".

 

 

True. But if lackey can go 7, only give up two, and they dont score s***, it aint his fault. Plus how is shane still falling for that pitch.

[BigPapi]

f*** you carl.

[jung]

Ortiz would do just as well to play behind the runner if Lackey is not even going to look over. As for throwing over, that does not do much either if Lackey just goes back to not even looking over after he throws over.