8/30 v CHI

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

I swear I will pull this thread over and beat both of you to within an inch of your lives!

Spoken like a true Connecticut dad.

[VA Sox Fan]

RED SOX (79-56)

Ellsbury CF

Victorino RF

Pedroia 2B

Ortiz DH

Gomes LF

Napoli 1B

Saltalamacchia C

Drew SS

Middlebrooks 3B

Pitching: RHP Ryan Dempster (6-9, 4.77).

[Thunder]

I'm behind enemy lines this weekend. Damn boston.com won't load.

[Thunder]

Nevermind:

 

WHITE SOX (56-76)

De Aza CF

Beckham 2B

Ramirez SS

Dunn DH

Konerko 1B

Garcia RF

Keppinger 3B

Viciedo LF

Phegley C

Pitching: LHP Hector Santiago (4-7, 3.25).

 

Game time: 7:10 p.m.

 

TV/radio: NESN / WEEI.

 

Red Sox vs. Santiago: Ellsbury 1-3, Napoli 0-2, Nava 0-4, Gomes 0-2, Middlebrooks 0-3, Ortiz 1-3, Pedroia 1-2, Drew 0-2, Salty 0-2.

 

White Sox vs. Dempster: Dunn 5-17, Keppinger 13-29, Ramirez 7-17, Beckham 3-14, Konerko 2-12, De Aza 2-4, Viciedo 2-3, Garcia 0-1.

 

Stat of the Day: Shane Victorino has a 5.3 WAR. That's first among American League right fielders and third among AL outfielders overall behind Mike Trout and Jacoby Ellsbury. Victorino is 19 of his last 44 with five doubles, five home runs, 13 RBIs, 12 runs scored and four HBPs. He is hitting .294 with a .799 OPS for the season.

 

Notes: The Sox have won four of five as they continue their homestand against the downtrodden White Sox, who have the second-worst record in the American League ... Dempster is pitching for the first time since Aug. 18, the night he hit Alex Rodriguez. That earned him a five-game suspension from Major League Baseball. The Red Sox then pushed him back a little further. Dempster is 1-1 with a 6.81 ERA in his last seven starts. He is 2-5, 5.03, in 14 career appearances against Chicago, seven of them starts ... Santiago is 0-1, 4.00, in two career appearances against the Sox. He started against them May 22 and allowed two runs on three hits over six innings and struck out nine ... Red Sox hitters are 3 for 23 against Santiago with 10 strikeouts ... David Ortiz is 0 for his last 22 with eight strikeouts, his last hit coming Aug. 18. His batting average and OPS have dropped from .327 and .996 to .310 and .947 ... The Sox have allowed 17 runs in their last nine games and their starters have a 1.90 ERA.

 

Song of the Day: "Local Hero" by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Smh, he just wants to do everything.

[Jasonbay44]

Its so nice to actually have a night off and finally be able to watch a Sox game.

[mvp 78]

Smh, he just wants to do everything.

 

My toddler is the same way. He tries to help feed the dogs but either gives up halfway through or makes a big mess.

[Thunder]

Smh, he just wants to do everything.

 

Game starts in 15 minutes. Whaddaya expect?

[Station 13]

Smh, he just wants to do everything.

 

He just doesn't understand that less is more.

[jung]

What...no happy meal!

[Station 13]

What...no happy meal!

 

This isn't kids eat free night.

[jung]

Its so nice to actually have a night off and finally be able to watch a Sox game.

 

Glad you could attend. I have been cleaning my vinyl clapboards and just got close enough to finish to call it a night. Around these parts this job is like taking your life in your hands. My neighborhood is literally carved out of the New Hampshire forests and while all you have to do to see deer, wild turkeys and even an occasional bear in my neighborhood is wake up really early in the morning, it also means there are all sorts of little screaming meanings hiding in your clapboards waiting to jump out at you. You either get stung and sometimes pretty badly or you might die of a heart attack when one leaps out and lands right on your nose. You end up feeling like you are outgunned in a stare down since you only have two eyes ant "IT" might have six hundred or so.

[Thunder]

Looks like Dempster is picking up where he left off.

[Station 13]

Looks like Dempster is picking up where he left off.

 

is he going to bean a batter and get toss?

[SoxFanForsyth]

Dempster did the impossible!!! He got Dunn out!!!!

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Dempster did the impossible!!! He got Dunn out!!!!

 

....with a strikeout. LOL

[Station 13]

Ells trying to hit some homers for his contract. All these Ks are piling up.

[Station 13]

Will Pedey end up with 100RBI?

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

f***, Pedroia got some nice contact on that ball. Wish it was fair so he could s*** talk Victorino haha.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

He looked out.

[Jasonbay44]

Wow, terrible tag by Beckham lol

[Station 13]

Wonder how Hawk feel about that

[Bellhorn04]

Tight strike zone.

[Jasonbay44]

Sox at the very least are working the count and forcing this guy to throw a lot of pitches.

[Station 13]

Who is in the booth?

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

This is the series Ortiz breaks out of his slump

[Station 13]

Really? Really?

[Brennan]

Pedey is a f***ing pest. Thank God he's ours. Pitchers that are trying to get out of an inning must curse themselves when he steps up.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

Santiago still mad about getting squeezed

[jung]

Unlike Tillman last night, at least Santiago is sticking to the script. Must have thrown thirty pitches anyway.