9/15 vs. Yankees: The Final Nail in the Coffin

[Youk Of The Nation]

Game 1 was the insertion of the dagger. Game 2 was the twist. Game 3 will be the removal and disembowelment. Get it done. From today onward, the Yankees will be known as the Guardians, because of the Trail of Tears leading from the visitor's dugout back to their team plane. f*** them up.

 

Lineups by VA, game notes by Thunder. Strikeouts by Buchholz.

 

Go Sox.

[Thunder]

Xander and JBJ in the lineup.

 

RHP Ivan Nova (8-4, 3.17)

VS

RHP Clay Buchholz (10-0, 1.61)

 

Game time: 8:05 p.m.

 

TV/Radio: ESPN / WEEI, WCBS.

 

Red Sox vs. Nova: Ortiz 5-14, Pedroia 4-10, Nava 1-7, Ellsbury 1-8, Salty 0-8, Carp 1-3, McDonald 0-4, Napoli 0-4, Drew 2-4, Lavarnway 1-2, Middlebrooks 2-2, Victorino 0-2.

 

Yankees vs. Buchholz: Wells 7-31, Cano 12-29, Overbay 7-25, Rodriguez 9-23, Granderson 2-15, Reynolds 3-11, Suzuki 3-12, Nunez 1-2, Ryan 0-3, Stewart 0-2, Romine 0-1.

 

Stat of the Day: The Red Sox are 12-6 against the Yankees. They have not won 13 games in a season against New York since going 14-4 in 1973.

 

Notes: The Sox and Yankees meet for the final time in the regular season with the Sox looking for a three-game sweep. The Sox have taken five of the last six games between the teams. ... The Sox are 8.5 games up on the second-place Tampa Bay Rays. ... The Yankees are three games out in the wild card race. ... Buchholz is making his second start since spending three months on the disabled list with a shoulder injury. He threw five scoreless innings against Tampa Bay in his first game back. Buuchholz has faced the Yankees twice this season and allowed one run over 12 innings. ... Nova has allowed seven runs over 10 innings in his last two starts. That included a start against the Sox on Sept. 5 when he allowed three runs on five hits and two walks over four innings. ... The Sox are 49-25 at Fenway Park with wins in nine of their last 11 games. ... The Sox are 10-3 in September, outscoring teams 91-55. ... Pedroia is 7 for 23 with four runs scored in five games as a leadoff hitter filling in for an injured Jacoby Ellsbury. ... Middlebrooks is hitless in his last 17 at-bats. ... Drew is hitting .293/.373/.468 since July 31 with 17 extra-base hits and 25 RBIs. ... Napoli is 22 of his last 57 (.386) with 12 extra-base hits, 18 RBIs and 13 walks.

 

Song of the Day: "The Tide Is High" by Blondie.

[VA Sox Fan]

RED SOX (91-59)

Pedroia 2B

Nava RF

Ortiz DH

Carp LF

Napoli 1B

Saltalamacchia C

Drew SS

Bogaerts 3B

Bradley Jr. CF

Pitching: RHP Clay Buchholz (10-0, 1.61).

[Bellhorn04]

Game 1 was the insertion of the dagger. Game 2 was the twist. Game 3 will be the removal and disembowelment. Get it done. From today onward, the Yankees will be known as the Guardians, because of the Trail of Tears leading from the visitor's dugout back to their team plane. f*** them up.

 

Lineups by VA, game notes by Thunder. Strikeouts by Buchholz.

 

Go Sox.

 

Awesome thread start.

[SoxFanForsyth]

SFF at the game mojo.

 

I was also at yesterday's game, so the mojo is positive

[mvp 78]

Sick toddler mojo continues!

[VA Sox Fan]

Sick toddler mojo continues!

 

Are you still in Brooklyn?

[Youk Of The Nation]

Are you still in Brooklyn?

 

Brooklyn? I'd be sick too.

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

SFF at the game mojo.

 

I was also at yesterday's game, so the mojo is positive

 

Along with RSFFL being at work and not being able to watch mojo.

 

MVP in Brooklyn mojo

 

And YOTN pasta mojo(you better eat pasta tonight)

[RedSoxfanforlife305]

This thread title takes the cake for best GT title, and we've had a lot of good ones. Great job YOTN.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

********. Steinbrenner's Coffin is the best GT title in the history of talksox.

[Youk Of The Nation]

Along with RSFFL being at work and not being able to watch mojo.

 

MVP in Brooklyn mojo

 

And YOTN pasta mojo(you better eat pasta tonight)

 

Part of pasta mojo includes not saying whether or not it is in play. Thank you for reminding me though, I have to update my sig for yesterday's game.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

*insert lame Fight Club reference here*

[Brennan]

World records in packing will be set during the game tonight, it is even possible that members of the yankee organization might change careers after the carnage.

[mvp 78]

Are you still in Brooklyn?

 

Nope, home now.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Hopefully Time Warner behaves tonight. I'll be pissed if the ESPN feed is acting up and I have to resort to gameday.

[Thunder]

SFF at the game mojo.

 

I was also at yesterday's game, so the mojo is positive

 

My 2-0 at the game mojo will be tested during the ALDS.

[mvp 78]

Corny.

[VA Sox Fan]

Corny.

 

Awesome

[Brennan]

Mariano is great and all but how much more can MLB milk this thing?

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Joe Girardi for manager of the year? U serious

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

My god this is a total Yankee slobfest. Somewhere Tim McCarver is jerking off.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Nice pickoff.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Site's a ghost town.

[VA Sox Fan]

Mariano is great and all but how much more can MLB milk this thing?

 

As much as they want. He deserves it.

[Brennan]

Lets just hope the umpires don't try to continue the yankee knobfest tonight, I know MLB loves having them in the post season every God damned year.

[jung]

Oh well. Ya' walk a batter...bad s*** happens.

[Station 13]

WTF Clay

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Magicarp in left? Does this happen often?

[Brennan]

Good. They can do it all they want in yankee stadium. Like I said, I know he's great, anyone who knows anything about baseball can see that.