5/15 @ Hipster Haven

[SoxHop]

If firing the pitching coach did such a good job on the rotation, what the heck are we waiting for with Chili?

[NativeBostonian]

Buchholz has looked like the Ace we all knew he is. If only he can just do this every start. Just goes to show its all in his head. Edited May 16, 2015 by NativeBostonian

[NativeBostonian]

f*** this park.

[Jasonbay44]

Buchholz was fantastic tonight

[SoxHop]

Walk Cruz

[Jasonbay44]

Why the f*** are we pitching to Cruz here

[a700hitter]

Why the f*** are we pitching to Cruz here

It makes no sense. Winning run on second base and first base is open. A walk is a no brainer.

[Jasonbay44]

Seriously, why the f*** would you pitch to Cruz. f***ing Farrell is a dumb ass

[NativeBostonian]

That's why you don't pitch to him.

[SoxHop]

un-effin-believable.....

[a700hitter]

Farrell is brainless. Walk off hit by Cruz. Some one needs to ask that jackass manager about the strategy of pitching to their best hitter in that situation.

[a700hitter]

Idiotic move.

[d-money]

Not taking advantage of the yankees losing. This offense is still dreadful. Buchholz with one of the best pitched games of his career.

[a700hitter]

So this is what the idiot Farrell did in the 9th inning. He has the lefty on the mound Tommy Layne. There are two outs with a man on second base. Due up for the Mariners is their hottest hitter Nelson Cruz who is one of the hottest hitters in baseball at this point. On deck behind Cruz is left handed hitting Kyle Seager who is hitting 110 points less than Cruz and OPS'ing 429 points less than Cruz. Farrell goes to the pen to get the right handed Tazawa to pitch to Cruz. If he left Layne in to walk Cruz, he had a lefty-lefty matchup against a much weaker hitter and Cruz's run on first base is meaningless. This is a real head-shaking brain fart of a move.

[d-money]

That was grady little like!! f*** u farrell!! The magic has rubbed off this guy.

[Jacoby_Ellsbury]

Farrell is brainless. Walk off hit by Cruz. Some one needs to ask that jackass manager about the strategy of pitching to their best hitter in that situation.

This is the man who let Brandon Workman take an at-bat in the World Series.

[BOSOX11]

Might as well bring back Bobby Valentine....

[User Name]

Farrell is terrible.

[Kimmi]

So this is what the idiot Farrell did in the 9th inning. He has the lefty on the mound Tommy Layne. There are two outs with a man on second base. Due up for the Mariners is their hottest hitter Nelson Cruz who is one of the hottest hitters in baseball at this point. On deck behind Cruz is left handed hitting Kyle Seager who is hitting 110 points less than Cruz and OPS'ing 429 points less than Cruz. Farrell goes to the pen to get the right handed Tazawa to pitch to Cruz. If he left Layne in to walk Cruz, he had a lefty-lefty matchup against a much weaker hitter and Cruz's run on first base is meaningless. This is a real head-shaking brain fart of a move.

 

On the surface, it does seem like a rather questionable move.

 

That said, this loss is on the pathetic offense. The team should have never been in a 1-1 tie to begin with. Clay pitches a gem, and all this "#1 offense" can muster is one measly run. The offense has to come through when we get a start like that from one of our starters. The offense has scored 7 runs in the last four games. I am way more frustrated with them than I am with the pitching. As I've said many times, this team was built around offense. They are not getting the job done, plain and simple.

[Kimmi]

Farrell is terrible.

 

I wouldn't go that far, but he is no Francona, that's for sure.

[Bellhorn04]

Yes, it'd be nice if we could score a few runs. 38 runs in the last 15 games.

[Kimmi]

Not taking advantage of the yankees losing. This offense is still dreadful. Buchholz with one of the best pitched games of his career.

 

I agree that we should have been able to gain another game on the Yankees last night, and that this offense is dreadful. However, unless we're playing the Yankees head to head, it's hard to make up ground quickly. As it stands, we gained 2 games in 4 days, and that's being on a west coast swing. I'll take it.

 

But seriously, if the offense were hitting like they were expected to hit, we could be leading the division, despite the fact the our rotation has been so bad.

[Kimmi]

Yes, it'd be nice if we could score a few runs. 38 runs in the last 15 games.

 

Exactly. And if you take away the unearned runs that the other teams have gifted us, it looks even worse. If we were expected to be an average offense, that would be one thing. But when the offense was expected to carry this mediocre pitching staff, these losses are a lot more frustrating.

[Station 13]

Who would've ever guess Farrell screw up a game strategic situation!

 

But holycrap 1 run off Happ? Glad we don't go into extras and lose. This team offense is on fumes.

[SoxHop]

Gggrrrrrrrrrr....................

[Station 13]

10th in the AL in runs. Buoyed by a lot of gift runs to even reach 10th.

[a700hitter]

On the surface, it does seem like a rather questionable move.

 

"On the surface"? No, it was a thoroughly stupid move. It was fundamentally flawed in every way.

 

Yes, the offense sucks. A manager actually has few opportunities to influence the outcome of a game. This was one of those opportunities. Farrell certainly gets the assist in the loss in this game.

Edited May 16, 2015 by a700hitter

[a700hitter]

Two years of lousy offense coinciding with the fastest lead off hitter in Red Sox history leaving the team. As the young people say, just sayin.

[kapsis21]

Kimmi this is the only time I disagree with you amd agree with a700. This was a game that the manager decision to pitch to a hit hitter cost us the game. Offense needs to score runs but in a tie game managers decission to pitch to someone vs 1st base open. We want a win and every game matters.esp the ones.where.the pitching has actually held up.

[Spudboy]

So this is what the idiot Farrell did in the 9th inning. He has the lefty on the mound Tommy Layne. There are two outs with a man on second base. Due up for the Mariners is their hottest hitter Nelson Cruz who is one of the hottest hitters in baseball at this point. On deck behind Cruz is left handed hitting Kyle Seager who is hitting 110 points less than Cruz and OPS'ing 429 points less than Cruz. Farrell goes to the pen to get the right handed Tazawa to pitch to Cruz. If he left Layne in to walk Cruz, he had a lefty-lefty matchup against a much weaker hitter and Cruz's run on first base is meaningless. This is a real head-shaking brain fart of a move.

 

That it was. Farrell explained his reasoning and then conceded that he had made a mistake.

 

What a shame that Buch threw a gem and got almost no offensive support.

 

I refuse to say that Buch has it all figured out. He has looked much better of late but I have that nagging feeling that he will revert to his lousy form soon enough.

 

This is why I am so frustrated with the guy. He throws a couple of strong and even dominant outings and then goes back to sucking.

 

I hope that he can pitch well going forward. That would be unexpected and really great.