8/25 @ Tampa Bay

[Youk Of The Nation]

I haven't started a GT in a while, so here we go. Pomeranz vs. Odorizzi.

 

Win.

[Kimmi]

YOTN mojo!

 

After winning the first two games of the series, a split with the lowly Rays would be very disappointing.

 

Let's end this road trip on a high note!

 

WIN!

[Kimmi]

I agree with Slasher. We need a rocking chair win. Today's the day.

[Wade Boggs]

Lineup....

 

Pedroia 2B

Bogaerts SS

Betts RF

Ramirez DH

Bradley CF

Young LF

Hill 3B

Shaw 1B

Holaday C

[Station 13]

That's a bad lineup. Win anyway in spite of this dingbat skipper John Farrell.

[Maxbialystock]

That's a bad lineup. Win anyway in spite of this dingbat skipper John Farrell.

 

Seven righties against a lefty starter looks OK to me. Leon could use a day off. It's a day game after a night game at the end of a lot of consecutive day games and on the road. I might switch Bradley and Young, but can live with that order. I would anticipate that this bottom third of the order won't do much, but they could surprise us.

[Thunder]

Pommy pitching. Day ball in Tampon Bay. Win. Dance. Repeat.

[User Name]

Seven righties against a lefty starter looks OK to me. Leon could use a day off. It's a day game after a night game at the end of a lot of consecutive day games and on the road. I might switch Bradley and Young, but can live with that order. I would anticipate that this bottom third of the order won't do much, but they could surprise us.

 

Except that, you know, Odorizzi is a righty.

[Spudboy]

lulz

[bosoxmal]

Lefty, right, this is a very tired ball club. Maybe a late energy surge (because we're going home---finallu) will get them through this 11 game trip. I don't have to name them. At least 5 regulars are sleep walking. But not not the old guys who have been there before. Pedroia and Ortiz. Except for Betts (who seems to have been born with a store house of energy) the younger guys are feeling the grind---or the pressure.

 

Hopefully they'll come home after an 8-3 road trip (even 7-4 would have been acceptable before the trip started). Benintendi seems to be done for the year. It would be stupid to bring him back for 20 games after an injury like he experienced. He'd only start favoring that leg, and bingo, the least little jar and the other knee needs to get scopped. No, I don't want to see him again until spring traning.

[a700hitter]

Except that, you know, Odorizzi is a righty.

Except for that, it is a great lineup.

[a700hitter]

Seven righties against a lefty starter looks OK to me. Leon could use a day off. It's a day game after a night game at the end of a lot of consecutive day games and on the road. I might switch Bradley and Young, but can live with that order. I would anticipate that this bottom third of the order won't do much, but they could surprise us.

Until you start mastering the facts....grain of salt.

[Spudboy]

Go Sox!!!1!!!!!

[Jasonbay44]

JBJ has really been struggling lately, he needs to snap out of it, especially with Benintendis injury.

[Jasonbay44]

3 pitches, 2 outs. Good job guys!

[d-money]

s***** start. Pom needs to pitch well.

[d-money]

35 pitches for pomeranz. He need's to give us 7 innings at least.

[d-money]

I understand this lineup that farrell put up.

[illinoisredsox]

Odorizzi pounding the strike zone: 37 pitches, 29 strikes.

 

Need Wade Boggs to come out of retirement and foul off about 20 pitches to get the pitch count up.

[illinoisredsox]

I understand this lineup that farrell put up.

 

You understand it or you don't understand it?

[Thunder]

Suck it Longo!

[d-money]

You understand it or you don't understand it?

 

I don't understand it. Farrell's a f***ing doucebag. They need this game.

[illinoisredsox]

Gamecast has it at 4 line drive outs for the Sox so far. Are these hard hit balls or humped back liners?

[Bellhorn04]

Can't score a damn run today, no big surprise.

[a700hitter]

Gamecast has it at 4 line drive outs for the Sox so far. Are these hard hit balls or humped back liners?

They have hit the balls hard.

[Slasher9]

ok. time for some runs.

[d-money]

Wasting away good pitching. This team has to find a way and beat these lousy teams.

[Slasher9]

they are smoking some balls. bad luck. babip.

[Bellhorn04]

Can't put anything but potatoes on the board.

[a700hitter]

Wasting away good pitching. This team has to find a way and beat these lousy teams.

Our manager has managed the end of a few of these games very poorly when we have had the lead. Yesterday's bullpen management was very bad. The bullpen gave us 3 innings with 1 run, which came on the last play of the game. He should have gone to his late inning guys Ziegler and Kimbrel and let them earn their money.