8/31 Tampa Rays @ Boston

[a700hitter]

Bradley may be out of his funk. Good contact today and the HR was to the opposite field.

[illinoisredsox]

Can Lurch give us a clean inning and get us to the 8th and 9rh inning guys?

 

I'd settle for 3 outs and no runs, clean inning or not.

[mvp 78]

Robbie Ross Jr is the greatest.

[illinoisredsox]

Is Ziegler not available today for some reason? Or is Kimbrel not available for the 9th?

[a700hitter]

Farrell is a fool. Leon was looking into the dugout when Duffy was announced. Hanley lolled into the dugout. Everyone in the stands who is engaged in the game expected the pitching change.... But noooo.

[Maxbialystock]

If Tazawa is going in to pitch with 2 outs and the bases loaded in the 8th, Farrell either can't use Ziegler or doesn't trust him with men on base.

[a700hitter]

Is Ziegler not available today for some reason? Or is Kimbrel not available for the 9th?

Flu I think

[illinoisredsox]

Flu I think

 

Figures.

[a700hitter]

I want Farrell's head on the centerfield flagpole. The guy is a complete idiot.

[a700hitter]

If Tazawa is going in to pitch with 2 outs and the bases loaded in the 8th, Farrell either can't use Ziegler or doesn't trust him with men on base.

Taz should have been facing the PH off the bench Duffy.

[Maxbialystock]

I want Farrell's head on the centerfield flagpole. The guy is a complete idiot.

 

I hear you, but also wonder why Tazawa threw nothing but fastballs to Forsythe, including the last one in the dead center of the strike zone, then threw two forkballs to Kiermaier to get the final out. Where was the forkball when the count was 0-2 and 1-2 to Forsythe?

[bosoxmal]

Another stomach turner. JF goesn't have much to work with, but he made 2 mistakes that inning that could cost them the game. Where the hell are the tw finishers?

[Maxbialystock]

Taz should have been facing the PH off the bench Duffy.

 

Maybe, but Abad had been pitching reasonably well.

[illinoisredsox]

Taz should have been facing the PH off the bench Duffy.

 

Probably true, but it also tells me how little faith he has in Tazawa at this point.

[bosoxmal]

About as obvious as you can get!

I want Farrell's head on the centerfield flagpole. The guy is a complete idiot.

[Maxbialystock]

Another stomach turner. JF goesn't have much to work with, but he made 2 mistakes that inning that could cost them the game. Where the hell are the tw finishers?

 

Someone said Ziegler has the flu. One presumes the closer was being save to close the 9th.

 

What were the two mistakes?

[NativeBostonian]

I don't get why Farrell trust Taz over Ziegler...

[Station 13]

I hear you, but also wonder why Tazawa threw nothing but fastballs to Forsythe, including the last one in the dead center of the strike zone, then threw two forkballs to Kiermaier to get the final out. Where was the forkball when the count was 0-2 and 1-2 to Forsythe?

 

Bad pitch selection for sure. If he is going to throw a fastball, put it up.

[illinoisredsox]

They'd better take the lead here, because if this game goes extras, the Sox are in trouble. Rays have a better bullpen to begin with and the Sox have already burned through 4 of the available guys.

 

And damn Longoria leads off the next inning.

[NativeBostonian]

Here comes a DP...

[illinoisredsox]

I would leave Hill up here; he's a better bet to at least hit a fly ball than Shaw is right now.

[illinoisredsox]

I would leave Hill up here; he's a better bet to at least hit a fly ball than Shaw is right now.

 

Even better.

[a700hitter]

Garden gnome leprechaun looking dope will be coming in to close it out.

 

Another solid AB by Bradley

[d-money]

Someone better close this s*** out!

[Station 13]

Pedroia is so awful at driving in the runner from 3rd less than 2 out.

[illinoisredsox]

Pedroia is so awful at driving in the runner from 3rd less than 2 out.

 

He seems to go after the first pitch a lot in those situations, in stark contrast to his normal approach.

[bosoxmal]

Bradley may be out of his funk. Good contact today and the HR was to the opposite field.

 

 

streaky Jackie comes awake.

And it's about time, for goodness sake!

Edited August 31, 2016 by bosoxmal

[Maxbialystock]

What a disaster this game is. Farrell has unaccountably left himself with some guy named Kimbrel to close a 2 run lead. Now is when we need a Ross or a Barnes or even an Abad.

 

What the hell was he thinking?

[Maxbialystock]

No way, no how can Kimbrel get an ace like Longoria out.

[illinoisredsox]

No way, no how can Kimbrel get an ace like Longoria out.

 

As a right handed hitter, how the hell do you foul a 97 mph fastball to 3rd?