07/17 - Red Sox vs. Toronto

[Spudboy]

BOS: Rodriguez (4-2 , 3.54 ERA) vs. TOR: Stroman (9-5 , 3.28 ERA)

 

Stroman is a tough little bastard.

 

ERod can be good if he can make it out of the bullpen without suffering a career threatening injury.

 

 

BRING OUT THE GIMP!1!!!

[Kimmi]

We are facing some pretty decent starting pitching in this series. Hopefully, our offense is up to the task.

 

Go Red Sox!!!

[Maxbialystock]

Gotta appreciate a winner who wastes no time starting the next game thread.

 

Holt's up and Lin's down, so there's Holt batting 9th:

 

Betts

Pedroia

Bogaerts

Moreland

Ramirez

Benintendi

Bradley

Vazquez

Holt

 

Sox scored 6 and beat Stroman in April, but that was when we could still hit.

[bosoxmal]

Holt has looked pretty pathetic so far. But he deserves a chance if anyone does! Be nce tp see some aggressivness, however.

Gotta appreciate a winner who wastes no time starting the next game thread.

 

Holt's up and Lin's down, so there's Holt batting 9th:

 

Betts

Pedroia

Bogaerts

Moreland

Ramirez

Benintendi

Bradley

Vazquez

Holt

 

Sox scored 6 and beat Stroman in April, but that was when we could still hit.

[TylerD]

We are facing some pretty decent starting pitching in this series. Hopefully, our offense is up to the task.

 

Go Red Sox!!!

 

Which terrifies me.... With this offense as of recent god knows how this series will go.

[d-money]

Rodríguez needs a nice game.

[d-money]

This is what bothers me with Rodriguez. His wildness!

[d-money]

Not the start i was hoping for.

[BstHcpr]

Is it just me or is Benintendi not very good at playing the Monster?

[jad]

Belt high fastballs with a two-strike count are not good put-away pitches.

[d-money]

Well gotta hope the offense can score tonight

[Station 13]

Is it just me or is Benintendi not very good at playing the Monster?

 

He is not a good OF period.

[TylerD]

This offense is beyond frustrating

[Station 13]

Belt high fastballs with a two-strike count are not good put-away pitches.

 

That seems to be Price, Porcello and Rodriguez's M.O.

[jad]

He is not a good OF period.

 

He's made a lot of plays that refute that. (That was not one of them.)

[BstHcpr]

Hanley looks so cool when his helmet flies off as he grounds into a DP.

[Maxbialystock]

Here's the funny thing. The Jays pitcher has also thrown a lot of fastballs, but gets away with them. Just now he threw two balls two HanRam, the put a one right down the middle, which to a toronto hitter would have meant one off the wall or over it, but to HanRam mean a very easy GIDP ball--not too hard and not too soft but just right.

 

Here's something else. On espn they just showed the Yankees ERA for July--5.09. But against this Sox team they gave up 9 runs in 4 games and 1 run the the middle two games which went a total of 9 + 16 = 23 innings.

 

This team has serious hitting issues, bad enough to think that buying someone like Frazier to play 3B is going to fix the problem because it absolutely will not when Moreland, HanRam, Bogaerts, et al continue to swing the bat so poorly.

 

Tonight is the perfect night for ERod to work on getting back in the groove and not worry about giving up runs. That 2-run double in the 1st was enough for the Jays to win this game unless their bullpen is a disaster.

[Maxbialystock]

Anybody else notice that little kick of his left foot by ERod long after he releases the ball? That's so he can be sure to be in terrible fielding position in case the ball gets hit back near him.

[Station 13]

E-rod looks like s***.

[Maxbialystock]

Is that Tulowitski at the plate who just fouled off a fast ball down the middle and missed on a fastball well inside the zone? The Sox need to trade for him right now because he will fit in well.

[d-money]

E-rod looks like s***.

 

This offense looks like s*** once again!

[d-money]

Rodriguez's not even giving us a chance with his s***** pitching. I always wondered about rodriguez's mental toughness.

[a700hitter]

DD needs to get a bat fast.

[d-money]

This offense has to do something

[Station 13]

I thought Pharaoh was changing the lineup this series.

[d-money]

Atrocious offense. Not getting good swings.

[a700hitter]

That was a great DP relay by Pedroia, Edited July 18, 2017 by a700hitter

[Station 13]

Morales is a slug down the line.

[Jasonbay44]

This offense is so bad

[jad]

It must be a lot easier to pitch on the ML level when your opponent's best hitter is willing to swing at pitches a foot outside.