9/4 toronto in beantown

[MADSTORK]

Betts at .259 and Ramirez at .242 Who would have thunk it. How are we in first place??

 

 

Sale and Kimbrell

[Maxbialystock]

Vazquez deserved that called 3d strike. He could not hit 3 straight fast balls in the middle of the zone. Get the bum out of there.

[Maxbialystock]

When you walk Marrero on 5 pitches, you are having an off night, period.

[Maxbialystock]

Who's that blond guy in the booth?

[TedWilliams101]

Vazquez deserved that called 3d strike. He could not hit 3 straight fast balls in the middle of the zone. Get the bum out of there.

 

Vazquez has been awesome this year, far exceeding expectations at the plate. What more do you want?

[TedWilliams101]

Who's that blond guy in the booth?

 

Are you referring to Lenny DiNardo?

[Maxbialystock]

Nunez swung at the same pitch Travis doubled on and I think Nunez got his single on--fast ball low, but well inside in the zone and in the middle. But a weak ground out. This inning was too easy for Happ because Young and Vazquez made it easy.

[Station 13]

It's amazing how Porcello throws so much down the middle or middle up.

[Maxbialystock]

Smoak could play for us. He had 5 straight sliders or curves and couldn't do jack with them. That Porcello, feeling bad, gave him a fat fastball. caught, fortunately.

[Maxbialystock]

If only Porcello would remember how easy that was to get Bautista out. Just don't throw that darn fastball up. Vazquez is at fault too, of course.

[jad]

Big question for me is, "Can anyone in the organization wean young Devers awayb from his hop, skip and a jump throwing style? It is bound to affect his hitting as well as his overall confidence,

 

How is it going to affect his hitting? Is he up there thinking 'Quick bat quick bat, ... but damn I really better learn a different way to throw the ball; gee maybe that hop is bad, or is it the skip, oh hell ... was that a strike?"

[Maxbialystock]

OK, nice inning. could go 6, but still not a quality start.

 

One would hope that, should the Sox stay close, they have a real shot at winning this against the Jays bullpen. It worked in all three games at Toronto when all 3 of their starters held us to 1 run (apiece).

[Maxbialystock]

Happ threw 7 straight fastballs (2 seam and 4 seam) and all low in the zone. credit to mookie for waiting for the one he could hit. Nice double.

 

Then a fat fastball to Beni which he should have killed by popped to 3b. Terrible.

[Maxbialystock]

I have my doubts about how smart a hitter HanRam is. His third at bat against Happ, he gets 2 sliders low, and decides to swing at the 2d one. However, he did drive the 3d to right to move Betts--too late of course. Benintendi was supposed to do that and failed miserably.

[S5Dewey]

Vazquez deserved that called 3d strike. He could not hit 3 straight fast balls in the middle of the zone. Get the bum out of there.

 

Are you aware that this catcher of ours that you seem to have a hard-on for is hitting .290??

[Maxbialystock]

Happ a little lucky that Travis popped up a fast ball right down the middle.

 

Sox are 1 for 8 with RISP.

 

Or try this. Betts leads off with a double and our 3, 4th, and 5th batters all screw the pooch, with Beni easily being the worst.

[Station 13]

way to suck after Mookie lead off double

[Maxbialystock]

How can Porcello do that--throw a changeup right in the middle of the zone? Answer: he can't help himself.

[S5Dewey]

That ball doesn't get way from JBJ like it did from Beni. :-(

[a700hitter]

Benintendi gets too close to the wall and lets the carom get by him allowing the runner on 1B to score, but he would have scored on the 2 run Porcello.

[Northern Star]

Spectacular.

[S5Dewey]

Benintendi gets too close to the wall and lets the carom get by him allowing the runner on 1B to score, but he would have scored on the 2 run Porcello.

 

Ya, I was typing that just before the HR. LOL

[iortiz]

Porcello you f***ing bum. Get the f*** out of here.

[a700hitter]

3 Porcello's today, including a 2 run and 3 run porcello. He gave us nothing today.

[Station 13]

Those pitches are absolutely groove.

[Northern Star]

OK, nice inning. could go 6, but still not a quality start.

 

One would hope that, should the Sox stay close, they have a real shot at winning this against the Jays bullpen. It worked in all three games at Toronto when all 3 of their starters held us to 1 run (apiece).

 

Should the Sox stay close!!! Stop it! You're a riot.

[Northern Star]

3 Porcello's today, including a 2 run and 3 run porcello. He gave us nothing today.

 

Price gave us more today than this f***er.

[oldtimer]

The home run is on Farrell. Very deep bullpen and the pitcher struggling. Why leave him in? Poor managing.

[Maxbialystock]

Now a slider in the geometric center of the zone for a double off the wall. And a fastball in the center.

 

That last one is completely on Farrell. By leaving Porcello in he made it awfully difficult to get the Sox back into the game. Going into the 6th, the Sox were just 2 down with the Jays bullpen sure to come in in the 7th if not sooner. Farrell absolutely needed to keep it close and should have seen what Porcello was doing--throwing the ball in the middle of the zone. Heck, he has the better bullpen, why not use the darn thing?

[OH FOY]

This is the quietest park in Baseball. No Fan excitement, none.