June 15 - Red Sox @ Mariners

[illinoisredsox]

I guess Kelly wasn't available tonight. The bridge to Kimbrel is very creaky when Kelly is not involved. In fact, there hardly is a bridge.

 

It’s a problem with the modern game; you trot out a different reliever each inning, you are taking a chance that it one of them doesn’t have it on a given night.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

It's always a quagmire. Did Kelly tell Cora he wouldn't be able to pitch tonight? Or did Cora make that decision. Cora's gonna rest these players right into a WC situation.

[Station 13]

Barnes pitches like "do the robot".

[jung]

Throwing flat FB's even at 98 is really hoping lady luck is favoring you. Barnes would not even attempt any other pitch after that K pitch and the 4 pitch walk. I just hope we don't get some injury report on him after this stint because he was not right, even for Barnes he was not right.

[StephenCurry30]

we need a big dong from big dong here.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

JD is a hitter's hitter.

[StephenCurry30]

jd Martinez hits butthole rockets every time hes up to hit

[iortiz]

Barnes is useless in high leverage situations. He couldn’t even hold the bottom of their L-up.

[StephenCurry30]

moreland needs to not suck here

[StephenCurry30]

good ab buddy, nice try there moreland, bum bum bum.

[moonslav59]

barnes always sucks in pressure situations, sure he can have a nice era when hes facing 7-8-9 hitters in a 7-2 game in the 8th, but anytime its close or a big situation, he chokes. hes a bum, so is hembree.

 

Barnes numbers this year (before tonight)

 

OPS against 2018

.701 Lat & Close

.533 High Leverage

.544 2 outs & RISP

.449 8th inning (best inning)

.250 Tie game

 

Career OPS against .715

,685 Late & Close

 

2017 OPS against .655

.628 Late & Close (.603 8th inning)

 

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

good ab buddy, nice try there moreland, bum bum bum.

 

Moreland is a .250 batter. No one s/b surprised with his regression.

[Jasonbay44]

Great AB by Xander

[StephenCurry30]

wtf devers….

[moonslav59]

All on Noonie

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

It appears that the SOX suffered jet lag in 8 of the 9 innings.

[Jasonbay44]

These are the worst kind of losses. Games you should win but blow late.

[d-money]

Very winnable game. 3 games back in the lost column.

[jung]

Pen choked it up tonight. Hope barnes is OK. Wish I knew if he stayed in the dugout or went down the tunnel when he came in from the mound.

[SoxHop]

Looks like you have to bring the A game through the entire game to beat playoff caliber clubs.....

[moonslav59]

s***** loss after getting that big inning.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

All on Noonie

 

A 'noonie' is actually a good thing. A Nunez is not.

[vegasbob]

That loss stings because they had the Mariner's ace beat, then watched the Hembree and Barnes cough it up, and not one clutch hitter the equal of Denard F'ing Span. And , of course, the relentless Yankees shutout the sucking TB Rays.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Pen choked it up tonight. Hope barnes is OK. Wish I knew if he stayed in the dugout or went down the tunnel when he came in from the mound.

 

Barnes was throwing 98 so I doubt there's any physical problem. Like someone earlier mentioned, 98 with no movement has a name in baseball. It's called batting practice.

[jung]

That loss stings because they had the Mariner's ace beat, then watched the Hembree and Barnes cough it up, and not one clutch hitter the equal of Denard F'ing Span. And , of course, the relentless Yankees shutout the sucking TB Rays.

 

I think the Span hit was the only breaking ball Barnes threw after the walk.

[vegasbob]

Moreland is a .250 batter. No one s/b surprised with his regression.

 

Mitch is definitely slumping and it is hurting now

[Station 13]

This offense though is in a funk. They're so streaky.

[SoxHop]

Oh no...... I just choked-out my wifes s*** Tzu again. Please wake up another time, please wake up again, you can do it s*** Tzu!!!

[moonslav59]

This offense though is in a funk. They're so streaky.

 

We hit the ball very hard and saw some great defense against us.

 

A little luck and this game was ours.

[jung]

This M's team is as good a team as we have seen lately....pretty close to the Astros. Like I said earlier, if we split I will be happy with that. Was living in the glory of possibly getting two wins out of the first two games. Just wasn't to be.

 

Workman might have to start showing Cora something with the number of games we have to play coming up.