9/2 @ Chicago White Sox

[d-money]

The Johnson experiment is over. This team needs their regular starters back. Dissaponting considering the skankees are losing.

[Spudboy]

He gone!

 

lulz

[jung]

Poyner is like a 1 inning Pitcher.

 

One inning can be OK for post season if you can do it two or three games in a row. Not at all sure Poyner can do that.

[d-money]

This team has been stumbling here and there. Got Atlanta next which won’t be easy. A split is not the end of the world but still. The starting pitching has been awful lately with the exception of yesterday.

[Jasonbay44]

Johnson has really been struggling lately.

[d-money]

Need to start getting runs off shields.

[OH FOY]

Relax White Sox stink. Come back in minutes.

[vegasbob]

Poyner stopped the bleeding, and even at 4-0 the guys can easily beat James Big Game Shields. Edited September 2, 2018 by vegasbob

[Spudboy]

Johnson has really been struggling lately.

 

He has.

 

Still, I like the guy. I am not giving up on him.

 

We do need him to pitch in the rotation until we get our starters back. By that I mean Price and Sale.

 

Glad to see ERod look so good in his 1st game back.

[vegasbob]

2 run HR time for JDM. He did miss a couple hittable pitches in the first inning

[OH FOY]

Atlanta got some fireballers called up. They have great young talent.

[oldtimer]

Atlanta got some fireballers called up. They have great young talent.

 

We have been getting poor starting pitching with the exception of E-Rod. Puts a lot of pressure on the offense. The good news is the Yankees are struggling today as well.

[Tedballgame]

Just came back in from outside and I see that Cora left Johnson in long enough to bury the Sox for today.

[vegasbob]

Fooling around with sub .500 teams and expecting the 6 or 7 run inning is not a brilliant strategy for playoff baseball. I can see why the Sox players may not have much urgency at this point of a great season but it is sometimes hard to flip the switch when you have been coasting for a month.

[vegasbob]

White Sox are hitting with blind luck today. Sometimes you just can't stop the mistakes

[Tedballgame]

Game over for today thanks to Johnson's horrible start and Cora leaving him in too long. White Sox running wild on the bases.

[Tedballgame]

Poyner is a AAA pitcher not a major league pitcher.

[jung]

We have a lotta' outs to play with...but that 5th run hurt.

[Tedballgame]

If Cora doesn't care about winning this game I guess I won't care about watching it. Good bye.

[moonslav59]

Before today's game...

 

Johnson's ERA with each catcher:

 

.683 w Leon (105 PAs)

.843 w Vaz (128)

.731 w Swihart (144)

Leon is slightly better than Swihart. Sample sizes all close to even.

 

I'm not blaming Johnson's poor outing on Swihart, but I do wonder how well he'd have done with Leon catching him. If Leon would have done better, it begs the question....

 

Does Swihart's 1 for 1 outweigh 5 runs given up?

 

[RichGarces2015]

they call him BIG GAME JAMES

[jung]

Sigh

[vegasbob]

Cuevas gives up 2 "HR's" in virtually same place (either side of foul pole) to the same hitter. Well we wanted consistency.

[Station 13]

Cora sure didn't give a s*** about this one.

[moonslav59]

Cora sure didn't give a s*** about this one.

 

Cora needs to improve his velocity and location.

[vegasbob]

Detroit BP doing its best to keep the race in reach for NY. Now 8-5 and the Yanks left the bases loaded Finally in the top 9

[vegasbob]

Cora needs to improve his velocity and location.

 

He also needs to pump up and get beyond the warning track power today

[vegasbob]

Why do the Red Sox have to get into the third time through the order to begin hitting, when the s***** opponent can score early ?

[vegasbob]

Not one strike pitched to Moreland, but count is 3-2. Then whiffs on a center cut, pulling off the ball as Mitch is prone to do

[TylerD]

If Cora doesn't care about winning this game I guess I won't care about watching it. Good bye.

 

Tough to win a game when your starting pitcher gives up 4 runs in a single inning.