7/13 Dodgers @ Boston GT 7:10PM EST on FOX

[BOSOX11]

This team strikes out 24 White Sox batters and loses.

 

This team scores 13 runs against the Skankees and loses.

 

The baseball gods have it in for the Red Sox this year, plain and simple.

[Swiharts Ghost]

2 runs .

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

What has Fenway become? Dodgers East.

[BOSOX11]

I'm going to check myself back into the hospital.

[a700hitter]

Our bullpen really opened the floodgates with 3Porcello's, 6 Runs, 7Hits, 3BB's, 4k's in 4 1/3 Innings.

[Swiharts Ghost]

What has Fenway become? Dodgers East.

 

Fans know a s*** pitching staff

[BOSOX11]

Our bullpen really opened the floodgates with 3Porcello's, 6 Runs, 7Hits, 3BB's, 4k's in 4 1/3 Innings.

 

And that was with Joe Kelly on the opposition.

[oldtimer]

Just another example of the Sox not hitting and the pitching, both starting and relief, being weak. Losing one game to the Dodgers is not in itself a disaster, but the way it took place demonstrates the weaknesses of this team.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I'm going to check myself back into the hospital.

 

My run is over. Perhaps you could start tomorrow's game thread. It's a better option than hospital food.

Edited July 14, 2019 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

And that was with Joe Kelly on the opposition.

 

Roberts did attempt to help get the SOX back in the game.

[Oscars]

The Sox have a major problem on their hands with what to do with Chris Sale

[a700hitter]

I will get really nervous if he shits himself in his next start against the Blue Jays.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The Sox have a major problem on their hands with what to do with Chris Sale

 

They could trade him for Chris Davis.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

They could trade him for Chris Davis.

 

I do apologize for that.

[moonslav59]

I will get really nervous if he shits himself in his next start against the Blue Jays.

 

Nah, he's doing fine since since May 1st.

 

(I couldn't resist.)

Edited July 14, 2019 by moonslav59

[a700hitter]

Nah, he's doing fine since since May 1st.

 

(I couldn't resist.)

You will have a real "I told you" so if his season falls apart.

[moonslav59]

You will have a real "I told you" so if his season falls apart.

 

Not really. My point was always that our starters had sucked more than our pen (until recently), but I always felt they'd get it together going forward.

Edited July 14, 2019 by moonslav59

[d-money]

Let’s see how they bounce back tomorrow.

[d-money]

This game falls on our so called ace. I wonder what he had to say after the game.

[moonslav59]

This game falls on our so called ace. I wonder what he had to say after the game.

 

He's retiring with Pedey and both will give all their money back.

[jung]

Sale has lost all confidence in what used to be his put away, slam dunk pitch, his Slider. He either throws it poorly as soon as he starts throwing it in earnest in a stint and we get the avalanche of hit me please FB's then or worse we get the Saturday game. He was throwing his Slider pretty well for the way that pitch has treated him lately. But Turner hurt him on the pitch late in the stint and that was that. Sale totally abandoned the pitch. Both Sandy and Vaz appear to know when Sale simply does not want to throw his Slider anymore in a given stint and his Change is simply not good enough to carry him without the Slider. His FB isn't good enough either these days. Yet that is what we get at the point when he totally losses confidence in his Slider, an avalanche of FB's out the stint.

[Maxbialystock]

Sale has lost all confidence in what used to be his put away, slam dunk pitch, his Slider. He either throws it poorly as soon as he starts throwing it in earnest in a stint and we get the avalanche of hit me please FB's then or worse we get the Saturday game. He was throwing his Slider pretty well for the way that pitch has treated him lately. But Turner hurt him on the pitch late in the stint and that was that. Sale totally abandoned the pitch. Both Sandy and Vaz appear to know when Sale simply does not want to throw his Slider anymore in a given stint and his Change is simply not good enough to carry him without the Slider. His FB isn't good enough either these days. Yet that is what we get at the point when he totally losses confidence in his Slider, an avalanche of FB's out the stint.

 

I could certainly be wrong, but my impression is that neither his slider nor his changeup breaks sharply down. The slider breaks 11 inches, which is a lot, but it's mostly in a horizontal plane--or so it looks to me. And, for whatever reason, the changeup just doesn't seem to be working this year and could also mostly be breaking left instead of left and and down.

 

To me it only stands to reason that a pitch that breaks sharply down is going to be more effective because it makes it harder for the batter to make solid contact than a pitch that goes mostly side to side.

[Thunder]

Other than getting home at 2 AM, we had a great time last night

[Maxbialystock]

On another note, three big goose eggs smack dab in the middle of the Sox lineup. Batters 4, 5, and 6--JDM, Beni, and Chavez--were hitless and had 5 K's, 3 by Vazquez alone.

 

Today, Sunday, it's Ryu on the mound for the Dodgers. Lefty vs. lefty (Price), with a big edge to the Dodgers.

 

Oh, and as I said during the game, I no longer think of Sandy Leon as a superior defensive catcher. That plus his OPS of .542 makes him a liability, which is not good because Vazquez can't catch--I don't think--4 of 5 games.

 

Last night was game 2 of 17 straight games without a break. In July.

 

Actually, the above is sugar-coating it. The Sox are actually playing 34 games in 34 days--thanks to a doubleheader in 3 Aug in Yankee Stadium--in July-August.

 

It is difficult for me to believe that the MLB schedulers did not do this with malice aforethought or that they did not receive some guidance like--"don't go easy on that Boston club because we sure don't want to see 108 more wins in 2019."

Edited July 14, 2019 by Maxbialystock

[Slasher9]

#FatBeni

 

WTF

[illinoisredsox]

All that can be said about this game is all the warts showed up tonight. Frankly, I’d rather they all be at once rather than crappy starting pitching one game, lousy relief pitching a different night and no offense a third, which could mean 3 Ls instead of 1.

[Thunder]

 

 

Only reason it's portrait and not landscape is because I posted it on my Instagram story first. New favorite photo of Fenway

[moonslav59]

On another note, three big goose eggs smack dab in the middle of the Sox lineup. Batters 4, 5, and 6--JDM, Beni, and Chavez--were hitless and had 5 K's, 3 by Vazquez alone.

 

Today, Sunday, it's Ryu on the mound for the Dodgers. Lefty vs. lefty (Price), with a big edge to the Dodgers.

 

Oh, and as I said during the game, I no longer think of Sandy Leon as a superior defensive catcher. That plus his OPS of .542 makes him a liability, which is not good because Vazquez can't catch--I don't think--4 of 5 games.

 

Last night was game 2 of 17 straight games without a break. In July.

 

Actually, the above is sugar-coating it. The Sox are actually playing 34 games in 34 days--thanks to a doubleheader in 3 Aug in Yankee Stadium--in July-August.

 

It is difficult for me to believe that the MLB schedulers did not do this with malice aforethought or that they did not receive some guidance like--"don't go easy on that Boston club because we sure don't want to see 108 more wins in 2019."

 

2 games are make-ups, but the schedule is a bit lop-sided. Also all those days off around the London series helped scrunch up the rest of the season.