5/13 vs Oakland A's

[Nick]

Nice to see Whitlock go 3 and give the pen a night off.

 

52 pitches is a kinda lot for 3, but that's one way to "stretch him out."

 

Richards is sealing the deal.

 

Let's hope the bats stay hot. Dalbec, Renfroe and Chavis looked good. Even Arauz got 2 BBs.

 

Great point on Whitlock.

[moonslav59]

Speaking of ex-Sox players in the mix. Hunter Strickland has walked the bases loaded v NYY.

 

Still 9-0 in the 9th.

[iortiz]

Renfroe with two excellent throws. On the first one the A's runner decided not to go, but Renfroe hit the cut off man perfectly so the guy on first couldn't advance. On the 2d, he also hit the relay man perfectly, and Arauz made a great throw hom.

 

Sox look great all around tonight--pitching, hitting, baserunning, and defense.

 

That said, the first 7 runs were all off the starter--2 IP--and in the succeeding 5 innings by the bullpen the Sox have scored 1 unearned run.

 

So, one more time, I have to say: the Sox are better than other teams at hitting mistakes, but not so good at hitting good pitching.

 

This win is very timely.

 

Well if I recall well we have already beaten elite pitching — and have even destroyed some. Golito, DeGeom, Berrios, Ryu, etc. Manea is not an ace but is a solid 2-3. Geez he posted a no-no against us in 2018.

 

This is the best offense in baseball. That’s a fact. We have faced all kind of pitching. This lineup deserves credit. There’s no reason to think they will choke.

[moonslav59]

8-1. Much more Fenway-like.

 

This series only added to the A's flukiness.

[moonslav59]

Before tonight:

 

Runs Scored

 

191 BOS

190 HOU

187 LAD (no DH)

186 CWS

180 AZ (no DH)

178 CIN (no DH)

23. NYY 143

 

OPS

.759 HOU (119 wRC+)

.754 LAD (113)

.754 BOS (109)

.753 CIN (105)

.752 CWS (117)

15. NYY .697 (101)

 

ERA-

74 SDP

75 NYY

77 NYM

80 CLE

81 CWS

88 SFG

89 LAD, MIL

90 TOR

81 MIA

90 MIA

93 BOS

95 TBR

 

(Boston is 17th in runs allowed at 162.)

Edited May 14, 2021 by moonslav59

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Unfortunately in all team sports whether a team wins by one or a hundred it only counts as one win. Been that way forever and I doubt it will change. However, with all the rule changes in baseball, who knows. Maybe the powers that be will come up with a rule that if a team wins by a certain number of runs it will count as 2 wins. I seriously doubt that will happen, but I also seriously doubted they would ever start extra inning games with a runner at second, so who knows? Edited May 14, 2021 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[Thunder]

All things considered, I would have taken losing 2 out of 3 coming into this series. The only thing that gets me, though, is how we lost those 2 games. Hate to waste good pitching nights with anemic offensive performances. We know the bullpen will cost us at least a few more wins down the road, so it's crucial to win the games where they are nearly lights out.