8/7 at Jays Duex

[Tedballgame]

TWO of the worst baserunning mistakes you will ever see in a major league game, college game, high school game or little league game.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Marwin has a. 568 OPS on the season.

He should be a late innings defensive replacement or released.

 

I'd release him on good behavior.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If Varitek was the SOX manager, I wonder how much patience he would have on stupidity. And I doubt V-Tek would care if the players didn't love him. Edited August 8, 2021 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[vegasbob]

There are moments when you can make a difference, that was one, Rafi

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Also, I believe if he wants the job, V-Tek will be managing some MLB team.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

That was a 'chettey' at bat.

[Tedballgame]

Great job by Ottavino.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nice job by 0.

[Oscars]

Great job by the pitchers in this desperately needed win

[Maxbialystock]

Ball game!!!!

 

Arauz game-winning rbi, Verdugo game-tying dinger, and great pitching by Houck and the bullpen.

[Maxbialystock]

Great job by Ottavino.

 

Sure was. He looked tougher than Barnes tonight.

[Tedballgame]

Chris Sale had a very good outing tonight. He is going to make his next start with Boston.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

SOX pitchers give up a total of 2 runs in DH and only get a split.

[TylerD]

We won

 

Weird.

[Maxbialystock]

If Cora had any guts, Wong or Plawecki would be catching this inning. Vaz would be sitting for several games.

 

Amen. Vazquez runs the bases like he thinks he is invisible, but in fact he's just a fat little guy with too much gumption and not enough speed.

[vegasbob]

That is how to step up and close the door, O. Great job

[illinoisredsox]

Amen. Vazquez runs the bases like he thinks he is invisible, but in fact he's just a fat little guy with too much gumption and not enough speed.

 

If he had tried to steal 2nd, it would have been defensible there. Trying to take 3rd was just plain stupid (again).

[mvp 78]

SOX pitchers give up a total of 2 runs in DH and only get a split.

 

How many runs did the vaunted Jays offense put up?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Today we got to see the 7 inning DH rule and the ghost runner on 2nd rule. Almost like going to the circus.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

How many runs did the vaunted Jays offense put up?

 

Except the SOX have been making it a habit.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Not going to make many friends with this post, but I'd love to see V-Tek manage the SOX. Btw, have you've noticed the SOX history since 2004 with 1st year managers?

[Tedballgame]

Not going to make many friends with this post, but I'd love to see V-Tek manage the SOX. Btw, have you've noticed the SOX history since 2004 with 1st year managers?

 

Cora is still the right man to manage the Sox. Its not his fault the SP has sucked over the last 6 weeks and the hitters have stopped hitting. Getting Sale and Schwarber back will make a huge difference. Keep Houck in the rotation. Banish Perez and Richards to the bullpen only to be used in mop up duty.

[oldtimer]

The Jays do have a very potent lineup and to see the Sox pitching to hold them to 2 runs over 15 innings was encouraging. Our starters and pen did an admirable job but were used fairly hard to get the much needed job done in the second game. I hope we can bring up help next week and the Covid scares turn out to be non-positive.

[a700hitter]

One of the coaches needs to pull Vasquez’s head out of his ass.

[Tedballgame]

One of the coaches needs to pull Vasquez’s head out of his ass.

 

Its so far up there that its going to take more than one coach.

[a700hitter]

The Jays do have a very potent lineup and to see the Sox pitching to hold them to 2 runs over 15 innings was encouraging. Our starters and pen did an admirable job but were used fairly hard to get the much needed job done in the second game. I hope we can bring up help next week and the Covid scares turn out to be non-positive.

if we has Rizzo, maybe we win both games. Instead, the best we can do is a split tomorrow after shutting down a Toronto production for the double header. Tomorrow they will probably bludgeon our pitchers.

[moonslav59]

This Richards start, tomorrow should have been Sale.

 

I know the guy is making $10M, but this is a playoff run.

 

BTW, Sale pitched 89 pitches (59 strikes/31 balls). He did walk 3, but only allowed 2 hits in 4.2 IP.

Edited August 8, 2021 by moonslav59

[Bellhorn04]

Not going to make many friends with this post, but I'd love to see V-Tek manage the SOX. Btw, have you've noticed the SOX history since 2004 with 1st year managers?

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you didn't think that much of Francona or Farrell either.

[Maxbialystock]

Today we got to see the 7 inning DH rule and the ghost runner on 2nd rule. Almost like going to the circus.

 

I do apologize, but in fact I like the 7 innings per game double-header rule. I also like the extra-inning rule with both teams starting with a man on 2b and no outs.

 

In game 1, the Sox had almost their best game pitched this year in that Pivetta went up against a lineup that literally destroyed Eovaldi the night before. A magnificent start, but with absolutely no support from the hitters nor, as it turned out, from Barnes, who lost the game on his first pitch, a fastball down the middle.

 

The game 2 win was also appropriate: excellent pitching on both sides although the Jays pitching was assisted by some of the worst baserunning in recent Sox history. Arauz, miraculously error-free at SS, drove in the winning extra-inning run in the 8th, and Ottavino was superb in getting the save in the bottom of the 8th.

 

Today game 4 at 1:07, and there is some hope that the Sox will have the requisite energy to play well. Unfortunately, our starter is Garrett Richards, which means the bullpen will be needed early and for a 9 inning game.

 

However, the bullpen was used less yesterday--1 pitch in game 1 and 4.1 innings in the game 2 win--than would have been likely in a regular double-header, especially with one game going extra innings. Plus tomorrow is a rest day.

[Bellhorn04]

I do apologize, but in fact I like the 7 innings per game double-header rule. I also like the extra-inning rule with both teams starting with a man on 2b and no outs.

 

I'm 100% fine with the COVID-19 rules. We are in the midst of a unspeakably devastating 18 month long pandemic, after all.