Sep 13 @ Seattle

[Maxbialystock]

ERod, L vs. Gilbert, R

 

Kike CF

Schwarber 1B

Bogey SS

Devers 3B

JDM DH

Verdugo LF

Renfroe RF

Vazquez C

Iggy 2B

 

Sox going with 3 lefty bats and for them a decent defensive lineup--except for Schwarber at 1b instead of Dalbec.

 

Mariners with 6 righty bats, including one switch hitter, Toro

 

AL race for the two wild card slots is as Titus Andronicus.

[moonslav59]

Let's hope the line-up comes through, tonight.

 

ERod, too.

Edited September 14, 2021 by moonslav59

[moonslav59]

Man! The Jays just keep rolling along!

 

Up 8-0 on the Rays.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I could see the AL East being dominated by both the Jays and Rays for the next few seasons. Yankems and SOX can fight over the 2nd wild card.

[TylerD]

We have two game threads

 

Which one do we use

 

?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

We have two game threads

 

Which one do we use

 

?

 

The one that has the SOX ahead in the game.

[TylerD]

Deal.

[Maxbialystock]

Schwarber has not shed his White Sox blues.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Another chUMP who sucks more than a Dyson.

[Maxbialystock]

Looks like everything ERod is throwing is hittable.

[illinoisredsox]

Looks like everything ERod is throwing is hittable.

 

Yep. Didn’t get that one pitch and it’s been downhill since.

[TylerD]

E Rod sucking ass again.

[TylerD]

Looks like everything ERod is throwing is hittable.

 

Yup. Not good

 

1-0. Ugh.

[Maxbialystock]

Nice DP, much needed.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Schwarber better keep his foot off the top of the bag.

[illinoisredsox]

Really nice play by Schwarber, especially considering his lack of experience at first.

[illinoisredsox]

Really nice play by Schwarber, especially considering his lack of experience at first.

 

OTOH, it’s not like he had to worry about ERod covering first.

[Maxbialystock]

Devers, his giant wad of tobacco, and his slumps (hitting and fielding) seem to go well together.

[TylerD]

Let’s get some runs please.

[Maxbialystock]

OTOH, it’s not like he had to worry about ERod covering first.

 

Ouch. True, however.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Watched the Yankems beat the Twinkies earlier today. Hard for me to say anything nice about the Yankems, but Judge is a great player. He's definitely the best player on the Yankems. If he played for Boston, he would also be the best player on the SOX.

[illinoisredsox]

Eck would describe Gilbert’s stuff as “easy gas”.

[illinoisredsox]

Devers, his giant wad of tobacco, and his slumps (hitting and fielding) seem to go well together.

 

He needs to get back to happy go lucky Devers; he’s seemed angry most of this year.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Obviously, Gilbert's ERA is a misprint.

[Maxbialystock]

He needs to get back to happy go lucky Devers; he’s seemed angry most of this year.

 

If he's not dumb, and I sure don't think he is, he knows he is the team mvp and is therefore feeling a lot pressure to deliver. I think the tobacco is intended to calm those inner demons, and my impression is that the tobacco, which he chews voraciously, fuels his disquiet.

[illinoisredsox]

Obviously, Gilbert's ERA is a misprint.

 

Looking at his game logs, he’s been really good or really bad.

 

His last two starts have been against Houston. 9 1/3 innings, 2 runs.

[Maxbialystock]

No question that ERod is also feeling the pressure, especially after his last start.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Here's a mind twister. How does one even think of giving a QO to a non-quality pitcher?

[TylerD]

I don’t like E Rod :( :(

[Maxbialystock]

Error by Renfroe dismaying, but even more dismaying is that ERod threw a perfect changeup on the low outside corner, which Torrens easily lined to RF for a single.