9/25 Yankees at Red Sox

[Tedballgame]

NY Yankees (87-67) at Red Sox (88-66) 4:10 PM ET

 

Cortes 2-2 2.79 ERA vs Nick Pivetta 9-7 4.63 ERA

 

 

Go Red Sox! Make It Happen Today!!

[moonslav59]

1. Kike CF

2. Renfroe RF

3. Devers 3B

4. Bogey SS

5. JD DH

6. Schwarber LF

7. Dalbec 1B

8. Plawecki C

9. Iggy 2B

 

Pivetta has done much better with Plawecki than Vaz.

 

Career

2.70 Plawecki 43 IP (.660 OPS)

5.12 Vazquez 111 IP (.767 OPS)

 

Big game!

[Thunder]

Headed to Fenway now! Can't ask for a more beautiful day than this in late September

[moonslav59]

Headed to Fenway now! Can't ask for a more beautiful day than this in late September

 

Enjoy!

[d-money]

It’s go time!!!! Need a good start to this game.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nestor the molester is overdue for a bad start today. Let's hope.

[moonslav59]

Nestor the molester is overdue for a bad start today. Let's hope.

 

He’s facing a tough line up, today.

[Old Red]

It’s go time!!!! Need a good start to this game.

 

Glad to see the Sox are back to their normal uniforms.

[d-money]

Pivetta needs to get outs. No walks!!!

[vegasbob]

Can we just jump the NYY'ers for an early insurmountable lead to remove all question as to which team will win this one ??

[vegasbob]

Renfroe should have lost that pitch over the Monster

[d-money]

This offense has to show up today. Smh

[d-money]

It’s early but it feels like the Yankees just have that confidence to beat us right now and we don’t.

[d-money]

Strikes pivetta.

[vegasbob]

Are the hitters ready to back up Pivetta or not ? Time to get busy and start the action.

[Maxbialystock]

Finally, a catcher who has a feel for what pitches to call for. Vazquez through his ignorance guided Eovaldi to his worst start this season. Pivetta, who has struggled recently--with guess who catching him--looks pretty decent with Plawecki behind the plate.

[Maxbialystock]

Cole threw 97-99 mph fastballs to get K's. Cortes only needs 91 mph.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Here's a stat that may surprise. The SOX lead MLB in 3-run homers with 36. The Giants are second with 30. Earl Weaver's favorite.

[Maxbialystock]

Here's a stat that may surprise. The SOX lead MLB in 3-run homers with 36. The Giants are second with 30. Earl Weaver's favorite.

 

Earl loved good pitching and 3 run dingers.

[Maxbialystock]

Cortes has command of both his pitches and the Sox hitters--and hasn't thrown a pitch over 91 mph. I haven't seen any big curves, but this rest of his stuff looks pretty good.

[d-money]

Slow start by this offense.

[vegasbob]

Finally, a catcher who has a feel for what pitches to call for. Vazquez through his ignorance guided Eovaldi to his worst start this season. Pivetta, who has struggled recently--with guess who catching him--looks pretty decent with Plawecki behind the plate.

 

here's the inning to watch, bottom of the order rotating back to the top again. Can Nick keep control of the lesser guys and start through Round 2 ? Vaz may be ignorant regarding pitch selection but he is slow and lacks judgement on the bases

[Maxbialystock]

Whoa, nellie! How did that stay in?

[d-money]

Cortes has command of both his pitches and the Sox hitters--and hasn't thrown a pitch over 91 mph. I haven't seen any big curves, but this rest of his stuff looks pretty good.

 

The Sox historically have struggled against junkball pitchers.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Odor-eater thought he was at Yankem park.

[Maxbialystock]

The Sox historically have struggled against junkball pitchers.

 

I think that's true, especially lefty junkers.

[vegasbob]

I note that the Yankees have a replacement penishead in Odor who stinks. Gardner must be training him

[Maxbialystock]

Back to Vazquez. He didn't call for many knuckle curves yesterday even though Eovaldi has a good one. Plawecki seems to like calling for curves from Pivetta--and they are working!

[Maxbialystock]

At this point in the game last night with Vazquez catching the Sox ace, the Yankees had scored 7 runs and Eovaldi was out of the game.

 

Today, with a lesser pitcher, Pivetta, and Plawecki calling the pitches, the Yankees are scoreless.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I think that's true, especially lefty junkers.

 

I believe the SOX can struggle against any type of pitcher, except when they don't.