10/3 at Nats

[Tedballgame]

Dugo totally fooled on ball 4.

[FredLynn]

Verdugo strikes out in a ball in the dirt. Sox at THAT again.

[Tedballgame]

The catcher is saving this guy a bunch of WP.

[Tedballgame]

Hunter looks at strike 3. Wow. No swing on a fastball.

[jad]

Sale strikes out the side and gets grief from the board??? Shees.

[FredLynn]

This is BS

[Tedballgame]

A promising inning goes in the toilet thanks to Dugo swinging at ball 4.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

In the minors this season Joan had an ERA just under 5. So he's bad enough to give the SOX problems.

[YastrzemskI]

So much for getting off the a fast start. It’s borderline IMPOSSIBLE right now.

[FredLynn]

A promising inning goes in the toilet thanks to Dugo swinging at ball 4.

 

And Hunter watching strike three right down broadway

[vegasbob]

This streak of failed rallies is actually inexplicable so I won't try.

[YastrzemskI]

Sale getting squeezed.. great.

[jad]

All right. Sale lets the guy hit it. (This is CHris Sale, not Oil Can Boyd! who famously said he wanted guys to hit the ball because he had the greatest fielders in the world behind him. Having watched the games lately, does the Boyd-principle apply?)

[Maxbialystock]

5th batter to face Sale, who has thrown just one changeup.

[jad]

5th batter to face Sale, who has thrown just one changeup.

 

They just flashed the graphic on that. Opposing hitters on his change-up are hitting .421.

[TylerD]

Ugh. Damn.

[Maxbialystock]

2d changeup = double and rbi for the Nats.

[Tedballgame]

That's what happens when you squander a first and second and no outs. The other team comes back and scores.

[Tedballgame]

How about Sale throws fewer change ups.

[bmattioli]

What was that Sale, Uh Oh

[jad]

Yeah, maybe it's just me. I'd rather have Sale strike guys out than let them hit the ball.

[d-money]

Are they gonna choke with their best pitcher?

[vegasbob]

39 pitches , including pounded changeups, Sale doesn't look good for any more than 5. But it's the hitters not the pitchers responsible for the late season low scoring trend

[vegasbob]

BJ's blowing out the O's, and Angels up 4-0 on M's.

[moonslav59]

I’d really prefer to see Sale getting outs on contact. Strikeouts are nice, but when you take 7 or 8 pitches to get them …

 

6 Ks, 2 "contacts", losing 1-0.

[vegasbob]

This minor league pile of steaming crap is making our guys look weak. Pours medium FBs down the middle and they wind up looking at them

[illinoisredsox]

Yeah, maybe it's just me. I'd rather have Sale strike guys out than let them hit the ball.

 

“I became a good pitcher when I stopped trying to make them miss the ball and started trying to make them hit it.”

 

Sandy Koufax

[FredLynn]

Bogaerts sucks. GIDP on AB 1, K on a ball in the dirt in AB 2. This team has NO plate discipline at all

[illinoisredsox]

They’re pressing. Again.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

If this is Bogey's last season with the SOX, he's going with a whimper, not a bang.