10/10 ALDS Game 3 vs Rays

[Thunder]

RHP Drew Rasmussen vs RHP Nathan Eovaldi

 

Here's to hoping the Sox can get a win for my grandfather on his birthday. A lifelong Sox fan who suffered for years like most of you, he got to see 3 championships at the end of his life. I was especially happy that he got to see the 2013 title before his passing in June 2014. We knew 2013 was probably going to be his last full season.

 

Go wild. Go crazy. But not both.

[d-money]

I feel like this game could win us the series if we win it. Need nasty nate.

[YastrzemskI]

I feel like this game could win us the series if we win it. Need nasty nate.

 

Agree. We need Nathan Eovaldi to be a cold blooded assassin on the mound. If we get that from him then I like our chances in game three. Dare I say that we have some momentum after game two.. going back to Fenway.. it’s going to be madness!

 

GO SoX!

[Bellhorn04]

Thunder mojo.

[TylerD]

Let’s get a win!!!!!!!!!! Let’s go.

[Yaz Fan Since 67]

Biggest game in years, I can't wait. Win it for Thunder Grandpa!

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

E-O, E-O, E-O... everything little he does is magic

[Thunder]

E-O, E-O, E-O... everything little he does is magic

 

R.E.O. K-Wagon

[Maxbialystock]

A season of surprises from the Orioles sweeping the Sox to start, to the Sox leading the AL East for most of the first half of the season, to the slide backwards in the 2d half culminating in the Yankees sweep at Fenway followed by the Orioles taking 2 of 3 in late September, to the great sweep of the Nats in the final series, and the thrill of beating the Yankees and their ace Cole in the wild card game!

 

The ALDS was gravy, playing with house money. And, frankly, it should have been essentially over when ERod and Sale crapped out in the first two games while giving up 7 freaking runs in 2.2 innings! But Cora outmanaged Cash, Houck was brilliant for 5 innings, and the Sox hitters scored an astounding 14 runs in game 2.

 

Now, improbably, the Sox have the edge with Eovaldi on the mound today at Fenway, where he has pitched well against the Rays this year. And 2 of the next 3 games, including today, are at the Fens.

 

That said, the Rays are playing in their 3d straight postseason and barely lost the WS last year to the Dodgers, 4 games to 3. Statistically, they have better hitting, pitching, defense, and baserunning, and Cash is a good manager.

 

This ALDS is a long way from over. The Rays could still win. But they are the ones wondering what hit them.

Edited October 10, 2021 by Maxbialystock

[Thunder]

When Student 9s were released for today's game, it caused redsox.com to crash. So much for baseball being a dying sport among America's Youth

[moonslav59]

A season of surprises from the Orioles sweeping the Sox to start, to the Sox leading the AL East for most of the first half of the season, to the slide backwards in the 2d half culminating in the Yankees sweep at Fenway followed by the Orioles taking 2 of 3 in late September, to the great sweep of the Nats in the final series, and the thrill of beating the Yankees and their ace Cole in the wild card game!

 

The ALDS was gravy, playing with house money. And, frankly, it should have been essentially over when ERod and Sale crapped out in the first two games while giving up 7 freaking runs in 2.2 innings! But Cora outmanaged Cash, Houck was brilliant for 5 innings, and the Sox hitters scored an astounding 14 runs in game 2.

 

Now, improbably, the Sox have the edge with Eovaldi on the mound today at Fenway, where he has pitched well against the Rays this year. And 2 of the next 3 games, including today, are at the Fens.

 

That said, the Rays are playing in their 3d straight postseason and barely lost the WS last year to the Dodgers, 4 games to 3. Statistically, they have better hitting, pitching, defense, and baserunning, and Cash is a good manager.

 

This ALDS is a long way from over. The Rays could still win. But they are the ones wondering what hit them.

 

Well said.

 

This series is far from over.

 

While I admire Kimmi's confidence, us winning in 4 will be very difficult. Us winning in 5 as well.

[Thunder]

Well said.

 

This series is far from over.

 

While I admire Kimmi's confidence, us winning in 4 will be very difficult. Us winning in 5 as well.

 

If we win today, I think we win in 4.

 

If we lose today, I think we lose in 4.

[dgalehouse]

A season of surprises from the Orioles sweeping the Sox to start, to the Sox leading the AL East for most of the first half of the season, to the slide backwards in the 2d half culminating in the Yankees sweep at Fenway followed by the Orioles taking 2 of 3 in late September, to the great sweep of the Nats in the final series, and the thrill of beating the Yankees and their ace Cole in the wild card game!

 

The ALDS was gravy, playing with house money. And, frankly, it should have been essentially over when ERod and Sale crapped out in the first two games while giving up 7 freaking runs in 2.2 innings! But Cora outmanaged Cash, Houck was brilliant for 5 innings, and the Sox hitters scored an astounding 14 runs in game 2.

 

Now, improbably, the Sox have the edge with Eovaldi on the mound today at Fenway, where he has pitched well against the Rays this year. And 2 of the next 3 games, including today, are at the Fens.

 

That said, the Rays are playing in their 3d straight postseason and barely lost the WS last year to the Dodgers, 4 games to 3. Statistically, they have better hitting, pitching, defense, and baserunning, and Cash is a good manager.

 

This ALDS is a long way from over. The Rays could still win. But they are the ones wondering what hit them.

 

The smart money is all on the Sox. Some folks like to think it's the gritty, gutty, underdog Red Sox trying to pull off the improbable upset of the mighty Rays. But that is simply not the case . The Rays have never , ever won a championship. And that is not going to change here. The Sox have the championship pedigree. By the way , the Dodgers won last year's World Series in six games , not seven. If you are going to give the official recaps , you need to get the details right.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Well said.

 

This series is far from over.

 

While I admire Kimmi's confidence, us winning in 4 will be very difficult. Us winning in 5 as well.

 

Rasmussen has owned the Sox this year. But he's another rookie pitching with playoff pressure, and this time in enemy territory.

 

And just as I figured one of the Rays' rookie starters would falter in the first two games, it seems bound to happen again in one of the next two in Fenway... if Tampa starts Rasmussen and yet a fourth rook, Patino.

 

But I'm realistic, and we shouldn't be surprised if maybe Whitlock has the jitters, too, in a tight spot. Chances are this series will come down to a Game Five... in a final showdown between the two best rookies: McClanahan and Houck.

[TylerD]

Sale can pitch out of the pen today if need be Cora said.

[TylerD]

If we win today, I think we win in 4.

 

If we lose today, I think we lose in 4.

 

The way I see it is if we lose today we have to win out to take the series.

 

If we win today, we can afford a loss

 

Because it’s the best of 5.

 

Hope I helped here.

[Thunder]

About your average October afternoon in Boston. Overcast and in the low 60s. Not overly chilly but hopefully cool enough to flummox the bats of a dome team from Florida

[Old Red]

About your average October afternoon in Boston. Overcast and in the low 60s. Not overly chilly but hopefully cool enough to flummox the bats of a dome team from Florida

 

I’ll ask the same thing as I did before the last game. Can we just get through 2 innings before all the gloom, and doom start on here. Remember gloom, and doom early, doesn’t mean gloom, and doom late. I feel a lot more confident today with EO on the mound.

[moonslav59]

I’ll ask the same thing as I did before the last game. Can we just get through 2 innings before all the gloom, and doom start on here. Remember gloom, and doom early, doesn’t mean gloom, and doom late. I feel a lot more confident today with EO on the mound.

 

The doom and gloomers will be insufferable, if Eovaldi sputters out of the gate, or we get shutout after 2 or 3 innings.

 

GIDPs really set them off.

 

This team has had enough come from behind wins to convince everyone, it's not over until it's over.

 

This team has also done the same thing on a macro scale. After going through some very bad and long stretches of losing, including being swept by the Yanks and losing series to bad teams, when the stakes were high, we found ways to bounce back and shut up the naysayers- for a few minutes, anyway.

 

What gets me is that the same cycle keeps continuing over and over- like nothing is ever learned from the past.

 

That's not to say all is rosy, and every fan should always be 100% positive and confident, but it's the finality of the vitriol and double downs on definitive judgments passed on players and the team, as a whole that are quickly forgotten after a key or decisive win, only to resurface again early in the next game that starts out badly.

 

[Bellhorn04]

The doom and gloomers will be insufferable, if Eovaldi sputters out of the gate, or we get shutout after 2 or 3 innings.

 

GIDPs really set them off.

 

This team has had enough come from behind wins to convince everyone, it's not over until it's over.

 

This team has also done the same thing on a macro scale. After going through some very bad and long stretches of losing, including being swept by the Yanks and losing series to bad teams, when the stakes were high, we found ways to bounce back and shut up the naysayers- for a few minutes, anyway.

 

What gets me is that the same cycle keeps continuing over and over- like nothing is ever learned from the past.

 

That's not to say all is rosy, and every fan should always be 100% positive and confident, but it's the finality of the vitriol and double downs on definitive judgments passed on players and the team, as a whole that are quickly forgotten after a key or decisive win, only to resurface again early in the next game that starts out badly.

 

 

And there's no point trying to tell anyone to act differently, because they won't.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

And there's no point trying to tell anyone to act differently, because they won't.

 

It's like trying to rationalize with adults who actually choose to spend hours of their lives, every day and night, cheering and booing young men in colorful pajamas playing a kid's game for kajillion dollars.

[YastrzemskI]

GO SoX!!!

[illinoisredsox]

I’ll ask the same thing as I did before the last game. Can we just get through 2 innings before all the gloom, and doom start on here. Remember gloom, and doom early, doesn’t mean gloom, and doom late. I feel a lot more confident today with EO on the mound.

 

Cue the doom and gloomers.

[redsoxrules]

Ugh, that was a meatball by nate

[Maxbialystock]

I’ll ask the same thing as I did before the last game. Can we just get through 2 innings before all the gloom, and doom start on here. Remember gloom, and doom early, doesn’t mean gloom, and doom late. I feel a lot more confident today with EO on the mound.

 

Lovely day for a ball game. Eovaldi's doing great, and it makes absolutely no difference how many runs he gives up in the top of the 1st.

 

Really like the Sox uniforms, the crowd, the ambiance, the announcers, and all the upbeat folks on talksox.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Sox starting pitchers never have a good start in the ALDS this year, but Boston always comes back to win half the time. How's that for pessimism?

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Lovely day for a ball game. Eovaldi's doing great, and it makes absolutely no difference how many runs he gives up in the top of the 1st.

 

Really like the Sox uniforms, the crowd, the ambiance, the announcers, and all the upbeat folks on talksox.

 

And the two best times to go fishing is when it's raining, and when it's not.

[redsoxrules]

Wow Kike is on fire

[illinoisredsox]

The wall giveth (Schwarber) and the wall taketh away (Hernandez).

[a700hitter]

Home Run Derby is underway already.