8/7 vs Royals

[d-money]

Nah

He was getting tired. No need to risk injury. Save his arm for next year.

 

I would have let him finish the inning. Only had 99 pitches but whateva.

[vegasbob]

Are you serious?

 

He's been in shutdown mode, almost the whole year.

 

Recency bias, as in last inning, the only one that actually mattered. Could not put away Garcia after 2 strikes . Then a long shot to CF, even the 3rd out was hard hit.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Good job by Bello tonight. Tough to win with no run support.

[Jasonbay44]

Get out of here with that stuff!!! I been saying for the longest sometimes he goes with the quick hook. Bello was pitching good.

 

You literally never question moves when they happen and always question them afterwards. Bello was tiring and had been giving up a lot of hard hit balls. It wasn’t like Cora brought in Joe Jacques, he brought in one of his best relievers

[moonslav59]

Get out of here with that stuff!!! I been saying for the longest sometimes he goes with the quick hook. Bello was pitching good.

 

They were hitting him hard, with many right at people.

 

I know you could care less about the next games, but Bello is probably due for 9 more starts and may already be nearing this IP and pitch limits on the season.

[FredLynn]

I would have let him finish the inning. Only had 99 pitches but whateva.

 

They are now five games out of the last playoff spot. The team has quit because management proved they didn’t believe in them enough to bring in the help they needed to make a run. Bello has already thrown a lot of pitches this year. It was enough for the night.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

And there’s a brain dead play by Duval.

This team just isn’t focused

 

Well, they've been pretty focused on not getting big hits for about 9 of their last 10 games.

[redsoxrules]

KC's BP is dog s***. Sox should still be able to win this one

[d-money]

You literally never question moves when they happen and always question them afterwards. Bello was tiring and had been giving up a lot of hard hit balls. It wasn’t like Cora brought in Joe Jacques, he brought in one of his best relievers

 

You fulled of it dude. I have questioned cora beforehand. Don’t give that BS about saying it after it happens.

[d-money]

They are now five games out of the last playoff spot. The team has quit because management proved they didn’t believe in them enough to bring in the help they needed to make a run. Bello has already thrown a lot of pitches this year. It was enough for the night.

 

Whateva man the season is going down the toilet. He has been the only good thing about this season pretty much. One of the few bright spots.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Relievers are like a box of chocolates. One never knows what one's going to get game after game.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Relievers are like a box of chocolates. One never knows what one's going to get game after game.

 

 

OTOH, with some relievers one pretty much knows what one's going to get. They're also known as DFA's.

[vegasbob]

Is this now 9 or the 10th game with 3 runs or less except for a 6 spot, and a 4 runner in a losing game . Bello rarely gets rewarded with run or BP support

[FredLynn]

Whateva man the season is going down the toilet. He has been the only good thing about this season pretty much. One of the few bright spots.

 

There have been a few bright spots beside Bello.

Yoshida

Martin

Wink

Duran

There may be a few others. But for all intents and purposes this season is pretty much what was predicted for the team.

[d-money]

This offense is m.i.a once again.

[d-money]

There have been a few bright spots beside Bello.

Yoshida

Martin

Wink

Duran

There may be a few others. But for all intents and purposes this season is pretty much what was predicted for the team.

 

Yup those guys have been pretty good as well.

[Maxbialystock]

You fulled of it dude. I have questioned cora beforehand. Don’t give that BS about saying it after it happens.

 

You just don't get it. You question Cora only when things go bad. In fact, you are very much of an instant reactor.

 

In this case, you're wrong for three reasons: 1) Bello had been hit hard (with several of them caught for outs), did have 99 pitches, and still has a bunch of games to go; 2) Winck was an excellent choice to relieve, but just didn't get the job done (although that first hit was kind of lucky), which was simply to get just one freaking out, and actually got hit hard on the final out; 3) you've ignored the fact that the real problem tonight is hitters 1 thru 7 for the Sox tonight have one freaking single and they are lucky Reyes and Wong have 3 hits between them and the Sox have 2 runs. Thus have the Sox also struck out 12 times tonight (to the Royals 3).

Edited August 8, 2023 by Maxbialystock

[FredLynn]

Yup those guys have been pretty good as well.

 

Did I miss anyone?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Nice job by Kenley, especially considering he hasn't pitched in a while.

[vegasbob]

About time for a walkoff winner, who has it tonight?

[Tedballgame]

This has the feeling of an extra inning loss.

[FredLynn]

About time for a walkoff winner, who has it tonight?

 

Devers

Right now

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Approaching 'ghost runner' time.

[FredLynn]

Damn

I was almost right

[FredLynn]

Duval is useless

[Maxbialystock]

Adam Duvall is an embarrassment tonight with his 4 K's in 4 AB's.

[redsoxrules]

Sox catch a break. He definitely swung at that. Wasn't even close.

[Jasonbay44]

Sox got lucky there. Urias definitely swung lol

[FredLynn]

Adam Duvall is an embarrassment tonight with his 4 K's in 4 AB's.

 

He also gave the Royals a run

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

SOX need a wild pitch.