August 26: Dodgers at Red Sox

[moonslav59]

Urias vs Paxton

 

Refsnyder batting 3rd with Yoshida, Abreu, Reyes and McGuire on the bench.

 

Go Sox!

[Tedballgame]

Urias vs Paxton

 

Refsnyder batting 3rd with Yoshida, Abreu, Reyes and McGuire on the bench.

 

Go Sox!

 

Must win today!

[iortiz]

Turning a double play is the moon for this team lol

[jad]

Nice to see that RS tv announcers do not know the rule about when a ball is considered caught.

[moonslav59]

Turning a double play is the moon for this team lol

 

Another "non error" leading to a run and forcing our pitcher to get 4 outs.

[moonslav59]

Turner is BUTTAH!

[d-money]

Paxton has been a dud. Nice job pax-ton!

[Duran Is The Man]

looking more and more like we should have dumped Paxton at the TDL.

[d-money]

looking more and more like we should have dumped Paxton at the TDL.

 

Well Paxton is not helping his free agency cause with these pathetic starts.

[Maxbialystock]

Another "non error" leading to a run and forcing our pitcher to get 4 outs.

 

Paxton gave up 5 walks and the 2 run dinger, so maybe he's the real problem today.

 

And, once again, the hitting--so far.

[moonslav59]

We need to figure out a way to get Paxton some rest. He is not the same pitcher, now.

 

Before today:

9.82 on 4 days rest (3 GS)

1.95 on 5 days (6 GS)

3.83 on 6+ (8 GS)

 

[notin]

So… what the f*** is Cora thinking here?

 

Urias to 3b and Devers to SS? Why not Urias to SS, where he played 200 innings last year? Why move Wong to 2b? Why not Turner to 2b and Casas to 1b?

 

Is he unaware of the Sox defensive issues?

[FredLynn]

Must win today!

 

The “must win” games happened when the Js swept us. Mathematically we aren’t eliminated yet but realistically the season is over. Time to bring up some more kids for a cup of coffee.

[FredLynn]

looking more and more like we should have dumped Paxton at the TDL.

 

Exactly

Management tried to play it halfway, neither buyers nor sellers. That was a mistake.

[moonslav59]

Duvall is BUTTAH!

 

Who is the GM who finds guys like him and Turner?

 

Maybe it was Kennedy.

[moonslav59]

The “must win” games happened when the Js swept us. Mathematically we aren’t eliminated yet but realistically the season is over. Time to bring up some more kids for a cup of coffee.

 

I've never seen a more negative fan than you.

 

dmoney is close.

 

others are close.

 

Stork is not a Sox fan.

 

You win (lose!)

[moonslav59]

So… what the f*** is Cora thinking here?

 

Urias to 3b and Devers to SS? Why not Urias to SS, where he played 200 innings last year? Why move Wong to 2b? Why not Turner to 2b and Casas to 1b?

 

Is he unaware of the Sox defensive issues?

 

Another head-scratcher, for sure.

[Duran Is The Man]

nice job by Duvall. i wonder if Cora brings Bernardino back out for the 7th. he threw 8 pitches. so....probably not.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

nice job by Duvall. i wonder if Cora brings Bernardino back out for the 7th. he threw 8 pitches. so....probably not.

 

Three innings in a game they have to win... no Kenley -- it's gotta be Whitlock for two, Martin to close

[d-money]

Let’s see if the BP can do their job.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Ah, here he is...

[FredLynn]

I've never seen a more negative fan than you.

 

dmoney is close.

 

others are close.

 

Stork is not a Sox fan.

 

You win (lose!)

 

Maybe so, but I see it as realistic. We are what-5 games behind the M’s now? Time is running out. And the team isn’t particularly solid except the pen. Nothing I have written here is untrue.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Ah Wong and haadball... one day a running fool, the next day a track star

[Duran Is The Man]

Dugo's leadoff homer is the first time Sox player has led off with a HR in three straight games, and only the third player to ever do so. Brady Anderson hit a leadoff HR in four straight in 1996 and Ronald Acuńa led off three in a row in 2018. nice job by Alex.

[FredLynn]

Nice

They can’t even hold a three run lead.

[Jasonbay44]

Duvall is BUTTAH!

 

Who is the GM who finds guys like him and Turner?

 

Maybe it was Kennedy.

 

Probably the same GM who traded Mookie Betts

[Jasonbay44]

Why is Whitlock still out there? Put in Martin, holy s***

[FredLynn]

The Dodgers are just a much better team. It shows.

[redsoxrules]

Whitlock has been ruined with the move to be a starter

[Maxbialystock]

The “must win” games happened when the Js swept us. Mathematically we aren’t eliminated yet but realistically the season is over. Time to bring up some more kids for a cup of coffee.

 

Are you nuts? We're still in August with a lot of baseball ahead. I do think the odds are against the Sox, but it is simply untrue to say, "realistically the season is over."

 

I think the ingredients are on this team to make a run, but only if the hitters hit and the pitchers get guys out.

 

In fact, today's game is a perfect example. The Sox hitters have hit enough to score 7 runs so far, and they still have 2 innings to go.

 

But the pitching gave up 7 runs last night and here in the 8th the Dodgers have the bases loaded with 2 outs and could score another 7 runs--or more. Paxton walked 5 freaking batters and gave up 4 runs in 4.1 innings, and the bullpen--Winck, Bernardino, Whitlock, and now Martin-- has been pretty good until Whitlock came back out to pitch the 8th.