April 5 Friday 9:37 EDT. Red Sox in Anaheim to play Los Angeles Angels

[vegasbob]

Sorry for the very early posting of the game thread but may not be available Friday to continue the winning streak

 

Kutter Crawford teed up to face Griffin Canning .Griffin is a middling starter with one loss in his only start of this year. 5 runs in 5 innings, with only 2 K's Kutter is one of our 5 starters producing good results, getting the team to a 5-2 record

 

The Angels have a flawed team and a not great BP. But they haven't met the Red Sox bats yet . Pitch around Michael Nelson Trout and the Sox should get 2 of 3 in Anaheim

[vegasbob]

Cool , wet weather in SoCal tonight, not likely a rainout but not a good night for sore backs, legs, shoulders or pitcher's grips on the ball. Love to get the 1st win in this series.

[jad]

Leaving LA for East Coast tonight--probably warmer in Maine, despite the storm, than in LA.

[Maxbialystock]

Cool , wet weather in SoCal tonight, not likely a rainout but not a good night for sore backs, legs, shoulders or pitcher's grips on the ball. Love to get the 1st win in this series.

 

Agree on last sentence. As for the rest, Sox need to be tough.

[moonslav59]

Line UP

1. Duran LF

2. Devers 3B

3. Story SS

4. Yoshida DH

5. O'Neill RF

6. Casas 1B

7. Valdez 2B

8. Rafaela CF

9. McGuire C

 

[Maxbialystock]

Line UP

1. Duran LF

2. Devers 3B

3. Story SS

4. Yoshida DH

5. O'Neill RF

6. Casas 1B

7. Valdez 2B

8. Rafaela CF

9. McGuire C

 

 

A lotta lefty bats, and McGuire is catching two straight games. Cora has to do something to start scoring some runs.

[vegasbob]

Canning can get beat early if the batters remain patient. If the Sox can score in 1st , it will bode well.

[Jasonbay44]

Is there a reason for the delay? I’m just getting home

[mvp 78]

Rendon covered his ears because of boos?

[mvp 78]

Is there a reason for the delay? I’m just getting home

 

Opening Ceremonies

[Jasonbay44]

Opening Ceremonies

Oh is it the Angels opener? Gotcha, makes sense.

[vegasbob]

Is there a reason for the delay? I’m just getting home

 

Opening Day ceremonies at the Big A in Anaheim. Had to introduce everyone including clubhouse men, trainers and batboys, plus the real team. I'm sure the Red Sox will do similar at Fenway complete with earthquake and snowball fight next week.

[vegasbob]

Rendon covered his ears because of boos?

 

Rendon is currently 0-19 plus 1 BB to open his year. They hate him here

[vegasbob]

Yoshida shows his stuff by check swinging a strike on ball 4, then watching strike 3 cut the plate in 2. Batting cleanup, help me understand.

[mvp 78]

Rendon is currently 0-19 plus 1 BB to open his year. They hate him here

 

0-20

 

Lots of deserving boooos

[Jasonbay44]

Great inning for Kutter

[Jasonbay44]

0-20

 

Lots of deserving boooos

It’s not even just his play, based on his comments you’d think he hates the game of baseball

[vegasbob]

Rendon can't yet challenge the infamous Chris Davis of the O's with his 0-54 season start in 2019

[mvp 78]

TON with a HR

[Jasonbay44]

Tyler O’Neill has been very awesome

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Ty-riffic!

[mvp 78]

It’s not even just his play, based on his comments you’d think he hates the game of baseball

 

Yeah, dude really sucks. He made his money then just mailed it in.

[Jasonbay44]

Back to back!

[mvp 78]

Casas!!!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Casas!

[moonslav59]

Yoshida shows his stuff by check swinging a strike on ball 4, then watching strike 3 cut the plate in 2. Batting cleanup, help me understand.

 

I'm so tired of the ground outs to 2B, this actually doesn't bother me as much as it should.

[vegasbob]

It’s not even just his play, based on his comments you’d think he hates the game of baseball

 

He said he liked his family better than baseball. Immediately became a negative factor. The real issue will be if he can play 125+ games for the first time in his Angels 4 year career. Most he has played 4 seasons, not counting this one, into a 7 year deal is 58.

[moonslav59]

O'Neill to Casas:

 

Mi casas es tu casas.

[Jasonbay44]

I’ve broken my hand on a similar hit by pitch and I feel for Rafaela. That f***ing sucks

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Casas!

 

Casa Correr!