4/15 Cleveland @ SOX 11:10AM EST

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Curry(RH) vs Crawford

 

Duran(CF)

Devers

O'Neil(LF)

Casas

MASA

Abreu

Valdez

McGuire

Rafaela(SS)

 

Rafaela at SS. Let's hope he does well today.

 

Go SOX!

[jung]

Curry(RH) vs Crawford

 

Duran(CF)

Devers

O'Neil(LF)

Casas

MASA

Abreu

Valdez

McGuire

Rafaela(SS)

 

Rafaela at SS. Let's hope he does well today.

 

Go SOX!

 

Could Rafaela do worse than what we have been tossing out there so far?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Great catch by Abreu. He was probably the most surprised than anyone at the park.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Could Rafaela do worse than what we have been tossing out there so far?

 

That would be a NO.

[a700hitter]

Red Sox making Curry look like George Kirby.

[d-money]

Joke of a game. Bats m.i.a again.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Kwan has added a lot of kwantity to Kutter's pitch count.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Very good start from Kutter today.

[d-money]

Very good start from Kutter today.

 

He has done his job.

[Maxbialystock]

Both starters have been effective so far this year--Curry and Crawford.

 

Bernardino staying in to pitch the 7th and against righty bat Ramirez who I think swung at a pitch that may have hit him. And he gets his required 3 outs and exits stage right.

Edited April 15, 2024 by Maxbialystock

[Maxbialystock]

Joke of a game. Bats m.i.a again.

 

You routinely make some of the most unintelligent observations about Sox games.

 

Both teams have excellent pitching: Sox ERA is 1st in MLB and the Guardians is 4th. So the starters, as expected, pitched shutout ball.

 

Now Cleveland is up by 2 because they pinch hit after Cora brought in a righty and Brennan, a lefty bat, hit the 2 run dinger off a slider on the 8th pitch which I think he was looking for. Weissert either doesn't have a change-up or didn't feel up to throwing one.

[jung]

Oh for crying out loud Red Sox. You are already pretty silly this year. No need to knock yourselves silly.

 

Rafi sort of looks OK....dazed for sure. O'Neill is cut on the head.

 

Not sure I would let Rafi hit against ML pitching again today looking like he does. O'Neill is down in the clubhouse as it is.

[redsoxrules]

Did O'neil call for that ball on the collision with Devers?

[jung]

Butcher Hamilton in again at SS.

 

Devers still in. O'Neill out.

[jung]

Did O'neil call for that ball on the collision with Devers?

 

I'm not sure. It did not look like any of then were calling for the ball.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

What was predicted to be the weakest facet of this SOX team has, so far, been the strongest. Edited April 15, 2024 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[redsoxrules]

If O'Neil is out for a bit this team is screwed without his bat in the lineup

[mvp 78]

Did O'neil call for that ball on the collision with Devers?

 

Hard to tell from what I've seen.

[Maxbialystock]

Oh for crying out loud Red Sox. You are already pretty silly this year. No need to knock yourselves silly.

 

Rafi sort of looks OK....dazed for sure. O'Neill is cut on the head.

 

Not sure I would let Rafi hit against ML pitching again today looking like he does. O'Neill is down in the clubhouse as it is.

 

I don't consider that play to be silly. It was an in-between pop with both players trying hard to get it. Why wouldn't we want them to do that? Bumping heads was simply unfortunate.

[redsoxrules]

Wink has been brutal this year. His WHIP is just about 2 in 10 IP

[jad]

Oof. RS defense strikes again.

[redsoxrules]

More errors lol

[Maxbialystock]

Now those plays were clownish, which are to be expected of both Casas and Abreu.

[jung]

Butcher Hamilton strikes again......klang.

 

There has to be somebody somewhere in the Red Sox organization that is a better fielder than Hamilton. Please god get him out of here.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Having replaced Rafaela with Hamilton for defense was a stroke of genius by Cora. Over manage much?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Wink has been brutal this year. His WHIP is just about 2 in 10 IP

 

Not to sure I'd blame any of those runs on Wink.

[redsoxrules]

Not to sure I'd blame any of those runs on Wink.

 

He's been brutal despite the defense. He's allowing way too many baserunners

[jung]

Now those plays were clownish, which are to be expected of both Casas and Abreu.

 

I would not have expected Casas to make a clean play on that ball. Too much to expect of him and I would not have expected a better throw from Abreu. But the Hamilton KLANG was just too much. Bad throw YES....but Hamilton should have been able to catch that ball.

[illinoisredsox]

Bottom line is 2 hits and 4 runners ain't going to get it done. And it happens way too often.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Having replaced Rafaela with Hamilton for defense was a stroke of genius by Cora. Over manage much?

 

My bad; I forgot what was left on the SOX bench. My apologies to Cora.