5/14 Tampa @ Boston 7:10 pm

[moonslav59]

We need Pivetta to right the ship.

 

We face RHP Aaron Civale (2-3 5.88)

 

Gotta beat these division foes!

[moonslav59]

Bats have to wake up!

[mvp 78]

@SmittyOnMLB

Pivetta vs. the Rays tonight. Arozarena is 7-for-19 (.368) with a homer, 2 doubles and 4 walks vs. Pivetta. Paredes is 4-for-10 (.400) with 3 homers and 3 walks. Harold Ramírez is 5-for-17 (.296) with a double and triple. Yandy Díaz is 6-for-21 (.286) with 3 doubles, 7 walks

[mvp 78]

Duran CF,

Abreu RF,

Wong DH,

Devers 3B,

O’Neill LF,

Smith 1B,

Grissom 2B,

McGuire C,

Rafaela SS

[moonslav59]

Good to see Cora using Wong at DH.

 

To date GS:

23 as a C

1 as a DH

(He has played some 1B in 3 games and 2B in 1 game, but has not started there, in his whole career.)

[vegasbob]

So you are saying there is a chance that Nick Pivetta can reverse his karma and get these guys out ?

 

Instead watch out for Action Jackson the .059/.223 catcher hitting 9th. Arozarena is not statting well himself at .159/.586

Edited May 14, 2024 by vegasbob

[moonslav59]

So you are saying there is a chance that Nick Pivetta can reverse his karma and get these guys out ?

 

Instead watch out for Action Jackson the .059/.223 catcher hitting 9th. Arozarena is not statting well himself at .159/.586

 

If he can get what he found back,again, he surely can.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

If he can get what he found back,again, he surely can.

 

I hope you didn't mean Randy. When he read this, he folded his arms and just stood there in the pasture.

[Duran Is The Man]

@SmittyOnMLB

Pivetta vs. the Rays tonight. Arozarena is 7-for-19 (.368) with a homer, 2 doubles and 4 walks vs. Pivetta. Paredes is 4-for-10 (.400) with 3 homers and 3 walks. Harold Ramírez is 5-for-17 (.296) with a double and triple. Yandy Díaz is 6-for-21 (.286) with 3 doubles, 7 walks

 

damn. Pivetta better bring his A game tonite.

[vegasbob]

I really go-pher Pivetta. Fall behind again in the 1st.

[vegasbob]

The Bruins get a quick one on the board. Now all they need is a shutout to seal the game.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Dom Smith flicks his bat at pitches in his eyes like he's trying to swat a bug with a rolled up newspaper. Does it a lot... delirium Clemens?

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Portland-Somersat (Yanks AA) game is free on milb.com... Seadogs up 10-4 in the 5th... watching on laptop, with Sox on TV and NESN muted.

[d-money]

The Bruins get a quick one on the board. Now all they need is a shutout to seal the game.

 

Fat chance.

[vegasbob]

Watching more of the Bruins, than the Sox. Neither very exciting, though the bruins do lead 1-0

 

I did see Duran, Abreu and O'Neill all take 3rd strikes, unlike Wong who puts his bat on the ball and gets hits through infields. If the Sox as a whole are trying to outthink the pitch call , I have a different tactic for them. See the ball, hit the ball. Get the bat off your shoulder especially with 2 strikes.

[vegasbob]

Dom Smith, he of little talent, shows what can happen when you do swing the bat and gets Boston the lead at 2-1, followed by Grissom who watches strike 3 slide by with Smith waiting to score from 2nd base

[Maxbialystock]

Up until Smith's very timely double, I was convinced the Sox were once again going to screw their own starter--this time Pivetta--who, except for the solo dinger in the 1st, has pitched beautifully tonight.

[vegasbob]

No shutout for the Bruins, so they may actually have to play a little better. Outscored by Florida 15-2 in 2nd/3rd periods

[d-money]

Bruins are offensively challenged just like this red sox team.

[vegasbob]

Up until Smith's very timely double, I was convinced the Sox were once again going to screw their own starter--this time Pivetta--who, except for the solo dinger in the 1st, has pitched beautifully tonight.

 

Yes, Nick was sharp in the 5th inning, as was Mcguire's throw out of the runner attempting grand theft.

[vegasbob]

Bruins are offensively challenged just like this red sox team.

 

Worst stick handling, passing, organized zone entries I have seen in a long time. defensemen frequently caught up in their own feet by the goal.

[Maxbialystock]

Before this season I kind of believed in CERA's. Then this year I saw McGuire's was better than Wong's, so attacked CERA's. But tonight Pivetta, on his 2d start after being out a month, has looked very sharp, and I'm beginning to wonder if maybe McGuire isn't just a tad better with the pitchers. On the other hand, last time out Pivetta barely acknowledged he had that big curve, and tonight he is using it. Plus his command has been excellent, which it wasn't last time.

 

Apropos of nothing, I hate that MLB commercials are now pushing betting, which to me does more harm than cigarettes or hard liquor. Shame on them. Shame on the Sox.

[d-money]

Well they just scored but they need to keep the pressure. They get stagnant.

[5GoldGlovesOF,75]

Worst stick handling, passing, organized zone entries I have seen in a long time. defensemen frequently caught up in their own feet by the goal.

 

That about sums up the Sox, but what about the Bruins?

[vegasbob]

Well they just scored but they need to keep the pressure. They get stagnant.

 

Bruins or Sox, similar approaches to offense. Nice HR by Cedanne. Had the Bruins 2nd goal ben overturned for interference, it's a good thing the game is in FL

[Maxbialystock]

That was rank stupidity by both McGuire and Slaten--back to back cutters in the freaking dead center of the strike zone. They were begging for a double or dinger.

 

Tied game.

 

Now guys on 1st and 2d. Still 2 outs, which Pivetta got.

[Maxbialystock]

Sox 3d, 4th, and 5th hitters in the lineup all K in the 6th. Welcome back to reality, guys.

[Maxbialystock]

Slaten looked much, much better in the 7th. Good stuff, hit his spots.

[vegasbob]

So you are saying there is a chance that Nick Pivetta can reverse his karma and get these guys out ?

 

Instead watch out for Action Jackson the .059/.223 catcher hitting 9th. Arozarena is not statting well himself at .159/.586

 

Watch out for that Arozarena guy, Nick . OOPs, too late. Slaten puts a little lighter fluid on the charcoal just to warm things up.

[Maxbialystock]

Tie game. Time for the Sox to find some guts.

 

Not Grissom, of course. He's still back in AAA when he was a star.