May 25: Milwaukee @ Boston 4:10

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Tyler with 6 straight K's. Isn't that Special?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Devers has made a science of hitting bouncers to 1st base.

[vegasbob]

So, Vegas, are you saying we should Pivettabout this game?

 

I'm saying when you are no-hit through 4 , trailing 5-0 at home, you have only 2 chances to win, and neither one is very likely to occur. How do you give up 5 runs after 2 outs ?

[vegasbob]

I'm saying when you are no-hit through 4 , trailing 5-0 at home, you have only 2 chances to win, and neither one is very likely to occur. How do you give up 5 runs after 2 outs ?

 

Bulletin: This just in---Sox now no-hit at home through 6 innings.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I'm saying when you are no-hit through 4 , trailing 5-0 at home, you have only 2 chances to win, and neither one is very likely to occur. How do you give up 5 runs after 2 outs ?

 

It would be the same as giving up 5 runs before getting the 1st out.

[vegasbob]

Red Sox finally show some life in the bottom 7th and score 2 with 3 hits, including a Rafaela RBI .

 

But have no fear, Thrower Zach Kelly gives up a 2out HR to settle Brewer's lead at 6-2 , top 8th.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Rafaela continues to be SOX RBI leader. Thank goodness he got extended.

[vegasbob]

Regrettable, another Fenway Failure. Failed to get a good game out of Pivetta, failed to get a hit until the 7th ( then 3 runs eventually), failed to get a big hit in 9th with two on, Cooper failed to get a fair call from the HPump.

 

Fortunately, the boys go on the road to Baltimore after Sunday's game where they can prosper by batting first, but not last.

[Old Red]

The Brewers were my first baseball team. I grew up living 2 blocks from the old County Stadium. Those were the days when parents just cut their kids loose to roam the area, at will. I remember going to some games, by myself at 12 years old. The bleacher tickets were a dollar.

 

I quickly became a huge fan of the game and Tommy Harper. Shortly after we moved to Maine, Harper was traded to the Sox, and I switched team loyalty to the Red Sox in 1972.

 

We face a lefty today: Koenig, and we send Pivetta to the hill. The Brewers are a good team, even without Burnes, and we have our work cut out for us.

 

One game at a time!

 

 

 

 

Right on cue the Red Sox followed script. Win some, lose some, win some, lose some, and back to 500 they go.

 

One game at a time!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Rafaela continues to be SOX RBI leader. Thank goodness he got extended.

 

How many here before the season had Rafaela as the SOX RBI leader after 52 games? I have to admit that I didn't. I would have guessed the big contract guy.

Edited May 25, 2024 by SPLENDIDSPLINTER

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Right on cue the Red Sox followed script. Win some, lose some, win some, lose some, and back to 500 they go.

 

One game at a time!

 

If the SOX can go 82-28 the rest of the way, they will tie their season high 108 wins.

[Old Red]

On to bigger, and better things. Let’s go Celtics!

[Old Red]

What a GREAT comeback, and win by the Celtics tonight to go up 3-0. LETS GO CELTICS!

[cukes]

If the SOX can go 82-28 the rest of the way, they will tie their season high 108 wins.

 

what are you drinking

[Bellhorn04]

what are you drinking

 

Not a fan of sardonic humor?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

what are you drinking

 

Ever heard of sarcasm? I guess not.

[Maxbialystock]

Ever heard of sarcasm? I guess not.

 

He's heard of it, but his antennae are busted.

[Maxbialystock]

Grissom, yes, Grissom leads off the 5th with a sweet single.

 

Followed by Hamilton's stupid and terrible bunt on a pitch well outside the strike zone. Bunts can still be effective, as team after team playing against the Sox have demonstrated. But you actually have to practice bunting, which clearly the Sox don't believe in.

[Maxbialystock]

Good reversal. Close call, so, hard to blame the ump. Rafaels singles to

 

And in comes a righty to face Duran. Advantage Sox.

[Maxbialystock]

Rafaela steals 2b without a throw.

[Maxbialystock]

Duran folds/K's like a cheap tent. 2 outs with men on 2d and 3d.

[Maxbialystock]

Top two in the Sox order, both lefty bats facing a righty pitcher, can't bring home Grissom on 3b or Rafaela on 2b.

 

This is the fundamental problem with the 2024 Sox. Weak hitting when opportunities arise.

[illinoisredsox]

Top two in the Sox order, both lefty bats facing a righty pitcher, can't bring home Grissom on 3b or Rafaela on 2b.

 

This is the fundamental problem with the 2024 Sox. Weak hitting when opportunities arise.

 

Max, there’s a thread going on today’s game; this is yesterday’s game thread.

Edited May 26, 2024 by illinoisredsox