7/22 @ Coors Banquet

[Maxbialystock]

Up ahead are 3 vs Seattle and 3 vs the Yankees. The Sox could easily lose 12 straight and end their season in time to prevent any help from Breslow/JH.

[notin]

Getting the Rockies' feed and was just informed that the SOX best hitter is batting .218 against LH's. That adds to why the SOX have a poor record against LH's.

 

It’s also not true

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&season=2024&season1=2024&ind=0&team=3&type=8&month=13&qual=1&sortcol=12&sortdir=default&pagenum=1

[Maxbialystock]

Denver has the highest altitude of any city in MLB. Atlanta is second.

 

I was being facetious about LA because of the 6 dingers in game 3. They used to have a lot of smog. Is that gone?

[FredLynn]

Just tuned in and it’s already FOUR TO ZIP!

What a crap team.

Sell

Sell

Sell

 

Enjoy the bums. Outta here

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

It’s also not true

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&season=2024&season1=2024&ind=0&team=3&type=8&month=13&qual=1&sortcol=12&sortdir=default&pagenum=1

 

Just checked. Devers is batting .218 against LH's. When I said the SOX best hitter, perhaps you were thinking of someone else.

[d-money]

Major flop by this team. Yup they should do nothing.

[vegasbob]

If Jamie Westbrook was in better shape and not carrying that gut , he could probably be hitting 3 run Jacks

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Westbrook! I didn't see that coming.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Gomber Pyle has come back to earth.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

That definitely was special.

[vegasbob]

Duran with his triple and Ref with a 2 out RBI hit tie it up. The game was still winnable at 4-0 in Colorado, so let's win it just for grins

[d-money]

Can houck stop sucking?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Duran with his triple and Ref with a 2 out RBI hit tie it up. The game was still winnable at 4-0 in Colorado, so let's win it just for grins

 

I'm guessing the 36-64 Rockies have given up a few leads this season.

[vegasbob]

Can Houck hold it right here ? Still allowing runners , needs a DP

 

Got the K/Throw'em out DP. Sox can win this

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

A lot of SOX fans in Denver tonight.

[Maxbialystock]

Heckuva rally by the no-names. Way to go, guys. No help from Devers, Yoshida, or O'Neill of course. They're not playing for minimum wage, so they have nothing to prove. Just relax, enjoy the outing, and let the no-names do heavy lifting.

 

Houck has 4 scoreless innings and one bloodbath, the 3d, yielding 4 runs.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Web gem. Devers' BA dropping faster than an Acme anvil.

[notin]

Just checked. Devers is batting .218 against LH's. When I said the SOX best hitter, perhaps you were thinking of someone else.

 

I thought you meant that .218 was the best any hitter on the Sox did vs LHP…

[notin]

Heckuva rally by the no-names. Way to go, guys. No help from Devers, Yoshida, or O'Neill of course. They're not playing for minimum wage, so they have nothing to prove. Just relax, enjoy the outing, and let the no-names do heavy lifting.

 

Houck has 4 scoreless innings and one bloodbath, the 3d, yielding 4 runs.

 

Huh? O’Neill singled to start the rally and scored on Westbrook’s home run…

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

I thought you meant that .218 was the best any hitter on the Sox did vs LHP…

 

"What we got here is failure to communicate." --Strother Martin

[notin]

Just tuned in and it’s already FOUR TO ZIP!

What a crap team.

Sell

Sell

Sell

 

Enjoy the bums. Outta here

 

Games are longer than 3 innings these days..

[notin]

"What we got here failure to communicate." --Strother Martin

 

“Ambiguity. The Devil’s volleyball.” - Emo Phillips

[Duran Is The Man]

It’s also not true

 

https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders/major-league?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&season=2024&season1=2024&ind=0&team=3&type=8&month=13&qual=1&sortcol=12&sortdir=default&pagenum=1

 

wow! Jamie Westbrook of the .182 avg against lefties hits a 3-run dinger. blind squirrel and all that. i'll take it.

[Maxbialystock]

Thanks for starting the game thread.

 

I agree with everyone who says the Sox need to win at least 2 of these Rockies games. Houck should give the Sox the edge, but of course Gomber is a lefty, so Cora is going with six righty bats--

 

Duran CF

Ref LF

Wong C

Devers 3B

O'Neill RF

Yoshida DH

Gonzalez 1b

Rafaela CF

Westbrook 2b

 

Right now--as I keep whining about--the Sox bullpen stinks, and Jansen didn't come to Denver because of the altitude and how it energizes his atrial fib.

 

So, unless Houck goes ape and pitches an 8 or 9 inning gem, the Sox probably need to score at least 5 runs.

 

Note the 5 run comment at the end. I checked earlier this season--5 runs has been the magic number of runs the Sox must score to win. And tonight that's the case once again.

[Duran Is The Man]

I thought you meant that .218 was the best any hitter on the Sox did vs LHP…

 

that's actually what i thought too.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Web gem. Devers' BA dropping faster than an Acme anvil.

 

The above post should get Devers hitting again. It worked for O'Neill.

[vegasbob]

That inning could have been huge but Raffy got stiffed on a great play and Cedanne hit an At'em ball with 2 on to ground out

[Maxbialystock]

Huh? O’Neill singled to start the rally and scored on Westbrook’s home run…

 

Funny. I was just looking at the box score and realized he has 2 freaking hits. My very bad.

 

Houck out for the 6th--of course. There is almost no Sox bullpen.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

that's actually what i thought too.

 

My bad. I should have just posted that Devers is batting .218 against LH's. It's probably down to .217 now.

[vegasbob]

#9 hitter Skunk giving Houck a spray, and then Tanner wants no part of Charlie Blackmon