Red Sox (Bello) vs Orioles (Povich): 8/17/25, 7:05pm

[illinoisredsox]

It is amazing that a guy like Povich with a 1.56 WHIP and a 5.71 ERA can have shut this hitting team down so far ( through 4) . Any team playing the Sox should just run any LH'ers from their system out to the mound, so they can gain confidence

 

If Casas' long fly to right had been about 3' longer and higher, it would have changed the game a lot. Bello dealing pretty well.

 

He pitched nothing like his previous stat line tonight. Part of it was Sox hitters but a bigger part of it was Povich. I can see why the O’s have him rated their #1 pitching prospect.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Masa, right now, is the SOX best hitter. Casas has also looked impressive tonight.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Timely hitting by Duran.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Too bad the idiot didn't throw it a little higher.

[moonslav59]

Masa, right now, is the SOX best hitter. Casas has also looked impressive tonight.

 

O'Neill, too.

 

This team has had so many players step it up, at the plate.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Now the drama begins. Great job by Bello tonight.

[illinoisredsox]

Now the drama begins. Great job by Bello tonight.

 

Bernardino starts off allowing a weak hit.

 

Jansen needs to catch that. Not an easy play, but one that has to be made. Doesn’t bode well.

[Tedballgame]

Jansen is wearing glasses for a reason, no?

[illinoisredsox]

Jansen is wearing glasses for a reason, no?

 

Wasn’t an easy play, it wasn’t hit very high. But it needs to be made.

 

Bernardino made it moot by getting Mullins.

[Tedballgame]

Dink hit

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Bernadino couldn't get a break that inning. Being bad is bad enough, but being bad and unlucky is much worse.

[illinoisredsox]

O’s didn’t exactly knock Bernardino around, exit velocity on those hits might have combined for 100 mph.

[illinoisredsox]

Bernadino couldn't get a break that inning. Being bad is bad enough, but being bad and unlucky is much worse.

 

One thing I’ve noticed on the golf course, the better player you are, the luckier you seem to be.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

One thing I’ve noticed on the golf course, the better player you are, the luckier you seem to be.

 

"Better lucky than good." Maybe that should read "Better lucky and good."

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

The SOX BP makes ALIEN seem boring.

[moonslav59]

One thing I’ve noticed on the golf course, the better player you are, the luckier you seem to be.

 

So, Sims must be good.

[mvp 78]

Sims good. Garcia bad.

[Thunder]

Santander hit a foul grand slam to my section. Boy did that take the life out of me for a second

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Never a doubt:rolleyes:

[illinoisredsox]

Sims good. Garcia bad.

 

Exactly. Sims has had one bad game since coming over. Garcia has had one good one.

[moonslav59]

Let's put up a crooked number, here!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Santander hit a foul grand slam to my section. Boy did that take the life out of me for a second

 

Our BP just about takes the life out of me.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Sims good. Garcia bad.

 

I guess I'll have to replace Kelly with Sims as one of the 3 reliable relievers.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Let's put up a crooked number, here!

 

 

Your wish is their command.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

DEVERS DEliVERS!

[Thunder]

Devers has 5 HR in the last 8 road games I’ve been to

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Devers has 5 HR in the last 8 road games I’ve been to

 

Maybe Devers should pay your traveling expenses. Your record at SOX games is the stuff of The Twilight Zone.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Good job by Mr Reliable.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

O's announcer mentioned that the SOX offense has a .520 slugging % the 3rd time thru the order, which is the highest in MLB.

[moonslav59]

Devers:

 

.970 OPS career best (.916 in '19)

.378 OBP career best (.361 in '19)

.592 SLG career best (.555 in '19)

.297 BA second best (.311 in '19)

27 HRs (T 4th best, but on pace for 2nd or 3rd best)

77 RBI (5th best, but should end up with 4th best)

 

Not bad after his "slow start."