Red Sox (Houck) vs Rays (Pepiot): 9/18/24, 6:50pm

[moonslav59]

14 Ks in 7 IP. Our hitters have checked out for the season.

[moonslav59]

Wow, Story is over .700!

He and O'Neill are the only two without a K, tonight.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, moonslav59 said:

14 Ks in 7 IP. Our hitters have checked out for the season.

I would change the word 'hitters' to 'batters.'

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

A timely hit and it's no surprise it's by Duran.

[vegasbob]

Crfedit to Slaten for digging out of the 7th with no runs , and

 

to Story for creating a run with 2 SBs, and Duran for driving him in.  A late lead !!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

A timely hit and it's no surprise it's by Duran.

SOX MVP by a lot.

[vegasbob]

Devers caps off his 3 K night with a GIDP . No end to this guys deadly ability.    Yes, I know , his shoulder hurts

[FredLynn]

11 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I disagree. The SOX have to win 3 more games.

As long as they finish where they belong….

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Devers caps off his 3 K night with a GIDP . No end to this guys deadly ability.    Yes, I know , his shoulder hurts

He definitely didn't hurt it by carrying his team.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

He definitely didn't hurt it by carrying his team.

It's amazing Judge hasn't damaged both his shoulders and back from carrying his team.

But then Judge is built like a horse.

[moonslav59]

14 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

I would change the word 'hitters' to 'batters.'

Or the guys with bats in their hands.

[FredLynn]

Safe

[FredLynn]

Jansen is doing his job

[FredLynn]

Kimbrel was just DFA’d today, Maybe he could help us lose 

[FredLynn]

Great job by Jansen!!

[FredLynn]

Damn

[mvp 78]

Jansen with an unimmaculate 9th.

[Maxbialystock]

Heckuva ballgame from beginning to end, but I'll bet I'm the only one to say so. 

I thought the Rays starter Pepiot was terrific for all 6 innings, but see that moonslav disagrees completely, gives him zero credit, and says simply that the Sox hitters have quit for the season.  Wrong!

I also thought Houck looked very good and would never have pulled him after 4--but I also trust Cora, and Cora was clearly right to go to the pen.  

Abreu and Devers both seem the have trouble hjtting fastballs--and clearly the Rays pitching staff knows that.  

Story scored both runs, one on a dinger and one on a single, SB, SB, and finally scoring off a single by Duran.  And he's a plus defender.  Definitely a candidate for Sox player of the month.  

 

 

[moonslav59]

There is a team that can be worse than us on a given night. Nice to know.

Maybe 79 wins is attainable.

 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 hour ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

If that's 'immaculate,' what is 3 outs on 3 pitches called?

Just checked. 3 outs on 3 pitches is also called immaculate.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

10 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

There is a team that can be worse than us on a given night. Nice to know.

Maybe 79 wins is attainable.

 

C'mon, MOON. Let's get 78 this season and then hope for 79 next season.

[moonslav59]

19 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

Heckuva ballgame from beginning to end, but I'll bet I'm the only one to say so. 

I thought the Rays starter Pepiot was terrific for all 6 innings, but see that moonslav disagrees completely, gives him zero credit, and says simply that the Sox hitters have quit for the season.  Wrong!

I also thought Houck looked very good and would never have pulled him after 4--but I also trust Cora, and Cora was clearly right to go to the pen.  

Abreu and Devers both seem the have trouble hjtting fastballs--and clearly the Rays pitching staff knows that.  

Story scored both runs, one on a dinger and one on a single, SB, SB, and finally scoring off a single by Duran.  And he's a plus defender.  Definitely a candidate for Sox player of the month.  

 

 

2 runs and 6 hits proves they have not "checked out."  Got it.

Houck looked real good. Our pen did the job, for once.

I'm one of the few holding onto a sliver of hope, yet you single me out. Fine.

 

[moonslav59]

3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

C'mon, MOON. Let's get 78 this season and then hope for 79 next season.

Just think... if we get 79, this year, we can push for 80, next year and reach .500 in 2026.

Set the bar high, my man!

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

26 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

C'mon, MOON. Let's get 78 this season and then hope for 79 next season.

But seriously, the SOX would have to end the season 2-8 to finish with 78 wins. As impotent as their offense has been lately, I doubt they will go 2-8. I'm guessing more like 3-7 or 4-6.

Either way the SOX will still finish under .500, which is where most of us predicted before the season started.. So really, no surprise.

[Maxbialystock]

3 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

2 runs and 6 hits proves they have not "checked out."  Got it.

Houck looked real good. Our pen did the job, for once.

I'm one of the few holding onto a sliver of hope, yet you single me out. Fine.

 

Actually, you and I are the only ones holding out hope, and I admit I'm not really hoping.  I just can't help rooting for the good guys--and the good guys are whoever is/are on the Sox active roster.  Plus right now the Sox are not mathematically eliminated.

As for the 2 measly runs by the Sox, I think both were semi-miraculous.  With almost all our lefty bats getting K'd to death by the Rays righty  pitchers, the last thing I expected was a dinger by Story--righty bat vs righty pitcher.  

I absolutely do not think any of the Sox have "checked out," especially not at the plate.  I do think their vulnerabilities are being exposed/exploited.  

Oh, and I liked the defense tonight, especially Story and Rafaela in the middle infield.  The only infielder who misplayed was Houck being late to 1b on that grounder to Casas.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

16 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Just checked. 3 outs on 3 pitches is also called immaculate.

The pitcher can have a lot of say in striking out 3 batters on 9 pitches. In the case of 3 outs on 3 pitches, the pitcher really has no say.

[Maxbialystock]

I hate to admit it, but, were I Breslow, I just might be tempted to bring Jansen back--but not @ $16M/season.  On those walks tonight he wasn't missing by much.  

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

2 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

The pitcher can have a lot of say in striking out 3 batters on 9 pitches. In the case of 3 outs on 3 pitches, the pitcher really has no say.

I'm guessing striking out 3 batters on 9 pitches has happened more often in baseball history than 3 outs on 3 pitches.

[moonslav59]

2 minutes ago, Maxbialystock said:

Actually, you and I are the only ones holding out hope, and I admit I'm not really hoping.  I just can't help rooting for the good guys--and the good guys are whoever is/are on the Sox active roster.  Plus right now the Sox are not mathematically eliminated.

As for the 2 measly runs by the Sox, I think both were semi-miraculous.  With almost all our lefty bats getting K'd to death by the Rays righty  pitchers, the last thing I expected was a dinger by Story--righty bat vs righty pitcher.  

I absolutely do not think any of the Sox have "checked out," especially not at the plate.  I do think their vulnerabilities are being exposed/exploited.  

Oh, and I liked the defense tonight, especially Story and Rafaela in the middle infield.  The only infielder who misplayed was Houck being late to 1b on that grounder to Casas.  

Our batters do not look all that focused, and maybe "checked out" was a bad choice of words, but this has gone on for a long time for an offense with our kind of numbers.

Recent runs score: (in reverse time)

2 win

3 loss

2 loss

7 win

4 loss

1 loss

5 win

3 loss

12 win

2 loss

7 win

3 loss

2 loss

1 loss

1 loss

1 loss (AUG 31st)

Last 17 games: 6-11 (56 runs scored or 3.3 runs/game with 12 in one game.)

Before these 17 fames, we were 9-13.

It's not just the bats that have let us down. The pen has been horrible and the D almost as horrific.

Only the SP'ers have done okay.

[Maxbialystock]

9 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Our batters do not look all that focused, and maybe "checked out" was a bad choice of words, but this has gone on for a long time for an offense with our kind of numbers.

Recent runs score: (in reverse time)

2 win

3 loss

2 loss

7 win

4 loss

1 loss

5 win

3 loss

12 win

2 loss

7 win

3 loss

2 loss

1 loss

1 loss

1 loss (AUG 31st)

Last 17 games: 6-11 (56 runs scored or 3.3 runs/game with 12 in one game.)

Before these 17 fames, we were 9-13.

It's not just the bats that have let us down. The pen has been horrible and the D almost as horrific.

Only the SP'ers have done okay.

To me the D--with Story at SS--is fine, and so is the rotation.  I think the hitting stinks because opposing pitching staffs all have good "books" on our hitters weaknesses (some of which are obvious even to us fans).  In the last 12 games, the bullpen has been decent in at least half the games.