Guardians (Messick) @ Sox (Bello), 1 Sep 25 (labor Day), 1:35 pm

[Maxbialystock]

Still another hotshot rookie, also a lefty, coming in to face the Sox.

You know what this team needs right now?  A good DH.  Do you know who had a hot August for the Giants?  

[Brandon Glick]

Enjoy Labor Day, all.

[Nick]

Great day to watch the Sox.

No Yoshida. Hey Cora, he went 0-4 but I'll give you credit. He did not hit into DP.

Keep having confidence in him and continue to waste 4 valuable at bats. You suck.

[king koji]

1 hour ago, Maxbialystock said:

Still another hotshot rookie, also a lefty, coming in to face the Sox.

You know what this team needs right now?  A good DH.  Do you know who had a hot August for the Giants?  

Nothing in the world would make me want to take back that bad Contract. Great trade.

[moonslav59]

2 hours ago, Maxbialystock said:

Still another hotshot rookie, also a lefty, coming in to face the Sox.

You know what this team needs right now?  A good DH.  Do you know who had a hot August for the Giants?  

What team has the worst record since the Devers trade?

Hint: Devers plays for them.

[moonslav59]

Just now, moonslav59 said:

What team has the worst record since the Devers trade?

Hint: Devers plays for them.

What team has the third best record since the Devers trade?

Hint: Devers used to play for them.

[moonslav59]

I like seeing Romy cleanup vs the lefty.

Good to see Refsnyder 5th, too. I can see giving Duran the day off vs a lefty. I kinda wish Garcia was here over Eaton, but no biggie.

Lowe vs a lefty is an eyebrow raiser. He is MLB's worst batter vs lefties, but with Romy at 2B, there was little choice, except DHam over Lowe, so no loss there.

[moonslav59]

Bregman is a big key to our chance for a 2025 ring.

[Nick]

11 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Bregman is a big key to our chance for a 2025 ring.

Sure would be nice to get a serviceable 5th starter.

[Deja Doh]

Bello is throwing junk.  

[Nick]

Bello's got nothing today. No third strike out pitch.

This is the Bello I remember.

[Deja Doh]

He was not tuned into the bottom of the Guardians order.  

[moonslav59]

Sory with another RBI.

[moonslav59]

Sox with some super hard hit singles, here... LOL!

[moonslav59]

We've missed a couple opportunities to bust this game open.

I hope it's not one of those "what if..." games.

[Maxbialystock]

Both starters needed about 60 pitches to get through the first 2 innings, so this looks like a bullpen game and maybe ours is tired

Nice 3d for Bello.  10 pitches, no runs.  

[d-money]

The starting pitching has to be better against these type of teams. It’s ridiculous. 

[Maxbialystock]

The star of yesterday's game, Duran, is not starting because he struggles against lefties.  Eaton is in for him and has already singled.  

[Nick]

1 minute ago, d-money said:

The starting pitching has to be better against these type of teams. It’s ridiculous. 

He gets 2 strikes on them and then Nothing.

[Nick]

We have 5 hitters batting over.800 OPS for the Sox today.

[Maxbialystock]

Just now, Maxbialystock said:

The star of yesterday's game, Duran, is not starting because he struggles against lefties.  Eaton is in for him and has already singled.  

Now he's 2/2.  

[Maxbialystock]

2 minutes ago, d-money said:

The starting pitching has to be better against these type of teams. It’s ridiculous. 

Bello would agree, but you can't be great every game.  Be happy he had a decent 3d and could go 5 IP.  

Cleveland's winning percentage is .504 and the Sox .551.  Not that big a difference.  

[Maxbialystock]

Not much difference between Bello and Houdini.  Good grief was that a happy ending to the top of the 4th.  

[Nick]

Awful game to watch.....

[Maxbialystock]

1 minute ago, Nick said:

Awful game to watch.....

I doubt that the 36K or so fans at Fenway would agree--and they're paying a lot to be there.  

[iortiz]

Wong has put lately very good ABs. Seems like he’s finally back offensively speaking. 

[Maxbialystock]

Gutsy start for Bello.  

[iortiz]

28 minutes ago, Nick said:

Awful game to watch.....

It’s simply annoying because they keep leaving a lot of base runners. It’s not new though, but heyyyyy some people keep saying clutch hitting is a fantasy lol. 

[iortiz]

Bases loaded and nobody out and they couldn’t bring a single freakin run —again. David Ortiz should go and have a word with these bums already. 

[Deja Doh]

Weird Cora is putting in Wilson with nobody on base.  Sure he got him up earlier, but.  I thought Wilson was used when people were on base