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Red Sox (Crochet) vs Athletics (Morales): 9/8/25, 10:05pm

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Sox have been having a devil of a time on the mound in the 7th inning lately with whoever takes the ball.

So there's nothing wrong with invoking a little divine intervention...

September in a playoff race, best player sidelined; mods need to be lenient with those who mix church with our altered states.

 

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Tough month so far and with a lot on the line.  

Hitting/scoring and pitching both seem to be faltering.  

Before he was injured, Anthony was arguably the best hitter on the team and led off.  He has been replaced by bad jokes since Sep 2.    It does not help that the 2d batter, Bregman, is in a slump, nor that Abreu has been on the IL since Aug 17 and has made no progress in his recovery.  Duran's OPS in September is .477.  

Time and again it's been the pitching that has led the way in the winning streaks, but right now the otherwise excellent rotation is faltering.  Our ace Crochet is up tonight but 6 days ago he gave up 7 runs to Cleveland.  Tomorrow and Wed the starters are May and Tolle, both of whom struggled their last starts.  

The Athletics can't pitch, but they can hit.  They just scored 30 runs @ the Angels (but lost the 3d game, 3-4).  

Tonight the Athletics starter is 22 year old rookie Luis Morales with 5 starts and an ERA of 1.91.  He seem to rely mostly on 3 pitches--his 97 mph 4 seamer, a changeup (apparently a good one), and a sweeper.  

Sox are going with their best Crochet.  I think a win tonight would be huge, but also think Morales could shut down our weak lineup.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Line Drive % since 8/20

37.5 Yoshida

29.7 Romy

28.0 Narvaez

27.3 Lowe

24.2 Breggie

23.4 Story

22.0 Duran

17.6 Wong & Eaton

15.8 DHam

15.6 Roman

7.5% Rafaela

0.0% Refsnyder

Since 8/27

37.5 DHam & Yoshida

28.1 Romy

25.9 Duran

25.0 Lowe & Narvaez

23.7 Bregman (26.2 last week is 5th)

 

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The A's are no longer a bad team, despite having the 3rd worst record in the AL. They are 20-15 in their last 35 games, 33-27 in last 60 games.

They do much better on the road than home, so maybe that helps, this series.

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42 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

The A's are no longer a bad team, despite having the 3rd worst record in the AL. They are 20-15 in their last 35 games, 33-27 in last 60 games.

They do much better on the road than home, so maybe that helps, this series.

A's have four guys with more homers than anyone on the Red Sox, not including Jacob Wilson, who missed most of the summer on the IL after being one of the top first-half hitters in baseball. Now he's back.

A's also have less strikeouts than Boston's third-best offense in the league, and a higher OPS... 

... but the Sad Sac A's pitching allows the most runs per game, the most home runs, and even lead in hit by pitches. 

If the Red Sox can't outscore these A's in at least half of their six games this month, then they don't deserve to make the postseason.

And I don't want to hear about how the poor Sox keep running into hot clubs -- because bad teams are what makes them hot, while good teams can stop them cold.

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13 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

A's have four guys with more homers than anyone on the Red Sox, not including Jacob Wilson, who missed most of the summer on the IL after being one of the top first-half hitters in baseball. Now he's back.

A's also have less strikeouts than Boston's third-best offense in the league, and a higher OPS... 

... but the Sad Sac A's pitching allows the most runs per game, the most home runs, and even lead in hit by pitches. 

If the Red Sox can't outscore these A's in at least half of their six games this month, then they don't deserve to make the postseason.

And I don't want to hear about how the poor Sox keep running into hot clubs -- because bad teams are what makes them hot, while good teams can stop them cold.

I agree, but I do with we had played the A's earlier in the season when they really sucked.

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1 hour ago, moonslav59 said:

Line Drive % since 8/20

37.5 Yoshida

29.7 Romy

28.0 Narvaez

27.3 Lowe

24.2 Breggie

23.4 Story

22.0 Duran

17.6 Wong & Eaton

15.8 DHam

15.6 Roman

7.5% Rafaela

0.0% Refsnyder

Since 8/27

37.5 DHam & Yoshida

28.1 Romy

25.9 Duran

25.0 Lowe & Narvaez

23.7 Bregman (26.2 last week is 5th)

 

Stunning.  Thanks.  

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6 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

In each of their last 3 games the Sox have scored 1 run through 6 innings. Do the Sox score more than 1 run through 6 innings tonight?

If they get more than 1 run against Morales, it will be a big deal.  

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28 minutes ago, 5GoldGlovesOF,75 said:

A's have four guys with more homers than anyone on the Red Sox, not including Jacob Wilson, who missed most of the summer on the IL after being one of the top first-half hitters in baseball. Now he's back.

A's also have less strikeouts than Boston's third-best offense in the league, and a higher OPS... 

... but the Sad Sac A's pitching allows the most runs per game, the most home runs, and even lead in hit by pitches. 

If the Red Sox can't outscore these A's in at least half of their six games this month, then they don't deserve to make the postseason.

And I don't want to hear about how the poor Sox keep running into hot clubs -- because bad teams are what makes them hot, while good teams can stop them cold.

Agree with the 3 of 6, but that doesn't mean I'm confident.  Athletics pitching sucks, but not their starter Morales tonight.  And right now the Sox are missing their best hitter Anthony and one of their best Abreu--plus Bregman and Duran both seem to be in slumps.

Tonight is a big deal because we have our ace Crochet starting.  

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1 hour ago, Maxbialystock said:

Agree with the 3 of 6, but that doesn't mean I'm confident.  Athletics pitching sucks, but not their starter Morales tonight.  And right now the Sox are missing their best hitter Anthony and one of their best Abreu--plus Bregman and Duran both seem to be in slumps.

Tonight is a big deal because we have our ace Crochet starting.  

Even a bigger deal when you see who's pitching games 2 and 3 for the Sox 

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2 minutes ago, Jasonbay44 said:

Clutch hit by Duran. Stupid base running by Sogard though. 

He thought the throw was going home plus he got a good jump by running from 1b with 2 outs. Smart play by the Rays.,  

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1 minute ago, Maxbialystock said:

He thought the throw was going home plus he got a good jump by running from 1b with 2 outs. Smart play by the Rays.,  

He was out by a mile and they teach you in little league never make first or third out at third. It was low IQ play. 

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1 minute ago, Maxbialystock said:

He thought the throw was going home plus he got a good jump by running from 1b with 2 outs. Smart play by the Rays.,  

, Not that it matters, but it's the A's. Seems there's been some confusion who the Sox are playing lately. I know, it's a very long season.

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2 runs in the 3d from 3 singles.  You gotta love it.  

Great pitch calling and then execution by Crochet.  

If you check my first post on this game I kind of said Morales would give up maybe 1 run in 6 innings and that the great A's bats would really go after Crochet.

Morales doesn't look that bad, but the Sox earned all 3 runs.  Crochet looks fantastic.  

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4 minutes ago, Jasonbay44 said:

He was out by a mile and they teach you in little league never make first or third out at third. It was low IQ play. 

Doesn't sound like Little League to me.  As for MLB, if you believe "never" you are too cautious.  

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3 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Unfortunately, the worse Bregman's offense gets the more chance he doesn't opt out.

A good point, but all I read is that Bregman will command a king's ransom for 2026 and beyond.  

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