Red Sox (Tolle) vs Dodgers (Yamamoto): 8/1/26, 9:10pm

[Brandon Glick]

The Boston Red Sox wrapped up July at 21-4. Their .840 win percentage is the best in a month in franchise history (min. 15 games).

In other words, good job fellas.

[Brandon Glick]

	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	TOT
Tyron Guerrero	0	0	11	0	0	11
Ryan Watson	0	12	0	0	0	12
Justin Slaten	5	0	19	0	0	24
Jovani Morán	11	13	0	0	16	40
Greg Weissert	0	0	15	10	0	25
Garrett Whitlock	11	0	13	0	0	24
Brayan Bello	0	0	0	0	58	58
Aroldis Chapman	24	0	14	11	0	49

[Bailey_Fox]

I feel that this game could go two ways. 
 

1. The Sox could keep rolling, motivated by the great win last night. 
 

2. this dodgers team could wake up.

[JoeBrady]

This is just borderline insane.  Even for those of us that believed.  What a game by Bello.  Now we have almost our entire BP available for the next two games.

[vegasbob]

Given the big win Friday. a split of the last 2 with the Dodgers  would be significant.  

Yamamoto will test them .

The 2026 July team are the new IDIOTS. Forgot they were supposed to lose.

[Brock Beauchamp]

52 minutes ago, Bailey_Fox said:

I feel that this game could go two ways. 
 

1. The Sox could keep rolling, motivated by the great win last night. 
 

2. this dodgers team could wake up.

Welcome to Talk Sox!

[FredLynn]

1 hour ago, JoeBrady said:

This is just borderline insane.  Even for those of us that believed.  What a game by Bello.  Now we have almost our entire BP available for the next two games.

Lots of Kudos to go around Bello....Rafaela...Monasterio etc. But you are wrong to assume that we have the entire bullpen available for the next two games. Not necessarily. If we need  a couple of guys tonight for an extended outing they will not be available tomorrow, potentially. One win out of the next two and we win, I believe, our eigth series in a row. 

[FredLynn]

I heard that Contreras is in a 7 day concussion IL protocol. That means he is out for the season the way our medical staff has been missing things.

[vegasbob]

4 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Lots of Kudos to go around Bello....Rafaela...Monasterio etc. But you are wrong to assume that we have the entire bullpen available for the next two games. Not necessarily. If we need  a couple of guys tonight for an extended outing they will not be available tomorrow, potentially. One win out of the next two and we win, I believe, our eigth series in a row. 

Tra y can use Whitlock 1x over the next 2 and Chapman is better tomorrow.  

Guerrero and Slaten are best and rested available. Weissert could ge 1 or 2 outs

[Randy Red Sox]

this will be a tough matchup tonight.  Hopefully Tolle is up for the challenge.

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

1 hour ago, Bailey_Fox said:

I feel that this game could go two ways. 
 

1. The Sox could keep rolling, motivated by the great win last night. 
 

2. this dodgers team could wake up.

I didn't realize the Dodgers were asleep last night. Are you a sleep specialist?

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Rafaela led the AL in base hits for the month of July with 33.

[moonslav59]

14 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Rafaela led the AL in base hits for the month of July with 33.

Fred must be rolling over in his cot in his mammas basement!

[JAG]

1 hour ago, Randy Red Sox said:

this will be a tough matchup tonight.  Hopefully Tolle is up for the challenge.

I think he might be fine for 3 innings, he seems to run out of gas around 60 pitches though.

[moonslav59]

Just now, JAG said:

I think he might be fine for 3 innings, he seems to run out of gas around 60 pitches though.

Kinda like veteran Suarez, too.

[FredLynn]

25 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Fred must be rolling over in his cot in his mammas basement!

Not at all! I am pleased that so far he seems to have turned his career around and so noted in last night’s game thread. I didn’t think he could make such an abrupt improvement. He still swings at bad pitches more than average but as long as he is producing who cares?

[moonslav59]

10 minutes ago, FredLynn said:

Not at all! I am pleased that so far he seems to have turned his career around and so noted in last night’s game thread. I didn’t think he could make such an abrupt improvement. He still swings at bad pitches more than average but as long as he is producing who cares?

It’s not abrupt and we’ve shown you over and over how he has steadily improved in many categories year after year.

you refused to believe it, and an occasional bond throw to him after many big hits is hardly admitting anything.

youve bashed him as much as praised him over this season so don’t pretend you’ve recognized him for who he is.