Giants (Wilkinson) vs Red Sox (Bennett): 08/23/26, 3:15 PM

[Brock Beauchamp]

Bennett takes the ball for the Red Sox this afternoon at Fenway Park as Boston hosts Wilkinson and the Giants.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	TOT
Wyatt Olds	11	0	0	0	25	36
Tyron Guerrero	19	9	0	0	0	28
Jovani Morán	0	26	0	0	23	49
Greg Weissert	0	31	0	0	19	50
Erik Miller	18	23	0	13	0	54
Brayan Bello	0	0	0	0	0	0
Aroldis Chapman	0	14	0	20	0	34
Alec Gamboa	0	0	0	11	0	11

[vegasbob]

Time for a  brooming to send the Giants back to sleep mode.

Guerrero, Gamboa. and Bello all available to back Bennett.  Give us 5 innings  Jake and get a win.

One fine day Sox hitters will show some interest in scoring in innings 1-4.  Save us from the 8th/9th heroics 

[UtahSox]

Feels like a Bennett Bello day with Aroldis there to clean up a 5-3 W

[moonslav59]

Bennett ad 9 days of rest, so let's see if that helps.

Having Bello ready is a big plus. He will likely pitch today, but if not needed maybe we could go with an opener-Bello game later and give everyone, including Bennet an extra day off. We do have that doubleheader looming next Saturday, but unlike NYY, we have THUR off. (The Yanks have tomorrow off, but that but that is less helpful going into Saturday, as 4 starters have all gone.

[moonslav59]

Facing a lefty, today gives Duran a day off:

1. R Jones DH

2. R Rafaela CF

3. L Abreu RF (doin fine v LHPs)

4. R Contreras 1B

5. R Durbin 3B

6. S Sogard 2B

7. R Monasterio SS

8. R White LF

9. R Wong C (No Rutschman)

Only one LHB, and Abreu is .912 v LHPs, this year!

[Nick]

Sandoval throwing 93 pitches a big plus for Sox yesterday.

It will be concerning if Bennett doesn't finish fifth inning though. 

[moonslav59]

25 minutes ago, Nick said:

Sandoval throwing 93 pitches a big plus for Sox yesterday.

It will be concerning if Bennett doesn't finish fifth inning though. 

Unless we go to Bello. We could use Bello for 4-5 and still have him ready for the NYY doubleheader this coming Saturday. We cannot afford another "pen game."

[JoeBrady]

8 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Unless we go to Bello. We could use Bello for 4-5 and still have him ready for the NYY doubleheader this coming Saturday. We cannot afford another "pen game."

Nice planning.  The timing would be perfect.

[moonslav59]

27 minutes ago, Nick said:

Sandoval throwing 93 pitches a big plus for Sox yesterday.

Sandy caught some serious beef after those two dingers, but somehow he kept us in the game.

Like it or not, he's been a decent #5.

His 4.09 FIP indicates his 4.54 ERA is a bit inflated. His main issues are:

4.1 BB/9

1.1 HR/9

All-in-all 4.50ish is a plus from a 5th starter. 40 IP in 8 GS is likely better than most 5th starters, too.

IP/GS

5.8 Gray

5.8 Bennett

5.7 Tolle

(Early 5.4)

5.1 Suarez

5.0 Sandoval & Crochet

[JoeBrady]

9 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

Sandy caught some serious beef ....Like it or not, he's been a decent #5.

Sandy's been fine.  He's pitched well enough for us to win 6 of his 8 starts, and we have won 6-8.  My biggest complaint is that he's been a little short on the innings with just bout 5 IP/GS.

[moonslav59]

2 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

Nice planning.  The timing would be perfect.

MON at MIA Suarez

TUE at MIA Tolle

WED at MIA Gray

THU OFF

FRI at NYY Sandoval (+1 day rest)

SAT at NYY Bennett (+1 day rest)/ at NYY Opener>Bello

SUN at NYY Suarez (+1 day rest) 

MON SEA Tolle (+1)

TUE SEA Gray (+1)

WED SEA Sandoval

THU at BAL (back to no extra rest until the day off on Sept 10th)

The rotation vs the Yanks is not ideal, as there will be no Gray or Tolle, but if we wanted we could not give Tolle the extra days and pitch him Monday and then Sunday, or just pitch him Sunday over Suarez.

 

[moonslav59]

Just now, JoeBrady said:

Sandy's been fine.  He's pitched well enough for us to win 6 of his 8 starts, and we have won 6-8.  My biggest complaint is that he's been a little short on the innings with just bout 5 IP/GS.

5 IP per GS is very good for a #5.

The issue is more tied to Suarez never going past 5, and Bennett and Tolle maybe needing more rest.

[JoeBrady]

8 minutes ago, moonslav59 said:

The rotation vs the Yanks is not ideal, as there will be no Gray or Tolle,

Yeah, I'm taking back the kudos on the planning now.

[moonslav59]

30 minutes ago, JoeBrady said:

Yeah, I'm taking back the kudos on the planning now.

Had we gave Gray and Tolle more time off so they'd line up with the Yanks, we'd have needed more pen games or starts by Burgos.

[moonslav59]

Yanks-TOR tied 2-2.

TBR-BAL tied 0-0.

[vegasbob]

Is it obligatory to give Adam's cookies up in the zone ?

[vegasbob]

0-2 pitch for an RBI

Bennett still warming up 

[southpaw777]

Bennett has looked like he’s struggling to find a feel for his pitches. Maybe a long layoff wasn’t good. Maybe being almost 50ip past last year is starting to affect him. 4 seam is hanging around 93-94 not 95+

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

It'll be interesting to see who the #2 starter will be in the PO's. Right now no one looks promising.

[vegasbob]

White jumps high for a white guy

Saved Bennett more pain

[southpaw777]

1 minute ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

It'll be interesting to see who the #2 starter will be in the PO's. Right now no one looks promising.

Gray Suarez

[vegasbob]

Saved again by Cedanne

Poor opening  inning by Bennett 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

Doesn't hurt to have an excellent CF.

[vegasbob]

Abreu Ks 5 of last 6. with multiple men on base. but he's the hero. not White who actually scored

[FredLynn]

2-0 already. If I call the game over the Flpps have an excellent chance of winning 

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

3 minutes ago, vegasbob said:

Abreu Ks 5 of last 6. with multiple men on base. but he's the hero. not White who actually scored

Sogood was last night's hero. Offensively and defensively.

[FredLynn]

3-0

I’m calling it

Flops lose

[SPLENDIDSPLINTER]

4 minutes ago, SPLENDIDSPLINTER said:

Sogood was last night's hero. Offensively and defensively.

Funny watching Abreu trying to hit a high pitch with his uppercut swing.

[Tedballgame]

Sogard so long gone