MANNYHOF24

That's quite a squander if you ask me.

s*** Bay.

I will take that I suppose, 2-0.

Well I think its safe to say that we need to capitalize on this opportunity.

Like this start.

Masterson vs. Hendrickson win. I am going to start this now, because the game is at 11:05 tomorrow and I have class all morning and don't want to forget and screw with the mojo.

We are the f***ing dream team right now.

Manny still paying dividends for the the Sox. 4 straight, bitches.

He's just heating up.

Ellsbury with a knock.

He has been better then Saito:dunno:

lol at the Yankees already having visable empty seats at their new Stadium. Edit- if the place continues to play like a band box, the might have trouble attracting top FA pitchers in the future to come play for them.

are you f***ing kidding me?

Is it just me or are the Yankees going to be roughly the same team they were last year? T

Maybe, I could see him going to the 7th inning depending on what he does to end this inning.

David Ortiz just sucks, thats all there is to it. He can't even catch up to a 88 MPH fastball.

Night baseball, and it's not even close for me.

Lester is in the zone today.

Damn it.

Tek has been hitting the ball well so far this season, and Ellsbury looks to be turning it around. I like this lineup alot.

Ortiz needs to be taken out of the 3 spot.

Lester vs. Uehera First pitch 1:35 Win. BOSTON -- After Saturday night's 6-4 win over the Orioles, a clubhouse visitor informed Kevin Youkilis, tongue in cheek, that with four hits in the game, he is on pace for 309 hits this season. "Yeah, I don't think that will happen," Youkilis replied. "I'll leave that to Pedey [Dustin Pedroia]." While he may be content to leave such numbers to teammate and reigning American League MVP Pedroia, there's no denying what Youkilis has meant to the Red Sox in the early part of the season. "He's been our MVP, no question," outfielder Jason Bay said. "He's on base. He's getting big hits. Whatever it is. And I think with the struggles of some guys early, to have that, he's kind of been our, for lack of a better term, our rock in the middle of the lineup, as far as going out there and getting on base and doing everything, day in and day out. And without him, really I don't know where we'd be." Youkilis entered the game hitting .425, but his four hits Saturday -- two doubles, a single and a three-run home run -- boosted his average to .467. Youkilis and Bay have been the most consistent hitters in the lineup, while the rest of the offense is just beginning to find its rhythm. Youkilis had four of his team's six RBIs on Saturday, nearly doubling his season total to nine. Youkilis is also sporting eight multihit games in the team's first 11 contents, and he enters Sunday with a .500 on-base percentage. "He's swinging it as good or better than anyone in the league," manager Terry Francona said. "He's an intelligent hitter. He's using the whole field and he's hitting with authority. Last year, he grew into one of the premier hitters in the league, and he's just picking up where he left off." Josh Beckett, who started Saturday and improved his record to 2-1, was a prime beneficiary of Youkilis' production. "He's pretty special," Beckett said. "I've played with some really good hitters, and I don't think I've ever seen anyone that's as comfortable. It doesn't matter the count, he trusts his hands so much. And that's what keeps him from swinging at those pitcher's pitches. If he's 0-2, it doesn't matter. It's not like we feel like we're out of the at-bat. He gets a lot of hits with two strikes. He battles those pitches as good as anybody I've ever seen." But, for Youkilis, he's just doing what he knows he can do. He doesn't feel any differently at the plate. He's not seeing the ball any better than he ever has. "No, I'm just probably fortunate," Youkilis said. "I got a couple of good pitches to hit, and got good results. I think a lot of time you can't base on results. I think in Spring Training I couldn't get a hit, but I was hitting the ball good, just didn't get results. So for me, I'm just having good results, and I just got to keep having good at-bats. If you have good at-bats, you give yourself a good chance to get hits." Which his teammates appreciate. "He's had both real good at bats ... and he's hit some balls extremely well," catcher Jason Varitek said. "But that's due to his ability, his bat-to-ball ability and his ability to know the strike zone." Pitching matchup BOS: LHP Jon Lester (0-2, 9.00 ERA) Lester has opened the season in a funk, being belted around for 18 hits and 11 runs in losses to the Rays and Athletics. The lefty was the victim of a five-run second inning in his performance against Oakland. In that contest, he walked none and struck out five. Perhaps facing the Orioles will cure what ails Lester. Lester is 6-0 with a 2.81 ERA in eight career starts against Baltimore. BAL: RHP Koji Uehara (2-0, 7.20 ERA) Uehara has won each of his first two starts despite not going farther than five innings in either of them. The right-hander allowed seven earned runs in his last outing, which was part of a demolition derby three-game series against the Rangers. Uehara, an extreme strike-thrower, has had problems gripping the American baseball in each of his first two big league starts. Still, the rookie is one of Baltimore's most experienced starters and will need to pile up lots of innings this season. Tidbits Five of Varitek's seven hits this season have been for extra bases. ... Pedroia was caught stealing in the fourth inning Saturday night, marking just the fourth time in his career he's been caught -- which translates into an 87.9 percent success rate. ... Bay has reached base safely in 24 straight games, going back to Sept. 12, 2008. ... Youkilis and Bay have both reached base safely in all of the Sox's games this season. ... The last time Beckett allowed four walks in a game, which he did Saturday, was April 6, 2008, in Toronto. ... The Sox's team photo day was postponed Saturday because of the pregame rain and rescheduled for Sunday

gamethread will be up shortly.

good evening to you to sir.

Nice Start by Beckett.