VA Sox Fan

That sucked

And Johnny Gomes.

Thank you Mike Carp

So glad this is the last season of McCarver!! Don't miss Buck not being in the booth today. Alright offense, time to show up!!

We can if our offense doesn't show up.

^ Extremely.

Lester's start pushed back to Tuesday Posted by Julian Benbow, Globe Staff July 20, 2013 02:28 PM In order to give his ace Jon Lester extra rest coming out of the all-star break, Red Sox manager John Farrell shuffled the pitching rotation, pushing Lester back two days to Tuesday, moving Ryan Dempster up to start on Sunday. The starter for Monday's series opener against Tampa Bay is still to be determined. "Just coming out of the break, just general wear and tear through the first half of the season," Farrell said. "We have an opportunity to give him a couple of extra days coming out of the break and two, he'll benefit from it." Through his first 20 starts, Lester has throw a team-high 125.2 innings. He staggered into the All-Star break, going 2-6 over his past 11 starts with a 6.27 ERA. "When we came back in for the workout Thursday and then just going through the normal throwing program we've done the last couple of days, just felt like two extra days will help him," Farrell said. A few other notes: • After undergoing treatment for the hamstring injury that will keep him out of Saturday's game, Shane Victorino is expected to return to the lineup Sunday. "Shane has responded favorably to treatment today, Farrell said. "We expect him back in the lineup tomorrow. He's been dealing with this issue for quite a while. We fully expect him to have to deal with it, but it's not to the point to disable him." He tweaked the hamstring chasing down a fly ball in the third inning and aggravated it further running out a ground ball in the bottom half of the inning. He was ultimately replaced by Daniel Nava. "He's come in today feeling better than I think he even anticipated after coming out last night," Farrell said. "So we're hopeful and expecting him to be in the lineup tomorrow." • To make room for the return of Stephen Drew, the Red Sox optioned infielder Brock Holt to Triple A Pawtucket. Farrell had to decided whether he wanted to keep Holt, who hit .290 in 10 games, or Brandon Snyder, who is hitting .231 in 11 games. The decision came down to keeping a right-handed bat on the bench, Farrell said. "Both guys were playing well," Farrell said. "The fact is with Stephen coming back to us, a left-handed hitter, the right-handed guy on the bench fits a little bit better. That was expressed and explained to Brock. "But he gave us everything that we could have hoped for in the time that he was here and probably solidifies further why he was so sought after during the trade in the winter time. He's a valuable player and he's got a place here as we go forward."

YANKEES (51-45) Gardner CF Suzuki RF Cano 2B Overbay 1B Wells LF Hafner DH Nunez SS Stewart C Cruz 3B Pitching: RHP Hiroki Kuroda (8-6, 2.65). Game time: 4:05 p.m. TV/Radio: FOX / WEEI, WCBS. Red Sox vs. Kuroda: Victorino 5-19, Pedroia 8-18, Ellsbury 5-16, Nava 4-12, Salty 4-14, Napoli 3-9, Carp 2-9, Gomes 0-8, Lavarnway 1-8, Ortiz 4-6, Iglesias 2-6. Yankees vs. Lackey: Suzuki 31-102, Cano 14-54, Wells 7-37, Hafner 6-31, Overbay 6-21, Gardner 6-21, Nunez 0-3, Romine 1-2. Stat of the Day: Lackey has faced Ichiro 108 times in his career. That's the most he has faced any hitter and the most Ichiro has faced any pitcher. Ichiro has hit .304 against Lackey. His career average against other pitchers is .321. Notes: The Red Sox are 5-2 against the Yankees this season, outscoring them 36-17. ... Lackey is 6-2, 2.32 in his last 11 starts. Twelve of his 16 starts this season have been quality starts and he has allowed two or less runs in 12 starts this season. ... Lackey is 8-9, 4.68 in 23 career starts against the Yankees, 3-2, 4.74 in seven starts against the Yankees as a member of the Red Sox. ... Lackey last faced the Yankees on Sept. 25, 2011, his last start before having Tommy John surgery. Pitching with what doctors later told him was a torn ligament in his elbow, he allowed three earned runs over six innings. ... Kuroda is 2-3, 3.88 in eight career starts against the Red Sox. In two starts this season he has allowed five earned runs on 12 hits over 6.2 innings. ... Kuroda is riding a string of 12 consecutive scoreless innings. ... After going 314 at-bats without a home run, Ellsbury has three in his last 38. ... Cano has a 10-game hit streak. ... The Yankees are 21-27 since May 26. ... Nava has 26 RBIs in the seventh inning or later, tied with Chris Davis (Orioles) for the most in the majors.

RED SOX (59-39) Ellsbury CF Nava RF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Carp 1B Gomes LF Saltalamacchia C Drew SS Iglesias 3B Pitching: RHP John Lackey (7-6, 2.78).

Yep! Glad you pointed that out.

YANKEES (51-44) Gardner CF Suzuki RF Cano 2B Wells DH Almonte LF Overbay 1B Lillibridge 3B Nunez SS Stewart C Pitching: LHP Andy Pettitte (7-6, 4.39). Game time: 7:10 p.m. TV/Radio: NESN, YES, MLB Network / WEEI-FM, WCBS. Red Sox vs. Pettitte: Ortiz 22-61, Pedroia 9-42, Ellsbury 8-24, Gomes 8-25, Victorino 7-18, Napoli 7-17, Carp 0-3, Iglesias 2-3, Saltalamacchia 0-3, Nava 1-2. Yankees vs. Doubront: Cano 1-14, Jeter 2-13, Suzuki 2-8, Gardner 0-5, Nunez 2-4, Wells 1-14, Hafner 1-2, Stewart 0-2, Overbay 0-1, Romine 0-1. Stat of the Day: The Red Sox have 65 games remaining. Thirteen of them are against the Yankees, nine of them at Fenway Park. That's more than any other opponent. Notes: The Red Sox return from the All-Star break with a 2.5-game lead in the division. ... The teams have played six times this season with the Sox winning four. All six games were at Yankee Stadium. ... The Sox will play 13 of their next 16 games at Fenway Park. ... The Yankees are 21-26 since May 26. ... Doubront is 2-1, 2.52 in nine career appearances (five starts) against the Yankees. He faced them on June 1 and allowed one run over six innings. ... Pettitte is 19-10, 3.82 in 40 career appearances against the Sox, 38 of them starts. He pitched one of his best games of the season against the Sox on April 4, allowing one run on eight hits over eight innings. ... The Sox lost two of three at Oakland before the break and scored six runs. ... Iglesias is 8 of his last 39 (.205) without an extra-base hit. That has dropped his batting average from .411 to .367. ... Ortiz is 1 of his last 15 with no RBIs. ... Holt is 9 for 30 since being called up with eight RBIs in nine games. ... Since he became closer, Koji Uehara has allowed one earned run on five hits over 12.1 innings with one walk and 18 strikeouts. ... Napoli hit .287/.342/.602 in his first 27 games with 21 extra-base hits and 31 RBIs. In the 60 games since, he has hit .245/.344/.370 with 16 extra-base hits and 27 RBIs. ... The Sox are 31-16 at home. They won 34 games at home all last season.

Andrew Bailey likely out for the season Posted by Peter Abraham, Globe Staff July 19, 2013 03:31 PM The Red Sox have placed righthanded reliever Andrew Bailey on the 15-day disabled list with a shoulder injury and he is expected to miss the remainder of the season. Bailey was injured throwing a pitch in the eighth inning while facing Jed Lowrie in Oakland on Friday. He struck out Lowrie along with the next batter, Yoenis Cespedes. An exam on Monday revealed that Bailey had a labrum year and capsule damage. "It's fairly significant," manager John Farrell said. Bailey got a second opinion in New York on Wednesday with Mets team doctor David Altchek, who confirmed the diagnosis. A third opinion with Yankees team doctor Chris Ahmad resulted in the same news. "Both exams concur that there's some damage and I think Andrew's at the point now of weighing all the information that he's receiving to take the next step," Farrell said. Said Bailey: "I've been told the only way to fix this is to have surgery." That surgery would keep Bailey out for at least a year. This is Bailey's second stint on the DL this season and the sixth of his career since 2010. Bailey has pitched only 49 games over two seasons with the Red Sox since being obtained from Oakland before the 2012 season. Bailey had 3.77 earned run average in 30 appearances this season. RHP Jose De La Torre was called up. General manager Ben Cherington said the team will see what it has in players like De La Torre and Drake Britton for now. "We have a number of guys we believe in and this creates opportunity and maybe their time comes a little sooner than we thought," he said. But Cherington admitted he will be looking at trades between now and the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline to help his depleted bullpen. "At the same time we’ll continue to work the phones. Those things are hard to predict," he said. Only 13 days ago, the Red Sox lost lefthanded set-up man Andrew Miller to a torn ligament in his left foot. He also is out for the season. The Red Sox obtained lefty Matt Thornton from the White Sox last Friday.

Andrew Bailey placed on disabled list Posted by Peter Abraham, Globe Staff July 19, 2013 03:31 PM More on this to come, but the Red Sox have placed righthander Andrew Bailey on the 15-day disabled list with a right shoulder injury. This is Bailey's second stint on the DL this season and the sixth of his career since 2010. RHP Jose De La Torre was called up.

RED SOX (58-39) Ellsbury CF Victorino RF Pedroia 2B Ortiz DH Napoli 1B Gomes LF Saltalamacchia C Snyder 3B Iglesias SS Pitching: LHP Felix Doubront (6-3, 3.91).

Yankees place Jeter on disabled list Posted by Peter Abraham, Globe Staff July 19, 2013 11:57 AM By Peter Abraham, Globe Staff The Red Sox will not be facing Derek Jeter this weekend. The Yankees today placed him on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to July 12) with a right quadriceps strain. The Yankees purchased the contract of Brent Lillibridge. A corresponding 40-man roster move will be announced later today. Jeter, 39, was on the disabled list all season recovering from a fracture ankle. He was activated on July 11 and strained his quad in that game. Lillibridge was one of the players the Red Sox obtained from the White Sox in the trade for Kevin Youkilis on June 24, 2012. He played only 10 games for the Red Sox before being traded to the Guardians. He has since played for the Cubs and now the Yankees.

Text size – + Pitching matchups for the Yankees series Permalink|Comments (0)Posted by Peter Abraham, Globe Staff July 19, 2013 08:30 AM Friday: LHP Andy Pettitte (7-6, 4.39) vs. LHP Felix Doubront (6-3, 3.91), 7:10 p.m., NESN, YES, MLB Network. Saturday: RHP Hiroki Kuroda (8-6, 2.65) vs. RHP John Lackey (7-6, 2.78), 4:05 p.m., FOX. Sunday: LHP CC Sabathia (9-8, 4.07) vs. LHP Jon Lester (8-6, 4.58), 8:05 p.m., ESPN.

I miss real baseball.

LMAO!! You know which poster's "grind my gears" and you are not one of them!

Ok, that's cool. I don't hate Jetes or the O's. Except the O's have owned us for 3-4 seasons. Hate playing them.

Really?? Damn... I need to chill out...obviously.

Nah...if I'm wrong. Call ME OUT! I was kidding about y'all being related.

That is exactly what I was referring to. Nothing else....at all....by far!!!!!

Are you ital's long lost younger brother??

I chalk it up to him being way young. I don't get it either. Loves Jetes and the O's??? Ok.....

Oh and haven't missed a couple of poster's who haven't been around lately. Just sayin'.... It's been nice out here