Thunder

Lester looked good again, and that is big. I missed the whole game. I was volunteering at a fundraising event. BTR mojo prevails again!

Game time: 4:05 p.m. TV/Radio: FOX / WEEI. Red Sox vs. Ryu: No history. Dodgers vs. Lester: Crawford 9-40, M. Ellis 2-12, Punto 3-12, Ramirez 2-6, Uribe 2-5, Hairston 1-3. Stat of the Day: It's some kind of amazing run the Dodgers are on. They have won 55 of their last 65 games and are 29-5 since the All-Star break including 18-3 in August. The Dodgers are 10.5 games up in the NL West, their largest lead in the division since they finished the 1977 season with a 10-game lead. Oh, and they've won four straight. Notes: Ryu is a 26-year-old from Korea who has started 24 games for the Dodgers. He is 5-1, 2.54 in six starts since the break and 2-1, 4.10 in four starts against American League teams. ... Lester has a 1.25 ERA in his last three starts and a 2.76 in his last seven. He is facing the Dodgers for the first time in his career. Lester is 12-5, 3.14 in 24 interleague starts. He also is 0 for 28 as a hitter. ... The Sox are 1-3 on their road trip. They have lost six of nine and nine of their last 14. The Sox are 17-18 since July 13. ... The Sox are 0-4 at Dodger Stadium in their history. ... Ortiz is 1 for 13 with one RBI when playing first base this season. ... Napoli has not played in five of the last eight games and has seven at-bats since Aug. 15. He is hitting .206 since July 1, .146 since Aug. 1 and .087 since Aug. 10. ... The Sox are 11-5 in interleague games. ... Puig is 5 of his last 35 (.139) with two RBIs over nine games. ... The Sox haven't won a game without scoring at least four runs since July 3 when they beat the Padres 2-1. Song of the Day: "L.A. Blues" by The Stooges.

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To be honest, neither does VA.

I'm connected with BTR mojo.

Yes. I'm losing track of days. I have 5 days left of summer vacation.

You post the lineups, I post the game notes and other nonsense.

Right. Forgot it was Saturday for a minute.

This is where MLB.TV comes in handy.

That would make it 29. The Rays are also our enemy, especially right now, and the Yankees are the enemy to the Rays.

Here we go! Best mojo in the biz!

Dave O'Brien made an interesting point during the game last night. He said that it hasn't necessarily been the aces of a staff that has given the Sox trouble. It's usually the 2nd, 3rd, even 4th man in the rotation.

Very true. 8-10 but a low 3 ERA. Sad. So sad.

I'm already lying in my bed.

It feels good to have someone on my side for once.

Well, it will take a blown lead by the Rays staff, which doesn't happen often.

I won't.

I'm laughing at Longoria's throw to first that hit Nunez and rolled to second.

Look who's leading off: DODGERS (75-52) Crawford LF Puig RF Gonzalez 1B Ramirez SS Ethier CF Uribe 3B M Ellis 2B Federowicz C Pitching: RHP Ricky Nolasco (9-9, 3.60). Game time: 10:10 p.m. TV/radio: NESN / WEEI. Red Sox vs. Nolasco: Victorino 6-37, Drew 11-21 (3 HR), Ortiz 1-4, Pedroia 1-5, Salty 1-4, Gomes 0-3, Middlebrooks 0-3, Nava 2-3, Ellsbury 0-2, Ross 1-2. Dodgers vs. Lackey: Ellis 16-62, Crawford 21-45 (2 HR), Punto 4-24, Uribe 7-22, Ethier 4-13, Gonzalez 6-14, Hairston 3-9. Stat of the Day: The switch-hitting Shane Victorino has been batting righthanded against righthanders because of a sore left hamstring. He is 11 of 34 with three extra-base hits batting righthanded against righties. Notes: The Sox took two of three from the Giants but have lost five of eight overall. They start the day with a one-game lead on the Rays ... The Dodgers lead the NL West by 9.5 games. They are 28-5 since the All-Star break and 45-10 since June 22. The Dodgers were once 30-42 before turning their season around ... The Sox are 5-4 against the Dodgers all-time and are at Dodger Stadium for the first time since 2002 ... The Sox are 11-4 against NL teams this season, outscoring them, 95-36 ... Lackey is 5-2 with a 1.89 ERA in 10 career appearances against the Dodgers, the last coming in 2009. Lackey is 17-8, 3.11, in 35 interleague games ... Nolasco is 4-1, 2.98, in eight starts with the Dodgers since behind obtained from the Marlins. Nolasco faced the Sox twice last season when he was with Miami. He was 0-2 and allowed 12 earned runs over 9.1 innings ... Victorino is 11 of his last 22 with four extra-base hits and three RBIs ... Daniel Nava is 10 of his last 20 with five doubles and five RBIs ... Jarrod Saltalamacchia has a nine-game hitting streak and is 13 of 36 over that stretch with 6 doubles, 7 RBIs, and 8 runs ... Jacoby Ellsbury is hitting .239/.271/.283 in his last 10 games. Closing time: Koji Uehara has appeared in 17 games since the Red Sox named him closer. His line: 26.2 IP, 10 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 36 K. He has thrown 19.1 consecutive scoreless innings since July 6. Opponents are 6 of 62 against him in his last 17 games. Song of the Day: "It Was A Good Day" by Ice Cube.

RED SOX (75-54) Ellsbury CF Victorino RF Pedroia 2B Ortiz 1B Saltalamacchia C Nava LF Drew SS Middlebrooks 3B Pitching: RHP John Lackey (8-10, 3.22).

Cool, I have lineups to post.

Go Rays!

RSFFL, we need a GT!

Whatever. Doesn't matter to me anymore.

Nice to know. We gonna get a GT soon?