I think Farrell hooked Peavy when he did last night out of respect for Longoria. He wanted Breslow to get Loney there so Longoria wouldn't be coming up with two men on. Breslow got Loney and Longoria led off the next inning instead.
Fred's mixed up, but the Carpenter pitching for the Braves was also Red Sox property, briefly - he was sent to us by the Jays in the Farrell trade and we waived him.
Ever notice that baseball is the only sport where fans can, and do, interfere with the game on a regular basis?
When Tom Brady throws a pass he can be assured that some drunk yahoo isn't going to get a piece of it.
One thing that I haven't heard a lot of people mention is that Farrell decided to pitch to Longoria again in the 7th with a man on. Tazawa induced a popup.
Which indicates two things: 1) Farrell has every intention of pitching to him. 2) Decisions like this are judged on results.
Kimbrel's probably the best closer in baseball over the last few years. But the last time he pitched more than 1.1 innings was early in 2011. You'd think last night would have been the time to try to get 6 outs from him. But they didn't, and now their season's over.