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8/7 @ Toronto, Game 1
Maxbialystock replied to Thunder's topic in Mike Grace Memorial Game Thread Forum
A valiant effort, but in this game, despite Pivetta's best effort, the offense utterly failed and Barnes gave up the game winning dinger. -
Amen. Vazquez runs the bases like he thinks he is invisible, but in fact he's just a fat little guy with too much gumption and not enough speed.
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Sure was. He looked tougher than Barnes tonight.
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Ball game!!!! Arauz game-winning rbi, Verdugo game-tying dinger, and great pitching by Houck and the bullpen.
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Here's another dumb thing the Sox do--in my opinion. Other teams' hitters will occasionally, not often, not leap out of the way on an inside pitch and thereby get 1b on an HBP. Sox players will do anything to prevent an HBP--not sometimes, not most of the time, but all of the time.
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Barnes, Vazquez, Cora, and the pitching just might want to rethink Barnes going with a fastball down the middle for his first pitch. He almost blew his 2d straight game doing that. Plus he has stupidly bragged to the press that he likes to get that first pitch strike with a fastball down the middle. I know Cora is a smart manager. But why oh why does he encourage rank stupidity among his players?
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My goodness was that pathetic. Gonzalez walks, Vazquez singles, and then each of them runs himself into an out for no other reason than incredible stupidity. So the Sox now have a suspect rotation, suspect hitting, suspect defense, suspect bullpen, and suspect baserunning. I can't remember the last time any of them did something really good on the basepaths--except of course for Duran's in the park home run (later rules a triple and error). Vazquez these days makes extra special efforts to do something dumb on the basepaths, so it is to Cora's discredit that he never does anything to rein Vazquez in.
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Bogie's answer to the above question: not me. But I can K in 3 pitches.
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Verdugo comes thru!!!!! Can anyone else?
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Houck was fine. Yes, he threw a lot of pitches, but 3.2 innings are about right for a 7 inning game. Plus Taylor gave up the single that brought that 1 run home. Houck usually throws a lot of pitches. He has good stuff, but not very good command.
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Could be the ball game because I think the Sox have no intention of scoring any runs tonight--or today for that matter. A thoroughly demoralized team.
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Well done, Arauz. No error on that play.
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Cordero will likely celebrate getting that one out of the infield.
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That said, however, I'm not sure it would make much difference if Houck could go 6 innings--even if they were 6 shutout innings.
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Tonight we are again seeing why Houck normally can't go more than 4 innings. 2 innings, 47 pitches.
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Houck gets a big break on that fat, fat fast ball in the geometric center of the strike zone.
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Looks like we might see the bullpen a little early tonight.
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FWIW, Dalbec is an infielder and is worse at 1b than Cordero.
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I do think anyone can play 1b, but completely agree just anyone can't make that play or the one Guerrero made last night.
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The Sox show every sign of being a team that expects to lose. It won't be easy, I but I think they can basically be out of contention by the time Sale can pitch and Schwarber can hit.
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Cordero does not make that play--the one Guerrero made.
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Of the four categories, rotation, defense, hitting, and bullpen, I agree the bullpen has been the most reliable. So, when I say the bullpen blew game 1 today, I'm saying the last barrier between the Sox and total mediocrity is showing some cracks.
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It matters both for the extra pitches and for the demonstration of incompetence. Or, if not incompetence, then maybe just not giving a darn.
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Given that Barnes blew game 1 today, maybe it is fair to say the Sox have a weak rotation, weak defense, weak lineup, and even a weak bullpen.
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Vazquez and Cordero do their clown act on an easy pop out, which lands untouched.