Maxbialystock

One more inning, and Price could get a quality start.

OK. I've griped plenty about Price because he's walked 3 guys, given up 2 dingers, etc. But I give you this: without that error, the score would be 2-1 in the bottom of the 5th. The defense and the lineup have also let us down.

Nice rally killed by our #1 and #2 hitters--a K and a weak grounder after #7 doubles, #8 singles, and #9 hits a line drive, caught, to the opposite field. Come on, guys. At least we got the run. But 4-1 right looks like a pretty steep hill.

I sure hope I get to eat my words. Way to go, Nunez and especially Leon!!!

Yes, Price has been near perfect and we should ignore how he loaded the bases up before that error. We should also ignore the two dingers.

Severino continues to dominate thru 4. If we had our "minor league lineup," as moonslav calls it, we might have a ready excuse. But no.

The problem I see is that Price is having to be very careful because the Yankees are having little problem seeing his pitches and are hitting is mistakes hard. Without the error, he still gives up the dinger and needs 40 pitches to get through 2 innings. Severino is, I think, also pitching carefully, but has much better stuff--faster fast ball, better break on his changeup, etc. So right now he is breezing. Oh, that egregious error by Nunez? Yes, it was. But brother Price was the one who loaded the bases with Judge coming to bat and actually threw a pitch that Judge hit hard but right at Nunez. Bottom line to me: one pitcher is way better than the other. Did somebody really blame that on Cora? Seriously?

I enjoyed last night even though their bullpen was way better than ours--but Eovaldi looked pretty good and the game was close. I'm really looking forward to tonight at Yankee Stadium with two very good starters who have both had ups and downs this year. I hope jacksonianmarch drops by now and then. As for our bullpen--if Price goes 6 or 7 and the Sox have the lead, I expect to see Wright and Kimbrel and no one else. i have dumped on Wright continually since that basesliding injury in 2016, but I am not blind. That ERA of 2.87 is a testimony to the return of the knuckleball. it's possible Cora will bring in Vazquez to catch Wright, but last time Leon wasn't too bad. I think he had a PB but no runs scored.

I like Cora, but gotta agree this guy has been creative and done very well.

I enjoyed last night's game because I didn't expect Eovaldi to do too much. Too bad about the bullpen, but Brasier hung that slider to the wrong guy at the wrong time. Workman didn't help much either.

Interesting. A guy who is odds on to be the AL Manager of the Year is a moron or a liar. Well, you gotta give Cora a lot of credit for basically fooling all of the people all of the time: the players, the FO, owner, fans, commentators. Thank goodness for these game threads so we can get the real scoop.

Is tonight's game in NYC rained out yet?

Pretty much agree with all. Bogey is a decent SS and, with his hitting ramping up, likely to get Machado money when the time comes. And, frankly, I consider that frightening because I think Boras, et al, have made the prices for players astronomical. MLBPA also ensures that all the money is good no matter how bad the player performs or is injured or whatever. The apprenticeship system, which I assume the owners like, ensures that almost all high value contracts occur late enough in a player's career to ensure there will be a good amount of risk. The Yankees can't be happy with Ellsbury--but mind it less when they look at HanRam and Sandoval. And so on with other teams.

Fewer errors, perhaps?

What the heck happened to the 2018 playoff roster as a topic? I'm not saying 2019 isn't worthy of discussion, but it's already the dominant topic on moonslav's realistic view of 2018 thread (over 300 pages) and elsewhere. Meanwhile, the Sox haven't actually entered the postseason yet! I like my 25, but won't repeat them here. I do think these September games are a pretty good testing ground for who makes that roster. For example, I would never have put Lin on there, but that ball off his glove in CF showed me that guy is versatile even though he didn't catch that fly. Plus the double. Plus a good infielder. But mostly he might be the fastest guy on the team. So, even though I didn't pick him, he could end up on that roster. Despite the bullpen travails, I'm sticking with 11 pitchers--4 rotation (obvious) and 7 relievers. I included Wright, but some didn't and should right now feel pretty foolish. I excluded Pom and still believe that was a good decision. But I also had Kelly and now have doubts.

Another remarkable win in part attributable to Cora's managing. He brought in Pom after Sale to no avail--specifically, 2 runs--but the others did OK. Even Kelly got 3 outs and Wright got the save. On top of which, first Holt's dinger and then the most improbable hit of all came from Lin, who was in for Betts and doubled off the monster, moved to 3b, and then scored on a big sac fly from Beni. No JDM, no Bogey, no Mookie--no problem. Next we will see cats living with dogs. My goodness gracious.

Certainly, Vazquez has the knack. But Sandy Leon is OK at it. If the Sox are behind when Wright goes in, maybe Cora wants to leave him in so he can pinch hit for him if he is due to bat soon.

Just like last night--lineup looks hopeless and helpless in the 1st. Beni grounds out weakly after Mookie and Holt K--Holt in three pitches.

Good thing Porcello is pitching so well because the lineup looks like crap.

Sandy ain't the problem. JDM has already left 4 on with a K and an easy pop fly.

Beni bunting on a pitch a mile high??????!!!!!!

Now Beni and Devers have both gotten on from errors. Even Bogey's rbi single was a two hopper that got thru.

I'm sorry, but the Sox lineup is looking pathetic--last game, the game before, and the first inning today when the Mets pitcher gave us all kinds of breaks and scoring just 1 unearned run.

True.

You are one big whiner, but you are saying what I am thinking. Last night's fans were ripped off. I think watching a game at Fenway--tickets, parking, food, etc--is as expensive as anywhere in MLB. On top of which, down the right side are some of the worst sight lines in MLB. Us armchair/sofa types get to switch channels or turn the TV off. Two straight games against two different teams--both with losing records, one NL and one AL--when the Sox offense was moribund at Fenway. But you know something? The thing that pissed me off the most was Kinsler getting picked off at 1B.