vegasbob

Duran must steal second now

Not the 8th inning yet, don't rush the magic of com from behind baseball

Great comment. I do think that was a weak move.

If Sawamura gets us out of this one with no other rum scored, have no fear we have more batters to come up

They get a gift last night with both Rays and Yanks losing. Time to step up, but the alarm has not rung yet.

The walk should have been his last pitch, it was evident he was all over the place

Richards showing no command of the baseball nor strike zone. looks tired at 70 pitches with a sloppy finish to his delivery

2 men on twice, and Dugo chases again. He is the hole in the donut

Trained by the same great minds that helped Chavis and Dalbec. How did Devers escape the RS system and still be a hitter?

JD held back, even if he was thinking about chasing. Now Dugo needs to earn his salary, big time for a large hit

JD used to drive that pitch into the Rf stands

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Minimized the damage of bases loaded , no outs. Now have to play a short game

0-2, he's in deep crapola---Richards that is Git him, now the DP

9 or 10 pitch AB's rarely work out well for the pitcher. Could still get the DP but ....

A K, DP or pop up or else go get Richards now before the thunder starts

Well, Verdugo usually carries his bat along with him to save the batboy the nuisance of picking it up

2 DPs in 4 innings, potential rally killers

I might have an idea on the defensive positioning vs Vaz, who is making a living off bloops to short right center

Marwin may take a while to get back to his stellar first half

It's rare to see him run real hard. That was hard hit and right at the perfectly positioned SS. It wouldn't have occured to him to bunt down the 3B line like Devers did last week

JD rips it out to right as fast as it came in. That type of hit could have beat the Rays

Peralta throwing some real trash up there. Slow down the bats and whack it

Thanks to the O's last night, we are back to one game out from Rays. Need to start hitting and rack up 7 or 8 runs asap to keep the heat on the Rays. This is a notable game to see if the Sox can respond and get their game faces back on to compete

Keep in mind that if Sale does pitch on any day in the Rays series, there will be 39 to 40 remaining games from then, so Sale gets maybe 8 starts if his arm and shoulder hold up. Maybe 40-50 innings total. Definitely a boost over any of Perez or Richards , and same for Houck. I do think they need to see if Houck can get to the 5-6 inning mark as a precursor to 2022. Otherwise point to BP for '22. Slugger Schwarber , if he's back on the 10th gets about 200 PA's at max, maybe 50 hits . Better than Dalbec or the late Chavis would have done . You can only hope he energizes the offense like Rizzo may have done for NYY. Forgetting Rizzo, and discounting Schwarber's potential contributions, Bloom basically traded for a guy that can't play , needs to learn a new position and may not be real maneuverable in the midst of a pennant race. We'll see how that plays out. Prediction, Sox go 29-26 and settle for WC , which they lose in the 9th inning despite a 3 run lead when Barnes walks the bases full and then gives up a Pesky pole GS.