vegasbob

Love that 2 out hitting by Devers. If he can stay focused at bat and in field, it's a different threat from Holt or Nunez. I expect Cora will play Rafael from now on.

Bogie blows a gift situation swinging at crap that was never in the zone.

Moustakas K's to end the Brewer's mini 9th inning rally. Neither Dodgers nor Brewers look all that good right now.

looking for JDM to have a big 3 hit, HR game somewhere in here. Tonight would be great.

Would have thought Altuve behind Bregman would have made more sense then Springer, etc. Altuve is a tough out and contact hitter with power, and can bunt for a hit or sac. Hope AJ's lineup fails in all ways possible.

For anyone who saw Machado's intentional trip over Aguilar last night , and second base slide the night before, there should be little denial that Machado is a dirty player with no regard for the opponent's vulnerabity. The Burfect of baseball. His quotes in the LA press today show he does not care if hustles on routine plays or not. "That's the way I am" . The Red Sox have gone through an entire season without a regular 2Bman because of the same type play on Pedroia. Yelich called him out as a dirty player. Theirs a fine line between "hard nosed" , old school baseball and being a thug, like Aaron Hernandez, and Machado has crossed it. Hope Milwaukee sends him home to whatever shithole third world country will have him. Signing this assclown by the Sox could be one thing that would make me puke . I hope he does not wind up in the AL East with 19 shots at our team. On the other hand , a team that is willing to throw at him all the time might be the answer. Throw to injure not harass. Aside from any consideration of position, Manny has taken world class talent and embodied with world class ******* attitude.

The argument that the game can be lost in the 7th/8th , prior to the Cler's appearance, is a strong one, but often you won't know it's major trouble until that pitcher has got 2 or 3 on and runs scored, so your best reliever, the Closer, might be late to the fire. The 9th is probably given so much significance and begot the Closer because if you get those 3 outs, it's over and no more chances.

Looks like we need to win the ALCS without much reliance on Chris Sale. Just wonder if the stomach problem was a virus, bacterial (food poisoning) or ulcers ? In any case, he's not likely to be delivering an 8 inning shutout gem any time soon. Maybe in WS.

2 runs in last 21 innings ? That's a slump that will get you dumped.

If he is going to be on the roster and Cora needs long relief in one game, better to keep Erod's head in the game. Can't be sure Sale will be up for a start Thursday

Who has the ball tomorrow ?? Is it Porcello for sure. if so I like our chances of being up 3-1.

It's a shame but Illinois is right, if you have watched JBJr try, you know he can't do it.

Right. Vaz was scoreboard watching to see what the Yankees were doing. Oh forgot, they aren't playing until next April

f*** Bregman and sign Brasier to a 10 year extension. Won't have to see him or Altuve if they get 6 more outs in a row

You missed the 2 HR's since the A-S game ?? Shame, they were beauties. Only 10 other Sox hit more, including Nunez and Swihart. Actually, he could forgo the HR's if he was truly a .295, contact hitter behind Betts, but was at .279 post All-Star.

He does that too often to be much of a threat and chasing the dirtball curves continues for our LH non-hitters

And I only assume that one day the Red Sox could have drafted Bregman ???

How many innings does Eovaldi have to get 4 outs due to defense? Astros have been lucky and our gloves sucky

If you had watched him in Anaheim (I'm in SoCal), you would have seen this was a bad move by DD. The guy has nothing left

Not surprised if true, you could easily hear it as a hard hit. Didn't think the glove would make that sound surrounding the ball.

Good call on Ian K., chasing dirt balls to K

Sipp sucks with that high inside pitch for a walk. Probably the only one that Devers might not have chased. Make the Stros pay now, Ian

12 outs from sticking it to the Astros. Why do I think that will take 3 hours ? Maybe put up 3 more runs to provide some relief (pitching)

2 out walks and shitheads at 3B, what a recipe

NEVER EVER, and yet he does it game after game. Total waste. They can either pitch tight with 2 strikes or find new work