The Red Sox (33-24) hope to move into a tie for 1st place in the AL East tonight when they host the division leading Yankees (34-23) at Fenway Park. Boston has won all 5 meetings between the two teams so far in 2009. New York, however, will have Alex Rodriguez (.248, 8 HR, 23 RBI) in the lineup against Boston for the first time this year. They will also have AJ Burnett (4-2, 4.69 ERA) who is 5-0 lifetime against the Sox. Boston will counter with Josh Beckett (6-2, 4.09 ERA) who has been dominant of late. They will certainly need their ace's best effort tonight, especially with Jacoby Ellsbury out of the lineup (sore shoulder). Let's go Red Sox!
Posts
51 comments:
"It doesn't get any better than this" - Don Orsillo
Does he realize the Yanks are in 1st, it's raining and Ellsbury is out injured? Wow, talk about setting the bar low.
Wonder what chant the Sox fans are going to bust out for Rodriguez's 1st at bat.
Starting lineups...
Red Sox
1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
2. J.D. Drew, RF
3. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
4. Jason Bay, LF
5. Mike Lowell, 3B
6. David Ortiz, DH
7. Jason Varitek, C
8. Mark Kotsay, CF
9. Nick Green, SS
-- Josh Beckett, RHP
Yankees
1. Derek Jeter, SS
2. Johnny Damon DH
3. Mark Teixeira 1B
4. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
5. Robinson Cano, 2B
6. Jorge Posada, C
7. Nick Swisher, LF
8. Melky Cabrera, RF
9. Brett Gardner, CF
-- A.J. Burnett, RHP
Hilarious comment about Orsillo, DK
Beckett will go under 4.00 ERA if he gets Swisher out here
done. 3.98.
bottom 2....Lowell, Papi, VTek
F YEAH!!
lowell Walked...Papi up
Strike 1 looking (96mph)
foul strike 2 (97 mph)
ball high (96 mph)
ball outside (83 mph - slider)
HOLY SHIT!!! HOME RUN!!!
Papi goes deep....
2 - 0 Sox.
Bottom of the 2nd.
amazing!
Tek strikes out looking
4 pitch walk to Kotsay. I really like Kotsay.
2 more in.
4 to nil.
(that was for you Doodle)
this is great!
Way to keep that Pitch Count up.
Still Bottom of the 2nd.
AJ looks pretty bad
Sox are 5 picks a away in MLB draft
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/draft2009/news/story?id=4246340
66 pitches for AJ after 2.
4-0 Sox
62 pitches I mean
Jeter hits out to make their 3rd Out.
1 2 3 for the Sox.
Not much of a break for AJ.
Let's keep these bats swinging!!
Here we go Lowell!
a ball and a strike,
low and outside
2 Balls, 1 Strike
again low and outside
3 Balls, 1 Strike
and AJ walks him on next pitch.
Papi to the plate...
2 Balls 0 Strikes
He's pitching to the same spot he did Lowell.
It is Inside on Papi.
Papi got him to 3 and 0
then 3 and 1
then he popped out to shallow left.
Damn, Lowell gets picked off.
I'm thinking Tek missing a hit & run there is the likely deal....no way Lowell is trying a straight steal.
Another walk.
Burnett is not impressive at all.
Kotsay moves Tek to 2nd with a Single to Right.
Red Sox on the clock in the MLB Draft.
Burnett's hit and miss.
Some nights it seems he is their number 1.
...and according to Baseball America the #9 player is still available at #28!
Green with a 2-out RBI double.
5-0!
YES!!! more runs.
Off the Monster for Nick Green.
5th run.
I can see that Luke...when he blew a fastball by Drew earlier I was thinking "how does anyone ever get a hit off this guy" and then 2 pitches later Drew took him off the wall for a double.
Sox took Puerto Rican High School OF named Raymond Fuentes.
It looked like Green yelled at A-Rod right before he caught that pop up
Guy the Sox just took his Carlos Beltran's nephew.
Hope he's got the genes.
Pedroia with a Brilliant stop. But can't get the throw out.
2 Outs
Man on First and Second.
Fievel up to bat.
Posada Strikes Out on a 96 MPHer.
Ends Inning.
Papi can get over .200 here!
It still kills me to see Tony Pena in the NY dugout.
NYY 0 1 1
BOS 6 7 0
Middle of 6th.
Solo shot by Green.
7 - 0
FINAL SCORE
RED SOX 7, YANKEES 0
PLAYER OF THE GAME
JOSH BECKETT
6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 K
(Runner Up: Nick Green, 2-4, 2 R, 2B, HR, 2 RBI)
Post a Comment