GAME #45, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2019, ASTROS @ BOSTON RED SOX

[Schloicka]

7:15PM Eastern

RED SOX

Hector Velazquez (R)

1. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF
2. Mookie Betts (R) RF
3. J.D. Martinez (R) DH
4. Mitch Moreland (L) 1B
5. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
6. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
7. Michael Chavis (R) 2B
8. Christian Vazquez (R) C
9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF


ASTROS

Corbin Martin (R)

1. George Springer (R) RF
2. Alex Bregman (R) 3B
3. Michael Brantley (L) LF
4. Carlos Correa (R) SS
5. Josh Reddick (L) DH
6. Yuli Gurriel (R) 2B
7. Tyler White (R) 1B
8. Max Stassi (R) C
9. Jake Marisnick (R) CF


Gametime Temp: 66°F
Chance of Precip: 1%

[Murph]

The Stros are looking like the 18 Sox . No holes GREAT offense with everyone helping out .Loads of power and great SP and a very good pen. And the offense has not seen the good Altuve yet. Gonna be very difficult to be these guys but not impossible.

[Sea Dog 23]

The Stros are looking like the 18 Sox . No holes GREAT offense with everyone helping out .Loads of power and great SP and a very good pen. And the offense has not seen the good Altuve yet. Gonna be very difficult to be these guys but not impossible.

They're up 8 1/2 in the AL West with all others sub .500.  Twins opening up things in the ALC.

[SeaBeachFred]

The Stros are looking like the 18 Sox . No holes GREAT offense with everyone helping out .Loads of power and great SP and a very good pen. And the offense has not seen the good Altuve yet. Gonna be very difficult to be these guys but not impossible.

They're up 8 1/2 in the AL West with all others sub .500.  Twins opening up things in the ALC.

And if we don't make a big move in the AL Est race and start moving up instead of running in place and firing and falling back, then when the Yankees get fully healthy we could be in very deep shit.  Amazing with all their key players out they are winning games with hitting, power hitting, defense and pitching from both ends of the game.  We lose two or three men like Price and Nathan and we seem to sink in the mud.  When the hell is this team really going to wake up and realize they could be in very serious trouble?

[Bill-806]

The Stros are looking like the 18 Sox . No holes GREAT offense with everyone helping out .Loads of power and great SP and a very good pen. And the offense has not seen the good Altuve yet. Gonna be very difficult to be these guys but not impossible.

They're up 8 1/2 in the AL West with all others sub .500.  Twins opening up things in the ALC.

And if we don't make a big move in the AL Est race and start moving up instead of running in place and firing and falling back, then when the Yankees get fully healthy we could be in very deep shit.  Amazing with all their key players out they are winning games with hitting, power hitting, defense and pitching from both ends of the game.  We lose two or three men like Price and Nathan and we seem to sink in the mud.  When the hell is this team really going to wake up and realize they could be in very serious trouble?

DAT's  a  B I N G O FRED !!!!  A must win tonight & D D needs to FRESHEN that ROSTER !!! iono iono iono

[elktonnick]

Disastrous !st inning.  Vazquez did not position himself properly to get that throw from Bradley hence he dropped the ball.  IMO Vazquez drops a heck of a lot of balls behind the plat

[SeaBeachFred]

Disastrous !st inning.  Vazquez did not position himself properly to get that throw from Bradley hence he dropped the ball.  IMO Vazquez drops a heck of a lot of balls behind the plat

Velasquez is shitty, pure and simple.  He has no business being in  the rotation and the sooner we DFA him and then send him down the better.  He has been totally ineffective since last summer and doesn't belong in the Bigs.  Send the bum back to the Mexican League where he belongs.  I had a bad feeling about how  this shithead would fail to perform today and perhaps this game is already lost.  Hear me Cora, get rid of this crud.

[markj]

Way to go, Xander. Like the Sox aren't in enough of a hole, he blows a chance to get the lead runner, who is now at 3B.

[markj]

Sure enough, a sac fly brings him home. Chalk that run up to Bogie.

[elktonnick]

No focus.  No video games in the clubhouse until these guys play sound  fundamental baseball.

[Sea Dog 23]

A Velazquez happens when the farm is devoid of anyone who could come up as a spot starter.  That's just one hole.  Lots of wiggle room for Sox IMO, because most of the league is really bad.  However we have to play the Yanks and Rays in another 30 games.

[elktonnick]

Cora should have challenged Chavis's play and I posted it before Vazquez's homer.

[markj]

Big chance here with bases juiced and one out. See if Bogie can atone.

[markj]

He K's looking. Although to be fair, it was off the plate. Crappy call.

[markj]

No. Clutch. Hitting.

Again.