7:10PM Eastern
Red Sox
Eduardo Rodriguez (L)
1. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF
2. Mookie Betts (R) RF
3. Mitch Moreland (L) 1B
4. J.D. Martinez (R) DH
5. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
6. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
7. Christian Vazquez (R) C
8. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF
9. Tzu-Wei Lin (L) 2B
Rays
Ryne Stanek (R)
1. Yandy Diaz (R) 1B
2. Tommy Pham (R) LF
3. Austin Meadows (L) DH
4. Avisail Garcia (R) RF
5. Daniel Robertson (R) 3B
6. Guillermo Heredia (R) CF
7. Brandon Lowe (L) 2B
8. Willy Adames (R) SS
9. Michael Perez (L) C
Going to be interesting seeing the dead bats go against MLB best pitching staff.
NEW BLOOD has arrived , Su-Lin & the top minor leaguer Charvest ?????? iono iono
Mookie back to hitting second, Lin at 2B and batting 9th. Thankfully Rodriguez is able to throw to Vazquez. I wonder how all these other guys managed to win their Cy Youngs with catchers other than Sandy Leon?
The big question is will the Sox be stymied by Stanek. He appears to be an opener.
Down 2-0, Sox swinging at anything and getting nothing as usual.
It also seems that this year balls are just out of reach of our fielders.
Quote from: longgame on April 19, 2019, 07:01:59 PM
Down 2-0, Sox swinging at anything and getting nothing as usual.
It also seems that this year balls are just out of reach of our fielders.
I've been thinking that, too. The "League's Greatest Outfield" certainly looks mediocre.
Not to mention that they are looking like they’re capable of being no-hit tonight,
No-hit and shutout averted thanks to Raffy.
Signs of life, heck of a double by Devers.
Vaz with power to CF!
Wow, Vaz goes deep for a 2-run dinger. Sox now up 3-2.
Nice DP to get out of the inning. E-Rod still doing ok.
Even Mookie had a hit, things are looking up.
Sox up 4-2.
Why did Stanek come out so early? I tuned in after he left.
Well that didn't last long. E-Rod having a rough inning here. Game tied at 4. Still no outs.
Ugh, now 2 men on and still no outs.
After not capitalizing before with men on base and none out, E-Rod falls apart.
Given how they’ve been playing, with a lead against a good team, shouldn’t Cora have had someone ready? Sox are blowing another one.
Workman ends the inning with 2 pitches.
E-Rod always pitches with very little confidence. After the Spring Training debacle I have little confidence in Cora's judgment.
The infield is racking up the DPs tonight. Like seeing that.
Nice. Vaz cuts down a base stealer to end the inning. That had better be all for Workman.
Wow, I got up to grab a snack and a drink and now it's 6-4. Betts and Moreland both go deep.
Infield defense looks good because they have a good fielder at 2B for the first time all year. Lin may deserve a place on this team.
Betts hit a HR for the first run which is a really good sign.
Let’s see if a) they can add some more and, most importantly b) can the pen hold this lead?
Barnes with a clean inning. More runs would be good.
Vaz is having a good night at the plate and behind it.
Sox are hitting into DPs a lot tonight as well as turning them.
Just saw in The Globe that Swihart has been traded to Arizona for a minor league outfielder.
Brasier is becoming a liability instead of an asset. Showing some control issues tonight.
Got out of the inning, though. Sox take a surprising win.
The best news is that Betts seems to be snapping out of his doldrums.
Well, they just defeated the BEST TEAM in BASEBALL, good start, one game at a time !!! SWIHART, GONE to the D-BACKS !!! thumb_u iono iono rofl rofl rofl