GAME #127, BOSTON RED SOX AT CLEVELAND INDIANS

[BoSoxFanNY]

Indians 10 - Sox 4
Going to the top of the 7th inning.

(BEFORE this series started I had hoped for a split.)
We got the split, but - I NEVER expected Chris Sale
to implode though.

Hopefully this team will re-group when they get home.

[longgame]

3 of 5 August starts he has gotten crushed.Soon we will see that infamous injury pop up.

That's what worries me.  He may need some rest. 

This could have been a bit better - they blew that DP when Bogey didn't take it himself and hesitated and flipped it to Nunez instead.  Funny how the pitching and defense seem to go bad together on the same nights.  I like that the offense is still grinding though, need a big hit now!

[longgame]

Indians 10 - Sox 4
Going to the top of the 7th inning.

(BEFORE this series started I had hoped for a split.)
We got the split, but - I NEVER expected Chris Sale
to implode though.

Hopefully this team will re-group when they get home.

The good thing is that we won those last 2 and have the tiebreaker for home field over Cleveland.

[markj]

Maybe they can still make a game of this.

Or not.

[markj]

Ugly, ugly game.

[markj]

Worse than the butt whuppin' the Yankees put on Detroit the other night.

[BoSoxFanNY]

Let them get this clunker out of the way.

Thank goodness the Yankees lost today.

Sox are still 4 1/2 games ahead in the AL EAST.

[BoSoxFanNY]

HOPE that Mookie is okay.

Says he left the game due to an injured knee.

NOT good.

[Bear]

Another toxic game.  Ok, then, I get it.
Sale was in "marked down" mode...got it.
Players?  what mode were they in?
How can an entire team implode at the same time?
I'm at a loss, if someone has the answer, I'm ready
to listen.
What a big disappointment.
We can't depend on our "ace".

[Bear]

Mookie has a right knee contusion and is day/day.

[markj]

Mercifully over. Ugh.

[markj]

Sox outscored the Indians in this series 25-20, but split the 4 games.

[SeaBeachFred]

Baseball gets stranger by the day.  Who would have thought Sale would get eaten up tonight as he did?  I did say anything could happen but I didn't expect this---not at all.  Most of us if we're honest with ourselves pretty much thought this series would be a Mexican standoff---two for them and two for us----but we failed once again to open up a little more daylight between us and the Yankees so we have to look to tomorrow and hope that we got this clunker out of our system. I just believe it was one of those days.  Let's not have too many of them down the stretch, though.

[ipot]

Sale needs rest or refocus. That's 2 in a row he's looked lousy...
At least we salvage the tiebreaker and the NYY lost...

[Bill-806]

As  DAD would say, "SON, ya can't win them all"  !!!  With Mookie getting banged up, our heros are falling like flies....  I say,  D L  him for 10 days & bring up Bryce Bence  to hit some H R's  !!!  What say you ??? thumb_u iono