RED SOX V ASTROS
SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2017, 8 PM AT MINUTE MAID PARK
TV: ESPN
BOSTON, (38-30)............................................................................HOUSTON, (46-23)
BOSTON:
DAVID PRICE, LHP, 1-1,5.09 ERA, 21K
Price is expected to make his scheduled start Sunday despite a blister on his
left hand. It will be the 31-year-old's fifth outing this season. Price allowed three
runs, four hits and four walks in six innings vs. the Yankees in his last start.
HOUSTON:
JOE MUSGROVE, RHP, 4-5, 4.81 ERA, 45 K
Musgrove pitched 4 2/3 innings Monday, his first start since hitting the
10-day DL on May 27, (shoulder discomfort). Over 75 pitches, he
allowed two runs on five hits vs. the Rangers.
Price, Musgrove set for Father's Day faceoff
Christian Boutwell
The Red Sox and Astros will face off Sunday in their series finale -- and last meeting until they close out the season from Sept. 28-Oct 1. The Father's Day matchup at Minute Maid Park will be nationally televised as part of ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball.
The Astros will turn to Joe Musgrove, who tossed 4 2/3 innings of five-hit, two-run ball on a limited pitch count in his first start since coming off the disabled list. Musgrove (4-5, 4.81 ERA) said he doesn't expect to be on a pitch count Sunday.
"Hopefully no pitch count," he said. "I should be back to somewhere around 100 pitches. Yeah, I'll try to be as efficient as I can tomorrow and hopefully at least get [to the seventh inning]."
David Price, Boston's left-handed starter, will make his fifth start of the season. In his last outing on Tuesday, Price (1-1, 5.09 ERA) threw six innings on 103 pitches and allowed three earned runs on four hits.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS GAME
• Musgrove has allowed two runs or fewer in five of his last seven starts.
• In seven career starts against the Astros, Price is 4-2 with a 2.68 ERA. He's allowed 15 earned runs in 50 1/3 innings vs. Houston with 61 strikeouts and only eight walks.
• The Red Sox and Astros and all MLB clubs will wear specifically designed Father's Day uniforms as well as blue ribbons and blue wristbands to raise awareness and funds toward the fight against prostate cancer. For the first time, Father's Day games across MLB will feature a blue-stitched Rawlings baseball, the official ball of MLB, as the official game ball. Players and all on-field personnel have worn blue ribbons and sported blue wristbands on Father's Day since MLB first partnered with the Prostate Cancer Foundation in 1996. Overall, PCF has raised more than $700 million for prostate cancer research to date.
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/20170617237103874/price-musgrove-set-for-fathers-day-faceoff/?game_pk=491131
RED SOX (38-30)
Mookie Betts, RF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
Xander Bogaerts, SS
Mitch Moreland, 1B
Hanley Ramirez, DH
Andrew Benintendi, LF
Jackie Bradley Jr., CF
Josh Rutledge, 3B
Christian Vazquez, C
David Price, LHP (1-1, 5.09 ERA)
ASTROS (46-23)
George Springer, RF
Jose Altuve, 2B
Carlos Correa, SS
Brian McCann, C
Carlos Beltran, DH
Yuli Gurriel, 1B
Alex Bregman, 3B
Derek Fisher, LF
Jake Marisnick, CF
Joe Musgrove, RHP (4-5, 4.81 ERA)
http://nesn.com/2017/06/red-sox-vs-astros-lineup-hanley-ramirez-returns-for-series-finale/
E S P N , I guess it is better than nothing ........ SOX really need to win this one, score some RUNS please !!!
David Price vs Joe Musgrove, Astros' #5 starter = see last night's game. Rinse, repeat.
Quote from: ipot on June 18, 2017, 02:06:26 PM
David Price vs Joe Musgrove, Astros' #5 starter = see last night's game. Rinse, repeat.
The Yankees lost again to the A's---four straight. The same question as twice before.....CAN WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT????? My heart tells me one thing, my head another. For Pete's sake , can the Red Sox ever stop running in place and fly out of the blocks? Exasperating. I also still don't like that batting order. Benintendi should bat second, Pedroia first, Mookie fourth, and hold my nose as his lack of RBI's, Bogaerts third and Hanley and MOreland going between fifth and sixth. Speed you say? Well Mookie can run but the team hasn't run all year so that is not an issue. I wonder why Farrell is so stubborn about it. It worked earlier in the season when we were putting more runs on the board.
I am not much for scoreboard watching in June but Fred makes a great point.Now that the Yankees finally stopped playing over their heads tonight is a great time for the offense to show up and finally, pound the ball.Enough of this 3 hits BS to drive home a run.
XB goes deep for an early 1-0 lead and Price quickly gives it back.
Well David "Not Worth The" Price looking pretty bad again tonight. Lucky to be holding them to one the way he's pitching. The guy can't locate at all, it's pathetic to watch. Then we have to listen to the ESPN team on top of that! The offense also looks as "dynamic" as ever.
4 runs in 4 games (so far). Serious return of the noffense.
Xander goes deep again to put the Sox back on top 3-2.
JBJ adds a run. Sox up 4-2.
JBJ finally hits the high fastball. Drives in 2. 5-2 Sox in the 6th.
I missed that JBJ drove in 2.
And then Price, who should have been done, gives back a run.
Oh c'mon. This is pathetic. Sox are determined to lose this game. Hembree makes it a one run game.
Guess it's a game of hr's.
Be nice if someone else on the Sox side besides Xman hits one.
'Stros pitcher plunks two Sox in a row. Need to sit him down.
Mookie catching hell this inning. Hit twice.
Still, he makes it home for an insurance run. Xman again. Piling up the RBIs tonight.
Kelly shakes off two signs and then gives up a double. Hmm.
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 10:10:44 PM
Kelly shakes off two signs and then gives up a double. Hmm.
He made a good pitch. 100mph on the corner down and away. Hitter just got the best of that match up. He got out of it giving up no runs.
Hope we can hold onto this :-X considering Price was handing the game to the Astros who have 11 LOBsters and 2-12 with RISPs
Big bats up for Houston....
Meatball walks Springer
Meatball walks Altuve. ::)
Meatball Matt gonna blow the game here.
Ok, there's one and no advance of the runners. Need a DP now.
I'd have Kimbrel ready to come in. He's of no use if the Astro's take the lead. The save might be in the 8th.
Need Scott to be tough here. He's capable of doing it.
Ugh. Three straight balls. And way outside, too.
Lovely. 4 pitch walk. Just what they needed.
Great. Bases loaded. Game over in 3..2...
Benintendi with a great throw. If they turn this over, it's pure BS.
Nope, it's an out. Awesome throw. Benintendi may have saved this game.
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 10:51:07 PM
Benintendi with a great throw. If they turn this over, it's pure BS.
He may have just saved the game. This is a big out coming up
Nice throw. Almost got tied up on a little bloop hit.
Robby Scott is usually pretty good. But he seems to have a control issue tonight.
Yes! K by Scott
Boom! Gone. Crappy call, but Hanley got nailed on a crappy call earlier, so it's all good. Sure could use another insurance run or two.
Bullpen has bent itself almost in half but still have the lead. Hopefully Kimbrel is zeroed in tonight.
Thank u for that inside K zone, ump 8)
Close, but no cigar for Mookie. Kimbrel time.
Please...the Kimbrel we paid for now. :-X
What? Panda at 3B and Rutledge at 2B? Isn't that weakening your defense?
1 down.
One down.
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 11:07:05 PM
What? Panda at 3B and Rutledge at 2B? Isn't that weakening your defense?
Pedey having back issues apparently.
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 11:07:05 PM
What? Panda at 3B and Rutledge at 2B? Isn't that weakening your defense?
Obviously Pedroia can't play or he'd be out there.
Nice track and catch by Benintendi.
Nice catch Benintendi.
Vasquez nailed him. No question. NICE!! Tied for 1st!
Great throw by Vaz. Game over. Sox with a share of 1st place.
Great throw by Vazquez. Sox win 6-5 and a series win. Tied for 1st now.
Quote from: Schloicka on June 18, 2017, 11:14:00 PM
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 11:07:05 PM
What? Panda at 3B and Rutledge at 2B? Isn't that weakening your defense?
Obviously Pedroia can't play or he'd be out there.
Nothing is obvious until they tell you what's going on.
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 11:18:29 PM
Quote from: Schloicka on June 18, 2017, 11:14:00 PM
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 11:07:05 PM
What? Panda at 3B and Rutledge at 2B? Isn't that weakening your defense?
Obviously Pedroia can't play or he'd be out there.
Nothing is obvious until they tell you what's going on.
Is pretty obvious unless Pedroia has quit the team. If he felt he could of been on the field he would of been. He certainly wasn't taken out to improve the defense.
Sox now need to figure out how to get Porcello and Price to be more consistant. Price did get the win but allowing 8 hits and 3 walks in 5 innings is a recipe for disaster. The 2 hr's were both solo shots so that's not a terrible thing considering I expect teams like the Astro's to hit hr's. If you throw a hr hitting team enough pitches the will burn you occasionally. Nice to see Xman come through. Let's hope Betts and Pedroia are ok for the next game.
Kansas City. Kansas City Here We Come!
Quote from: Schloicka on June 18, 2017, 11:20:51 PM
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 11:18:29 PM
Quote from: Schloicka on June 18, 2017, 11:14:00 PM
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 11:07:05 PM
What? Panda at 3B and Rutledge at 2B? Isn't that weakening your defense?
Obviously Pedroia can't play or he'd be out there.
Nothing is obvious until they tell you what's going on.
Is pretty obvious unless Pedroia has quit the team. If he felt he could of been on the field he would of been. He certainly wasn't taken out to improve the defense.
Announcers said he hurt his back in previous inning.
Quote from: ipot on June 18, 2017, 11:43:16 PM
Quote from: Schloicka on June 18, 2017, 11:20:51 PM
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 11:18:29 PM
Quote from: Schloicka on June 18, 2017, 11:14:00 PM
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 11:07:05 PM
What? Panda at 3B and Rutledge at 2B? Isn't that weakening your defense?
Obviously Pedroia can't play or he'd be out there.
Nothing is obvious until they tell you what's going on.
Is pretty obvious unless Pedroia has quit the team. If he felt he could of been on the field he would of been. He certainly wasn't taken out to improve the defense.
Announcers said he hurt his back in previous inning.
He went for x-rays. That's why he was taken out.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/19676234/boston-red-sox-second-baseman-dustin-pedroia-taken-hospital-x-rays-hit-pitch
Quote from: Schloicka on June 18, 2017, 11:17:48 PM
Great throw by Vazquez. Sox win 6-5 and a series win. Tied for 1st now.
Tied for 1st ??? WOW, as DAD would say, "SON, not BAD for what we see as a BAD team" !!
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 11:17:32 PM
Great throw by Vaz. Game over. Sox with a share of 1st place.
Nice looking at the standings seeing only 1 game back in the loss column.
Quote from: ipot on June 18, 2017, 11:43:16 PM
Quote from: Schloicka on June 18, 2017, 11:20:51 PM
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 11:18:29 PM
Quote from: Schloicka on June 18, 2017, 11:14:00 PM
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 11:07:05 PM
What? Panda at 3B and Rutledge at 2B? Isn't that weakening your defense?
Obviously Pedroia can't play or he'd be out there.
Nothing is obvious until they tell you what's going on.
Is pretty obvious unless Pedroia has quit the team. If he felt he could of been on the field he would of been. He certainly wasn't taken out to improve the defense.
Announcers said he hurt his back in previous inning.
I can't stand the ESPN announcers, so I had it muted. So I missed the one important thing they said all night.
Quote from: Schloicka on June 18, 2017, 11:39:12 PM
Sox now need to figure out how to get Porcello and Price to be more consistant. Price did get the win but allowing 8 hits and 3 walks in 5 innings is a recipe for disaster. The 2 hr's were both solo shots so that's not a terrible thing considering I expect teams like the Astro's to hit hr's. If you throw a hr hitting team enough pitches the will burn you occasionally. Nice to see Xman come through. Let's hope Betts and Pedroia are ok for the next game.
Kansas City. Kansas City Here We Come!
A much bigger recipe for
DIASTER is Porcello giving up 17 ER in his last 18 1/3 innings.
Quote from: Schloicka on June 18, 2017, 10:24:31 PM
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 10:10:44 PM
Kelly shakes off two signs and then gives up a double. Hmm.
He made a good pitch. 100mph on the corner down and away. Hitter just got the best of that match up. He got out of it giving up no runs.
There were a few of these. One of the big hits that they got against Price was a curve ball down and off the plate and the guy pulled it. Still, Price looks absolutely terrible. About the only thing ESPN got right last night was showing where his pitches were being thrown vs. where the catcher was setting up.
ESPN is just horrible, but at least the night before we had Fox and Don Orsillo. Thankfully Joe Buck was doing the US Open (a terrible broadcast - leave golf to the Golf Channel, NBC and CBS.)
At one point Boone was saying "next pitch here will be a high fastball", the guy K's on a low fastball. Next batter "he'll be climbing the ladder again!" Again!?!?! Then they have one too many announcers, a three man booth means they have to talk to each other rather than talk about the game.
As for the game, at least the Sox came through for Price and he got the win. Having $50M tied up in two terrible pitchers is a real shame. Nice to see some timely offense and they flashed the leather a bit too. Pedey should stop trying to steal bases, he seems to get caught (and hurt) every time.
Quote from: Rob from Mass on June 19, 2017, 07:45:24 AM
Quote from: Schloicka on June 18, 2017, 11:39:12 PM
Sox now need to figure out how to get Porcello and Price to be more consistant. Price did get the win but allowing 8 hits and 3 walks in 5 innings is a recipe for disaster. The 2 hr's were both solo shots so that's not a terrible thing considering I expect teams like the Astro's to hit hr's. If you throw a hr hitting team enough pitches the will burn you occasionally. Nice to see Xman come through. Let's hope Betts and Pedroia are ok for the next game.
Kansas City. Kansas City Here We Come!
A much bigger recipe for DIASTER is Porcello giving up 17 ER in his last 18 1/3 innings.
Yup. I'm not holding my breath with Price either. Last night was an escape job, the kind Porcello was doing 6 or so starts back - he'd get the W with a minimal amount of damage run-wise but the WHIP was ugly. Eventually, it caught up to him - too many hits/BBs. Price is looking the same way....It's a BIG problem. Both these guys.
Quote from: markj on June 19, 2017, 07:29:39 AM
Quote from: ipot on June 18, 2017, 11:43:16 PM
Quote from: Schloicka on June 18, 2017, 11:20:51 PM
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 11:18:29 PM
Quote from: Schloicka on June 18, 2017, 11:14:00 PM
Quote from: markj on June 18, 2017, 11:07:05 PM
What? Panda at 3B and Rutledge at 2B? Isn't that weakening your defense?
Obviously Pedroia can't play or he'd be out there.
Nothing is obvious until they tell you what's going on.
Is pretty obvious unless Pedroia has quit the team. If he felt he could of been on the field he would of been. He certainly wasn't taken out to improve the defense.
Announcers said he hurt his back in previous inning.
I can't stand the ESPN announcers, so I had it muted. So I missed the one important thing they said all night.
That announcing team on ESPN Sunday Night Baseball should just get lost. The lady has outlived her usefulness with all her giggling and mundane comments, and the other two are tweedley dumb and tweedlee dee. Besides, those commercials last forever and are incessant and the game just drones on and on.......and I have it easier since I live on the West Coast. Courageous win, though, and we won the series. 5-2 on this trip---not exactly road warriors yet but an improvement from earlier. I just hope we don't lose Pedroia for any length of time. He would never have come out unless he was hurt. Damn it, though, he seems to get hurt too much for our and his own good. We need him in that lineup and we don't need Sandoval in there at all.
Quote from: Rob from Mass on June 19, 2017, 07:45:24 AM
Quote from: Schloicka on June 18, 2017, 11:39:12 PM
Sox now need to figure out how to get Porcello and Price to be more consistant. Price did get the win but allowing 8 hits and 3 walks in 5 innings is a recipe for disaster. The 2 hr's were both solo shots so that's not a terrible thing considering I expect teams like the Astro's to hit hr's. If you throw a hr hitting team enough pitches the will burn you occasionally. Nice to see Xman come through. Let's hope Betts and Pedroia are ok for the next game.
Kansas City. Kansas City Here We Come!
A much bigger recipe for DIASTER is Porcello giving up 17 ER in his last 18 1/3 innings.
Yea Rob, and I will be there Friday in person watching them retire Papi's number and most likely seeing Porcello getting his head handed to him again. Some how, some way the Red Sox must win this coming Friday. David doesn't deserve his night to be spoiled by crappy pitching and crappier play. WIN THAT GAME!!!!!!!
Hello all from Juneau Alaska. Caught the ESPN game. Espn has the worst broadcast team. The spent the entire broadcast playing "I am smarter than you". They seemed to forget there was a game being played.
Quote from: elktonnick on June 19, 2017, 04:13:50 PM
Hello all from Juneau Alaska. Caught the ESPN game. Espn has the worst broadcast team. The spent the entire broadcast playing "I am smarter than you". They seemed to forget there was a game being played.
B I N G O DAT !!! thumb_d rofl slap