GAME #69, BOSTON RED SOX AT HOUSTON ASTROS

[ipot]

What? Panda at 3B and Rutledge at 2B? Isn't that weakening your defense?

Pedey having back issues apparently.

[Schloicka]

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.

[ipot]

Nice track and catch by Benintendi.

[Schloicka]

Nice catch Benintendi.

[ipot]

Vasquez nailed him.  No question.  NICE!!  Tied for 1st!

[markj]

Great throw by Vaz. Game over. Sox with a share of 1st place.

[Schloicka]

Great throw by Vazquez. Sox win 6-5 and a series win. Tied for 1st now.

[markj]

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.

[Schloicka]

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.

[Schloicka]

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!

[ipot]

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. 

[Schloicka]

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

[Bill-806]

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" !!

[Rob from Mass]

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.

[markj]

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.