WHITE SOX V RED SOX
SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2017, 1:30 PM AT FENWAY PARK
TV: NESN, CHICAGO TV (?)
CHICAGO, (41-67).............................................................................................BOSTON, (62-49)
CHICAGO:
MIKE PELFREY, RHP, 3-9, 5.04 ERA, 52K
Pelfrey went more than five innings Tuesday for the first time since June 17, but
still struggled going through the order multiple times. He allowed six runs to Toronto,
setting a new season high.
DOUG FISTER, RHP, 1-5, 5.18 ERA, 26K
Fister's long awaited first win of the 2017 season just so happened to be a pitching
gem. The sinkerballer gave up two runs and five hits in a 7 2/3 winning performance
against AL Central-leaders Cleveland on Monday.
Red Sox on a roll, aim to sweep White Sox
Quinn Roberts
Right-hander Doug Fister will look to build off his first win in a Red Sox uniform when he takes the hill for Sunday afternoon's series finale at Fenway Park against right-hander Mike Pelfrey and the White Sox. Boston seeks a sweep of the four-game set and a six-game winning streak.
Fister allowed two runs on five hits in 7 2/3 innings Monday against the Indians. The win broke a 10-game losing streak, which dated back to Aug. 22, 2016.
"As far as the streak, it was a long time coming," Fister said after the game. "There's been a lot of trials and tribulations that come with it."
Pelfrey had his roughest start of the season Tuesday against the Blue Jays, allowing a season-high six runs on seven hits in 5 2/3 innings for his second straight loss.
Pelfrey tossed five scoreless innings against the Red Sox on May 31, allowing five hits for the no-decision.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS GAME
• Expect catcher Sandy Leon back in Boston's lineup. Leon's right knee had been bothering him since his game-winning slide at home plate last Saturday against the Royals.
• Pelfrey is 1-1 wth a 3.77 ERA over his past three road starts.
• In 11 career starts against the White Sox, Fister is 3-5 with a 4.19 ERA.
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/20170805246619450/red-sox-on-a-roll-aim-to-sweep-white-sox/?game_pk=491755
RED SOX LINEUP:
HOLT, 2B
NUNEZ, DH
BENINTENDI, LF
YOUNG, RF
DEVERS, 3B
BOGAERTS, SS
MORELAND, 1B
BRADLEY, CF
LEON, C
FISTER, PITCHER
Sandy Leon back in the lineup ??? Right KNEE problem ??? Another KNEE, keep your eye on this one .... iono
If FISTER brings his SINKER ball, it should be easy/peasy.... thumb_u
Quote from: Bear on August 06, 2017, 12:54:23 AM
RED SOX LINEUP:
HOLT, 2B
NUNEZ, DH
BENINTENDI, LF
YOUNG, RF
DEVERS, 3B
BOGAERTS, SS
MORELAND, 1B
BRADLEY, CF
LEON, C
FISTER, PITCHER
With HAN/RAM out, looks like Bogey couldn't get another day off... Hope he is ready ?? iono
Good opening frame for Fister.
Nunez with a serious blast to put the Sox up 1-0.
Young with an equally impressive blast. Sox up 2-0.
Fister trying to give it all back.
There's one. Now 2-1. Still two men on and no outs.
As DAD would say, "SON, Baseball is a CHEMISTRY team game" !!! How the SOX have changed with the arrival of NUNEZ, add in Holt's return and the manager is able to just keep pushing the buttons !! thumb_u rofl
Another run in. Tied up now. Still no outs. Fister's not fooling anyone here.
He gave it all back and then some. Sox down 2-3. Inning over at least.
What is going on here GRASSHOPPER !!! Where is the SINKER BALL ??? Someone yell out FIRE !!! iono slap
VAZ with a day off, Leon with a bad KNEE K's !!!
Young drives in AB to tie it up, then gets caught out with more baserunning buffoonery. These guys need to take classes in baserunning.
Quote from: markj on August 06, 2017, 01:26:45 PM
Young drives in AB to tie it up, then gets caught out with more baserunning buffoonery. These guys need to take classes in baserunning.
Playing INTERESTING/CONFIDENT baseball ........ CIRCA 1967 !! thumb_u rofl
SINKER ball has returned..... Moving right along !! thumb_u
DEVERS, 0-2 .... What do you mean, two lousy infield grounders for the soon to be H O Fer !!! rofl iono
Chris Young is D D's boy, making J F look good !!! thumb_u rofl He loves that left field wall !! TWO HOMERS so far today for Chris !! thumb_u
Another dinger for Young makes it 6-3. That's 6 RBI today for Young.
Fister with 81 pitches through 6. Doing ok. Up 6-3.
JBJ with a crappy slide to get thrown out at 2B. A head first slide and he'd have been safe.
Chris Young with a big day. Nunez continues to roll. Fister doing good. thumb_u
Quote from: markj on August 06, 2017, 02:18:31 PM
JBJ with a crappy slide to get thrown out at 2B. A head first slide and he'd have been safe.
Don't think I've ever seen him slide head first. He might of been safe anyway if he actually touched the bag with his lead foot.
Another decent outing for Fister. Time for the BP to do its job.
I think Nunez at times tries to do to much (not that he hasn't done great) and he expands the strike zone to much with guys on base. Seems like he doesn't want to walk and ends up swinging at some real crappy pitches. Needs to stay within himself.
Quote from: markj on August 06, 2017, 02:34:06 PM
Another decent outing for Fister. Time for the BP to do its job.
B I N G O dat !! That's why we got him, A VET with a sinkerball !!! D D is looking better all the time !! thumb_u rofl
XB with yet another GIDP to end a promising inning. He has a talent for hitting into those.
No drama, Kimbrel. Just finish this.
When did Fister morph into Sale and Sale into Fister?
Good game. Nice sweep, as hoped. Yanks won, so no ground gained. But 6 wins in a row again is nice to see.
As DAD would say, "SON, how do ya like OUR RED SOX now" ?? 6 in a ROW !! thumb_u iono rofl
Red Sox SWEEP the White Sox!
Red Sox are on a 6 game winning streak!
SO - question - since we always bash John Farrell
for losing games. Does he get the credit for the 6 game winning streak?
Does he get credit for the bullpen pitching well?
Does he get credit for the home runs the Sox have been hitting?
I AM kidding a bit - but, still.
(Red Sox are playing with with no Price & Pedroia.)
Have to like the ways the bats are doing!
Keep in mind the White Sox are not a great team this year. Sox should be winning these low-hanging fruit games. I was more impressed that they beat Cleveland twice.
Quote from: markj on August 06, 2017, 03:51:35 PM
Keep in mind the White Sox are not a great team this year. Sox should be winning these low-hanging fruit games. I was more impressed that they beat Cleveland twice.
I always look at it like a football trap game (series). Sometimes our Red Sox lower themselves to their opponents ability. You are right about Cleveland. And give NYY credit - they split in Cleveland.
Quote from: BoSoxFanNY on August 06, 2017, 03:31:27 PM
Red Sox SWEEP the White Sox!
Red Sox are on a 6 game winning streak!
SO - question - since we always bash John Farrell
for losing games. Does he get the credit for the 6 game winning streak?
Does he get credit for the bullpen pitching well?
Does he get credit for the home runs the Sox have been hitting?
I AM kidding a bit - but, still.
(Red Sox are playing with with no Price & Pedroia.)
Have to like the ways the bats are doing!
Good question about Farrell, bo. ;) We have a 6 game winning streak but 4 at the hands of the worst team in the AL, the White Sox. Of course, no easy feat to sweep 4 on any team.
I'd give credit to Dombrowski. Bringing up Devers and getting Nunez has given the team the kind of clutch dramatics that can gel a clubhouse. TB up next. Let's see...
Quote from: markj on August 06, 2017, 02:34:06 PM
Another decent outing for Fister. Time for the BP to do its job.
Maybe so markj but Fister has this bad habit of giving multiple runs when he has a bad inning and has done this too many times. If this had been in July we would have lost this game. I just don't know if we should take a chance on him against the Yankees. I would like to have Farrell not try to play hero and take his chances with this guy against New York. We have to send our best pitchers against them this coming up weekend and hold our own against them and win that series.
Quote from: Schloicka on August 06, 2017, 02:34:40 PM
I think Nunez at times tries to do to much (not that he hasn't done great) and he expands the strike zone to much with guys on base. Seems like he doesn't want to walk and ends up swinging at some real crappy pitches. Needs to stay within himself.
The opposing pitchers will find this out very soon if he doesn't stop doing that. Get a good pitch to hit said Ted Williams and we know Nunez can hit when he gets his pitch. He will get them and he must not go fishing. Wait until October or November to get his fishing rod out.
Quote from: markj on August 06, 2017, 02:50:17 PM
XB with yet another GIDP to end a promising inning. He has a talent for hitting into those.
I'll say it again. There must be no effort to sign this guy to a long term contract and if some team would like him or we can package him in a big trade for a slugger this winter I would easily put him in the trade package. Personally, I still think this guy is heading south at a fast pace.
Quote from: markj on August 06, 2017, 03:17:52 PM
Good game. Nice sweep, as hoped. Yanks won, so no ground gained. But 6 wins in a row again is nice to see.
Yes it is. Now we have to go for seven which I think would tie our best and keep our lead at three at the least. If we could go 11-4 in our next 15 games it would show all of us that we are really on a roll and not just a short stretch as we did in June before the roof caved in on us.
Quote from: SeaBeachFred on August 06, 2017, 05:11:33 PM
Quote from: markj on August 06, 2017, 02:50:17 PM
XB with yet another GIDP to end a promising inning. He has a talent for hitting into those.
I'll say it again. There must be no effort to sign this guy to a long term contract and if some team would like him or we can package him in a big trade for a slugger this winter I would easily put him in the trade package. Personally, I still think this guy is heading south at a fast pace.
Does not matter, BORAS is his agent !!
Quote from: SeaBeachFred on August 06, 2017, 05:11:33 PM
Quote from: markj on August 06, 2017, 02:50:17 PM
XB with yet another GIDP to end a promising inning. He has a talent for hitting into those.
I'll say it again. There must be no effort to sign this guy to a long term contract and if some team would like him or we can package him in a big trade for a slugger this winter I would easily put him in the trade package. Personally, I still think this guy is heading south at a fast pace.
Last Red Sox player to lead the league in GIDP? Adrian Gonzalez in 2011. Befor that? Wade Boggs! Boggs hit .366. The record has been kept since 1939 and the Red Sox have captured first place 20 times. Jim Rice led three years in a row. Jackie Jensen three out of four years. Ted Williams never. Red Sox are second in the AL - just ahead of Astros and behind the Jays. Maybe I'll write about it?
Quote from: ojdidit on August 06, 2017, 05:21:56 PM
Last Red Sox player to lead the league in GIDP? Adrian Gonzalez in 2011. Befor that? Wade Boggs! Boggs hit .366. The record has been kept since 1939 and the Red Sox have captured first place 20 times. Jim Rice led three years in a row. Jackie Jensen three out of four years. Ted Williams never. Red Sox are second in the AL - just ahead of Astros and behind the Jays. Maybe I'll write about it?
I had to go look at the stats. I could have sworn pedey had done it, but nope. Second twice.
I was young when I saw Bill Lee, but that is the only thing that came to mind while watching Fister yesterday. A right-handed spaceman. (minus the whacky stuff) You surely remember him better as I was too young. Thoughts? (based purely on last couple of outings to save space)
Quote from: MongoLikeSox on August 07, 2017, 08:47:24 AM
Quote from: ojdidit on August 06, 2017, 05:21:56 PM
Last Red Sox player to lead the league in GIDP? Adrian Gonzalez in 2011. Befor that? Wade Boggs! Boggs hit .366. The record has been kept since 1939 and the Red Sox have captured first place 20 times. Jim Rice led three years in a row. Jackie Jensen three out of four years. Ted Williams never. Red Sox are second in the AL - just ahead of Astros and behind the Jays. Maybe I'll write about it?
I had to go look at the stats. I could have sworn pedey had done it, but nope. Second twice.
I was young when I saw Bill Lee, but that is the only thing that came to mind while watching Fister yesterday. A right-handed spaceman. (minus the whacky stuff) You surely remember him better as I was too young. Thoughts? (based purely on last couple of outings to save space)
Maybe in the way that he seems to flirt with the edge of disaster and can be all over the place. What was interesting is that a lot of those hits they got against him were just poor defensive coverage or just putting the bat on pitches out of the zone. In 2004 we saw Derek Lowe face the Atlanta Braves, this was shortly before the Nomar trade. Lowe gave up a couple of seeing-eye ground balls, an error, a misplay and then he just completely melted down. Inning last forever and Lowe never recovered in that game, so good for Fister to stay in it.
Being at the weekend series I continue to see that for some reason Bogaerts refuses to even try to hit the ball hard .Time after time it appears that he is content with just trying to put the ball in play .No drive to his swing at all.Perhaps it's an injury but he looks 100% different than the 2016 hitter we saw.
Quote from: Rob from Mass on August 07, 2017, 10:49:59 AM
Being at the weekend series I continue to see that for some reason Bogaerts refuses to even try to hit the ball hard .Time after time it appears that he is content with just trying to put the ball in play .No drive to his swing at all.Perhaps it's an injury but he looks 100% different than the 2016 hitter we saw.
I think there more going on with his wrist than what they are saying ....