RED SOX V YANKEES
SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2017, 8 PM AT YANKEE STADIUM
TV: ESPN
BOSTON, (66-50)..............................................................................................NEW YORK, (61-54)
BOSTON:
CHRIS SALE, LHP, 14-4, 2.57 ERA, 229K
With 13 punchouts vs the Rays on Tuesday, Sale picked up his 15th double-digit-
strikeout game of the year. That's the most in a season since 2002, when Randy Johnson
also had 15 such games. Sale struck out 13 Yankees when he last saw them.
NEW YORK:
JORDAN MONTGOMERY, LHP, 7-6, 4.05 ERA, 111K
Montgomery was recalled from Triple-A and will start against the Sox on Sunday in
place of CC Sabathia, who was placed on the 10-Day DL on Friday with right knee
inflammation. Montgomery tossed five frames of one-run ball on three hits vs the Tribe
Red Sox turn to Sale for rubber game vs. Yanks
Matthew Martell
For the Yankees to win their weekend series vs. the Red Sox in Sunday night's rubber match, they'll have to do it against left-hander Chris Sale, who has not only been the Red Sox's ace this season, but he's also been arguably the best pitcher in the American League.
Rookie Jordan Montgomery is expected to take the mound for the Yankees, despite being hit in the head with a line drive while signing autographs during the Red Sox's batting practice before Saturday's game. Sunday's contest begins at 8:05 p.m. ET at Yankee Stadium.
The Red Sox hold a 4 1/2-game lead over the Yankees in the AL East after Saturday's win.
Sale (14-4, 2.57 ERA) pitched well in his first two outings against the Yankees this season, though the Red Sox have lost both games. The 28-year-old southpaw is 0-1 with a 1.15 ERA and 23 strikeouts in 15 2/3 innings this season against New York.
What makes Sale so dominant is he has two put-away pitches. Both his four-seam fastball and his slider rank in the top five of MLB in terms of strikeouts by pitch, according to Statcast. Of his MLB-leading 229 strikeouts, 104 have come via his four-seam fastball and 98 have come against his slider.
Sale has been so good this season that Red Sox manager John Farrell thinks he should be an AL MVP Award candidate.
"Great debate," Farrell said. "A lot of people say there's no way a starting pitcher can be. I'd refute that. And as dominant as he's been, with the exception of an outing or two, we're talking about a difference-maker in the standings. In the feel of the team, what he means to our team, yeah, he should be in that conversation."
The Yankees will need better pitching from Montgomery than they received on Saturday from Luis Severino, who allowed 10 runs (eight earned) in 4 1/3 innings.
Montgomery (7-6, 4.05 ERA) struggled in his only outing against the Red Sox, tossing four innings of three-run ball on July 14 at Fenway Park. The lefty is making the start in place of CC Sabathia, who was placed on the 10-day disabled list with right knee inflammation on Friday.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS GAME
• Sale is 4-2 with a 1.17 ERA in 12 games (nine starts) lifetime vs. the Yankees.
• Yankees first baseman Chase Headley is hitting .300 (6-for-20) with two homers lifetime against Sale.
• Gary Sanchez's homer in Saturday's game was his first opposite-field home run of the season.
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/20170812248035776/red-sox-turn-to-sale-for-rubber-game-vs-yanks/?game_pk=491850
Rubber match in Bronx:
Núñez 3B,
Betts RF,
Benintendi LF,
Ramirez 1B,
Young DH,
Bogaerts SS,
Holt 2B,
Leon C,
Bradley Jr. CF,
Sale LHP
In Sale We Trust. Just give him some run support, please.
Huge game!!
3 game lead or 5 GAME LEAD!!!!!
Quote from: Rob from Mass on August 13, 2017, 09:34:58 AM
Huge game!!
3 game lead or 5 GAME LEAD!!!!!
That's a BINGO, a BIG B I N G O !!! thumb_u rofl
It ought to be a great game. The only drawback is we have to listen to that awful trio of ESPN announcers. While O'Brien quite frankly drives me crazy with his constant repletion. He is better than the three from ESPN.
Quote from: elktonnick on August 13, 2017, 10:19:27 AM
It ought to be a great game. The only drawback is we have to listen to that awful trio of ESPN announcers. While O'Brien quite frankly drives me crazy with his constant repletion. He is better than the three from ESPN.
I plan to watch with the volume down!
GO SOX!
I'll be interested to see the lineup.
Sunday night games are always such an ordeal. The good news is it goes up against Game of Thrones so I'll watch the game until about 9:30, watch Game of Thrones, then come back and watch what I missed, skipping commercials and slow pitchers!
Sale is "only" 1-1 at NY, but his era is 1.80. 30 IP had just five walks and 28 K's.
Quote from: ojdidit on August 13, 2017, 12:28:48 PM
Sale is "only" 1-1 at NY, but his era is 1.80. 30 IP had just five walks and 28 K's.
Which means we need THE BATS BIG TIME TONIGHT.
When our games are covered by ESPN, Silence is Golden.
Quote from: Bear on August 13, 2017, 03:20:50 AM
Rubber match in Bronx:
Núñez 3B,
Betts RF,
Benintendi LF,
Ramirez 1B,
Young DH,
Bogaerts SS,
Holt 2B,
Leon C,
Bradley Jr. CF,
Sale LHP
DAD & Bill-806 are good with this lineup !!! Heck, we knocked out to nights starter LAST NIGHT !!! thumb_u rofl
Brock Holt is always a POSITIVE in the lineup !!! thumb_u rofl
Quote from: Bear on August 13, 2017, 03:45:47 PM
When our games are covered by ESPN, Silence is Golden.
I just love it how the ESPN trio does such an exceptional job or reinforcing each other's razor share analysis because it's very difficult to understand why something happens without someone expounding on what another just said because the analysis is very difficult to interpret without one another reinforcing what the other one just said due to the other person describing it in a manner that should be duplicated because repeating stuff is so good because we should not have to do without someone reinforcing the opinion of what the other one just said because it so important to get the same picture painted in an entire un-different way because it's so important to understand what the first person just got done explaining and the second person explaining it again puts such a similar explanation on it as to reinforce what the first one just said about the previous first person's comments which need no explanation because of what the previous first person's second person's reiterate just said regardless of the existence or absence of any possible real (or implied) game action going on.
<assume scarcasm/suicide button pressing as rendered until they shut up>
Quote from: markj on August 13, 2017, 09:11:47 AM
In Sale We Trust. Just give him some run support, please.
Ditto that.
Quote from: MongoLikeSox on August 13, 2017, 05:18:13 PM
Quote from: Bear on August 13, 2017, 03:45:47 PM
When our games are covered by ESPN, Silence is Golden.
I just love it how the ESPN trio does such an exceptional job or reinforcing each other's razor share analysis because it's very difficult to understand why something happens without someone expounding on what another just said because the analysis is very difficult to interpret without one another reinforcing what the other one just said due to the other person describing it in a manner that should be duplicated because repeating stuff is so good because we should not have to do without someone reinforcing the opinion of what the other one just said because it so important to get the same picture painted in an entire un-different way because it's so important to understand what the first person just got done explaining and the second person explaining it again puts such a similar explanation on it as to reinforce what the first one just said about the previous first person's comments which need no explanation because of what the previous first person's second person's reiterate just said regardless of the existence or absence of any possible real (or implied) game action going on.
<assume scarcasm/suicide button pressing as rendered until they shut up>
Huh! Well said now over to Tom ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
;D ;D ;D
;D mongolikesox
Sale's gonna have to pitch a shutout AGAIN. Dead bats are back ::)
Hitting the ball hard so far but right at people. Hopefully that changes in a hurry.
It's a darn miracle we got a run off Cy Montgomery. Sale is under pressure to keep a 0 going.
F--k! NYY win 1-1 in the 5th. 3 games up now.
Betts just missed the ball. Should of been caught. Was in perfect position and blew it. Hit the heal of his glove.
We'll all have stories to tell for years about where we were and what we were doing the moment Mookie missed a catch. Ironic as it might sound, I was playing comfortably numb on my gee-tar.
And then he gets a dble taken away. 'oy! Poor kid.
Montgomery is like Lackey at his best = contact pitchers and the balls find gloves.
Girard pulls Cy Monty is at 84 pitches....this could be the best decision for the Sox...or not so good.
If this NYY pitcher would stop obsessing over AB at first, maybe he could throw a strike.
Devers looked overmatched and then XB hits a classic GIDP ball even though they didn't need it.
Farrell, the dumbass, goes for the pinch hitter. It DON'T work, doofus!!!!
PH-ing stats across the board are 40-50 points lower than batting the regular guy. You do it when a game is absolutely on the line. And you don't go with a rookie.
NYY won 1-1 anyway, so what am I muttering about....
Sale takes care of business himself.
I dunno what more Sale can do. The Deadbats and Mookie's missed catch have kept this from being a game solely won by a pitcher.
Sit down Brock.
Sit down Sandy.
And 1-2-3 by Rollie Robertson.
HR makes a nice stop.
Sale is incredible. It'll be a damn shame if they blow this game.
Sale gets a no decision on game he should have won...
7 straight retired by the nyy. Not a big feat to hold the deadbats to 2 hits. Severino's meltdown yesterday was an aberration
Argh. Walking batters is not a good strategy.
Here's where they lose an otherwise entirely winnable game.
Insurance run on 1st now.
Dammit. Another walk. WTF is wrong with these guys?
Watch this dufus walk in the winning run.
Farrell is an idiot for IBBing Judge and PH-ing Devers. He gets 50 percent of the loss.
Sale and Barnes are at opposite ends of the spectrum. Sale pitches 7 gem innings and Barnes needs just one to blow the game.
The Red Flops will cede the ALE by Friday and never see 1st place again.
In comes Scott to give up a 3-run dinger.
Now we need Sale for the WC game. And then get swept in the ALDS. About right.
Quote from: ipot on August 13, 2017, 09:43:02 PM
Farrell is an idiot for IBBing Judge and PH-ing Devers. He gets 50 percent of the loss.
When did they walk Judge intentionally? Let's not forget Betts gave them a run with his misplay. Guess it was foolish to pinch hit Devers.
Well I'll be...3 pitches, 3 swing and miss strikes. Scott gets them out of the mess Barnes left. Need to go get a glass of rum to wash down the crow.
SIT DOWN HANLEY!
Yes!!! Devers ties it up. Very cool. And saves Barnes' butt, incidentally.
Ya gots to be kidding. Raffy goes yard. :o
Reed forget how to throw strikes? Lead off walks kill.
Our buddy Reed again.
Farrell ain't waiting around for Reed to blow this one.
What was that? I thought Farrell came out and signaled for a new RP?
Now they're switching. Not sure what that was all about.
Quote from: markj on August 13, 2017, 10:08:49 PM
What was that? I thought Farrell came out and signaled for a new RP?
Can't make 2 mound visits without pitching to a hitter. Hitter must complete his at bat between visits.
Ah, ok. Thanks.
Bases juiced, one out. They blow this one and they deserve to lose.
Attaboy, Beni. thumb_u
C'mon, Hanley. Do something.
Or not. At least he didn't GIDP.
Another chance to be a hero, Raffy. Do it.
Oh well. Close but no cigar. Kimbrel time. Please, no drama. Just end it.
Devers hit that ball well too. Ball jumps off his bat. Let's go Kimbrel. Get the win now.
Great play by Moreland.
One more, Kimbrel.
Please craig. Please.
Attaboy, Kimbrel. Game ball to Devers. 5-1/2 up on the Yankmees. I like it.
Sox win. Good job by Kimbrel who got the win. On to Monday at 6pm eastern against the Indians in a make up game.
Be still my heart!!! Great win!!! Kimbrel, Beni and Devers were outstanding. Boy was I wrong when I said that Devers should have stayed longer in Pawtucket.
Quote from: Schloicka on August 13, 2017, 10:51:21 PM
Sox win. Good job by Kimbrel who got the win. On to Monday at 6pm eastern against the Indians in a make up game.
Yeah, I don't get the hour earlier start, unless they're giving Cleveland some extra time to get to their next game.
PHEW!!!!!!
Okay - that game made up for Friday night's loss.
Sale, Benintendi, Devers and Kimbrel!
GREAT win!
(And I am still shaking.)
Dang fine!!!
Just wait until Devers catches up with the game. He hit a 102.6MPH, I heard. Opposite field, too. Gotta like it.
Quote from: Schloicka on August 13, 2017, 09:51:13 PM
Quote from: ipot on August 13, 2017, 09:43:02 PM
Farrell is an idiot for IBBing Judge and PH-ing Devers. He gets 50 percent of the loss.
When did they walk Judge intentionally? Let's not forget Betts gave them a run with his misplay. Guess it was foolish to pinch hit Devers.
I missed the Judge single. It was so fast that I thought Farrell IBBed him. As for Devers, the 1st AB didn't work out. I'm not a fan of PH-ing guys earlier in a game. Pinch hitters hit about .210-220 in the aggregate (no matter how good they are as regular hitters). I don't think Farrell said "I'll put Raffy out there because he'll hit a HR at the top of the 9th in his 2nd PA."
We squeezed out a W, making good on Sale's amazing effort. That's the happy here. 5.5 up is big as we face them next week.
Quote from: elktonnick on August 13, 2017, 10:53:58 PM
Be still my heart!!! Great win!!! Kimbrel, Beni and Devers were outstanding. Boy was I wrong when I said that Devers should have stayed longer in Pawtucket.
I know it's early in Devers career but when I watch him at the plate he seems to have an excellent idea of what he wants to do. It's hard to beat him on the same pitch in an at bat. He looks like he'a always adjusting to the pitcher. The pitcher might get him to swing at something early in the count but his mind seems to be working on it and if you throw it again there is a good chance he'll hit it somewhere. Now if we could get Hanley to do that he might not look so bad at the plate.
Quote from: ipot on August 13, 2017, 10:57:08 PM
Quote from: Schloicka on August 13, 2017, 09:51:13 PM
Quote from: ipot on August 13, 2017, 09:43:02 PM
Farrell is an idiot for IBBing Judge and PH-ing Devers. He gets 50 percent of the loss.
When did they walk Judge intentionally? Let's not forget Betts gave them a run with his misplay. Guess it was foolish to pinch hit Devers.
I missed the Judge single. It was so fast that I thought Farrell IBBed him. As for Devers, the 1st AB didn't work out. I'm not a fan of PH-ing guys earlier in a game. Pinch hitters hit about .210-220 in the aggregate (no matter how good they are as regular hitters). I don't think Farrell said "I'll put Raffy out there because he'll hit a HR at the top of the 9th in his 2nd PA."
We squeezed out a W, making good on Sale's amazing effort. That's the happy here. 5.5 up is big as we face them next week.
Pinch hitting Devers I think was a good move simply because it got Young out of the game who was doing nothing. I thought letting him ph in the 6th inning was fine. You had 2 on and 1 out and if anything Devers has speed to hopefully stay out of a dp if he hits a ground ball.
GOTTA LOVE THE BIG 5 GAME LEAD.
Quote from: Rob from Mass on August 13, 2017, 11:15:54 PM
GOTTA LOVE THE BIG 5 GAME LEAD.
Would of been 7.5 without the Friday night melt down but as they say crap happens. Just need to try to gain a game or 2 this coming week before playing the Yanks again.
Quote from: Schloicka on August 13, 2017, 11:22:44 PM
Quote from: Rob from Mass on August 13, 2017, 11:15:54 PM
GOTTA LOVE THE BIG 5 GAME LEAD.
Would of been 7.5 without the Friday night melt down but as they say crap happens. Just need to try to gain a game or 2 this coming week before playing the Yanks again.
Yeah, so close to taking all 3. Just happy we won the series. Yanks have it easy with the usually undependable Mets, who go "poof" every time they play their crosstown rival. Sox have CLE and the surging Cards to deal with...
There was one other vital contribution: Bradley kicks in Holt.
Sale strikes outs 12 for another great game.
Devers has a lot of strength for his age.
Gotta admit I must have turned gray when Reed entered.
All went well for this game.
And as for Judge, he struck out three times, that helped.
All was not lost for Judge, he went home to the trophy
he took home from the ASG. He hasn't been quite the same since. :P
I've rambled on about the PH thing many times. I am not a fan, generally speaking. Last night I was thinking to myself that JFF was going to regret not having Young available for Chapman in the 9th. doh! Happy I was wrong. ;D
I remember thinking about how over matched Devers looked on that 1st at bat. Well, the last pitch anyhow. Then I saw the Yankees boppers look much more overmatched and felt a lot better.
Quote from: Schloicka on August 13, 2017, 11:22:44 PM
Quote from: Rob from Mass on August 13, 2017, 11:15:54 PM
GOTTA LOVE THE BIG 5 GAME LEAD.
Would of been 7.5 without the Friday night melt down but as they say crap happens. Just need to try to gain a game or 2 this coming week before playing the Yanks again.
I really hope we do know and understand gaining ground each week will not happen.It soun d's simple but it's not.
Nice to get out of town with two wins.....Yes, could have got ugly and like Friday gone the wrong way..... Can you imagine Devers, left hander facing a left hander and takes a 103 fastball deep ?? That was some hitting..... That kid is a ball player !! thumb_u rofl