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Can't do much better than that. A 2-0 win in 1 hour and 49 minutes. In control all the way.

Quote from: Sea Dog 23 on April 17, 2024, 07:33:11 PMHouck is pitching a gem.  Shutout through six.  And we gave him a couple runs to work with.  Thank you Wong.

Best pitching effort by Sox pitcher in 2 years.  Complete game shutout Wow!!!!

Houck is pitching a gem.  Shutout through six.  And we gave him a couple runs to work with.  Thank you Wong.

I doubt they play either Devers or O'Neill today.  Cora is probably pulling his hair out for a lineup.

Cora is back to his old habit of waiting until the last minute to post a lineup.

7:10PM Eastern

Red Sox

Tanner Houck (R)

Jarren Duran (L) LF
Rafael Devers (L) DH
Triston Casas (L) 1B
Wilyer Abreu (L) RF
Enmanuel Valdez (L) 2B
Connor Wong (R) C
David Hamilton (L) SS
Pablo Reyes (R) 3B
Ceddanne Rafaela (R) CF

Guardians

Ben Lively (R)

Steven Kwan (L) LF
Andrés Giménez (L) 2B
José Ramírez (S) 3B
Josh Naylor (L) 1B
Will Brennan (L) DH
Estevan Florial (L) RF
Gabriel Arias (R) CF
Austin Hedges (R) C
Brayan Rocchio (S) SS

Gametime Temp: 49F
Chance of Precip: 1%

I was wondering why Whitlock came out so early.  At least I heard the update later on why Dalbec (no hits) was batting for Devers (one of the few who can hit).  Then of course Kenley continues his follies while earlier in the game watching Valdez wave at balls as they go by, Casas trying to steal a base he had no shot at, somehow not tagging out that guy at home, the "hits" (not actual hits) go on.

No defense, poor baserunning, a bad bullpen and solo homers don't win games. 

Sox continue to befuddle the doctors.  Witlock was pulled early with left oblique tightness, a yearly event it seems.  Then Devers is grimacing with a knee issue, the guy is falling apart.  He will get some imaging.  Those are some key pieces missing late in this game and the next.

Basement dwellers, again.

So Hamilton takes the place of O'Neill, after they shift the others.  O'Neill was cleared for the concussion, but Cora is going to sit him until Thurs. game.