ANGELS V RED SOX
FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2017, 7 PM AT FENWAY PARK
TV: NESN, FS-W, MLBN (OUT-OF-MARKET ONLY)
ANAHEIM, (38-38)..........................................................................................BOSTON, (40-32)
ANAHEIM:
ALEX MEYER, RHP, 3-3, 3.52 ERA, 55K
Meyer fired six scoreless innings and marked his career-high with 9 strikeouts in his
last start against the Royals on Saturday. The 27-year-old rookie has logged a 1.91 ERA
over his last six outings.
BOSTON:
RICK PORCELLO, RHP, 3-9, 5.05 ERA, 85K
The sinkerballer will again try to get on track in what's been a tough season.
Porcellohas allowed a .358 average over his past eight starts, including a 3.85 on
fastballs, the highest mark among pitchers with 400-plus fastballs thrown since
May12.
Sox to retire Papi's number tonight vs. Angels
Ian Browne
When the Red Sox and Angels take the field for tonight's opener of a three-game series, the No. 34 will be hanging from the right-field facade at Fenway Park next to some other all-time greats.
Less than eight months after he played the final game of his illustrious career, David Ortiz will have his number retired in a pregame ceremony.
Big Papi joins Wade Boggs, Joe Cronin, Bobby Doerr, Carlton Fisk, Pedro Martinez, Johnny Pesky, Jim Rice, Ted Williams and Carl Yastrzemski as Red Sox icons who have received this honor. But Ortiz will become the first to have his number retired by the tradition-laden Red Sox within a year of retiring.
"That just lets you know what a special impact he's made in the community and the organization and all of baseball," said Red Sox center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. "What he's done for the city, the team, people around him, it's well deserved. I know we couldn't be any happier for him."
Rick Porcello, who has been struggling to regain the form that made him the American League's Cy Young Award winner last season, takes the mound for the Red Sox.
The Angels counter with righty Alex Meyer, who was magnificent last time out, firing six shutout innings while allowing two hits and striking out nine in a win over the Royals. The 27-year-old rookie has given the Halos' rotation a significant boost over the last month, recording a 1.91 ERA over his last six starts.
Dustin Pedroia hopes to be back in the lineup for Boston after missing all three games in Kansas City with deep bruising in his left lat/rib cage area after getting drilled by a pitch in Houston on Sunday.
This is the only visit to Boston for the Angels this season, meaning that Fenway fans will be deprived of seeing superstar Mike Trout in action. The outfielder is recovering from left thumb surgery.
Before the game, there will be a buzz in the air, as Ortiz has not attended a game at Fenway Park since his retirement.
"It will be great to see him," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "It will be a fun day, a well-deserved day, and really looking forward to the celebration of David once again. So, to see him at the ballpark, to see the smile, to hear the booming voice, it'll be a good day for us."
THREE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS GAME
• Porcello has allowed a .358 average over his past eight starts, including .385 on fastballs. That's the highest mark among more than 50 pitchers with at least 400 fastballs thrown since May 12.
• This will be Meyer's 16th career start, and first against the Red Sox. He has allowed three earned runs or fewer in eight of his nine starts this season.
• After not starting on Wednesday, the slumping Hanley Ramirez will likely be back in there for Boston tonight. Farrell recently noted how vital it is for Ramirez to regain his stroke. The right-handed hitter is slashing .239/.341/.394 with nine homers and 26 RBIs.
http://m.mlb.com/news/article/20170621237877640/sox-to-retire-papis-number-tonight-vs-angels/?game_pk=491204
RED SOX LINEUP:
Red Sox vs LAA:
Betts RF,
Benintendi LF,
Bogaerts SS,
Moreland 1B,
Ramirez DH,
Bradley Jr. CF,
Leon C,
Rutledge 2B,
Marrero 3B,
Porcello RHP
I just read Pedey will be in the lineup tonite.
Game 78 ??
Where will Fred be? I hope they play well, for Fred's sake!
Thanks Bill, I was wishing. iono
Here's a rough pitching matchup:
Alex Meyers, RHP, v Rich Porcello, RHP
JC Ramirez, RHP, v David Price, LHP
Parker Bridwell, RHP, v Hector Velazquez, RHP
We aren't sending our best against the Angels.....Oh Well
Quote from: Bear on June 23, 2017, 07:29:44 AM
Here's a rough pitching matchup:
Alex Meyers, RHP, v Rich Porcello, RHP
JC Ramirez, RHP, v David Price, LHP
Parker Bridwell, RHP, v Hector Velazquez, RHP
We aren't sending our best against the Angels.....Oh Well
That's pretty sobering...wow, how things have changed. And to dare this offense to put up 5-6 runs early in the game is like daring Sandoval to give up a cheeseburger.
I hope for Fred's sake, they somehow manage to pull out a W.
"Victory goes to those who believe in it the most, believe the longest" !!! ( Col. Jimmy Dolittle, in the early days of World War II . Before the first bombing of Japan) Go SOX, win this one on Big Papi's night !! thumb_u rofl
Quote from: ipot on June 23, 2017, 01:19:33 PM
Quote from: Bear on June 23, 2017, 07:29:44 AM
Here's a rough pitching matchup:
Alex Meyers, RHP, v Rich Porcello, RHP
JC Ramirez, RHP, v David Price, LHP
Parker Bridwell, RHP, v Hector Velazquez, RHP
We aren't sending our best against the Angels.....Oh Well
That's pretty sobering...wow, how things have changed. And to dare this offense to put up 5-6 runs early in the game is like daring Sandoval to give up a cheeseburger.
I hope for Fred's sake, they somehow manage to pull out a W.
Yeah especially when traveling cross country.Now that is wha t is called a passionate Sox fan.
Quote from: Bear on June 23, 2017, 07:25:39 AM
Thanks Bill, I was wishing. iono
NO, thank you BEAR for all you do for this membership !!! thumb_u
Quote from: ipot on June 23, 2017, 01:19:33 PM
And to dare this offense to put up 5-6 runs early in the game is like daring Sandoval to give up a cheeseburger.
rofl rofl
Amazing, we should be looking at it as "thank goodness Porcello and Price are pitching because we have Velazquez up." Now it's more like "Hope they pitch as well as Velazquez."
Maybe the BP will help us out.
The house should be packed....Fred it there somewhere.
Life is unfair at times; and yes, I know, it's just a game....a very important
game for some. thumb_u
On paper, it does not look good.
Meyer last 3 outings 1.08 era and Porcello 8.35
Let's all hope the paper is wrong tonight
We've added Johnny Peralta to the mix...we have a 3b.
Panda and Peralta will share,.grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Sox taking advantage of a bad start by Meyer. 3-0 on just 1 hit.
Quote from: Bear on June 23, 2017, 05:21:42 PM
We've added Johnny Peralta to the mix...we have a 3b.
Panda and Peralta will share,.grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Does he have anything left ?? Why was he available ?? iono
Dumb throw by Benintendi throwing the ball home but guess Leon should of stopped it.
JBJ screwed up the safety squeeze. Should of stayed at 3rd. I like the idea but poorly executed by JBJ.
Uh-oh. Fred must be freaking about now.
Need the BP to be sharp tonight.
Good job by the offense in the 8th. Opened up the game again.
Sox win. On to Saturday. Hopefully Price does the job.
Fred should be a happy camper. Glad to see Porcello get a win and have a decent start.
Quote from: Rob from Mass on June 23, 2017, 03:57:01 PM
On paper, it does not look good.
Meyer last 3 outings 1.08 era and Porcello 8.35
Let's all hope the paper is wrong tonight
Indeed. For a night the paper was wrong.
Chalk it up to the Papi mystique, and now Fred's a happy fan! thumb_u
And a nice night for Leon (4 rbis)
Peralta went to the minors.
GREAT night for "BIG PAPI" & the RED SOX !!! Keep going, one game at a time !! thumb_u rofl
I'm so glad they won last night. The sox sort of imploded defensively and on the bases. AB has had his moments out there, but this time it was in bunches.
On AB's throw to home, and just in my interpretation of what happened, he was left on an island. It as a quick play. XB got up an ran to cover 3rd, I guess expecting Marrero to rotate down to a cut off position? Then with the ball coming in, they both ran from 3b towards the middle of the diamond for whatever reason, almost giving up 3b to the guy who got the hit to begin with. It looked like XB heard Marrero running behind him and realized 3b as uncovered and did a panicked pointing him back to 3B just in time. A really screwed up play. To AB's defense, he is rushing a ball on the ground with an all in one moment pick up, wind up, look up and throw motion. Part of that motion is to see the cut off man in his spot and somehow get instruction on whether or not to continue with the default throw. That decision is supposed to be made for him. Even if coaching was conceding a run before the play even developed in initial pre-at bat instruction. The "defensive play call", so to speak.
In this case, the default throw was to home. FWIW, I think Marraro is supposed to rotate down, but it's been so long. On the quick play, nobody has a chance to get down there except for him. The pitcher has back up duties normally, but they do rotate into cut off on the very quickly developing plays. Sale had to do so in a play last week on a hit to right. I was kind of surprised that Remy and OB hung it all on AB.
I was glad to see Kelly in the 8th, and glad he worked his way out of it despite not being at his best. I'm a fan of his and root for him for whatever reason. Consider any comments on him to be laced with wishful thinking. I'm mining for Fool's Gold. ;D
Did Heath change his delivery? He looked like he was accentuating a sort of lowered body follow-through to me. I normally pay no attention to stuff like that, so it caught my eye for some reason. He hit 97 on the pitch I noticed it on, fwiw.
Now that I am back in California let me tell all my friends out there who were worried, concerned or just curious about me.....well, it was a helluva night. I made my reservations three or four months ago because I felt I had to be there for Papi's retirement of his illustrious #34. I know deep in my bones that without him we would not have won those divisions titles in 2007, 2013 and 2016. We most certainly would not have won the AL Pennants in '04. '07 and '13. And no way on God's green earth would be have won those three World Series Titles in 2004, 2007 and 2013. In other words we wouldn';t have won shit without Papi. That's why I had to be there. My only mistake was that I stayed through the weekend instead of flying home on Saturday, but more on that later......I'm not spoiling this thread with mention of those two o ther games.
Thank you for sharing Fred. I thought about you during the game and when we won,
I thought, Fred has to be a happy fella. thumb_u