7:10PM Eastern
Red Sox
David Price (L)
1. Mookie Betts (R) RF
2. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF
3. J.D. Martinez (R) DH
4. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
5. Mitch Moreland (L) 1B
6. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
7. Brock Holt (L) 2B
8. Sandy Leon (S) C
9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF
Blue Jays
Aaron Sanchez (R)
1. Billy McKinney (L) RF
2. Devon Travis (R) 2B
3. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (R) SS
4. Kendrys Morales (S) DH
5. Yangervis Solarte (S) 3B
6. Teoscar Hernandez (R) LF
7. Rowdy Tellez (L) 1B
8. Danny Jansen (R) C
9. Jonathan Davis (R) CF
Gametime Forecast: 67°F • Drizzle • 18% PoP
Price looks sharp. Offense looks like it isn’t late in the game.
This lack of offense is infuriating.
Are you serious? A one run lead and Cora has Kelly warming? And Robby Scott?? Is Cora out of his mind? Where's Poyner?
Price out of the inning, but at 20 pitches, it was costly. I doubt he comes back out.
Wright in in the 8th. Gets in trouble then gets out of it. Miracle. Kimbrel time?
JBJ just misses an insurance run.
Benintendi can't catch a break. He's not a happy dude.
Bases juiced. Need an insurance run or two here.
Nope. Xander wastes it with a pop fly.
Kimbrel is at it again. Suddenly can't throw a strike.
Kimbrel bounces back with a K. Sox win 1-0. Wow, 100 wins.
Well pitched game on both sides. Price with the 1-0 win. Kimbrel with the save. And Wright wiggled out of trouble. Kimbrel was smart with 2 outs not pitching to Smoak who has 24 hr's to pitch to the guy with 2 hr's. Plus Smoak hits him well. Interesting game for the 100th win but looks great on paper. On to Thursday.
Quote from: markj on September 12, 2018, 08:00:09 PM
Are you serious? A one run lead and Cora has Kelly warming? And Robby Scott?? Is Cora out of his mind? Where's Poyner?
Turns out they were warming up to get in a little work because I cannot believe he was going to put either one of them into a 1-0 game. I would have been sorely tempted to fly to Boston and give it to Cora with a two-by-four in the gut if we had lost this game. Yes, I'm elated we won; it' great to win the close games like that, and Price was sensational in my opinion. BUT----why is Leon and Devers in the lineup? Neither have been worth a damn offensively all season and they look as bad as they have at their worst this season. We need to get some offense in the lineup and get those two out of it. It couldn't do nothing but help from where I sit. Swihart behind the plate tomorrow regardless who is pitching, and keep Holt at third and put Kinsler back at second and we would be fine.....Or how about another chance for Brandon Phillips? We have better options than the ones we're using. But as George says....ON TO TOMORROW after another series win. Now let's run the tables and try and turn this into a real good homestand. Personally I feel that for al the crap Price has gone through with the Sox, though some of it was his fault, he deserves our full and complete support and that means his teammates should go out and get more than one damn run.
Yankees lose 3-1. Sox lead is now 10 games.
Quote from: Schloicka on September 12, 2018, 09:58:49 PM
Yankees lose 3-1. Sox lead is now 10 games.
Twinkies coming through at just the right time. Magic number should be down to 7.
100 Ws. Not since 1946. Wow.
I had been targeting about 108 wins for them if all held together. Now they can hit that by going .500 the rest of the way while the Yankees can't win more than 106. The bigger worry for the Yankees (and the Astros) is the A's. 1 behind the Yankees for the home wild card game. Astros are now only 3 up on Oakland. These could go down to the wire although the Astros finish with Toronto and Baltimore.
Price looked good but deserved more run support. Like everyone else I was pretty concerned with just about anyone coming in there. Thought Price could easily have gone another inning but also good to get him out with no runs.
While I celebrate the 100 win milestone, I'm still concerned about the lack of offense. Our one run last night was courtesy of a wild pitch. You can't go far in the post-season hoping for errors by the other team.
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