7:08PM Eastern
Red Sox
Garrett Richards (R)
1. Danny Santana (S) DH
2. Alex Verdugo (L) LF
3. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
4. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
5. Hunter Renfroe (R) RF
6. Marwin Gonzalez (S) 2B
7. Enrique Hernandez (R) CF
8. Christian Vazquez (R) C
9. Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B
Yankees
Domingo German (R)
1. DJ LeMahieu (R) 2B
2. Aaron Judge (R) DH
3. Gleyber Torres (R) SS
4. Gio Urshela (R) 3B
5. Gary Sanchez (R) C
6. Chris Gittens (R) 1B
7. Clint Frazier (R) RF
8. Miguel Andujar (R) LF
9. Brett Gardner (L) CF
Gametime Temp: 85°F
Chance of Precip: 0%
How is Santana still the leadoff guy? He’s batting about .120 after his first two games. Maybe he is the only guy who can draw a walk. Not many can do that.
JD is sitting again. He complained of a wrist problem post Friday game after running the bases.
Sunday Night ESPN game against the Yankees. Not usually a good thing for the Sox. Maybe they can break that curse tonight.
Richards is having a very tough 1st inning.
He limited the damage, though. Sox down 2-1.
Richards in trouble again. Bases juiced, one out.
Again, limited damage, but the Yanks get another run. Sox down 3-1.
Need some runners to put some pressure on.
Gonzalez ties it up with a 2-run blast.
Verdugo with a web gem catch.
Xander with a sac fly. Sox up 4-3.
Taylor done good. Sox could use an insurance run or two here.
Ok, Barnes, finish this. Sweep time.
Dammit, Barnes. Yanks tie it up.
Poor pitch selection. Had 2 strikes with the fastball then threw a hanger that was fouled off then threw another hanger that drove in the tieing run. Should of gone back to the fastball.
Barnes got a huge gift from the ump to end that inning. That should have been a walk to load the bases.
Sox with runners on 2nd and 3rd and one out. Need a run or two here.
Yes! Xander drives in 2 runs.
Nice scoop by Dalbec to complete that DP.
Argh. Sloppy play is going to cost them.
Whew, over. Sox sweep the Yanks in their own ballpark. How sweet is that?
STILL SHAKING!
THAT game was exhausting!
SWEET SWEEP!
Sox beat the Yankees 6 - 5 in 10 innings.
Not pretty but I'll take it. Valdez actually did well.
What a roller coaster ride! Great win! Even the incompetent ESPN broadcast couldn't ruin this one. BTW is there a worse play by play guy than Matt Vasgersian.
Quote from: markj on June 06, 2021, 09:59:56 PM
Whew, over. Sox sweep the Yanks in their own ballpark. How sweet is that?
SWEET SWEEP over the YANKEES.
OMG . . .
AND on ESPN . . .
When we went ahead in the 8th with a 4-3 lead I knew we might need more runs and we got them.....only after the Yankees tied it in the 9th. Still, who can complain tonight. We swept them in their building after losing 15 of 16 games there going back to 2019. So how there be any one around here to gripe about this series.? Certainly not me, but I was nervous and I'll bet I had some company there. The Yankees have been in a funk and though they hit better tonight their hitting has been kind of weak of late and we took advantage of that and we did the hat trick tonight. Makeup game tomorrow with the Marlins, and, please guys, make it five in a row for the first time since the second week of the season. We all should sleep well tonight.
Linda and I are leaving tomorrow morning for a little vacation in San Diego so I won't be back until late Friday. Hope things are hopping for us then too. We have the Astros for a three game series and it would be nice to hand them a hot reception for what they did to us this past week in Houston.
Quote from: Sea Dog 23 on June 06, 2021, 05:19:56 PM
How is Santana still the leadoff guy? He’s batting about .120 after his first two games. Maybe he is the only guy who can draw a walk. Not many can do that.
JD is sitting again. He complained of a wrist problem post Friday game after running the bases.
Looks to me we have in Santana another Franchy Fry who can't hit to save his ass. Kiki looked like he might be the guy when the season started but he hasn't done squat there or anywhere else but we should be able to find someone who can do better at leadoff than those two. I would suggest Arroyo but he swings at everything so that would not be a good idea.
Well, wasn't that an interesting weekend. I can tell you this much. The YES broadcasters are quite vocal about the Yankees' own hitting slumps.
Don't you just love how the ESPN Sunday Nighter announcers just bitch and moan when the Yankees are doing poorly? One of them even said "They've been hard to watch", as both went on little mini-rants just like the YES announcers. Maybe it's just me, but that's almost as good as watching Billy Crystal pout when is sports world collapsed way back yonder in '04.
Kiki is down where he needs to be. We had showings with the bat this weekend from the other super-sub-club member. Fun to watch, albeit semi-passively with laptop open and surfing.
ESPN proves every time they do a game that they have absolutely no business broadcasting baseball. Matt V. makes every other play by play guy look good.
Mongo, I’ve heard that MLB supposedly approving use of “less lively baseballs†have really hurt the Yanks especially. Their team is built for the long ball. When balls don’t leave the park, they can’t produce many runs. And when umps aren’t calling pitches balls (Odor at bat), they really are stymied.
Quote from: MongoLikeSox on June 07, 2021, 06:34:06 AM
Well, wasn't that an interesting weekend. I can tell you this much. The YES broadcasters are quite vocal about the Yankees' own hitting slumps.
Don't you just love how the ESPN Sunday Nighter announcers just bitch and moan when the Yankees are doing poorly? One of them even said "They've been hard to watch", as both went on little mini-rants just like the YES announcers. Maybe it's just me, but that's almost as good as watching Billy Crystal pout when is sports world collapsed way back yonder in '04.
Kiki is down where he needs to be. We had showings with the bat this weekend from the other super-sub-club member. Fun to watch, albeit semi-passively with laptop open and surfing.
It seemed all they could talk about was the Yankees although it also sounds like A-Rod is a Cora fan too as he praised him a bit much too. Nice to see those looks on the Yankee faces though all weekend long.
How about that strike 3 that was way off the plate that Barnes got - and then they threw out the wrong guy!
On the leadoff hitter, who else do you put up there? I like the guys we have 2-5 with Vaz pulling some weight further down the lineup. But who do you bat first? Gonzalez? Dalbec? I'm hopeful that Dalbec gets his act together because god can that kid tag the ball. Santana has more upside potential than Hernandez who is what he is, a .240 light hitter who's average in the field.
Some interesting stats, some from the game, some after. The Sox have an almost inverse record from last year's season ending mark. (We've played 59 vs last year's 60). Verdugo has been putting up stats similar to Mookie since the trade.
The who else at lead-off spot question could get really interesting, really soon. They promoted Meises up to Worcester from Portland. A temporary move to offset losing Duran for a couple weeks to the Olympic trials? Maybe. Or it could be that one of the outfielders when Duran gets back might make a move. TBD Wilson? Duran?
I thought Santana showed that he was trying to make and adjustment yesterday. It didn't look pretty or natural, but it was not all or nothing swings. Short of an obvious solution, I would have to five him another series or two to see what comes of it.
Bad balls and strikes calling is as old as baseball. Are they suggesting it's something new this year? I think the whole sticky baseball thing might be coming to the forefront. I'm not saying nuttin 'bout no-one, but I did notice a certain pitcher's breaking ball not being as nasty as it had been way back in mid-May. I saw another pitcher going to the rosin bag last night. It's been a while.
But yes, there were some crappy calls this weekend.