1:10PM Eastern
Red Sox
Nathan Eovaldi (R)
1. Enrique Hernandez (R) CF
2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
3. Trevor Story (R) 2B
4. J.D. Martinez (R) DH
5. Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B
6. Christian Arroyo (R) SS
7. Alex Verdugo (L) LF
8. Christian Vazquez (R) C
9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) RF
Tigers
Eduardo Rodriguez (L)
1. Victor Reyes (S) RF
2. Austin Meadows (L) LF
3. Javier Baez (R) SS
4. Jeimer Candelario (S) 3B
5. Jonathan Schoop (R) 2B
6. Eric Haase (R) DH
7. Akil Baddoo (L) CF
8. Spencer Torkelson (R) 1B
9. Tucker Barnhart (S) C
Gametime Temp: 69°F
Chance of Precip: 9%
Need a good outing by Nate. And our old pal E-Rod is on the mound for the Tiggers.
Another day game.
Gotta hope E-Rod is in typical form - will throw a lot of balls and be pulled early.
Interesting stat for the season so far:
Devers, Verdugo, Bogaerts, and Martinez have combined for 20 hits thus far, the rest of the roster is 5 for 79.
Bogey with the day off, Arroyo at SS. Story takes Bogey's spot in the lineup.
Typical ERod. He can not handle adversity. One bad play behind him and he falls apart.
Sheesh. Had no idea another day game. Kike' is on a tear after his 0-19 slump. Even JBJ is stroking it today. Sox with a crooked number in the 4th. Good things come to those who are patient, at least this week.
I was out doing some things and completely forgot about the game until I was almost back home. 7-2 in the 6th the last I checked.
Hernandez and JBJ are both very streaky hitters but when the 9 and 1 spots hit things happen.
Eovaldi pitched 5. Barnes has a clean inning for a change, but Davis was awful in the 7th with a couple runs, 3 hits and walking a batter. Kutter bailed him out. Sox up 9-4 in the 8th.
Well, Kutter made a mess of things in the 8th, touched up for 3 runs. Diekman almost gets out of it, but gives up a hit. Finally Robles gets out of the jam with the bases loaded. Now 9-7.
JBJ can not even make contact.
Thought they were going to blow it there for a bit., Who would have thought Robles would be the knight in shining armor today.
Robles stays in and pitches a clean 9th for the save. 9-7 Sox.
Still some work needed on this bullpen! Good thing the bats came alive earlier.
Quote from: markj on April 13, 2022, 04:04:51 PM
Thought they were going to blow it there for a bit., Who would have thought Robles would be the knight in shining armor today.
Well markj, who the hell would have thought that Jackie Bradley would be the difference between a win and a loss today. He finally had a good game, two hits, three RBI's in a game we won by only two runs. Thanks Davis and Kutter for almost blowing it for us like the two shitty relievers they are. Well I have to give kuddos to Bradley for at least having a rare good game at the plate and we needed it because it could have ruined his day, those who had good days at the plate and our pit chers who did their job. Let's hope that Cora soon learns that guys like Davis and Kutter have in a short time proven they can't be counted on when the chips are down, so let's see if Cora keeps calling on them or begins the process of eliminating the dog shits of our bullpen either sending them down, DFAing them until no one claims them and they're brought back to shit the bed some more, or, hopefully to ride them out of town on a rail.
Quote from: Sea Dog 23 on April 13, 2022, 03:47:42 PM
Well, Kutter made a mess of things in the 8th, touched up for 3 runs. Diekman almost gets out of it, but gives up a hit. Finally Robles gets out of the jam with the bases loaded. Now 9-7.
Kutter sucked when we got him late last season, and he has screwed things up twice in two games so far---so how long will it take for Cora to decide if this guy is going to stay or be sent down to his demise somewhere else? Something tells me we will be seeing guys like Davis and Kutter a few more times before sanity prevails and these two bums will be sent packing. But hell, we won today and took the series so on balance it was a good day. And hey, how about Jackie? I almost choked saying it, but, hell, he did the job for a change and a kuddo thrown his way is deserving.
Fred, I'll give Kutter some slack. He came up last Sept and was pretty raw while up for his cup of coffee. He did look OK in New York on Sunday, and I think he got the win. He does bring some heat at about 97. Where we get hurt is Brasier and Barnes tops this year at 93, they're useless without a good fastball. Robles was topping out at 94 today, so-so.
I watched the Mets and Phils last night. We really don't have pitchers that can bring it like Wheeler and McGill, who were blowing batters away yesterday. I guess Whitlock and Nate are two other guys who can bring it at a fair velocity. But our pitching is still inconsistent day to day.
Quote from: Sea Dog 23 on April 13, 2022, 06:52:21 PM
Fred, I'll give Kutter some slack. He came up last Sept and was pretty raw while up for his cup of coffee. He did look OK in New York on Sunday, and I think he got the win. He does bring some heat at about 97. Where we get hurt is Brasier and Barnes tops this year at 93, they're useless without a good fastball. Robles was topping out at 94 today, so-so.
I watched the Mets and Phils last night. We really don't have pitchers that can bring it like Wheeler and McGill, who were blowing batters away yesterday. I guess Whitlock and Nate are two other guys who can bring it at a fair velocity. But our pitching is still inconsistent day to day.
Well Sea Dog, Alex has a day off to consider how he is going to move along with our bullpen. I don't envy him but you would think that of the nine relievers we do have about three of them should be worth their salt and be able to contribute to the team's hopeful success.