7:10PM Eastern
Red Sox
Rich Hill (L)
1. Enrique Hernandez (R) CF
2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
3. J.D. Martinez (R) DH
4. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
5. Alex Verdugo (L) LF
6. Trevor Story (R) 2B
7. Franchy Cordero (L) 1B
8. Christian Vazquez (R) C
9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) RF
Orioles
Tyler Wells (R)
1. Austin Hays (R) RF
2. Trey Mancini (R) DH
3. Ryan Mountcastle (R) 1B
4. Anthony Santander (S) LF
5. Ramon Urias (R) 3B
6. Adley Rutschman (S) C
7. Jorge Mateo (R) SS
8. Ryan McKenna (R) CF
9. Chris Owings (R) 2B
Gametime Temp: 80°F
Chance of Precip: 0%
Wells is 6.50 era in road starts this year, better at Camden Yards, 2.29.
Funny to think that the 5th game of a series against the O's on Memorial Day is somehow important.
Quote from: longgame on May 30, 2022, 04:28:40 PM
Funny to think that the 5th game of a series against the O's on Memorial Day is somehow important.
But we all know it is Ted. Lose this game as we did in the nightcap of the DH Saturday and one again we are playing potsy instead of making a real move up in the standings. Win the game and we might be once again making a move upwards. And can Hill finall pitch more than four damn innings. He needs to go six or seven for a change to take the pressure off our bullpen which since 2019 is tied with Philly with the most blown saves in baseball.......52!!!!!!
Quote from: SeaBeachFred on May 30, 2022, 04:48:30 PM
Quote from: longgame on May 30, 2022, 04:28:40 PM
Funny to think that the 5th game of a series against the O's on Memorial Day is somehow important.
But we all know it is Ted. Lose this game as we did in the nightcap of the DH Saturday and one again we are playing potsy instead of making a real move up in the standings. Win the game and we might be once again making a move upwards. And can Hill finall pitch more than four damn innings. He needs to go six or seven for a change to take the pressure off our bullpen which since 2019 is tied with Philly with the most blown saves in baseball.......52!!!!!!
Fred that's funny. We actually helped Philly add to their blown save miseries, giving them Workman and Hembree. Sox got the better end of that deal with Pivetta and Seabold.
Well Rich Hill gets roughed up in the 1st, a homer and a triple produce two runs.
Xander can't accurately throw the ball 50ft to 1B. Would have liked to see that again, but this dipshit director is more interested in showing the clowns in the booth than what's happening on the field. Enough of this. Show the damn field of play. Bad enough we have to listen to these bozos droning on and on. Do we have to watch them as well?
Sox heading for a home series loss to the lowly Orioles. Rich Hill is not SP material.
Cora is lucky Sox wont be in last place tomorrow. But this club is so up and down, I dont know how he can get momentum going with only two, maybe three reliable pitchers. July is going to be decision time again.
This team is getting tougher and tougher to watch. If a starter blows it early, they’re done. The bullpen won’t hold anything and the bats are once again flummoxed by a bad pitcher. Sloppy game all around and they’re headed back in the toilet.
At least the Sox broadcast sounds more interesting than the O’s broadcast where we learned that Worcester is a couple of hours away from Boston to the Southwest, which would be where I grew up, Old Saybrook, CT, not where I went to college in Worcester.
Quote from: Sea Dog 23 on May 30, 2022, 07:33:27 PM
Cora is lucky Sox wont be in last place tomorrow. But this club is so up and down, I dont know how he can get momentum going with only two, maybe three reliable pitchers. July is going to be decision time again.
I think Cora has the MARK OF CAIN on him. Most everything he does blows up in his bearded face. The team is back to its usual win one, lose one routine and with this series loss to the Orioles I'm about ready to throw in the towel on this season. Rich Hill looks like shit on the mound and has been getting hammered of late. At 43 it is time to put him out to pasture and call someone else up like Seabold. We heard so much talk about this guy when we got him in a trade, so why the hell is he still laboring in the minors when we have a plethora of shit going out there both in the rotation and especially in the bullpen. Or is Seabold hurt like so many others of our crappy pitching prospect supply? Back to the FRC again. Ever since he put his recently crowned World Series Championship team through that mickey mouse Spring Training in March of 2019 the team has been playing in such a way that after a good run of say five or six wins they look totally exhausted out there like tonight. It is very evident to me that we are going no place this season and I'm calling it in right now, so that means either we play out the string, trade those players that cheap bastard of an owner will not pay, or b ring up the kids and hope that Blomer Boy selects the right people for the key positions instead of the wrong ones or some of the FRC's favorites and start our rebuild because I have had it with this bunch of turds.
Good ol' Meatball Matt does what he does best.
Red Sox pitching gave up 31 runs on this homestand against the basement dwelling Orioles.
To spread the misery, getting back to the Phillies they seem to mirror the Sox in the NL. A $240mil club, also 10 games back in the NLEast. They have two consistent batters. Their $100mil RF Castellanos is batting .181 over 17 games. Their $70 mil Schwarber is batting .181 for the year. And yes, their closers are awful. Another blown save in the 9th at home yesterday.
Just pathetic. If a reliever comes in, I think they’re telling him first you clear the bases of any inherited runners and if there are none, go walk a couple. Like Fred said, Hill looks cooked. Get the young arms up and see what they can do.
Then there’s the whole lineup taking a day off against poor pitching. It’s either feast or famine with the offense and if a starter goesn’t go 9 chances are they lose.
Hill had nothing this night. As bad as he was, watching him get out of an inning the one time he did get out of a jam was impressive. Everyone in the park knew Hill had no curve going and he wins the battle with well placed fast balls. It was quite fun to watch, but that was one batter.
I hope those rough starts become a distant memory very soon.
Fred, Seabold is indeed hurt. Not sure if it's serious or just needs a little rest. For now, it's just some rest, I think. The big worry on him is what we saw in his start in Boston last season. He has to be precise because he does not throw hard. They wonder if he has what it takes to get big leaguers out.
We still can't seem to develop a quality starting pitcher who can bring the heart and break off a curve and control what he throws. I've heard this type of crap for years and you guys have heard it from me. Our pitching coaches and teachers have to be one pile of crap because we haven't developed even ONE DAMN good pitcher since Jon Lester back around 2004-2005 j ust before he made it to the Big Leagues. I don't know of any team in the game that has such a shitty record of pi tching player development. Maybe we should back up the truck for these rotten pitching instructors and haul them away with the rest of the garbage.
Quote from: SeaBeachFred on June 02, 2022, 05:15:50 PM
We still can't seem to develop a quality starting pitcher who can bring the heart and break off a curve and control what he throws. I've heard this type of crap for years and you guys have heard it from me. Our pitching coaches and teachers have to be one pile of crap because we haven't developed even ONE DAMN good pitcher since Jon Lester back around 2004-2005 j ust before he made it to the Big Leagues. I don't know of any team in the game that has such a shitty record of pi tching player development. Maybe we should back up the truck for these rotten pitching instructors and haul them away with the rest of the garbage.
Last night I watched some of the Woo Sox on NESN. Our pitcher, a guy named Brandon Walter, got lit up for 6 runs in 1 2/3, so he's major league ready.
Quote from: Sea Dog 23 on May 31, 2022, 06:49:39 AM
To spread the misery, getting back to the Phillies they seem to mirror the Sox in the NL. A $240mil club, also 10 games back in the NLEast. They have two consistent batters. Their $100mil RF Castellanos is batting .181 over 17 games. Their $70 mil Schwarber is batting .181 for the year. And yes, their closers are awful. Another blown save in the 9th at home yesterday.
They do mirror us Sea Dog, but they made a move by firing Joe Girardi who, by the way, I always thought was a good manager and still do. They skimped on pitching in the off season and went for offense, but as we have seen as Red Sox fans, it is pitching that wins games. Just look at the Yankees and Rays if you need proof. Not that our offense has been great shakes of late. Oh sure, we can to our and score ten or 12 runs most anytime, then go for three or four games when we can't seem to get a clutch hit or score more than one or two runs.