7:07PM Eastern
Red Sox
Michael Wacha (R)
1. Rob Refsnyder (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. Christian Vazquez (R) C
8. Franchy Cordero (L) 1B
9. Christian Arroyo (R) RF
Blue Jays
Ross Stripling (R)
1. George Springer (R) DH
2. Bo Bichette (R) SS
3. Vladimir Guerrero (R) 1B
4. Teoscar Hernandez (R) RF
5. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (R) LF
6. Matt Chapman (R) 3B
7. Santiago Espinal (R) 2B
8. Gabriel Moreno (R) C
9. Raimel Tapia (L) CF
Gametime Temp: 69°F
Chance of Precip: 0%
No Dalbec or JBJ so a chance for some offense tonight. Another tough pitcher though.
Quote from: longgame on June 28, 2022, 02:28:04 PM
No Dalbec or JBJ so a chance for some offense tonight. Another tough pitcher though.
It seems that in almost every season some team in our division beats the living crap out of us. In 2019 it was Tampa Bay, in 2020 it was the Yankees (we best them once in 11 tries) and this year it seems to be the Blue Jays. To me that gets old and it high time to turn the tables on Toronto and start giving it back to them with vengeance. Good to see Alex finally getting some smarts and getting Bradley and Dalbec out of the lineup. Of late Bobby has gotten some hits to finally climb above the Mendoza line but Jackie has resumed his pathetic hitting and is something like one for 25 in his last half dozen plus one at-bats. He and kiki need to become reserve players and Duran put in center PERIOD!!!!!. Now for a victory tonight. We need to get back on the winning trail.
I'll hang the Monday loss on Cora. We needed to get off to a good start this series. Pitching the kid Seabold in front of those big bats was stupid. He had just come off an injury about a week ago. Pitch a bullpen game Sunday at Cleveland and go with Hill last night. Stripling tonight and I think we see their ace tomorrow. A tough series when youre under-manned already.
Refsnyder gets gunned down by a mile attempting to steal 2B.
Not a great start to this game. Sox down 3-0 already. Jays still batting.
CRAP.
The Jays were 3 - 7 their last 10 games.
They are lighting up our pitchers.
You can understand yesterday's rookie -
Wacha? CRAP
Story with a solo dinger to get one back.
Jays are finding a lot of holes through the Sox infield.
Refsnyder ties it up with a 2-run dinger. I like this kid. They need to keep him in the lineup.
Vaz puts the Sox up by 1 run.
2 on for the Jays, no outs, and Robles coming in. This is not going to end well.
It took Robles just one pitch to lose the lead. We'll see if he makes it to 5 before he blows the game.
Nope. 4 pitches. All over. You knew that was going to happen when you saw him warming in the bullpen. That said, Sox had their chances and left too many LOBsters again. JD with an 0-5 night didn't help a bit.
F^CK Robles.
WHY, WHY does Cora put him in???????????
Just don't understand it.
CRAP!
The Sox battled back . . .
CRAP!
I HATE Hansel Robles.
WHY CORA???????
This game was so frustrating . . .
Wacha gets hit,
Sox battle back,
take a lead
AND the bullpen gives it back.
SADLY, this game is reminiscent of earlier woes . . .
Sox have problems with the AL EAST teams.
I SO HOPE that the winning ways in June would
continue against the AL EAST and so far - NO.
Danish gets the loss, even though ROBLES is the pitcher that
BLEW the game. Pitcher stats are just crazy.
Quote from: BoSoxFanNY on June 28, 2022, 09:37:20 PM
F^CK Robles.
WHY, WHY does Cora put him in???????????
Just don't understand it.
CRAP!
The Sox battled back . . .
CRAP!
I HATE Hansel Robles.
WHY CORA???????
Why? Because as I've said so many times, Robles is a personal favorite of that f@#$%&g Cora and he is going to ram him down our throats until that filthy rotten cheater is finally fired and run out of town. As I've told all of you on this board many many many many times, Rotten Robles MUST NEVER BE PUT IN A GAME IN THE NINTH INNING EVER EVER EVER EVER. Why Cora, that bastard, can't understand that can only be answered by something I've known for quite some time.......Cora loves Robles and he will use him again and again if only to prove a point. Once more a message for you, rotten filthy cheater.....NEVER USE ROBLES IN THE NINTH INNING OF A GAME EVER AGAIN AND BLOOMER BOY, HELP THIS ALONG BY SENDING THAT CHOKER BASTARD DOWN AND NEVER B RING HIM UP AGAIN TO THE RED SOX EVER. BTW, we did leave too many men on base but good teams win these types of games but when you have a stubborn filthy rotten cheating manager at the help this is what happens. I am beyond pissed off.
This one was one Cora. Saw it coming 3 innings earlier when he decided he didn't want Schrieber to face Springer and Bichette in the 9th. Smartest man in the room with his insatiable desire to hit the idiot button again and again and again and again and again and again and again. I really don't know why they got rid of Tewksbury. It's obvious the Manager needs him more than any player ever did - except for Robles.
It's beyond comprehension. It really is. I got nothing. Cora let his team down tonight.
What a team of underacievers, when it gets to big games. I think the record shows 8-9 wins and 21 losses against division teams. That doesnt bode well with still about 45 games to play against those clubs. You can blame Cora, but Bloom put this team together on the cheap.
The fire balling Gauseman was out there at $22mil, but Bloomer went for weak arms Wacha and Hill. For the pen Jantsen , unhittable for the Braves, was out there, but Bloom's idea was Diekman and extend Barnes. He saved Henry millions, whoop whoop. And the fans ask how did we get here?
Quote from: MongoLikeSox on June 28, 2022, 09:53:56 PM
This one was one Cora. Saw it coming 3 innings earlier when he decided he didn't want Schrieber to face Springer and Bichette in the 9th. Smartest man in the room with his insatiable desire to hit the idiot button again and again and again and again and again and again and again. I really don't know why they got rid of Tewksbury. It's obvious the Manager needs him more than any player ever did - except for Robles.
It's beyond comprehension. It really is. I got nothing. Cora let his team down tonight.
I didn't get his moves at all. I don't get why your best reliever was used in the 7th and then a guy like Danish stays in for the 9th?!?!?!? But once those guys were on base, who does he have? Of course Robles has to be released. This guy has no value. He's 2 of 7 in save opportunities. His ERA in the 9th inning is over 8. He has no business being on a major league roster. On a related note, too bad our current closer can't go to Canada, especially since we have a series there in the last week of the season and if the season ended today we'd be heading to Toronto for 3 games. Someone needs to get Houck vaccinated or they have to dump him.
I can't get too upset about Seabold going the night before. They're out of starting pitchers with 2 down. We've known this pitching staff has been a mess in terms of consistency and take some key guys out and you don't have a lot of options.
I certainly agree that Cora blew this one by using Danish and Robles especially Robles. But Cora is not alone in this fiasco. Bloom bears the greater responsibility by keeping Robles on the roster. While we are at it, Houck and Duran are both on my shit list. If it were up to me, I would move both these guys asap.
I'd trade Duran to KC for Beni. But only if Beni is vaccinated.
I agree!
ALL players need to be vaccinated.
Period.
YOU play a TEAM sport . . .