GAME #126 - FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2022 - TAMPA BAY RAYS @ BOSTON RED SOX

[elktonnick]

Insanity is doing the same repeatedly and expect a different result.  Insanity is letting Brasier pitch

[markj]

Amazing. They hang on for the win.

[SeaBeachFred]

Too late. Brasier is useless. Still no outs and now just a 1 run lead. WTF.

Come on markj, don't you know that Cora is the smartest man in the house---and didn't he have Brasier pitch a one-two-three ninth inning at Yankee Stadium weeks ago to save a win for us?  How could not remember that.  Yea, right!!!!!  Hell even with a five run lead Brasier cannot be trusted so why is he still with us after five seasons?  Stupidity engulfs the Red Sox and there seems to be no way out for them.  At least we had the right guy in there in the ninth inning to get us an easy one, two, three and finally win a game... Yay Whitlock.

[longgame]

They tried to blow it but managed not to.  I’ll take the win!

[MongoLikeSox]

That was closer than it needed to be. Cora was trying to prove Shaughnessey right when he said Brasier should never pitch in a high pressure situation again. Then again, a 5 run lead used to be mop-up work.

Nice to win one, though. Nice to see Whitlock close one out in definitive fashion. Nice to see some hits.

Right before Boston's big inning, I saw most of Worcester's 11-run inning last night. Tons of walks.

[Sea Dog 23]

In other games, the Jays got shut out by Angels 12-0.  ither Detmers was pitching lights out, or theJays shot all of their mojo at Boston.  The Sox just cant win many crucial games this year for a laundry list of reasons.