RAYS V RED SOX
SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2018, 4:05 PM AT FENWAY PARK
TV: NESN, FOX SPORTS SUN
TAMPA, (11-13)............................................................................................BOSTON, (19-6)
TAMPA:
YONNY CHIRINOS, RHP, 0-1, 2.92 ERA, 21K
The right-hander has pitched well in three of his four starts even though he
doesn't have a win . He has not gone longer than 5 2/3 innings yet but has
struck out 21 in 24 2/3 innings this season.
BOSTON:
DAVID PRICE, LHP, 2-2, 2.93 ERA, 23K
The lefty was haunted by one misfire in his last start, and Oakland's Khris
Davis swatted it over the wall for a three-run homer that handed Boston a
4-1 loss. Price has tossed 14 scoreless innings in two starts vs the Rays
this year.
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/rays-vs-red-sox/2018/04/28/529813#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=529813
Red Sox vs. Rays:
Betts RF,
Benintendi LF,
Ramirez 1B,
Martinez DH,
Bogaerts SS,
Devers 3B,
Núñez 2B,
Bradley Jr. CF,
Vázquez C,
Price LHP
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Bases loaded, no outs. Must score runs here.
JD Ks on a dirtball. Now comes the GIDP to end the threat.
Love being wrong at times like this. Xander with a sac fly. Sox up 1-0.
What are these bozos swinging at?
Pathetic. 2 Ks with bases loaded. Now that's some clutch hitting right there. thumb_d sigh
You gotta be kidding me. Span with an inside the park HR after JBJ faceplants. Sox down 2-1.
Ball took a strange bounce to the side. Can't do much about that.
Quote from: markj on April 28, 2018, 03:41:46 PM
You gotta be kidding me. Span with an inside the park HR after JBJ faceplants. Sox down 2-1.
I saw on T V D D pick up his phone, COULD he be calling Logan Airport for a plane for JBJ ???
Quote from: Schloicka on April 28, 2018, 03:42:54 PM
Ball took a strange bounce to the side. Can't do much about that.
Looked to me that he fell over his own feet.
GIDP, but at least it drove in a run.
Oy.
Sox pitching is really puzzling of late, even Sale.
Short leash on the TB pitcher.
Again with bases loaded and no outs.
Again, just one run in. Shades of last year's offense.
Either the Rays are the sexy pick for the ALE this season or we've just put our foot off the pedal...
How many times are we going to squander the bases loaded ??? iono iono
Way to go, Price. That's earning your pay.
Nothing comes easy anymore. Time for less talk and more action.
Bruins take game 1
That was a stupid play by Nunez
I’m calling it now: Price is back to the #4 starter he was 2 years ago. Thought he’d turn it around but he’s pitched lousy 3 starts in a row. We’re gonna haveto rude Sale and a hopefully revamped Porcello. Not enough. Gotta hope E-Rod May turn into a viable #3. Pomeranz is not cutting it so far
TB going for 8 in a row. Who would of thought that?
12-5, as DAD would say, "SON, pick up your glove & lets go, there will be no ice cream tonight"... Enough of the VAUNTED offense, defense & pitching... Giving back all the gains of the great month of APRIL !!! Good night. ALL !! thumb_d rofl rofl
WHAT the F^*K is going on with this team??
Bases loaded and then one feeble run.
UGHHHHHHHH
AND the Yankees are beating the Angels 5 - 0 in the first inning.
UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
NOW, Yankees 10 - Angels 0
Quote from: Bill-806 on April 28, 2018, 03:50:20 PM
Quote from: markj on April 28, 2018, 03:41:46 PM
You gotta be kidding me. Span with an inside the park HR after JBJ faceplants. Sox down 2-1.
I saw on T V D D pick up his phone, COULD he be calling Logan Airport for a plane for JBJ ???
No such luck!!!!!!
My wife and I went to a wedding and had a great time so I didn't see the disgraceful shit hole of baseball the team played today. We most likely were fooled on a number of fronts by the team's amazing start. They now look like the stumblebums we saw last season much of the time, and I noticed on MLB that now Bradley is looking pretty pathetic on defense too? If that's so what is he good for anymore? And Vazquez hitting under 200. No matter how you slice it we cannot carry two stiffs hitting just above or below the Mendoza line in the lineup much longer, if any longer. And when the hell is Pedroia going to ready to play. I haven't heard a thing in that regard for over a week. Is he near ready? Because we need a spark and another hitter in that lineup.
As reported by Alex Speier in April, Dustin Pedroia is scheduled
to return to the lineup in early May.
Hope Sunday is a better day, the YANK$ are closing on us.... Don't waste those games in APRIL !!
I doubt anyone thought the Sox could remotely come close to playing close to their 16-2 start. For me, at least this slump is no shock.The Rays came riding a 7 game streak and are playing very well. Ups and downs will happen all year.I see a 2 team race with the Yanks right thru September. As Ipot mentioned earlier Price is closer to a # 4. I held out hope for JBJ turning the corner but that now I believe will not happen. Sad that there is no help at AAA. Why Travis is not learning to play another position makes no sense.
Saturday's game was just further evidence of truths we have known for some time. First,David Price is not the dominant pitcher he once was. IMO he is morphing into another Josh Becket. Over reliance on the damn cutter (a pitch I detest) I believe is accelerating loss of speed for his fast ball. Second, Bradley although a good outfielder isn't as good as many in Boston think him to be and certainly not good enough to compensate for his inconsistency if not absolute failure as a hitter. Finally Nunez legs are inhibiting his defemse. I predict he won't finish the year without a major injury or extended time on the DL.
B I N G O dat..... That infield is starting to kill me..... All the injuries & all of a sudden Nunez is looking old !! iono
Quote from: elktonnick on April 29, 2018, 09:43:36 AM
Saturday's game was just further evidence of truths we have known for some time. First,David Price is not the dominant pitcher he once was. IMO he is morphing into another Josh Becket. Over reliance on the damn cutter (a pitch I detest) I believe is accelerating loss of speed for his fast ball. Second, Bradley although a good outfielder isn't as good as many in Boston think him to be and certainly not good enough to compensate for his inconsistency if not absolute failure as a hitter. Finally Nunez legs are inhibiting his defemse. I predict he won't finish the year without a major injury or extended time on the DL.
You've won me over with Bradley's defense. He makes some real weird moves out there and sometimes gets caught flatfooted on balls hit to him. No matter Elk, whatever defense he brings to the table doesn't come close to compensating for his total failure as a hitter, yet Cora today kept his party line stupidity that the guy is taking good swings and getting close. Close to what? Has Cora gone completely off the deep end regarding this guy. I can't wit to see him gone from Boston, but I have always said someone high up likes this guy and we may have to endure his endless miserable hitting even longer......or should I say non-hitting?