7:10PM Eastern
Red Sox
Nick Pivetta (R)
1. Enrique Hernandez (R) SS
2. Jarren Duran (L) CF
3. J.D. Martinez (R) DH
4. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
5. Hunter Renfroe (R) RF
6. Alex Verdugo (L) LF
7. Christian Vazquez (R) C
8. Franchy Cordero (L) 1B
9. Michael Chavis (R) 2B
Blue Jays
Thomas Hatch (R)
1. George Springer (R) DH
2. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (R) 1B
3. Marcus Semien (R) 2B
4. Bo Bichette (R) SS
5. Teoscar Hernandez (R) RF
6. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (R) LF
7. Randal Grichuk (R) CF
8. Cavan Biggio (L) 3B
9. Reese McGuire (L) C
Gametime Temp: 80°F
Chance of Precip: 0%
After these 4 with the Jays it's on the road to Tampa for 2. Then a little break with 3 at Detroit and then it's Toronto, TB, Bal and NYY again. Need to keep on rolling now.
Looks like Bogey is going to rest that sore wrist. He can barely take a two handed swing right now. A couple days off may be in order.
Quote from: longgame on July 26, 2021, 12:25:40 PM
After these 4 with the Jays it's on the road to Tampa for 2. Then a little break with 3 at Detroit and then it's Toronto, TB, Bal and NYY again. Need to keep on rolling now.
I think Sale will return to Sox in early August, possibly the Tigers series. That will match the coming of our new 1B iono. The bullpen may get some relief if Sale pushes Perez to the pen and if they think Seabolt is ready. That also means a couple guys get the boot, probably Workman and somebody like Rios goes to AAA.
CORA reminds me a lot of myself , a great coach !!!!!!! coaching my kids thru the school years !!! thumb_u rofl rofl rofl rofl
Bases loaded, no outs. Must have some runs out of this.
Just one to add to the one we got earlier. Wasted chance to open this game up.
I knew it. That blown opportunity is going to come back to haunt them. Jays tied it up and still there are no outs this inning. Jays have two on.
Not too much damage considering. Still tied at 2.
8th inning seems to be good karma for the Sox this week.
Nice, clean inning by Barnes for the save. Sox do it again.
Come from behind to win AGAIN!
Alex Verdugo with the go ahead 2 run homer in
the bottom of the 8th inning.
Matt Barnes - 1,2,3 outs top of the 9th.
Red Sox 5 - Blue Jays 4
YAHOOOOOOO
Rays were idle tonight, so Sox pick up half a game.
Decent enough pitching when you hold the Jays to 4 runs. On to Tuesday.
Good comeback again. We've done this in previous years when we seemed to be destined for great things, but I am NOT getting ahead of myself, not a chance. We take them one game at a time because I know there are a lot of teams going hot and cold in steaks and you only have to look at the standings and records of the clubs to see that. Verdugo came through big time and Matt Barnes gave us a on e-two-three inning for the save. Now I have to wonder who closes tomorrow given the opportunity if we take the lead into the ninth inning. Matt doesn't usually go three days in a row, but I have a better idea. How about we get more than a one or two run lead tomorrow and enter the ninth with a little more of a cushion, but I'm not complaining. If this is the way we have to win games I'll take it that way nervous stomach and all.
Another thriller! Gotta like it.
I can't believe we witnessed Cora not yanking a guy on a mound visit. I can believe it backfired. I get the impression he's begging to be able to leave him in longer.
Why does Bo Bichette look more like Johnny Damon than he does Dante Bichette?
Fred mentioned closer tomorrow? Barnes and Ottavino each on 2 straight and Cora's spent Valdez again. Taylor? Whitlock? Get it to the 7th and turn it over to Whitlock for a good old fashioned 1970's style save is my vote.
Duran came up and looked late on everything, but decent. Then he started to look way out ahead of everything. That adjustment is so not working.
Mongo, you could wait on Duran to work himself out of problems this year and have a better 2022. But I'm starting to think Bloom should strike while the iron is hot - with the other regulars. This team seems to be destined to go far in the playoffs and could use a couple key pieces, a Rizzo at first base, another 2B plug in and bullpen help. At the end of this year, we will lose a group of one year rentals, JDM likely to opt out, the pitching will have to be patched up again. So go for it this year, you never know what next year brings.
Speaking of 1B the Athletic thinks the SOx could deal for Carlos Santana and Rasiel Iglesias, for relief help, at the deadline.
https://theathletic.com/2731381/2021/07/27/eleven-mlb-trades-the-numbers-say-need-to-be-made-this-week/?amp
ANOTHER good WIN !!! Don't give up on DURAN , he is the real thing, FASTER than FAST !!!! thumb_u
This team reminds me a lot of the 2013 team. Nobody was expecting them to do much and they had solid talent with a few thumpers but mostly very few weaknesses. This team has a weakness on the right side of the infield, which can be addressed, plus shoring up the pitching never hurts. They just seem to have a lot of heart and never give up. What a difference from a year ago. Sure there are a couple of new pieces, but last year the managing was disastrous. This year, Cora is doing his thing, keeping everyone loose and allowing them to play at their best.
Quote from: longgame on July 27, 2021, 08:43:42 AM
This team reminds me a lot of the 2013 team. Nobody was expecting them to do much and they had solid talent with a few thumpers but mostly very few weaknesses. This team has a weakness on the right side of the infield, which can be addressed, plus shoring up the pitching never hurts. They just seem to have a lot of heart and never give up. What a difference from a year ago. Sure there are a couple of new pieces, but last year the managing was disastrous. This year, Cora is doing his thing, keeping everyone loose and allowing them to play at their best.
I'm glad Ted it was you who made the reference to the similarities of our team today with the one eight years ago. I've been reluctant to say that for fear I might jinx our team; it won't if you or someone else said it. Get Rizzo and be prepared to pay for him and get Arroyo back and keep him in the lineup at second. Get a healthy Sale back and trade for another starter or reliever. Who knows what could happen?