GAME #11 - TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 2023 - BOSTON RED SOX @ TAMPA BAY RAYS

[markj]

6:40PM Eastern

Red Sox

Garrett Whitlock (R)

1. Enrique Hernandez (R) SS
2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
3. Justin Turner (R) DH
4. Masataka Yoshida (L) LF
5. Rob Refsnyder (R) CF
6. Alex Verdugo (L) RF
7. Christian Arroyo (R) 2B
8. Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B
9. Connor Wong (R) C

Rays

Shane McClanahan (L)

1. Yandy Diaz (R) 1B
2. Brandon Lowe (L) DH
3. Randy Arozarena (R) LF
4. Wander Franco (S) SS
5. Luke Raley (L) RF
6. Isaac Paredes (R) 3B
7. Francisco Mejia (S) C
8. Josh Lowe (L) CF
9. Vidal Brujan (S) 2B

Gametime Temp: 77°F
Chance of Precip: 0%

[longgame]

Whitlock takes the hill, hoping for a strong start to his season. Can we get 6 innings out of him tonight?

Refsnyder stays in CF where he looked good in the field last night.  Kike still at SS where he doesn't look good in the field.  Dalbec in for Casas, go get 'em Bobby.

How do the Rays win games with that lineup?  Although Brandon Lowe kills us for some reason. 

[longgame]

Also not sure why Kike is batting leadoff.  He’s going to make Mendoza look like a superstar.  He was .097 at the start of the game along with 5 errors.  Meanwhile a certain SS in San Diego is hitting .325 with 1 error. 

BTW, Franchy just his 3rd HR in 18 at bats for the Yankees. 

Sox once again looking a bit lackluster again tonight.

[Sea Dog 23]

Yawn.  Three hits last night and no hits through four tonight. Somebody needs to talk to Cora about the dead spots in his nightly lineup now that we're playing contenders. But those choices come down to who's running the club at the top.

[SeaBeachFred]

Yawn.  Three hits last night and no hits through four tonight. Somebody needs to talk to Cora about the dead spots in his nightly lineup now that we're playing contenders. But those choices come down to who's running the club at the top.

Sea Dog, let me be blunt and to the point.  This team is headed for a total trainwreck and after we get swept by the Rays and lose three of four to the Angels Prune Face has to get his head out of his ass and make two changes that is mandatory if the team is  ever going to join the ranks of the decents.  Jaime Bloom must be fired and fast because he has committed suicide on our team and Manager Alex Cora must follow quickly out the door as well.  Bloom is a total buffoon and incompetent who has made mistake after mistake in misjudging personnel and some of the rotten trades he has made.  Cora is a filthy rotten cheater and the stench of his soiled carcass has relegated our team to a laughing stock in baseball.  You can  try and band aid this to your hearts content but without these two being shit-canned the team will only get more and more pathetic with each passing weak.  It needs to be done and it must be done or we are looking at another last place finish this season and more to come in the next two or three years.