GAME #94 - SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2023 - BOSTON RED SOX @ CHICAGO CUBS

[markj]

2:20PM Eastern

Red Sox

Kutter Crawford (R)

1. Rob Refsnyder (R) CF
2. Justin Turner (R) 1B
3. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
4. Adam Duvall (R) RF
5. Masataka Yoshida (L) LF
6. Jorge Alfaro (R) DH
7. Christian Arroyo (R) 2B
8. Connor Wong (R) C
9. Yu Chang (R) SS

Cubs

Justin Steele (L)

1. Mike Tauchman (L) CF
2. Nico Hoerner (R) SS
3. Christopher Morel (R) 2B
4. Ian Happ (S) LF
5. Cody Bellinger (L) 1B
6. Seiya Suzuki (R) RF
7. Yan Gomes (R) C
8. Trey Mancini (R) DH
9. Miles Mastrobuoni (L) 3B

Gametime Temp: 80°F
Chance of Precip: 15%

[Schloicka]

6-0. Grand slam by Masa. Top 7 coming up.

[Sea Dog 23]

Great shot in the arm by Kutter.  Pitched a shutout over 6 on just 1 hit, K-9. 

Masa is showing why he likes the bigger size baseballs in the US.  6 RBI's today.

[Schloicka]

8th coming up. 9-0 Red Sox.

[Sea Dog 23]

This Faria guy is awful.  4 walks, he's only thrown 4 strikes out of 21 pitches.

[Schloicka]

9th coming up. Red Sox up 11-3.

[Sea Dog 23]

Get this rag-arm Faria out of here.  We DFA'd Tayler, and this was the guy we promoted.  Shesh.

[Schloicka]

And the Sox win 11-5. On to Oakland.

[SeaBeachFred]

Great shot in the arm by Kutter.  Pitched a shutout over 6 on just 1 hit, K-9. 

Masa is showing why he likes the bigger size baseballs in the US.  6 RBI's today.

This has been what most of us have been waiting for----to see Kutter finally put a solid start together and his six inning one his job was superb.  If he can keep this up we might not have to risk our future by trading top prospect for a starter who may not fit the bill.

[SeaBeachFred]

Get this rag-arm Faria out of here.  We DFA'd Tayler, and this was the guy we promoted.  Shesh.

It could be he is a favorite of Cora and you know by now had that usually works out to our detriment.  Taylor looks like a fireman compared this turd.d  Where did we get this guy from anyway?

[MongoLikeSox]

Get this rag-arm Faria out of here.  We DFA'd Tayler, and this was the guy we promoted.  Shesh.

It could be he is a favorite of Cora and you know by now had that usually works out to our detriment.  Taylor looks like a fireman compared this turd.d  Where did we get this guy from anyway?

Faria had previously pitched for Tampa. A Bloomer relationship guy. He was on the 40-man already, IIRC. I have a feeling this was a one and done call-up before releasing him. His numbers in Worcester were only getting worse. ERA was well over 6.00 and the whip was 1.64 or something like that.   

[MongoLikeSox]

Those two double plays turned by Chang and Arroyo were very nice plays. Not at all routine. One or both could have easily not happened with other personnel we've had out there too often this season. This is the defensive play we did not get on Saturday that helped the 3rd inning get out of control.

[MongoLikeSox]

Great shot in the arm by Kutter.  Pitched a shutout over 6 on just 1 hit, K-9. 

Masa is showing why he likes the bigger size baseballs in the US.  6 RBI's today.

This has been what most of us have been waiting for----to see Kutter finally put a solid start together and his six inning one his job was superb.  If he can keep this up we might not have to risk our future by trading top prospect for a starter who may not fit the bill.

Agreed. I can't help but wonder if him and Eovaldi had a nice chat during Nasty Nate's visit. This is what that start reminded me of for some reason. He didn't even have his grade-A stuff yesterday. It was fun to see him get out of jams and put tough hitters away.

I'm glad Cora let him finish the 6th. 6 run leads are easier to relax the hook.