7:10pm Eastern
RED SOX
Andrew Cashner (R)
1. Mookie Betts (R) RF
2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
3. J.D. Martinez (R) DH
4. Andrew Benintendi (L) LF
5. Brock Holt (L) SS
6. Christian Vazquez (R) C
7. Mitch Moreland (L) 1B
8. Michael Chavis (R) 2B
9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF
ROYALS
Jakob Junis (R)
1. Whit Merrifield (R) 2B
2. Alex Gordon (L) LF
3. Hunter Dozier (R) RF
4. Jorge Soler (R) DH
5. Cheslor Cuthbert (R) 3B
6. Ryan O'Hearn (L) 1B
7. Bubba Starling (R) CF
8. Meibrys Viloria (L) C
9. Nicky Lopez (L) SS
Gametime Temp: 78°F
Chance of Precip: 5%
FINALLY, BOGEY gets a NIGHT off !!! I think that he has EARNED it !! thumb_u
Quote from: Bill-806 on August 06, 2019, 02:22:11 PM
FINALLY, BOGEY gets a NIGHT off !!! I think that he has EARNED it !! thumb_u
He has earned one. He did look a little tired in the Yankee series, the worst time to get tired, but a day orr will do him some good. I said I wanted Holt in the lineup but at Bogey's expense. I guess a person should be careful what he wishes for.
Crappy call at 2B. Looked like a bit of a shove. Once you're on the base and stopped, that should be the end of the play. Holding the tag on for 5 or 6 more seconds hoping you can unbalance the runner is BS.
And I guess I owe NESN an apology. I thought the endlessly repeated commercials were their doing, but tonight I'm watching the KC feed, which is Fox, and it's showing the same stupid commercials and also repeating them every break. Must be an MLB.TV thing.
JD, who should never attempt a steal, gets easily nailed trying to do just that. Whose bright idea was that?
Back to NCH again.
The Sox are so prdictable. One run on seven hits. NCH.
Meanwhile KC has 3 runs on 3 hits.
On the way to 1-9. There was an article in the Boston Globe today suggesting DD may lose his job over this season's debacle.
Boy Cashner is worse than I thought he was. I was shocked to hear that he had never beat KC in his career. Another nail in DD’s coffin?
The KC pitcher has an ERA over 5.00 and Red Sox batters are rolling over on everything. These guys look as if they are playing out the string. Only 5 pitches and the Sox are out of the inning The same listless bunch we have seen all year.
Quote from: markj on August 06, 2019, 07:49:24 PM
One the way to 1-9. There was an article in the Boston Globe today suggesting DD may lose his job over this season's debacle.
At this point I'm not sure DD should be entrusted with doing the reset and player revamping going through next year. He's done some good things and maybe had bad luck with the deals for Pearce, Eovaldi and Sale (foot in the spring) and have no money for an Ottavino? How could he have known all those players would be injured and have abysmal years and Cora would play it easy in the spring? Maybe it's time to try a new approach.
JD with a double and no outs. He'll be stranded right where he is now because NCH.
Well what do you know, a clutch hit. Vaz with a double to drive in JD.
Sox go quietly into the night.
Read a stat earlier -
LAST year the Sox ONLY lost 55 games the whole season.
Today is August 6 and this 2019 team has already lost 56 games.
Sad.
There you go. 1-9. At least their "1" was yesterday, so it'll be a while before they can hit 0-10.
If this was a football team, you would say they 'laid down'. Not sure about baseball terms, packed it in, but I'll go with Fred saying they mailed it in.
Quote from: longgame on August 06, 2019, 07:59:05 PM
Boy Cashner is worse than I thought he was. I was shocked to hear that he had never beat KC in his career. Another nail in DD’s coffin?
Well to me CASHner is like money in the bank------to whatever team has the fortune to face him. Boy was it sickening tonight. How many Bad Days at Black Rock can we Red Sox fans endure? Apparently the team is going to see just how many. I'm beginning to ask myself why should these even show up for the games? They're simply trying to go through the motions and then laying down like dogs. What a bunch of bums these guys have turned out to be.
15.5 games back now. They're all done.
WOW, only 2 runs against a LOUSEY K C team, and we give up 6 ????? I still say, we have to adjust to the JUICED BALL, meaning, go with THE OPENER and all pitchers on deck ……. ONLY starters being E-ROD & PORCELLO , get 5, 6, or 7 innings in & get out …… SALE & PRICE out of the PEN as needed on a 2 day basis !!! The SOX are not adjusting to the NEW WORLD !!! iono iono iono iono
Sad to see them swoon like this. At this point they must see the writing on the wall.
I watched the postgame show last night including the manager's interview. Both the NESN team and the reporters asking the questions kept nibbling around why the pitching stinks. Of course a lot of the talk was about Cashner - how was this guy pretty much lights out for Baltimore and now can't pitch. I kept waiting for the obvious follow on question or point - the pitching coach. What does he do, tell the pitchers what he did when he was a bullpen catcher in that situation? At least a guy with hitting experience in the majors could potentially offer some insight. But I just don't see what business this guy has being as pitching coach.
The only question this offseason should be how deep the cleaning goes.
Quote from: longgame on August 07, 2019, 08:05:03 AM
Sad to see them swoon like this. At this point they must see the writing on the wall.
I watched the postgame show last night including the manager's interview. Both the NESN team and the reporters asking the questions kept nibbling around why the pitching stinks. Of course a lot of the talk was about Cashner - how was this guy pretty much lights out for Baltimore and now can't pitch. I kept waiting for the obvious follow on question or point - the pitching coach. What does he do, tell the pitchers what he did when he was a bullpen catcher in that situation? At least a guy with hitting experience in the majors could potentially offer some insight. But I just don't see what business this guy has being as pitching coach.
The only question this offseason should be how deep the cleaning goes.
About close to half the team should be playing somewhere else next season-----and if we can get two p rospects for Betts he is included in the departure. Since he had that three homer game his hitting has once again descended into mediocrity. We need to say good bye to Moreland, Leon, Barnes, Hembree and Bradley just for starters. These guys have done shit for the team this season and as we saw last night dear old JBJ went another 0 for 4 and is now hitting a paltry 222. No amount of fielding can make up for that kind of lousy hitting, and compared to Leon our CF is a slugger. Barnes sucks, cannot pitch under pressure and Hembree just stinks to high heaven. Moreland seems injury prone and perhaps it is time to turn over first base to Chavis or Travis. It is certain that the current sad bunch of losers have made Red Sox fans embarrassed and shamed that they could descend to badly into irrelevancy. BACK UP THE TRUCK!!!!!!!!!