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Red Sox
Nathan Eovaldi (R)

1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B
2. Steve Pearce (R) 1B
3. J.D. Martinez (R) RF
4. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS
5. Eduardo Nunez (R) DH
6. Brandon Phillips (R) 3B
7. Brock Holt (L) LF
8. Christian Vazquez (R) C
9. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) CF

Yankees
J.A. Happ (L)

1. Andrew McCutchen (R) LF
2. Aaron Judge (R) RF
3. Didi Gregorius (L) SS
4. Giancarlo Stanton (R) DH
5. Aaron Hicks (S) CF
6. Miguel Andujar (R) 3B
7. Gary Sanchez (R) C
8. Neil Walker (S) 1B
9. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B

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Haha, Judge pulls a GIDP to end the inning and the threat.

Blown chances. Sheesh.

Quote from: markj on September 18, 2018, 07:57:17 PM
Blown chances. Sheesh.

Xman got a terrible read on the Nunez single. Should of scored easily.

Eovaldi out of a big jam. I thought sure the Yanks would score there.

Eovaldi is done after 6. Why do I have such little confidence in the current BP?

Quote from: markj on September 18, 2018, 08:21:49 PM
Eovaldi is done after 6. Why do I have such little confidence in the current BP?

Surprised they yanked him as he was doing well and hadn’t thrown a lot.  Not surprised that a Sox reliever came in and walked the first guy he faced.

How do you walk freaking Sanchez???????

Workman is useless. He's lucky he managed to get one out.

I knew it. No way was the BP going to keep a one run lead. Meatball right over the plate and he didn't miss it. Nice teamwork Workman/Brasier.

Not sure why Brasier was trying to throw a breaking pitch there. His fastball is his best pitch. He threw a nice two seam fastball for strike 2 so why not go back to it? Poor pitch selection by Brasier and Workman tonight.

Again the Sox have a man on 3rd and one out. Maybe they can do something with it this time.

Or not. There's two wasted run chances that would have this game tied.

Cuevas done good. For what that's worth at this point.

Sox catch a break on what should have been an inning ending GIDP. Now they're at the corners with one out. Again.

Wow, another blown play at second.  Can we scratch another hit or two out?

Haha, Britton blows an easy DP and the Sox have another run.

So the game ends on a Sox classic GIDP anyway. Can't count on errors by the other team all the time.

Why can't this team score against opposing starters anymore?

I think Cora assumes they'll win the ALE, so he's shuffling through players and RPs to see who he wants to keep for the post-season. He clearly had no problem walking away from this game. The only reason it was a one-run game was due to the Yankees making mistakes. 

Quote from: markj on September 18, 2018, 11:09:56 PM
I think Cora assumes they'll win the ALE, so he's shuffling through players and RPs to see who he wants to keep for the post-season. He clearly had no problem walking away from this game. The only reason it was a one-run game was due to the Yankees making mistakes.

Very TRUE, howevaaa, "smart baseball" is still the order of the day !! iono iono

Quote from: ipot on September 18, 2018, 10:38:18 PM
Why can't this team score against opposing starters anymore?

This is one of the key problems right now with this team, the other being the bullpen.  Yet they keep winning on a regular basis.  The problem is this not scoring against starters and giving up runs left and right with our pen will not be a good formula for success.  I'd like to see these guys clicking before playoffs start. 

Quote from: markj on September 18, 2018, 11:09:56 PM
I think Cora assumes they'll win the ALE, so he's shuffling through players and RPs to see who he wants to keep for the post-season. He clearly had no problem walking away from this game. The only reason it was a one-run game was due to the Yankees making mistakes.

What Cora is totally outd to lunch on is that if he's blase about these games with the Yankees the Yabnkees are not blase about these games..  TheYankees need to prove to themselves they can beat the Red Sox since they have not played all that well the past few weeks.  Cora is letting them right back into the mix by making those crappy moves as he did last night.  We will be playing these guys in the ALDS and we better determine that we get the edge on them RIGHT HERE AND NOW.  From what I've seen he did a crappy job of managing last night.  Call if a bad game, all managers have it, but tonight get Mookie Betts in the lineup and every hitter you can---and keep that rotten hitting tandem of Leon and Vazquez out of the lineup.  We need to hitj tonight for a change and we need to have David show he can pitch in Yankee Stadium the way he has piutched elsewhere the past few months.  We need to end this tonight or it might come back later to bite us on the ass.  We need a hell of a lot more than five hits; we haven't hit in double figures in awhile---and why do I still despise Workman???????