The Birds come to Boston. Chat about the game here.
| Baltimore | |
| B. Roberts 2b | .444 |
| A. Jones cf | .389 |
| N. Markakis rf | .343 |
| A. Huff 1b | .294 |
| T. Wigginton 3b | .208 |
| L. Scott dh | .276 |
| G. Zaun c | .136 |
| R. Freel lf | .111 |
| C. Izturis ss | .172 |
| J. Guthrie | 2.25 |
| Boston | |
| J. Ellsbury cf | .194 |
| D. Pedroia 2b | .179 |
| D. Ortiz dh | .176 |
| K. Youkilis 1b | .472 |
| J.D. Drew rf | .233 |
| J. Bay lf | .345 |
| M. Lowell 3b | .229 |
| J. Varitek c | .200 |
| N. Green ss | .273 |
| B. Penny | 4.50 |
23 replies on “Home Again: Orioles-Sox Gamer I”
$5 million doesn’t get what it used to.
Penny again needs a ton of pitches, but at least he gets through the third without further runs. It’s still a game, but we’ll see a lot of innings from the bullpen.
Who’s the long man for Boston now? Hunter Jones?
Penny out after walking the lead-off man in the 4th. Supposedly 51 of his 85 pitches have been strikes but it seemed as if he found the strike zone only by accident.
A nation turns it’s lonely eyes to Clay Buchholz (or John Smoltz)?
If it weren’t a 7-5 game Jones would do mop-up duty. But for now it’s Delcarmen .
Obviously MDC is not a long man, but they wanted a guy to keep them in the game. Allowing the inherited runner to score on the Markakis double was not a good start, though.
Not sure who’ll be the long man in general now that Masterson has joined the rotation.
Easy 7-pitch-inning for Delcarmen.
And then David Ortiz pops up the first pitch. About him I’m really worried.
Bases loaded for Varitek. And an error by Aubrey Huff brings home a run.
And, incredibly, Nick Green ties the game!!!
NICK EFFING GREEN!!!!!
Wow. What a game this has been! I had it on in the background after Penny laid his deuce on the mound. Can’t believe they actually managed to tie it with Lowell-Varitek-Green up and two outs.
Javier Lopez is back to TEH SUCK this season. 84 pitches, just 51 strikes so far this year, including tonight’s wonderful 11-4 ratio. Ramon Ramirez comes on and gets the third out on one pitch.
Pedroia gets on. Let’s see if Papi picks a good time to get back on the ball…
wow. maybe this game will wake the bats up. not sure what it’s gonna take to get papi going. his “no manny” complaints on falling on deaf ears.
radio guy’s say they are gonna take youk out for precautionary reasons. probably carter coming in with kotsay DL’d.
youk still in. that’s a good sign.
green has impressed with the glove and flashes with the bat.
Papi can’t catch up to a fastball, whiffs with nobody out and the sacks full. Papi has me very worried.
And then the Youk DP. What a waste – sacks full, nobody out, and nothing. Brutal.
that hurts. bases plugged with no one out and the sox manage nothing.
Wow, Ortiz and Youkilis still the only guys without a hit tonight as they manage to waste a bases-loaded no outs situation.
And now the Orioles are rallying. The Sox should be up by at least three right now and this shouldn’t be nearly so tenuous.
hey sf, were all the empty seats at yankee stadium noticeable today?
Oh yeah – check the top post rod.
game.
the sox stole one tonite.
memo to mr. penny, you’re gonna need to compete to remain in the rotation after may.
2 more games and we’re at .500!