hankchifan

Several.

Houston short LF porch helped him.

It’s OVAH for the division. Bringing in Davis and his 3 run meatball was a dagger. Without that dagger, 🗡️ we would have been tied after Beni3 run homer. Did not get any help from the KC bullpen, which is even worse than ours. It is what it is. Let’s get ready for the wild card. Go boys!

Unfortunately the KC bullpen blew it in the 9 th with 5 walks, even outdoing some of the worst Sox relief corps outings.

And with Meidroth swinging at a ball over his head on a 3-1 count, with the bases loaded in a one run loss on top of the Will’s openers and other pitching mismanagement.

9 walks given to the Guardians in last 2 innings. We may end up grieving over Meidroth’s refusal to take the walk with the bases loaded in this week 5-4 loss.

Like Hawk Harrelson for example.

I miss Benetti. He is an excellent play by play man, and better than what we have today. IMO. He is also from the South Side.

Red Sox scored one run in their last two games against the Guardians. They had to face Cade Smith tonight in a 1-0 game in the 9 th. Predictable 3 strikeouts. Cleveland has a closer advantage over us. Cade Smith leads MLB with 40 saves while the Sox use a myriad of pitchers closing.

Would we ever get an “L” series?

Did Colson finally become the MLB all time strikeout King? Should the Sox continue to play Colson? At least don’t bat the 2 MONTGOMERYs back to back, need a contact hitter around Colson to avoid the back to back strike outs. IMO.

Like an European football (soccer) team. Now need some Sox scarves to be made available.

Very good news that our bats have woken up these last few days. Makes these games less stressful on the bullpen, and more Venable proof - more likely to survive another Will blunder.

I second the motion.

You are smarter than Venable. I worry accordingly. Next time in a similar situation I would give him the take sign on 3-1 until he shows better discipline,and earns the right to swing.

Venable ball.

Will has proven he is stubborn and will double down on his mistakes.

It was our big chance to tie Cleveland on the loss column with the tie breaker. If Cleveland wins out now, we lose the Division.

Both.

Grichuk needs to be in the line up every game left. Will managing is getting worse by the day. Not ready for pennant prime time.

You can put it on the board.

Chase a total disaster today.

Our guys don’t like to walk, particularly in this game.d

Chase didn’t help, refusing to take the walk with the bases loaded and bringing in the 5 th run. We are back at the bad habit of many swinging for the fences regardless of the situation.

It’s OVAH in Boston. Chapman 3 Ks.