hankchifan

Good point.

Liam should be the face of NationalCursing Day.

You are right. IMO Sox will probably need to hit some homers for us to win tomorrow.

Formula is be patient, work the count and build up his pitch count, avoid swinging at sliders out of the zone and look for the fastball to hit. Easier said than done, but if we execute we are in business.

I believe he threw 72 fastballs out of 76 pitches, although it’s fair to say that he has 3 different types of fastballs.

Lynn not a good matchup against the Astros,the best fastball hitting team in MLB, with Lynn being a fastball pitcher.

This looks like a prototypical fat cat. What is it’s net worth?

Agree. Not going for HFA with the best home record in the AL and worst away record in the playoffs was a no brainer. We could have done it, we punted many games with Sunday lineups and Keuchel starts.

Little guys can hit it a long way too. Look at Altuve.

Problem is that Lynn is not a good match up versus the fastball hitting Astros.

Gio should not have been pitching then. Walks did indeed kill us in that game.

Great win for the Sox. Probably the best game of the year. All of TLR moves worked out tonight. He outmanaged Dusty.

Particularly with the 3 batter rule.

A big sigh of relief. Good D from Moncada and Abreu on that grounder.

Why not let Bummer finish the 8 th. He was in a big groove.

Grab some bench.

And don’t walk them.

It is never over until it’s over. We must win tonight so we can’t hold anybody back, including Hendriks.

Absolutely.

The dreaded lead off walk is never good

And hope that the Astros don’t hit anything hard to RF.

Must be one of TLR’s unwritten rules.

LaRussa is obsessed with matchups, no matter the players involved. He does not adjust or changes his plans. He is the worst manager in the playoffs, even worse than Dusty. He is in embarrassment territory.

Not maybe. It was for sure pretty dumb.

He can still have Cesar playing second and Engel in RF, with Leury on the bench. Sox bad RF defense has been badly exposed in this series. Rather have the D than a marginally better bat in the bottom of the lineup.