hankchifan

Why is he still hitting 3rd? He has been the supreme rally killer. With either Robert or Burger hitting 3 rd instead of Vaughn, Sox would probably be leading. IMO.

Robert homers. Proves my point that he needs to be hitting 3 rd instead of Vaughn. It could have been a homer in the first inning instead.

Yes now I can switch to Celtics- 76 rs game earlier than expected.

I can’t believe that Pedro is still having Vaughn hitting third, and our hottest hitter Robert hitting 5 th. Vaughn has been a rally killer the last few games, and by hitting Robert 3 rd you assure that he hits in the 1 st inning. IMO.

No Altuve, no Correa, no Gurriel

One walk and lack of clutch hitting.

And his exaggerated upper cut swing only helps when he hits it out of the park. Mostly is a shallow fly ball to LF.

And bring Vaughn back down to 6 th.

And Romy is waiting to get back in the mix.

He can no longer be hitting third.

That is another reason why Sox got 10 hits and one run - no walks.

It is a shame, time to consider moving Vaughn down in the lineup. Too many ground balls, DPs, and too slow.

I think Moncada was on deck, but still.

He should have scored. Eight hits in 5 innings and only one run, may come back to bite us. Have left too many runs on the table.

Vaughn can’t get the ball up in the air.

Vaughn has a three speed transmission : slow, slower and slowest.

If you can’t run,at least try to get the ball up in the air in that situation.

Self fulfilling prophecy. This game has been a microcosm of all the Sox ills this season. The DP /high ground ball rate, the Ks swinging outside of the zone, poor defense, failing to get a run in from 3rd with less than two outs, walks, terrible base running, lack of hustle, etc.

Yes indeed, and making it worse it was with a man at third less than 2 outs, needing contact. He should be benched. You can’t swing at 2 balls in the dirt in that situation. There has to be a price to pay.

Looks to me he thought it was a home run and didn’t hustle out of the box admiring his hit. Pitiful.

And that is his main pitch. He was throwing fastball cookies with a 2 strike count.

He did tonight.

Neither should Lambert who has been pitching practically everyday.

Lots of extra base hits. Good inning that took the bullpen out of play to blow the game.

Hit it the opposite way, and the ball bounced off the right field wall in the corner several feet back and the RF had to come back for the ball.