hankchifan

High fast balls if connected lead to home runs, which was the worst case scenario in Ramirez at bat. Throw pitches in the dirt that are impossible to hit out of the park.

Sox did not get the memo. Don’t let Jose Ramirez beat you, even if you need to walk him, don’t give him a hittable fast ball in that situation.

This TBS broadcasting is not ready for prime time. They are biased and never show who is warming up.

They still have Kwan, Ramirez and Addel that can hurt you.

We may need to start giving take signs to some of these guys, to send a message.

Hopefully soon, but they need to make contact and not strike out that often. The Montgomerys hitting back to back are too K prone, and rally killers.

We need Fedde to go as long as he can be effective.

Agree. We need more contact hitters in the lineup.

Experience is paying off.

At least Vargas and Mune worked out walks., and got Messick out.

Worst at bat of the post season. Refusing to swing for contact, and not for the fences ,with balls out of the zone, when small ball would do, to keep a rally going. Strike outs kill rally.

At least our pitchers tonight have gone away from a hittable fastball on 0-2 counts. That killed us yesterday.

They are afraid to witness another K. Because he owns the place.

These openers have been tough. Hagen failed with costly error and three walks. At least, no runs and neither Ramirez nor Adell beat us. Those are the two hitters we need to control. We will need to hit some homers in this game to win, as our small ball is non existent and we are swinging for the fences again, so we need to connect. And our pitchers need to keep it close.

Rays win their Series against the Yankees. 4-3.

Will never projects a sense of urgency.

Well, at least they brought in Cade Smith in the 8 th. But, we didn’t take a few pitches. We are not a small ball team. When we don’t hit homers , we are in trouble.

This is one of the worse Sox games this season. Bad pitching with walks and bad 0-2 pitches. Bad managing by Will. 14 strike outs thru 7. Bad hitting with RISP. Bad base running. Unfortunate situations. Go get them tomorrow.

Ramirez has killed us today.

Will s%*# the bed today. At least, I hope he wears Depends next time.

What lefty reliever do we have available?

Looks like Smith is coming in the 8 th for a two inning save.

His better at bats have been with no one on base. 14 strikeouts thru 7 innings.

13 strike outs have not helped,

Needed to lift that ball higher over Porkys head.