Damn he hit that ball well 

Bad base running leads to only 1 run again...

1 minute ago, CentralChamps21 said:

OK, but once Luis makes that mistake, Leury HAS to stop at 2nd.

Definitely, that's little league stuff...you always have to watch the baserunner in front of you.

1 minute ago, soxfan49 said:

Say something, retract, rinse repeat. In the top of the 6th you'll change your mind again

I hadn't seen the replay of Robert tagging up yet. Robert did the right thing, Leury was brain dead. 

It’s amazing to not score a run on a double when guys are on first and second lol

1 minute ago, HOFHurt35 said:

Robert did the right play there, tag up.   However, his hustle was a bit lacking.  

Because he started from a dead stop and wasn't expecting to be sent...he wasn't going full speed, sure.

2 minutes ago, HOFHurt35 said:

Robert did the right play there, tag up.   However, his hustle was a bit lacking.  

He didn't know Leury was right behind him. Had he actually ran hard around third that's a much closer play at home. 

2 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

It’s amazing to not score a run on a double when guys are on first and second lol

And with with one of the fastest guys in the league on 2B. 

WTF ?

4 minutes ago, fathom said:

Amazing Sox only scored 1 that inning

Rebuttal: Amazing the Sox scored a run there!

4 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

It’s amazing to not score a run on a double when guys are on first and second lol

Not when you have Leury on your team. Against a slightly faster RFer...almost anyone, basically...he's dead to rights and doubled off first quite easily.

Imagine that turning into a runner on third and two outs.

Edited April 21, 20223 yr by caulfield12

1 minute ago, caulfield12 said:

Because he started from a dead stop and wasn't expecting to be sent...he wasn't going full speed, sure.

 

1 minute ago, chw42 said:

He didn't know Leury was right behind him. Had he actually ran hard around third that's a much closer play at home. 

Also, why would the hustle matter? The ball was hit to the wall in RF, to a guy that isn't going to throw him out at 3rd. It wasn't Luis' fault, that Leury has no idea how to check the guy in front of him on the bases.

This squad of lollygaggers needs some new drugs.

3 minutes ago, chw42 said:

He didn't know Leury was right behind him. Had he actually ran hard around third that's a much closer play at home. 

Leury also didn't look up at Robert in that sequence until after he had rounded second.  Even at that point he just kept going.

11 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

because he should be tagging up... what are you guys talking about. Robert did exactly what he should do there. 

Don't think so. As a runner at second you have to read the flight of the ball and know who the fielder is.  Instead he had his back to the wall and was looking over his shoulder. Leury did that and Robert did not. Robert should easily score on that ball once it goes off the wall. He's already in scoring position at 2nd base with great speed. He could've walked home if he went even a quarter of the way to third.

Obviously there is some blame on Leury too because he had to stop once he saw Robert still there.

Edited April 21, 20223 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside

So La Russa is just fucking with us now right? 

Just now, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

Don't think so. As a runner at second you have to read the flight of the ball and know who the fielder is.  Instead he had his back to the wall and was looking over his shoulder. Leury did that and Robert did not. Robert should easily score on that ball once it goes off the wall. He's already in scoring position at 2nd base with great speed. He could've walked home if he went even a quarter of the way to third.

And it was caught like most RF's would have done, Robert still would have been at 2B because of needing to go back to tag.

TA has thrown over the top since his 1st inning error and the results are much better

1 minute ago, southsider2k5 said:

And it was caught like most RF's would have done, Robert still would have been at 2B because of needing to go back to tag.

Yeah it was pretty damn catchable. Just a lumbering DH in RF like we’re used to.

13 minutes ago, Bob Sacamano said:

Tony praised him earlier for “running bases” lol

They seem to have an equivalent level of baseball "smarts" at this point.

We play a DH in RF and he ends up gifting the Guardians 2 runs.

The Guardians play a DH in RF and we end up gifting them an out cause we don't know how to run the bases.

Of course, Kwan gets to it

 

We're hitting Plesac hard at least

3 minutes ago, maxjusttyped said:

TA has thrown over the top since his 1st inning error and the results are much better

Kasper suggested that Anderson looked like his arm was feeling weird after his last throw.

One of those days/series when even when we hit the ball hard it's an out.  114 mph exit velocity into a line out.  Ouch.

4 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

Don't think so. As a runner at second you have to read the flight of the ball and know who the fielder is.  Instead he had his back to the wall and was looking over his shoulder. Leury did that and Robert did not. Robert should easily score on that ball once it goes off the wall. He's already in scoring position at 2nd base with great speed. He could've walked home if he went even a quarter of the way to third.

Obviously there is some blame on Leury too because he had to stop once he saw Robert still there.

If you go halfway there's almost no way to then tag up and get to third if it's caught.

You can blame Robert for underestimating how bad Reyes is in RF, I guess?