3 minutes ago, caulfield12 said:

Has Martin pitched in relief at any level this entire season?

Heading for the dreaded leadoff walk…

He pitched after VV opened a game and did great

Not good

Not sure what we expected 

Here we go!!

This one’s gonna sting

And here we go.

Oh forgot Martin pitched 5 1/3rd six days ago for the win in relief.

LoL.

Qualifies him for high leverage work.

 

Has inherited Bummer’s bad luck.

1 minute ago, Heads22 said:

I think tonight is basically Joe Kelly getting demoted and TLR seeing who else he can throw in setup til Liam is back

Or he isnt getting demoted and depending on what happens this inning Kelly comes in.

Can’t use Graveman every night, but woof. This pen is bad right now. 

Just now, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

Or he isnt getting demoted and depending on what happens this inning Kelly comes in.

Ruiz is warming

2 minutes ago, Balta1701 said:

The insistence on using starters for 1 inning is completely bizarre to me.

TLR bullpen management this year has been atrocious.

Need a triple play here. 

Perfect execution.  Nice to see, just always happens to be the other team

The management of this bullpen as an organization is embarrassing 

Why didn't the Sox sign more relievers this winter?

Throw him all sliders

Biggio for Springer is on a TLR level of managing

I feel like SOx don't have the lead after this inning. Just tied would be great.

1 minute ago, hankchifan said:

TLR bullpen management this year has been atrocious.

I am not defending TLR. He’s awful. But what you gonna do here? We have 1 good reliever atm. 

Just tuned in…..so why exactly is Martin pitching in the 8th in a 1 run game? Serious question here

Is Springer hurt?

Gonna take a miracle to get out this thing on top

Why is the strike zone shrinking this inning? This goes back to the blown opportunities on offense in this game like we have seen way to many times this year. 

Just now, HahnsKiddieTable said:

Just tuned in…..so why exactly is Martin pitching in the 8th in a 1 run game? Serious question here

Apparently we have no pitchers available

Ending the inning tied would be a blessing at this point