This definitely feels like a playoff game.

Vazquez has been missing on his locations.

 

The first two sequences all featured either curves or change-ups that were hanging on the inside of the plate when they were called outside.

 

Fortunately, the hitters were looking outside and/or for fastballs. Should have used a slider low and away on Bay but got away with it because his bat was slowed down by the offspeed stuff.

Nice AB there by JD.

*sigh*

if we can't hit homeruns, we dont win as proven all season long

 

we need some guys to step up.

After 4 innings, this offense looks as lifeless as it did on Wednesday. No reason in the world for Thome to be swinging at 1st pitch slider from Dice-K after a walk.

Ramirez needs to be running as soon as he gets on. Dice-K is slow to the plate due to his motion and Varitek can throw about as well as Toby Hall last season.

 

That would have given them 3 chances to drive in the runner from 2nd, not that it helped Boston last inning.

 

This game would have been much different had Cabrera's first liner ended up as a triple. Now the next problem will be Vazquez elevating his pitch count and sitting at over 50 pitches here early in the 4th.

 

Looks like we will have to go to Carrasco first in this game. We don't have time to mess around in this game with anything but our best relievers (if there are any!)

Ramirez needs to be running as soon as he gets on. Dice-K is slow to the plate due to his motion and Varitek can throw about as well as Toby Hall last season.

 

That would have given them 3 chances to drive in the runner from 2nd, not that it helped Boston last inning.

 

This game would have been much different had Cabrera's first liner ended up as a triple. Now the next problem will be Vazquez elevating his pitch count and sitting at over 50 pitches here early in the 4th.

 

Looks like we will have to go to Carrasco first in this game. We don't have time to mess around in this game with anything but our best relievers (if there are any!)

There are very few players I hate in baseball more than Dice-K.

Sweet....swinging at balls, and taking strikes. How many 3-2 offspeed pitches can Swisher strike out on this week?

Edited August 30, 200817 yr by fathom

Dicek is nasty. It's fun facing two 2-loss pitchers in 4 days.

daisuke is going to probably throw a complete game at this point, or pretty close

 

if we don't clobber some longballs here shortly, this game is pretty much over imo

daisuke is going to probably throw a complete game at this point, or pretty close

 

if we don't clobber some longballs here shortly, this game is pretty much over imo

 

I think we will need to score some runs to win this game.

I think we will need to score some runs to win this game.

 

it'd be nice to string some hits together but Dice-K seems to know exactly what the weaknesses of our hitters are

For Joe Crede's sake, I really hope 1-0 isn't the final score tonight.

I like our chances in a battle of the bullpens

I like our chances in a battle of the bullpens

 

At this rate, it's Dice-K for 8 and Papelboner for the 9th.

pedroia has a horseshoe up his a a s s......palin,who the hell is palin?

I like our chances in a battle of the bullpens

 

lol thank goodness a post I can laugh at. The Filibuster is cut throat right now.

Tony....you see that interaction between OC and Pedroia?

According to ESPN Gameday, Javy is getting squeezed badly. Two inside pitches, slightly about the mid section being called balls. Both clearly inside the strike zone according to Gameday.

I think thats probably the game.

Javy's hung an offspeed pitch twice tonight, and it was both with 2 strikes to Ortiz. Let's go Oakland!

2-0

 

as farmer says "A bloop and a blast" is what we need

2-0

 

as farmer says "A bloop and a blast" is what we need

What this team needs is an enema.