July 9, 201510 yr 2 winner threads. Guy beat me by an eyelash . Eaton was the straw that stirred the drink tonight. He got the game tying infield hit in the sixth and the game winner in the 11th . Bullpen 6.2 innings of 2 hit no run ball against one of the best offenses in baseball. They are a very solid bunch at home . Edited July 9, 201510 yr by CaliSoxFanViaSWside
July 9, 201510 yr Record in extra innings and one run games White Sox +9 Nationals +9 Cubs +9 Royals +6 Cardinals +6 Oakland -20
July 9, 201510 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 09:29 PM) Record in extra innings and one run games White Sox +9 Nationals +9 Cubs +9 Royals +6 Cardinals +6 Oakland -20 We're good at something !
July 9, 201510 yr That just broke a 24 game home streak of not scoring more than four runs...or was it not scoring more than three? Either way, pretty incredible at USCF. Even in these offensively challenged days. Danks still sucks. Guess the concept of two in a row was impossible for him. Great job by the bullpen and defense for most of the game....Avi continues to do really dumb things.
July 9, 201510 yr QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 8, 2015 -> 09:41 PM) That just broke a 24 game home streak of not scoring more than four runs...or was it not scoring more than three? Either way, pretty incredible at USCF. Even in these offensively challenged days. Danks still sucks. Guess the concept of two in a row was impossible for him. Great job by the bullpen and defense for most of the game....Avi continues to do really dumb things. But that 4 for 5 looked pretty good from Avi too.
July 9, 201510 yr Great win. Eaton deserves credit. Walk off home runs are pretty impressive. He's starting to get good again. Avi 4 hits is pretty damn nice. Lexi with the glove. The bullpen shut me up and did the job. Sox have been playing better of late. True, the losses have been maddening, but they've won a lot of gams of late.
July 9, 201510 yr Adam Eaton is now 5th on the team in isolated power. (.203) Abreu (.157) Soto (.156) LaRoche (.153) Flowers (.135) Eaton (.130) Gillaspie
July 9, 201510 yr Something is amiss with the Bluejays hitting success at home. Its almost like they know what pitch is being thrown.....
July 9, 201510 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 09:17 AM) Something is amiss with the Bluejays hitting success at home. Its almost like they know what pitch is being thrown..... Hasn't there been smoke around that in prior years? wRC+ splits for players with at least 50 PA's both home and away. Home Away Diff Player 175 070 105 Danny Valencia 185 114 071 Josh Donaldson 155 086 069 Russell Martin 166 112 054 Chris Colabello 164 122 042 Jose Bautista 153 112 041 Devon Travis 128 098 030 TEAM 144 130 014 Justin Smoak 090 079 011 Jose Reyes 119 113 006 Edwin Encarnacion 087 105 -18 Kevin Pillar 038 082 -44 Ryan Goins 071 117 -46 Ezequiel Carrera Edited July 9, 201510 yr by shysocks
July 9, 201510 yr QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 09:17 AM) Something is amiss with the Bluejays hitting success at home. Its almost like they know what pitch is being thrown..... They lead baseball in most runs scored on the road.
July 9, 201510 yr QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 03:59 PM) They lead baseball in most runs scored on the road. does any one remember the sox coach who was adapt at stealing signs from the catcher??? what was his name?? either way, maybe they are doing the same thing. it was a old time gift of the old times in baseball.
July 9, 201510 yr Don't mean to be a downer, last night was fun, but Avi's turn for second was so awful. Everyone in the stadium knew he had no shot. How many hits has he inexplicably run into outs? What stat shows that story?
July 9, 201510 yr QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 09:59 AM) They lead baseball in most runs scored on the road. Nobody said their offense was bad, its just much better at home.
July 9, 201510 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 10:09 AM) Don't mean to be a downer, last night was fun, but Avi's turn for second was so awful. Everyone in the stadium knew he had no shot. How many hits has he inexplicably run into outs? What stat shows that story? The ball was wet, It wasn't the greatest play, but he was pretty close to safe. It was a good throw. The tag was bad. Would have been interesting to see if the throw was off a bit. He might have been safe, or even out a larger margin.
July 9, 201510 yr Pretty close to safe in baseball means an out. This wasn't running home, the ball wasn't hit that deep, nor too much in the gap. There was no reason to turn and waste an out like that. He has done this continuously...has it ever paid off?
July 9, 201510 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 10:09 AM) Don't mean to be a downer, last night was fun, but Avi's turn for second was so awful. Everyone in the stadium knew he had no shot. How many hits has he inexplicably run into outs? What stat shows that story? FG has a UBR (Ultimate Base Runs) stat that takes that stuff into account. No idea how it's calculated, but I would guess it's based on the linear weight values between the two potential outcomes in the situation, like how many runs would be added by taking an extra base vs. standing pat or getting thrown out. FWIW, Avi in 2015 has been worth roughly negative five runs, or negative half a win.
July 9, 201510 yr QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 10:16 AM) The ball was wet, It wasn't the greatest play, but he was pretty close to safe. It was a good throw. The tag was bad. Would have been interesting to see if the throw was off a bit. He might have been safe, or even out a larger margin. The only reason it was close was because the tag was horrendous, though. The ball beat him by a mile.
July 9, 201510 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 9, 2015 -> 10:09 AM) Don't mean to be a downer, last night was fun, but Avi's turn for second was so awful. Everyone in the stadium knew he had no shot. How many hits has he inexplicably run into outs? What stat shows that story? That would be the TOOTBLAN - thrown out on the bases like a nincompoop. You can go here - http://tootblan.tumblr.com/ - and find, supposedly, every TOOTBLAN in the majors since 2013. Click on 2015 database and filter however you want. It looks like it's updated with last night's games but I don't see Avi's there yet, so that gives me some concern about how complete this is. Anyway, if you include yesterday, looks like Avi has been thrown out trying to stretch a hit 4 times.
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