July 27, 2007

G103: Red Sox 7, Devil Rays 1

Hammel retired the first 11 Boston batters before David Ortiz singled, and through 5.1 innings, that was his only blemish. But with one out in the 6th, he walked Alex Cora and Julio Lugo and with his pitch count two shy of his limit of 90, he was pulled.

It was a much-needed break for the Sox. Kevin Youkilis hit Juan Salas's 4th pitch for a three-run home run, giving the Red Sox a 3-1 lead. They added four more runs in the 8th: Ortiz walked, Manny Ramirez singled, JD Drew singled (4-1), Coco Crisp doubled (6-1), and Doug Mirabelli singled (7-1).

Wakefield stumbled with two out in the 2nd (allowing two singles, a walk and a run), but finished strong (6-6-1-3-7, 101), giving way to Manny Delcarmen (2-1-0-0-2) and Kyle Snyder (1-0-0-1-0).

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Tim Wakefield (4.74, 95 ERA+) / Jason Hammel (5.82, 78 ERA+)

RedSox.com:
[RHP] Hammel made a spot start on Saturday against the Yankees and pitched well, allowing two runs in four innings. He would have gone farther, but he had been pitching in relief and was not "stretched out" enough. Hammel possesses a nice variety of pitches ... He is 0-1 with a 10.50 ERA in three appearances against the Red Sox.
Hammel's Game Log v Red Sox:
                   IP   H  R  ER  BB  SO
092606 GS at Bos 4 9 5 5 2 3
070307 Rel at Bos 1 1 0 0 2 2
070507 Rel at Bos 1 3 2 2 2 0
6 13 7 7 6 5
Clearly, the Sox like his "nice variety of pitches".

26 comments:

nick said...

Never mind the deletions, here's the sox missives.... (or something).

As part of my poser lifestyle, I'll be on the radio from 7-8pm est tonight playing scratchy records while watching 2 batters behind on gameday. If you want to, listen while you gameday--I won't talk about red sox nation, remy, bonds, or what schilling said (berkshireradio.org).

Then I'm gonna go watch the rest of the game and go out for some live music.

have fun y'all.

9casey said...

Thanks for the update , Nick....maybe i will meet up with you at Guido's for some organic mocha chai latte's......

allan said...

I hope work complies and lets me watch.

nick said...

9casey said...
Thanks for the update, Nick....maybe i will meet up with you at Guido's for some organic mocha chai latte's......

Sure thing! and not to do too much plugging, but I work at Helsinki on Saturday nights...stop in an say Hi (this goes for all of you). That's where I'll be tonight to see the Blue Ribbon Boys.

allan said...

Shortstop Jed Lowrie was promoted to Pawtucket from Portland where he hit .297 and was leading the Eastern League with 31 doubles.

allan said...

1. Julio Lugo, SS
2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. J.D. Drew, RF
6. Mike Lowell, 3B
7. Coco Crisp, CF
8. Doug Mirabelli, C
9. Alex Cora, 2B

1. Akinori Iwamura, 3B
2. Carl Crawford, LF
3. B.J. Upton, CF
4. Carlos Pena, 1B
5. Delmon Young, RF
6. Brendan Harris, SS
7. Ty Wigginton, 2B
8. Jonny Gomes, DH
9. Dioner Navarro, C

allan said...

Pile o' work. Will check in every so often.

allan said...

Birds making some noise in bottom of 9th of suspended game. Now 8-7 MFYs.

allan said...

MLB is reporting the end of the suspended game as both 8-6 and 8-7. Jeez.

allan said...

HA HA fuck you spammer!!!

ZAP!! In under 3 minutes.

allan said...

JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A PERFECT GAME!!!

allan said...

Alright! Tiz singles after the first 11 Sox were retired.

JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A SHUTOUT!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A SHUTOUT!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A SHUTOUT!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A SHUTOUT!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A SHUTOUT!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A SHUTOUT!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A SHUTOUT!!!
JASON HAMMEL IS PITCHING A SHUTOUT!!!

allan said...

Where are our goddamn bats?

allan said...

Cy Hammel is gone after 88 pitches (only 1 hit and 2 BB in 5.1 IP).

That's what we need.

allan said...

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOK

3 RUN HR!!!!!

9casey said...

I heard on nesn he was only going to throw 90 pitches......

9casey said...

Yoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooook

allan said...

Tough luck for Hammel!

On Salas's 4th pitch, Yook goes Boom.

9casey said...

redsock said...
Tough luck for Hammel!

Yeah thats too bad....:)

allan said...

I heard on nesn he was only going to throw 90 pitches......

Should have let him throw 2 more. Mighta got a DP.

allan said...

So far:

NYY: 010
BAL: 003

allan said...

MDC is one bad MF.

allan said...

Sox with 4 in the 8th. 7-1.

Benjamin said...

TYL

laura k said...

Back up to 8 games. Cool.

Zenslinger said...

All my sweaty pontificating from a couple months back on how hard it will be for the Yanks to win the wild card is not holding up too well at the moment. All the big teams in the AL are deflating a bit, if not full-on tanking lately -- except, thankfully, for us -- and the Yanks are now only 5 games out.