September 19, 2009

G147: Red Sox 11, Orioles 5

Red Sox - 020 001 350 - 11 17  0
Orioles - 110 100 002 - 5 12 1
After six innings of back-and-forth lead changes, the Red Sox scored eight runs in the space of 15 batters in the late innings.

J.D. Drew drove in four of those eight runs; three of them came on his 21st home run of the year in the eighth. Brian Anderson followed that dong with one of his own. David Ortiz had two doubles, Mike Lowell went 3-for-4, and Josh Reddick hit his second major league home run in the second.

Lester (6-10-3-0-4, 102) was not sharp, giving up a run on a double and two singles to start the Baltimore first, and allowing solo homers to Ty Wigginton and Melvin Mora -- each of which lead off an inning. Manny Delcarmen allowed consecutive shots to Wigginton and Felix Pie to begin the ninth.
Example
Jon Lester (3.29, 143 ERA+) / David Hernandez (5.40, 86 ERA+)

Amalie Benjamin, Globe:
On Sept. 6, Jon Lester allowed the Chicago White Sox no runs in seven innings. Since then, Red Sox starters have allowed three runs or fewer in 11 straight games, their longest such streak since they reeled off 12 in June 2006. The Sox are 9-2 over the span, a stretch during which they seized control of the American League wild-card race.
Example
Angels/Rangers at 7 and Yankees/Mariners at 10.

65 comments:

allan said...

Hey, Ish, have you tried this place for dinner?

allan said...

1. Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
3. Victor Martinez, C
4. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
5. David Ortiz, DH
6. Jason Bay, LF
7. Mike Lowell, 3B
8. J.D. Drew, RF
9. Alex Gonzalez, SS

1. Brian Roberts, 2B
2. Cesar Izturis, SS
3. Matt Wieters, DH
4. Nick Markakis, RF
5. Melvin Mora, 3B
6. Ty Wigginton, 1B
7. Felix Pie, CF
8. Chad Moeller, C
9. Jeff Fiorentino, LF

allan said...

Lineup change: Bay out, Reddick in at 8, Drew up to 6.

Still, that original lineup is fuckin' solid!

Rob said...

Which sauce would you like YOUR feet massaged with?

allan said...

I don't know, but what is in the one labelled "foot"?

Check out the storage commercials too!

Mrs.GotRibe said...

We are here. Just off of first base about 12 rows up. Let's go sox

allan said...

ooo, nice.
maybe some in-game reports!

Mrs.GotRibe said...

I can at least make the calls at first.

Mrs.GotRibe said...

As always--lots of red shirts around.

nick said...

What a team where you have (or had) Drew batting 8th.

I'm kind of keen on staying home to watch this, but I think I'm off to a noise house show in belchertown tonight. we'll see.

Lord Lynch said...

Good morning from rainy old London town...

allan said...

FY 3-for-8 vs Hernandez with 3 dongs!

allan said...

EQUIDISTANT!


(where's my wine?)

allan said...

yo -- mr. "sky's the limit" -- cut the shit & get outs!

allan said...

WTF -- FY!!

allan said...

nice recovery, though those 3 hits were stung.

Mrs.GotRibe said...

Sweet play by FY

allan said...

has eck ever mentioned shatner when we play the orioles? i can't believe he hasn't..

allan said...

DREW-ble

allan said...

JOSH REDDONG!!!!!!!!!!!

allan said...

that's 10 HR allowed in hernandez's last 12.1 IP

allan said...

well ... that sucked.

2-2.

Mrs.GotRibe said...

Ha. They threw the ball back!

allan said...

eck saying lester pawing and kicking at dirt on mound. esp. landing spot.

allan said...

eck: "i can't wait until we get out of here so we don't have to keep talking about what the orioles are gonna do next year ... i don't care."

Rob said...

That sucked too.

allan said...

LAA: 000 11
TEX: 001 0

allan said...

in hernandez's last 6 starts, batters have a 1.177 OPS.

so wtf sox -- let's GO!!!!!

allan said...

RX bringin' Flo home!

allan said...

hey everybody -- the sox got 3 in the 7th!

allan said...

i believe this is the 3rd game of his career where lester allowed 10+ hits and 0 walks.

johngoldfine said...

Just you and me here, redsock? Everyone else at Jones' Big Ass?

allan said...

i thought it was just me -- and i suddenly had work and missed the 7th inning rally.

allan said...

fuckin sweet seabass DP!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow

johngoldfine said...

I was like--did a bomb hit? I checked googlenews!

On 9/11/01, I didn't know a thing til 3 pm when I stopped reading student stuff. I thought this was a replay....

allan said...

LAA: 000 110 00
TEX: 001 011 00

allan said...

TEX wins (not that it matters much).

allan said...

NWF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

johngoldfine said...

Gotta leave you to hold the fort.

allan said...

or NFW!

johngoldfine said...

no wuckin fay?

allan said...

how about

no way, fucker!

allan said...

SHIT -- every time i go away, they score.

ON FIRE -- 3 run dong and then anderson DONG!!

11-3

laura k said...

Whoo-hoo! I leave work, the score is 3-3. I come home, it's 11-3!!

I know I shouldn't be thinking about this anymore, but GO MARINERS.

Ron said...

Kinda quiet here tonight. Nice unearned rally though.

laura k said...

Kinda quiet here tonight.

Weekend, Jewish holiday, Saturday night.

I'm completely off threading for a while. Taking a rest before the playoffs.

allan said...

this is more like it:

Penny: 2.2-5-7-3-1, 68
(3 dongs, inc. a GS)

Benjamin said...

Rosh Hashanah in NYC. MFYs are about to come on YES.

Mrs.GotRibe said...

This is great. I'm beside some sox fan from RI here with his buddies. He wore his drew shirt to the game. He is fired up. Says he catches grief all year for being a JD fan. His buddies say he'll never shut up now.

allan said...

Says he catches grief all year for being a JD fan.

ON FUCKIN' FIRE

allan said...

damn, all these subs, it's like scoring a spring training game.

allan said...

shit - manny dongcarmen.

allan said...

good thing that guy isn't wearing a mdc jersey....

allan said...

GDGD has Saito pitching throughout this inning.

Mrs.GotRibe said...

No he says he calls him manny delcrappin

allan said...

might be time for some ramram action

allan said...

this

is

annoying.

...

d-fucking-p pls

allan said...

THANK YOU!!!!

allan said...

And the water is Muddy!!!

Ron said...

water...

allan said...

MFY: 10
SEA: 0

Rob said...

C.J. Wilson of the Rangers just tweeted: "If that's what playoff baseball is like, I'm in."

Heh. You may be in, but you won't be in for long!

allan said...

MFY: 100 14
SEA: 000 0

allan said...

MFY: 100 141 01
SEA: 000 010 00

SoSock said...

IMAC

BBQ and Foot Massages.
What a combo!
There is a place in Mocksville, which is about 20 minutes from me, that always makes me laugh when I go by. It's an old bait and tackle shop. And they have tanning beds.
HA!
If I'm a woman interested enough in my appearance to bother going somwhere and lying on a tanning bed, that's esackly where I want to go! Down to the local bait and tackle shop to say hi to the old fishermen before I go in. Can you say hidden cameras?

Good win. It was fun sitting at the bar following the bottom-screen score bar go by. It was a 1 or 2 run game when I sat down. It seemed like every time the Sox score rolled by they had added more.
Keep on Trucking