Kevin Cash - Boston's turns its lonely eyes to you...Top 3rd - Maybe just maybe Wake has gotten himself back into this game. His ball seems to be down a bit in the zone and that is huge. As they say, if it's high, let it fly.
- He gets two outs quickly and has Crawford 0-2. The Sox desperately need Wake to keep the Rays off the board to see if they can get their offense to do anything.
- Speed Kills. Wake tries to make a great play, but Crawford is just too quick and having him on first means you might as well pitcher Crawford at second. He will steal the base now.
- Aybar owns us and we're down 5-0. I'll continue to liveblog for the love of the game, but this is absolutely over.
- Fat Catcher singles and that's all for Wake. How do you come back from 5-0 down? I don't think you do.
- Master Lock needs to be a Lock tonight...He gets Perez on a filthy pitch. Can the Sox bats come back from the dead?
Bottom 3rd - Kevin Cash comes up and we just learned that Sonnanstine didn't give up an earned run in 13 innings pitched to our Sox this year. AND the Rays didn't lose once all year with a 5 run lead. WELL FUCK THAT!!! CAUSE KEVIN CASH JUST WENT YARD!!!
- Of course that will spark people throughout New England to say that he should be starting over Tek. All I know is that right now we might have just a little bit of a spark in our offense.
- It seems like the fellas are getting good swings on Sonnanstine, Lowrie just ripped at the 2nd pitch and sent it off foul.
- Iwamura is a phenomenal second basemen and he proves it here with a really nice play charging Lowrie's ground ball. One out.
- Grrr...Drew flies out and now there are two away for Laser Lightshow. We needed someone on base here.
- Man it just seems like they are inches away from breaking out of this slump. If Masterson can hold them down, maybe just maybe it'll get rolling.
Top 4th - Ron Darling says it best here. "The most important player on the Red Sox right now is Justin Masterson. If they are going to get back into this game, he has to put some zeroes up on the board."
- He gets two quick outs but then loses Upton. Darn. Darn. Darn.
- Carlos Pena who treats Fenway like his backyard in Haverhill runs up to the plate. This guy just can't wait to hit right now.
- Master Lock almost picked off Upton there on the third throw in a row.
- Again, we desperately need to keep these buys off the board here. DESPERATELY.
- Filthy on the black from Master Lock...let's get some runs
Bottom 4th - Maybe this is the time to bunt Papi. Seriously, BUNT!
- He doesn't at least through the first three pitches and it's 2-1. Sad that we are praying for him to walk at this point. He swings at ball 3 and the count is even.
- Papi of course grounds out to the shift and there we have it, he seriously can't help us in this series.
- USE E LESS steps up. Let's get a couple of baserunners here fellas.
- Here's something that may shock everyone. Kevin USE E LESS just flied out to the warning track. I am so tired of him not getting the ball to the wall in Fenway. It drives me nuts. Now one of our best hitters comes to the plate with no one on base.
- Bay gets behind so you know he's seeing nothing but offspeed stuff away for the rest of the at bat.
- We're not making this guy work, he's only thrown 45 pitches thus far. Not Red Sox baseball. Bay, however works it to a full count. If I'm Sonnanstine I stay away soft and he does. Bay hits it hard, but right to third. Grand.
Top 5th - The story stays the same here. Masterson must continue to string up zeroes for us to have a shot.
- A curious slider behind Longoria but Ron Darling is quick to point out that it just got away. No shenanigans there apparently.
- And Master Lock comes from behind Longoria to get a strike out. Sweet.
- Carl Crawford is in a zone right now. 3-3 in the game. Laser off the wall. Ugh.
- Aybar owns us even more than Crawford. Master Lock gets ahead of him 1-2.
- Single, RBI, thrown out at first for Aybar. Carl Crawford is the reason for the single. Ball squirted through the right side where Lowrie wasn't. He was keeping Crawford close to the bad. Seems the Sox can't catch a break as Fat Catcher comes up.
- Inning over, but the game is sliding the wrong way.
Bottom 5th - Kotsay starts us off. He's been a breath of fresh air this series honestly. Hits a ball to left center well, but frankly the ball doesn't carry to left or right center in Fenway Park during October. Honestly. I watched like 40 games there in April and October live over the years and it just doesn't carry to the power alleys. One away. My faith is fading.
- Bartlett makes a ridiculous play on Coco's dribbler up the middle. We haven't even managed to get this guy's pitch count up. We've hit the ball all over the place but right at people. 56 pitches almost all the way through the fifth inning is a complete joke.
- Cash is out, inning is over. Sox are done.
Top 6th - Apparently 30 pitches was too many for Masterson to continue. Now it's Manny Meltdown in for the Sox. You can guess what is coming here right? I mean, why didn't they just go to Timlin.
- Triple for Bartlett starts the bleeding, a walk to Iwamura continues it.
- Single for Upton and it's 7-1 Tampa Bay.
- Weak ground ball finds a hole. Amazing how perfect everything is working out for the Rays.
- I'm still blogging here, but I don't want to be. This is close to torture.
- Bases Loaded Walk for Manny Meltdown. I'm sorry, I just can't do this anymore.
SEASON OVER.
1 comment:
poop. maybe it wasn't you who was ruining my life after all.
thanks for the valiant effort.
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