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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 26, 2021 15:18:04 GMT -5
we have gone from
He will play vs the Twins at 1B
to yesterday, likely gonna
to now with hope he plays 1B
same old shit Boston
Jen McCaffrey
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Cora said he hoped Schwarber could play first base today. No lineup yet but he’s out there at first now
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 26, 2021 15:20:01 GMT -5
Bill Koch
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Hunter Renfroe has been placed on the bereavement list. #RedSox have recalled Jarren Duran, who will start tonight.
Kyle Schwarber will DH. His first base debut is pushed to the weekend.
Alex Cora on J.D. Martinez -- 'I don't want to say he's fighting his mechanics, but it seems like he's chasing pitches in certain spots. He's been unable to drive the ball.' #RedSox
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 26, 2021 15:20:47 GMT -5
later we will hear
"yeah likely he will play 1B this week-end"
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 26, 2021 15:23:18 GMT -5
Bill Koch
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Cora on player discipline after committing mistakes -- 'I did it in '18 with one of our best players. It just happened that nobody noticed it.'
'I don't think you have to embarrass people.' #RedSox
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 26, 2021 19:02:14 GMT -5
Bill Koch
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Bobby Dalbec is having his best offensive month by far. OPS is over 1.000 and climbing. #RedSox need to keep working on finding him a home with the glove -- the bat shows flashes, especially when used judiciously.
Chris Sale with an Immaculate Inning in the 3rd.
I'd say that's ideal after the offense hands you three runs. #RedSox
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Post by scrappyunderdog on Aug 26, 2021 20:52:48 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats
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In theory the Sox should have their peak team tomorrow for the first time. Schwarber plays first, which slides JDM back to DH, which allows Kiké to move back to CF, which opens up 2B for Arroyo. Best lineup and defense. Sale starting. Whitlock rested. Gotta have it. This is our kryptonite. "Whitlock rested'. IMO, he's our MVP, but I also don't want to put the weight of the season on a rookie. That said, Arroyo at 2nd, Kike in CF, and Verdugo is our best offensive and defensive alignment. And every time I've had enough of Dalbec, he has a another good night. |
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Post by scrappyunderdog on Aug 26, 2021 21:14:24 GMT -5
Alex Speier @alexspeier · 12m Verdugo thought he got one off of Ober, stayed in the box to admire it, watched it clang high off the Wall, tried to kick into gear to consider a double but slammed on the brakes and was nonetheless thrown out retreating to first. Not good. ============================================= This is something that has annoyed me for 50+ years. I'm not a big fan of styling and bat flips, etc., but if you hit one like Sano just launched, I won't get upset if you want to watch it sail off into the night. But it is absolutely inexcusable to run a double into an out. Everyone in BB hits the odd 340 foot HR. There is no reason to celebrate. That reminds me of the Raiders defense. Don't celebrate unless you've done something exceptional.
heck it is part of the game
but I can not stand players from the Red Sox who start pimping while watching the ball in flight and either getting thrown out, or held to a long single. And this has been going in Boston before Cora's first stint here.
And Vaz not knowing how many outs there were......inexcusable at this level. Heck in little league the 1B and 3B coaches would drive us nuts reminding us how many outs there were, etc etc
This shit does a few things:
1) makes the fan base livid, lack of hustle is a huge no no, espicially in Boston
2) pisses of the baseball Gods, and they are a hard to please.Part of the problem is that this is not little league. In Little League, and really, just as much when I was older and playing softball, you weren't allowed to make these kinds of mistakes, unless you wanted to put up with a couple of days of people busting your chops. |
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 27, 2021 2:46:23 GMT -5
Immaculate Sale backed by Dalbec's 7 RBIs
Red Sox ace clocked at 98 mph, improves to 3-0 in 3rd start of season
1:40 AM ADT
Molly Burkhardt
Molly Burkhardt
@mollyburkhardt
BOSTON -- If there was any doubt that Chris Sale was back, he quieted that notion in the third inning of Thursday night’s series finale against the Twins at Fenway Park.
Three up, three down on nine pitches, all strikes -- an immaculate inning. The last Red Sox pitcher to complete the feat? Sale, on June 5, 2019, vs. the Royals. And the pitcher before that game? Once again, Sale (May 8, 2019, vs. the Orioles).
Sale’s dominance extended beyond just the third inning: He threw 5 1/3 frames in a 12-2 victory over Minnesota, with the left-hander earning his third win and Boston the series win.
“He was good, he showed us that he has something in the tank,” manager Alex Cora said.
The Red Sox ace cruised through his first four innings, racking up eight strikeouts while not allowing a hit. Sale, who pitched five innings in each of his first two starts, then ran into trouble in the fifth.
One play after Christian Arroyo made a diving stop on a Luis Arraez liner to preserve the no-hitter, Sale gave up a dribbler to Ryan Jeffers. The single ended the no-no and set up Willians Astudillo for a two-run homer, which the Twins’ third baseman sent sailing into the Monster seats in the next at-bat.
The homer was Sale’s only blunder on what ended up being a historic night for both the lefty, and for the Twins. Sale’s immaculate inning marked the first time in the club’s history that they were a part of such a feat, on either side of the ball.
“I don’t remember if I’ve been part of an immaculate inning,” Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said of Sale’s feat. “[Major League coach Bill Evers] looked right at me, next to me on the bench, and said, ‘That was nine pitches, nine strikes.’ I was not locked in on that fact. I was thinking about looking at other things.”
Flashy feats aside, Sale’s velocity was perhaps the most encouraging sign for the Red Sox. Entering his third start, the lefty averaged 92.7 mph on his fastball. On Thursday night, the pitch averaged 94.3 mph for Sale. In his first start since returning from Tommy John surgery, Sale’s fastball topped out at 96 mph on Aug. 14, and hovered around the same velocity (95.6) in his second start (Aug. 20). Thursday vs. the Twins, Sale hit 98 mph for the first time this season.
Was it a coincidence that Sale reached his highest velocity of 2021 on the pitch that followed Astudillo’s homer?
“That’s probably the most [angry] I’ve been on the baseball field in a while,” Sale said. “That’s just coming out of anger and frustration. … Today was probably the best my mechanics have been [from] start to finish.”
An immaculate inning, just two runs allowed and a third straight victory, how would Sale rate his outing?
“I guess it was good enough,” Sale said. “I would have really liked to have gotten through that sixth inning. But hey, at this point you can’t really complain about it. I want to be better out there next time, I want to finish that inning. But coming back after a game like today, that puts you in a good mood, gets you on a good flight. Gets us off on the right foot for this next series in Cleveland.”
Have a night, Bobby D!
Sale was backed by a strong showing from the offense, highlighted by a multi-homer night from Bobby Dalbec. His first, a three-run shot, got Boston on the board in the second. Dalbec’s second homer (16th of the season) came in the seventh, a two-run jack into the hands of a Sox fan in the first row of the Monster. The first baseman went 3-for-4 with seven RBIs and three runs to earn a curtain call from the Fenway faithful.
Bobby Dalbec's 7-RBI game
“It was awesome,” Dalbec said of hearing the fans chant his name. “Crazy feeling. Just something you dream about as a kid.”
Dalbec’s monster night comes in the midst of an impressive stretch for the 26-year-old. In his last seven games, Dalbec is batting at a .313 clip with a .750 slugging percentage. Dalbec didn’t point to any adjustments he’s made in the past couple weeks, but said he’s just “trying to treat every pitch like it’s the best one I’m going to get this at-bat.”
Whatever it is, Cora is happy with what he’s seen from the 26-year-old.
“Forget the home runs, I was more happy with the [runners on] second-and-third [situation in the sixth], base hit up the middle, that’s what we’re looking for,” Cora said. “Obviously the homers are great, but that was a great at-bat. And he made a nice play at first base, all around pretty solid. It was good to see.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 27, 2021 3:11:42 GMT -5
Bobby Dalbec (2 HRs, 7 RBIs) powers Red Sox past Twins
By Julian McWilliams Globe Staff,Updated August 26, 2021, 10:44 p.m.
When the Red Sox came out of their players-only meeting on Monday, the message was energy. For more than a month the Sox have dragged at times. That, in addition to mental lapses on the field heightened by a lack of fundamentals, have the Sox fighting for the second wild-card spot instead of the division crown.
“We know where we’re at,” manager Alex Cora often says. Which is why Thursday’s 12-2 win and series victory over the Twins was pivotal.
“Obviously, there’s some things that we’ve still got to do better,” Cora said after the game. “But we’ll take it and we move on.”
The Red Sox jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second inning on Bobby Dalbec’s three-run shot off Twins starter John Gant. It was the first of two homers for Dalbec, who finished the evening 3 for 4 with seven RBIs. It was also the continuation of what has been a hot month for Dalbec, who came into the game hitting .311/.404/.622 with a 1.026 OPS in August. In his last 15 games, Dalbec is hitting .395/.477/.921 with five homers. He now has 16 home runs on the season.
“One thing he’s doing lately is pulling the ball,” Cora said. “There were a lot of empty fly balls to right field. I know last year he was driving the ball that way, but people make adjustments. And now it seems like every home run is pull side.”
Dalbec pulling the ball, something he did 35.2 percent of the time prior to Thursday, isn’t intentional, if you ask him.
“I’m just treating every pitch like it’s the best one I’m going to get and whatever happens, happens,” he said.
Bobby Dalbec is greeted by his Red Sox teammates after belting his second homer of the night, a two-run shot in the seventh inning that broke the game wide open.
Following Wednesday night’s sloppy loss and a rough outing for Nick Pivetta, Chris Sale helped temper fans’ emotions.
Thursday’s start Sale’s third, and it might have been his best. He submitted 5⅓ innings, allowing just two hits, marking the first time he’s worked into the sixth since Aug. 13, 2019.
“I would have really liked to have gotten through that sixth inning,” he said. “But at this point you can’t really complain about it. I want to be better out there next time. I want to finish that inning, but coming back after a game like today, that will put you in a good mood.”
Sale’s start was highlighted by an immaculate third inning. He struck out Nick Gordon, Andrelton Simmons, and Rob Refsnyder on nine pitches. The last Red Sox pitcher to throw an immaculate inning was also Sale, who tossed two during the 2019 season. Sale joins Sandy Koufax as the only pitcher to achieve the feat three times.
Sale held the Twins hitless through 4⅓ innings. It wasn’t until a slow dribbler by Ryan Jeffers, which didn’t leave the infield grass, that the Twins had their first hit.
The next batter was Willians Astudillo, who pummeled an 0-and-1 slider over the Green Monster to make it 4-2. After the homer, though, Sale turned up his velocity, touching 98 miles per hour for the first time this year after topping out at 96 in his first two starts. He retired Gordon and Simmons, each by fly out, to end the inning.
Sale reaching back for that velocity had little to do with tact but more with fervor following Astudillo’s homer.
“That’s probably the most [ticked] I’ve been on a baseball field in a while,” Sale said. “That’s coming out of anger and frustration … I can’t really say the word but I got [ticked] and I got going. Tonight was probably the best my mechanics have been start to finish.”
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The Sox added one more run in the fifth when Rafael Devers smoked an RBI single to right field.
Following a walk and a hit batsman, Garrett Whitlock relieved Sale with one out in the sixth. Whitlock got the Sox out of trouble, striking out Miguel Sanó and getting Luis Arraez to ground out.
The Sox poured it on in the sixth, stamping a five-run inning highlighted by a two-run single by Dalbec and a two-run homer by Devers, his 30th of the season.
“We’re getting there,” Cora said. “We like to do damage early in the count when they come right after you, but it’s good to move the line, keep the line moving, and get to the bullpen. We’re getting there.”
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 27, 2021 3:13:20 GMT -5
Red Sox’ Chris Sale tosses immaculate inning
By Alex Speier Globe Staff,Updated August 26, 2021, 8:21 p.m.
For the third time in his career, lefthander Chris Sale delivered an immaculate inning on Thursday night in a 12-2 win against the Twins at Fenway Park.
In the third inning, Sale struck out the side in order on nine pitches. Nick Gordon struck out swinging at a 93-mile-per-hour mph fastball, Andrelton Simmons waved feebly at a 95-m.p.h. heater, and Rob Refsnyder was unable to check his swing on a slider.
Sale, who had two immaculate innings in 2019, became the first pitcher since Dodgers Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax to record three immaculate innings in his career. The frame marked the seventh such inning in Red Sox history.
Pedro Martinez (2002), Clay Buchholz (2012), Craig Kimbrel (2017), and Rick Porcello (2017) are the other Red Sox pitchers to accomplish the feat.
Through three innings, Sale had six strikeouts without allowing a hit. He had 10 swings-and-misses on 38 pitches, with his best fastball (regularly 93-95 m.p.h.) and slider (five swings and misses, one more than he had in his first two starts combined) since returning from Tommy John surgery.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 27, 2021 3:24:18 GMT -5
Julian McWilliams
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Sale on touching 98 after the homer: "That was one of those F-U, fastballs, honestly. I can't say the word." Said this was the best his mechanics felt.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 27, 2021 3:31:24 GMT -5
Alex Speier
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Sale's line: 5 1/3 IP, 2H, 2R (2ER), HR, 2BB, HBP, 8K. More significant: Way higher top-end velo and the vintage Sale slider. Sale had a good slider in his rehab starts, but it hadn't been present in his first 2 starts in the big leagues. Tonight: immaculate filth, I guess.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 27, 2021 3:32:36 GMT -5
Alex Speier
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Duran with his first walk since July 23. He'd gone 23 straight games (72 PAs) without a walk. Solid night at the plate for him in the unexpected return to the majors with Renfroe on the bereavement list.
Dalbec's 7 RBI are the most by a Red Sox since 8/23/2019 (Martinez).
Schwarber reaches for the fifth time, the third time on a walk, after watching four somethings from Astudillo get yanked by gravity to the earth in a different zip code than home plate. Second most times he's reached base in one game - he reached 6x in a game with the Nats.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 27, 2021 3:33:12 GMT -5
Alex Speier
@alexspeier
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Not perfect, but Barnes delivers a scoreless ninth as the Red Sox close out a 12-2 win over the Twins. The Red Sox take 2 of 3 from the Twins -- their second straight series win against a last-place team on this homestand -- and now head to Cleveland.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Aug 27, 2021 3:34:51 GMT -5
Alex Speier
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Cora on Sale: ‘You can compare this to ‘18’ in terms of buildup - start slowly, then stuff increases. ‘He’s still going to get better.’
Cora on Devers: ‘I bet he’s about to get hot.’
Sale on his outing: ‘I guess good enough.’ But he expresses hope of getting through 6 innings next time.
Sale on hitting 98 after the HR: ‘I like to call those F-U fastballs.’
He says proper mechanics and ‘a little bit of hate’ combined to amp up velocity.
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