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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 27, 2022 2:41:29 GMT -5
Lou Merloni @loumerloni · 3h Houck put his team in a tough spot but Whitlock should have still closed tonight. Take the win and call up a kid, Seabold?, for Thursday.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 27, 2022 2:42:03 GMT -5
Lou Merloni @loumerloni · 2h The ball is not the reason why the Sox offense is struggling. It’s a separate argument. I’m curious with HR’s down, how many of the HR’s hit have been pull side power compared to oppo. You have to lean on it pull side to get it out. Unless u play at Yankee stadium.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 27, 2022 2:45:34 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 5h Robles 2 days rest Diekman and Barnes 1 day rest Strahm 6 pitches yesterday
What are the goddamn idiots pumping fastball after fastball to George Springer.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 27, 2022 2:46:06 GMT -5
Red Sox Stats @redsoxstats · 5h I don't even care if people are mad I'm harping on it, Houck has screwed this team over for back to back series with how they have had to handle these games. Brutal
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 27, 2022 2:50:49 GMT -5
Red Sox @ Blue Jays Wednesday, April 27th 2022 7pm @ Rogers Centre
Wacha 0-0/1.88
Stripling 0-0/4.50
Blue Jays look to keep rolling against rival BoSox FLM
The Toronto Blue Jays will try to continue their dominance over the visiting Boston Red Sox Wednesday night in the third game of a four-game series.
The Blue Jays won their fourth in a row against the Red Sox on Tuesday night, with the home run again playing a big part. George Springer tied the game with a two-run home run in the eighth inning and Raimel Tapia's sacrifice fly won it in the 10th.
Bo Bichette hit a tiebreaking eighth-inning grand slam in the opener on Monday in Toronto's 6-2 win.
The only Red Sox victory so far between the American League rivals was a 2-1 decision in the opener of a three-game series at Fenway Park on April 19.
If there was some encouragement to be gained for the Red Sox on Tuesday, it was that their slumping bats showed signs of life in a four-run eighth inning. That gave Boston a 5-2 lead that the bullpen could not hold.
Alex Verdugo, who had the go-head sacrifice fly in the eighth, has his ideas about why Boston's hitters are struggling.
"We do need to make longer at-bats and make the starting pitchers work a little bit more," Verdugo said. "We're kind of getting them off the hook a little easy. We get guys on, we maybe chase the first pitch, and it's not the one we want, and we ground out or things like that.
"Sometimes, aggressiveness is going against us. It's baseball. It's one of those things that at any point, momentum can change. You put one good swing on a ball and it can change the game."
The Red Sox thought that might have been the case on Tuesday, but Jake Diekman allowed three runs in the ninth.
A spark in Boston's eighth-inning rally came in the form of a leadoff single by Rafael Devers, who entered as a pinch hitter after being given a scheduled day off.
"I think he could really use it like a lot of our guys could use it," Red Sox acting manager Will Venable said before the game. "Especially playing these games on the (artificial) turf, I think he'll take full advantage of having a day off, for sure."
Boston entered Tuesday's game having scored only 18 runs in their previous eight games.
Right-hander Michael Wacha (1-0, 1.88 ERA) will start for Boston against Toronto right-hander Ross Stripling (0-0, 4.50). In four career games (three starts) against Toronto, Wacha is 0-1 with a 4.76 ERA. Stripling is 2-3 with a 7.50 ERA in six career starts against Boston.
After making two one-inning relief appearances to open the season, Stripling will make his third start. He did not factor in the decision Friday when he allowed three runs in four innings in a 4-3 win over the host Houston Astros.
He allowed his three runs in the third.
"I think that's as good as stuff as I've maybe ever had," Stripling said. "The slider was really good, everything was working. The first two innings were good. I was proud of the way I battled. I'm glad they let me go out there in the fourth and finish on a good note. And then our bullpen continued to do their job with five scoreless innings."
--Field Level Media
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 27, 2022 8:55:30 GMT -5
How did the Red Sox get so lost, so fast? Current Time 0:16 / Duration 1:39
By Rob Bradford WEEI 93.7 3 hours ago
The Red Sox woke up Wednesday morning with 11 losses, tied with the Orioles and Rangers for most in the American League. Of the 11, which one was the worst? That’s easy.
Tuesday night in Toronto.
“That was a rough one,” Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts told MLB.com after his team’s 6-5 loss to the Blue Jays. “Especially because we know how we’ve started the season. That one did sting a lot.”
The impetus for the agony wasn't difficult to decipher, with Toronto scoring three runs - including a two-out, two-run homer from George Springer - in the ninth inning to send the game into extra innings. Once in the added frames, only one team could take advantage of the ghost runner at second, and it wasn't the Red Sox.
That would be seven losses in their last nine games, and, even more unsettling, continued uneasiness when it came to understanding who these Red Sox actually are.
At this point, the blueprint has been burned.
The most encouraging aspect of the evening, not even close, was the one piece of the puzzle that did fit as expected. The go-to guys - Rafael Devers, Xander Bogaerts, Alex Verdugo and Trevor Story - came through to offer the key hits in what a rare clouds-parting, four-run eighth inning.
It was yet again a reminder of one of the few constants on this club thus far, Bogaerts, who now has six three-hit games, the most in Major League Baseball.
Unfortunately for the Red Sox, their shortstop is the outlier.
The supposed strength of the team coming out of spring training, its offense, has been remarkably thin. The No. 6 in the order has the worst OPS in baseball (.386). The No. 7 position is second-to-last (.375). No. 8? Dead last at .445. And the ninth-position sits with a .498 OPS, which is sixth-worst in MLB.
That's four spots. Even if J.D. Martinez, Devers and Verdugo has OPS' of .800 or better, that is a tough reality to overcome.
Then there is how the pitching plan has unfolded.
The starters simply aren't giving them enough innings, and the relievers seem to be caught up in tidal wave of inconsistency (partly due to having to be relied on for so many of those make-or-break frames).
In this case, the trickle-down effect of not having Tanner Houck and Kutter Crawford due to their vaccination status didn't help. It basically took the Red Sox most valuable reliever - Garrett Whitlock - out of the equation until his start Thursday, a pain-point that was highlighted in the last three losses.
The Red Sox relievers have thrown the seventh-most innings of any bullpen in the majors, also tossing the sixth-most pitches. Go back to 2018 and that group of Red Sox relievers had thrown 68 innings through 18 games. Same for 2021. And in that world championship season of four years ago, the starters went at least six innings 10 times in their first 18 chances. This time around? Once.
We hear about "pockets" for the pitching staff, and "doing damage" early in the count when it comes to the offense. Little of it is lining up.
It is still relatively early, and the Red Sox are still finding their way. It's just that nobody could have imagined they would have gotten this lost.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 27, 2022 9:01:20 GMT -5
Tony Massarotti @tonymassarotti · 1h The Red Sox are now 1-6 since Garrett Whitlock made his last relief appearance. Relievers have suffered losses in the last four games.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 27, 2022 9:46:17 GMT -5
Game 19: Red Sox at Blue Jays lineups and notesBy Andrew Mahoney Globe Staff,Updated April 27, 2022, 29 minutes ago The Red Sox appeared to be on the verge of victory Tuesday night when they took a 5-2 lead into the ninth inning at Toronto. But the Blue Jays rallied to tie it, then won it in the 10th, 6-5. The Red Sox have now lost four in a row, and six of the last seven. They will turn to Michael Wacha as their series with the first-place Blue Jays continues Wednesday night. Toronto will counter with Ross Stripling. Here is a preview. Lineups RED SOX (7-11): 1. Trevor Story (R) 2B 2. Alex Verdugo (L) LF 3. Xander Bogaerts (R) SS 4. Rafael Devers (L) 3B 5. J.D. Martinez (R) DH 6. Enrique Hernandez (R) CF 7. Jackie Bradley Jr. (L) RF 8. Bobby Dalbec (R) 1B 9. Kevin Plawecki (R) C Pitching: RHP Michael Wacha (1-0, 1.88 ERA) BLUE JAYS (12-6): 1. George Springer (R) CF 2. Bo Bichette (R) SS 3. Vladimir Guerrero (R) 1B 4. Zack Collins (L) DH 5. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (R) LF 6. Raimel Tapia (L) RF 7. Matt Chapman (R) 3B 8. Gosuke Katoh (L) 2B 9. Tyler Heineman (S) C Pitching: RHP Ross Stripling (0-0, 4.50 ERA) Time: 7:07 p.m. TV, radio: MLB Network, NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7 Red Sox vs. Stripling: Christian Arroyo 0-4, Xander Bogaerts 2-7, Jackie Bradley Jr. 1-5, Bobby Dalbec 2-6, Rafael Devers 2-9, Kiké Hernández 4-7, J.D. Martinez 2-10, Rob Refsnyder 0-3, Travis Shaw 3-9, Trevor Story 3-9, Alex Verdugo 3-7, Christian Vázquez 2-7 Blue Jays vs. Wacha: Bo Bichette 3-4, Santiago Espinal 0-1, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 2-4, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 1-6, Alejandro Kirk 0-4, George Springer 2-6, Raimel Tapia 1-2, Bradley Zimmer 0-1 Stat of the day: Wacha has allowed three earned runs on only six hits over 14⅓ innings in his first three starts. Notes: In four career games (three starts) against Toronto, Wacha is 0-1 with a 4.76 ERA. … Stripling is 2-3 with a 7.50 ERA in six career starts against the Red Sox. After making two one-inning relief appearances to open the season, Stripling will make his third start. He did not factor in the decision Friday when he allowed three runs in four innings in a 4-3 win at Houston. He allowed his three runs in the third. … Manager Alex Cora missed his sixth game after testing positive for COVID-19 last Thursday. He is experiencing only minor symptoms and the hope is he will rejoin the team before the end of the road trip. Song of the Day: Rush - Tom Sawyerwww.youtube.com/watch?v=auLBLk4ibAk
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 27, 2022 13:24:32 GMT -5
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne · 9m I'm hearing that there is a chance Alex Cora will manage the Red Sox tonight in Toronto. Given the week that it has been, this would be a big development.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 27, 2022 14:00:04 GMT -5
Pete Abraham @peteabe · 22m No confirmation of @ianmbrowne is needed. But as he said, Alex Cora is back with the Red Sox here in Toronto.
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Post by CP_Jon_GoSox on Apr 27, 2022 14:49:09 GMT -5
holy shit 20th anniversary of Derek Lowe;s no hitter
and funny thing is, he will always live long in Red Sox lore for his performance in Game 7 of the ALCS 2004
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Post by Kimmi on Apr 27, 2022 15:28:19 GMT -5
so the analytics department think it is ok to give Devers the night off.
jesus christ, what is happening to baseball? I don't think the decision to give Devers a night off has anything to do with analytics.
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Post by Kimmi on Apr 27, 2022 15:30:43 GMT -5
Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 6: Baseball is pain.
An awful loss. Again.By Matt_Collins@MattRyCollins Apr 26, 2022, 11:03pm EDT 10 Comments That's putting it mildly. Way to rip my heart out and stomp it to pieces, Red Sox.
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Post by Kimmi on Apr 27, 2022 15:35:07 GMT -5
Ian Browne @ianmbrowne · 9m I'm hearing that there is a chance Alex Cora will manage the Red Sox tonight in Toronto. Given the week that it has been, this would be a big development. The team sorely needs Cora back. He can at least get the players' heads on straight.
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Post by scrappyunderdog on Apr 27, 2022 19:37:16 GMT -5
Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 6: Baseball is pain.
An awful loss. Again.By Matt_Collins@MattRyCollins Apr 26, 2022, 11:03pm EDT 10 Comments That's putting it mildly. Way to rip my heart out and stomp it to pieces, Red Sox.I don't want to compare my paid to anyone else's, but I thought Story's loss was far worse. I could easily see Diekman blowing the game, but Story tossing it away? What were the chances?
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