Tough game tonight vs the Jays Alek Manoah (15-7; 2.31 ERA; !.00 Whip) , who tends to have a big mouth., matching his 285 pound ass.
The Jays have locked up their wild card entry, so maybe will rest some usual starters .
Nick Pivetta will need his best stuff to try and get his 10-11 record levelled . The Sox are still climbing the hill towards .500 but have no room for slippage here.
Keep the Win streak going , Nicky.
In a space/time continuum long ago and far away , the Sox made their last trip to Toronto, short Duran and Houck, June 27-29 . The team dropped 2 of 3 , but finished the month 20-6 with high expectations to be competing for at least a WC slot.
July, August and September proved to be the end of that dream as injuries to the starting pitching and a a weak approach to the trade deadline sealed the deal for 2022. A couple bright spots have emerged . A win tonight would result in a 13-13 September . Casas may be solving the 1B vacancy . Bello shows the talent and competitiveness to be a winner with more experience and decent hitting/fielding support. McGuire/Wong duo may be adequate at catcher for'23. Verdugo shows he can hit well enough to hold RF or LF. Whether he comes back or not, Xander showed grit , determination and ability in his contract option year, a true professional.
Toronto hasn't locked up the fourth seed ( first wild card ) spot yet. It matters because it would give them home field for the best of three series with the Rays or Mariners. Until they do that , they will probably play their regulars.Originally Posted by vegasbob
Old school is good school.
Boston certainly aren’t putting their best team on the field tonight, which I think they should do with Toronto still fighting with other teams for playoff positioning. Putting Duran Duran the Butterfly Man in the lineup is not doing that at all. Just the opposite.
It’s nice of Duran to show up tonight when the games for all content, and purposes don’t mean anything, but couldn’t show up last time the Red Sox were in Toronto when the games did. They should have left him home.
This game is about to get out of hand IN THE FIRST INNING.
Red Sox wins this weekend will be welcome (by someone who has tickets to the unlikely Game 3 of the Wild Card Series in Seattle).
4-0
Game over
God this team sucks.
Is it next Thursday yet?
Henry owes us an apology
Pivetta takes 89 pitches to complete 4 innings and allows 4 runs, aided by a WP and PB to set up runners on 3rd , who are then delivered. Blu4e Jays lineup features 5 guys with .800+ OPS's. Sox show 4 but 2 of them are Casas and Almonte on small samples sizes.
With Pivetta the SOX at least have their #5 starter locked in for next season.
Turns out that ORT was the unvax'ed this time . And tomorrow Justin Castro Trudeau's government lifts its restrictions on allowing unvax'ed visitors, so all is forgiven.
Given Nick's pricing and the ability to start 32 games this year, I am sure he will be in the mix.
Duran shows the team how to hit Manoah. Blow the bat up and bloop it out into no man's land
Erased by a Devers DP
Last edited by vegasbob; 09-30-2022 at 08:15 PM.
They could do far worse for a #5. If he’s pencilled in as the #3, they are in deep trouble for 2023.
The Yankees could go 0-162 and it wouldn't be enough
Bogey's BA is dropping faster than an Acme anvil.
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