Toronto Blue Jays @ Boston Red Sox GameThread, May 1, 2008 7:05 PM EDT

GOOOOOOOAAALLLL! ...Jays @ Sox, 7:05 EDT

by Allen Chace on May 1, 2008 5:31 PM EDT in Open Thread Comment 43 comments

Toronto Blue Jays @ Boston Red Sox

	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2008 - AJ Burnett	2-2	6.07	1.78	19	15

	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2008 - Tim Wakefield	2-0	4.06	1.48	19	17

And the lineups:

Lineup

Toronto Blue Jays @ Boston Red Sox

05/01/08 7:05 PM EDT

Toronto Blue Jays	Boston Red Sox
Alex Rios - RF	Dustin Pedroia - 2B
David Eckstein - SS	Kevin Youkilis - 1B
Scott Rolen - 3B	David Ortiz - DH
Matt Stairs - DH	Manny Ramirez - LF
Vernon Wells - CF	Mike Lowell - 3B
Aaron Hill - 2B	Brandon Moss - RF
Shannon Stewart - LF	Coco Crisp - CF
Rod Barajas - C	Jed Lowrie - SS
Marco Scutaro - 1B	Kevin Cash - C

Fluto Shinzawa offers some notes, via Extra Bases. Some key points:

Ells and Drewlicious are out on the field, testing their injuries.
Tito seems both optimistic and pessimistic about Papi's knee. Says he's at the age where he'll just feel it all the time, but that doesn't mean he can't be effective. Just has to work harder/smarter.
People like Brandon Moss. Tito alludes to his ability to play 3 maybe 4 positions. (Definitely LF and RF. CF maybe, 1B maybe) Seems like a good enough audition might lead Sean Casey on the street sooner rather than later. (Ed: This is me speculating a bit. It might not be the case, but they certainly seem enamored/impressed by him thusfar, and he certainly would provide more options on the bench than Casey does).
Paps' pickoff move is awesome.

All right. I'm out. Enjoy the game everybody.

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Lowrie in / Lugo out

Really? Yay, life’s good! However, AJ vs. Wake is not good for us.

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 1, 2008 6:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Speaking of pickoff move

Don’t you guys feel that all the time Wake attempts a pickoff, he may throw a knucler? I don’t remember the last time I saw a different pitch from him…

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 1, 2008 6:44 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Come on, Lowrie

Please, make a case for yourself…

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 1, 2008 7:34 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

SHIT!

Oh well, it’s going to happen again, right?

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 1, 2008 7:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

1st and 2nd 1 gone for the sox

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on May 1, 2008 8:15 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

lined out double play inning over 1-0 Toronto

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on May 1, 2008 8:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Just me and Merrygobyebye

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on May 1, 2008 8:17 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

The low amount of people here today show how bad this game has been. I can’t believe this last inning ended so quickly.

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 1, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'm here, too

"and THAT happened" -John Mayer announcing Pedrioa at-bat in Tokyo

by DJDP23 on May 1, 2008 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

...And then there were three.

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on May 1, 2008 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

double followed by HBP

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on May 1, 2008 8:20 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Even Allen isn't here. I will attempt to summon him...

Bueller. Come in, Bueller.

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on May 1, 2008 8:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wake is off today

The fact that is only a 1-0 game is a statement on how bad this Jays line-up is.

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 1, 2008 8:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

And AJ isn't even supposed to be good.

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on May 1, 2008 8:22 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

now is how we started off the last inning and WE didn't score any runs

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on May 1, 2008 8:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

2-0 game now

Ok, we can never get back on this.

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 1, 2008 8:25 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

crap

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on May 1, 2008 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

coco throws out eck on a single, men on 2nd and 3rd, 1 gone

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on May 1, 2008 8:26 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

is should say eckstein, as to not be confused with Eckersly

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on May 1, 2008 8:26 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

FO to end inning, 2-0 blue gays

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on May 1, 2008 8:27 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

coco GO to pitcher, probably on a bunt but im on gamecast

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on May 1, 2008 8:28 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

not much different from Lugo, GO to 2nd for Jed

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on May 1, 2008 8:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Gotta go be back soon

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then only lefties are in the right mind. Bill "Spaceman" Lee

by BoSox415 on May 1, 2008 8:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

If Kevin Cash bombs this

It’s back at a 1 run game. :)

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 1, 2008 8:30 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

before tonight

the Sox have gone 19 for 121 in the past 4 games. That’s a .157 team average.

"and THAT happened" -John Mayer announcing Pedrioa at-bat in Tokyo

by DJDP23 on May 1, 2008 8:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Wow

When did we become the Twins?

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 1, 2008 8:34 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

keeping a running total...

we’re now batting, as a team, since the start of the series in Tampa Bay, .154

Most disappointing, we had, what, 5 guys batting over .333?

"and THAT happened" -John Mayer announcing Pedrioa at-bat in Tokyo

by DJDP23 on May 1, 2008 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

And our batters are not even taking pitches

It took 2 pitches to get Youk out just right now. How many games since the start of the series in Tampa Bay had pitchers throwing at least close to a complete game?

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 1, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

The silver lining...

...is that our starters have lowered their ERAs.

"and THAT happened" -John Mayer announcing Pedrioa at-bat in Tokyo

by DJDP23 on May 1, 2008 8:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ortiz about to raise average over .200!!!

That may have to be the victory we settle for tonight.

"and THAT happened" -John Mayer announcing Pedrioa at-bat in Tokyo

by DJDP23 on May 1, 2008 8:46 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Again

Men at first and second, just a man dead… And nothing comes of it.

This is starting to get worrisome.

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by MerryGoByeBye on May 1, 2008 8:54 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

just got into work

yeah, late start.
And woah, our hitting is really sh*t right now. Does anyone know how many hits we’ve had in our last 5 games? It can’t be more then 15-16?

by sydneysox on May 1, 2008 9:06 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

see above

19 for 121 in the past 4 games.

"and THAT happened" -John Mayer announcing Pedrioa at-bat in Tokyo

by DJDP23 on May 1, 2008 9:12 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

i was lazy

I didn’t read all the posts before contributing, thanks for that.
19 hits in 4 games, geez, the cubbies got 19 RUNS yesterday.

by sydneysox on May 1, 2008 9:15 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

contact

Are we even hitting the ball hard?

by sydneysox on May 1, 2008 9:19 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

well

at least NY is losing again, they really suck right now.

by sydneysox on May 1, 2008 9:24 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Here we go

Can we pull this off again?

by sydneysox on May 1, 2008 9:35 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

nope

Not today. Our lineup right now has serious issues, serious, serious issues.

by sydneysox on May 1, 2008 9:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

pathetic

team average over the past 5 games is .148

If I were Theo, I’d be livid.

"and THAT happened" -John Mayer announcing Pedrioa at-bat in Tokyo

by DJDP23 on May 1, 2008 9:47 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'd be patient.

These guys can hit. We’re skidding but we’re 4 games above .500 and tied for first place. And our pitching has been excellent for a week.

Pedroia, Youk, Lugo, Drew, Coco and Manny are all better OPS-wise than we were at this time last year. Plus we have Ellsbury. The only two hitters who have been worse are Lowell (with 29 at bats) Tek (80 points of OPS) and Papi. Though Papi is basically where Manny was in April last year, and vice versa.

Point being, don’t panic. The last six games have been rough, .148 average, etc. . The ten games before that we averaged 12 hits and 7 runs a game. Long term, we’ll be fine. It’s not like the Rays are going to keep this up…

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on May 1, 2008 11:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs