Sox-O's Game 4 Postgame: High Stakes Testing

by 0157H7 on Apr 20, 2009 8:59 PM EDT

#46. If the Boston Red Sox defeat the Baltimore Orioles 12-1, which of the following is most likely to have happened?

A. Justin Masterson pitches 5 quiet innings and the bullpen provides solid relief work.
B. David Ortiz, Jacoby Ellsbury, and a shambling, rotting entity with a Captain's hat in one hand and a gnawed bone in the other, combine to go 7 for 15 with two doubles, a triple and a home run.
C. Pedroia hits 4 for 6, Ortiz has his first multi-extra-base-hit game of the season, and only two positions in the lineup (SS and RF) go hitless.
D. Radhames Liz pitches a third of an inning, allowing 6 runs. He throws only 19 pitches, giving up 3 hits, a walk, and hitting two batters.
E. All of the above.

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Answer is E., of course. Only real concern in this game was that the Sox committed two errors (Green and Velasquez), but such things are rather minor in a 12-run game. Lots of good signs here, with Papi, Ells, Pedroia and Tek all teeing off on hapless Baltimore pitching.

This was a nice victory, but due to timing many people, especially Sox fans outside of MA and NH, missed out on it. Today was Patriots day in MA,* and some residents had it off (schools closed for April vacation, government offices closed). Many of us didn't, though. I know there is a tradition of having the game at 11am, but it kinda irks me that the Sox isn't airing the game at a normal evening hour.

*A regional holiday meant to commemorate the 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord, which started the War of Independence.

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That is the offense we need all year.

Too bad I was in school all day…

Two game homestand vs. Minn. and then a three game homestand vs. the MFY’s

It just got real!

Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings.

by sox-inda-south on Apr 20, 2009 10:30 PM EDT reply actions

I went to a couple Patriots Day games as a kid.

It was always really cool to come out of the park and watch the runners.

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Apr 20, 2009 11:53 PM EDT reply actions

o.k

So who was it I bet about Tek not hitting another homer until May 1? I apologise for my ignorance, but surely you could’ve got good odds on this statement…“come April 21st, Tek will be tied for the team lead in homers”

by sydneysox on Apr 21, 2009 12:07 AM EDT reply actions

It was me.

Manny ain't the only bad man.

by tommy.otm on Apr 21, 2009 8:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Funny?

anyone else find it funny that ortiz hit a triple? havent seen the highlight but that thing must have been bouncing around the triangle forever.

by boston_george on Apr 21, 2009 7:20 AM EDT reply actions

Even funnier than an Ortiz triple

Is an Ortiz triple that scores Tim Wakefield. (Happened in an interleague game against the Cubs back in ’05.)

Watching Wakefield “hustle” around from first base was perhaps the most hilarious sight in the history of baseball. I was laughing so hard I nearly passed out from the wheezing afterward.

by lone1c on Apr 21, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions

Funniest ever

Kevin Millar’s inside-the-park HR. I thought he was going to keel over with a heart attack rounding third.

I gotta go 'cause I'm probably definitely gonna nod out again.

by Drugs Delaney on Apr 21, 2009 11:21 AM EDT up reply actions

Not exactly

1) Rocco hit a triple so RF got a hit (Chris Carter looked better in the field than at the bat which tells you how bad he looked in the batters box). Is there any word why Rocco was replaced?

2) MA and Maine celebrate Patriots Day (Maine used to be part of MA) New Hampshire does not. While description of the day is accurate, the day is probably better known for A) The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere(LongFellow) and B) that “The shot heard round the world” (Emerson) was fired.

by Silverlock on Apr 21, 2009 9:29 AM EDT reply actions

Not exactly, either

(1) Rocco reached third, but it doesn’t count as a triple because there was an error by the RF. He left the game with a hamstring strain.

(2) I think it’s only celebrated by MA and ME. (It’s definitely not a holiday in CT, either, and I’m pretty sure it’s not a day off in RI.)

by lone1c on Apr 21, 2009 9:33 AM EDT up reply actions

Thanks

I was somewhat focused on his running, so I missed the error, thanks and thanks for the info on Rocco’s injury

by Silverlock on Apr 21, 2009 9:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Hunter Jones

I was at the game, and I was surprised, at first, by the ninth inning arrival of Hunter Jones (mostly because I had forgotten he is in the Sox Pen). While you do wonder of the effort of the Os in the Ninth, he looked pretty good. Weird having three lefties in the pen and using them. Baltimore is very left handed, so it made sense, but boy you don’t see that every day.

by Silverlock on Apr 21, 2009 9:35 AM EDT reply actions