Game 155: ... And the Red Sox get swept

by Randy Booth on Sep 28, 2009 12:23 AM EDT in Game Stories Comment 10 comments

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Dustin Pedroia is mad. So what's he going to do? He's going to bat .938 in the postseason with at least 17 home runs...

Final - 9.27.2009	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston Red Sox	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	0
New York Yankees	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	X	4	10	1
WP: Andy Pettitte (14 - 7) SV: Mariano Rivera (44) LP: Paul Byrd (1 - 3)

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And that's how you kill momentum!

The Red Sox made a bad situation worse by getting swept Sunday, losing 4-2 to the Yankees.

Bright spots? Paul Byrd wasn't horrible. He gave up three runs in 5.2 innings -- so almost a quality start. I'll take it from him. As far as the offense is concerned, Sox batters really couldn't do anything against Andy Pettitte, but Jason Bay and J.D. Drew did have two hits on the day. Ramon Ramirez wasn't too shabby, either -- an inning of relief and he gave up just a hit. Not bad.

The bads? Well, we don't have time to go into that. We'll just sum it up by saying: they lost.

Now a three-game set with the Blue Jays at home to hopefully cure the blues. Let's hope it's enough to end this season on a nice six-game winning streak. Josh Beckett will be on the hill to right wrongs for Boston.

(Oh, and the Yankees clinched the East. Ehh. Whatever. It's hip to win the Wild Card nowadays...)

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Question:

should Daniel Bard be a high-leverage guy in the playoffs, over, say, Saito, Oki, or RamRam? Discuss.

by Buzzy on Sep 28, 2009 7:49 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oki.

Because he’s been doing it the longest for us, which comforts me. Saito would be a close number 2, because he’s been pretty good so far. RamRam should be a ROOGY-ish type reliever, and Bard should be used in the lower leverage, non-garbage innings.

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by bs.uf15bosox9bears23 on Sep 28, 2009 5:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hope for schizophrenia

is about all I could hope for. For those with rose colored glasses, that is what you must justify is happening, namely that the Sox are in sleep mode for some reasons until the playoffs.

For those based in reality, this team can’t hit good pitchers and has likely the worst catcher in baseball which so far they refuse to bench! I doubt we will see mediocre or worse pitchers in the playoffs so C’est la vie. BTW, I am just reporting objectively as best I can, but I too hope for some schizo behavior from this team so our season can last a bit longer.

by NG on Sep 28, 2009 7:53 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The reason

Tek caught 2 games of the 3 was because VMart is going to catch nearly exclusively in the playoffs. They wanted VMart to catch Dice-K, who had never thrown to him before, and to give him rest in a day after night game. It is amazing how little you understand about what you are watching.

by Buzzy on Sep 28, 2009 8:46 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Doubt and momentum

You can criticise my knowledge if it makes you feel better, but maybe, just maybe this weak strategy before the playoffs will set a poor table or precedent so to speak. It erases momentum and puts doubt in the team’s mind which may then be tough to overcome all of a sudden in the playoffs. I personally (with all my lack of knowledge and poor stat mastery) would like to go into the playoffs ON THE HIGH NOTE such as a winning streak against strong teams. Hey that’s just me!

by NG on Sep 28, 2009 9:30 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs