At Beginning Of Final Playoff Push, Orioles Beat Red Sox
by Randy Booth on Aug 31, 2010 10:18 PM EDT
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So remember all that talk about the Red Sox still not being out of the playoff race despite losing a series to the Rays? Remember how there were many of us who said, "Hey, this team isn't mathematically eliminated. They can still pull it off!" Remember when we had at least an ounce of hope?
Gone. All gone. Forget about all of that.
The Red Sox dropped a game to the Orioles Tuesday night, 5-2. They might as well have dropped the season, too, because if you need to make the playoffs and you are desperate to win games, then you must beat the Orioles. You must ... beat ... the Orioles.
Josh Beckett allowed two runs over seven innings, but who really cares since it came against the Orioles? This really has no indication on Beckett now, next week or next year. Try this against the Rays, Josh, and we'll talk again.
Felix Doubront is tonight's goat who gave up two runs in the 8th inning. Both runs were solo shots from Luke Scott and Felix Pie. The Sox were down just 3-2 at that point, but those solo shots seemed like grand slams anyway.
Jed Lowrie wound up with two-run home run and a single. Thanks for providing the offense, J. Victor Martinez had two hits ... and that's all there really was on the positive side of things. David Oritz struck out three times against O's starter Brian Matusz.
Jon Lester starts for the Sox tomorrow. At least he still has a chance to win something -- the Cy Young.
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I understand a Baseball Uniform does not win a game for you.
But I cannot stand these Gothic road uniforms. Lets go back to what was worn in 2007.
I would not want to be caught dead in those.
by Troy Aldrich on Aug 31, 2010 10:35 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs
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You da man. Those were one of best unis in baseball at the time. They are the Boston RED sox, not the blue sox.
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by BoldandBrash on Aug 31, 2010 10:48 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
yeah
and that prospect aint too bad
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by bestbostonsports on Sep 1, 2010 12:14 AM EDT up reply actions
This game said it all for me this season.
Beckett gives up a run in the 1st inning.
Beckett gives up a 2 strike (10 pitch at bat) single to Roberts
Next he throws a wild pitch.
A bonehead play by Scutaro scores 2 runs
We have runners in scoring postion twice in the later innings and both times the batters (Lowell and Nava) strike out looking
All we had to send up to pinch hit late with runners in scoring position was Nava (mentioned above)
Ortiz does nothing at the plate
The only offense we had came from the number 8 and 9 hitters
Dubront gives up back to back homers with 2 outs in the bottom of the eighth
And finally; The Orioles are beating us in the season series 7 games to 6
That simply tells it all for me. Just like the early 90s movie; Reality Bites.
Yeah...
It may be over
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by bestbostonsports on Sep 1, 2010 12:15 AM EDT reply actions
The last of the die-hards.
You held on for as long as you could.
Galactus does as he pleases. Because Galactus is drunk.
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Yeah
I didnt want to jump off, but I dont have much of a choice
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by bestbostonsports on Sep 1, 2010 9:53 AM EDT up reply actions
I really want to still believe they have a shot
but frankly, they just aren’t playing good baseball. The offense isn’t doing its job lately, there are errors all over the place, the pitching has sometimes been good and sometimes awful. Just too late in the season and too far back to play bad baseball and have any shot. Unless they finish up like the 2007 Rockies (starting NOW), there’s just no chance.
Um
Lester will not win Cy Young. Buchholz maybe, but not Lester.
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by bestbostonsports on Sep 1, 2010 11:19 AM EDT reply actions
Agreed.
Not only is Buchholz the better candidate (though, I would say Lester is the better pitcher at this stage in their careers), but he has been more consistent overall. Really need C.C. to get lit up next time out, though, and a great stretch run from Clay to get him the award, imo.
Also… gotta take issue with Doubront as the goat… Certainly those two solo shot home runs felt like grand slams closing the door on any hope to get back in this game (season?), and people have pointed at Lowell and Nava striking out looking, but the goat in this game has to be Scutaro.
First, his throwing error allows two runs to score on the play followed by his at bat later in the game, coming up to the plate with runners on second and third, after Bill Hall finally made a successful sacrifice bunt… so only one out and he grounded out weakly to third (followed by Kalish pinchrunning for Lowrie, and Nava striking out looking). To me… Scutaro is the goat.
And I know he’s playing with dead muscle, but when we need every W, at what point do we look at his play lately and give him some real time off… I think those two plays last night were huge in a game we needed to win to stay alive. If he’s hurting us playing hurt, shouldn’t we sit him?
And I’m holding out the faintest of hope we can pull a Rockies style run… but I’m with bestbostonsports… hate to fall off the wagon, but hard to believe any more.
Lester still has a chance
His one bad game won’t hold him back enough if he pitches lights out in September.
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That's fair.
So… C.C. needs to get lit up in September and fold in the pennant race.
Lester or Buchholz needs a great stretch run (but if both of them get hot, they likely split votes like Lester and Dice did in 2008… or am I remembering that wrong?) to win.
Who are the other AL candidates?
Of course, if we’re going to win 10 in a row, we need both of those guys to dominate throughout September, and if we get into the playoffs and they split votes on the Cy Young Award… I’ll take C.C. winning that and the Sox in the playoffs any day.
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