Open Thread: 6/5/07 @ Oakland

by Randy Booth on Jun 5, 2007 8:51 PM EDT in Open Thread

Daisuke Matsuzaka - Boston
G       IP      H       R       HR      BB      SO      W       L       P/GS    WHIP    BAA     ERA
11      72.2    74      39      8       21      68      7       3       105.8   1.31    .263    4.83


Lenny DiNardo - Oakland
G       IP      H       R       HR      BB      SO      W       L       P/GS    WHIP    BAA     ERA
12      25.0    19      8       1       6       15      1       0       83.0    1.00    .213    1.80

Red Sox

Julio Lugo, SS

Dustin Pedroia, 2B

David Ortiz, DH

Manny Ramirez, LF

Kevin Youkilis, 1B

Mike Lowell, 3B

Jason Varitek, C

Wily Mo Pena, RF

Coco Crisp, CF

Athletics

Travis Buck, LF

Mark Ellis, 2B

Nick Swisher, RF

Dan Johnson, 1B

Eric Chavez, 3B

Bobby Crosby, SS

Jack Cust, DH

Mark Kotsay, CF

Jason Kendall, C

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Re: Open Thread: 6/5/07 @ Oakland

Can we please get Lugo out of the lead of slot? His OBP is WAY too low to justify it.

by sdkramer.otm on Jun 5, 2007 9:20 PM EDT reply actions

Lugo trying to prove you wrong

Leadoff single :)

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 10:09 PM EDT up reply actions

Finally..

A pitching matchup that favours us. It seems like we've been throwing Tavarez against everyone's # 1 every time out.

by sydneysox on Jun 5, 2007 9:54 PM EDT reply actions

Re: Finally..

Hatchet Face hasn't been too bad in some of those matchups, though.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 10:01 PM EDT up reply actions

I hate the bunt there

C'mon guys, it's Lenny DiNardo! Remy thinks Pedroia was doing it on his own.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 10:10 PM EDT reply actions

DiNardo on thr ropes ...

Back-to-back two out walks to manny and Youk, and the first pitch to Lowell in the dirt. Lenny looks shaky. Let's hope the Sox don't let him off the hook!

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 10:16 PM EDT reply actions

Crap ...

Easy fly to LF ... inning over. Let me say it again, I hate first inning bunts! Why give up an out, and Dusty is one of the hotter hitters on the team.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Anyone catch this?

Matt Damon talkin' Sox on David Letterman -- it's very funny!

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 10:21 PM EDT reply actions

Re: Anyone catch this?

No. I wish I had.

by sdkramer.otm on Jun 5, 2007 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't have TV right now

Did Wily Mo play that single decently...for him that is.

by sdkramer.otm on Jun 5, 2007 10:27 PM EDT reply actions

Re: I don't have TV right now

I was out of the room at the time so I can't say. Then again, how often does he do anything "decently" in the field?

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Tons of foul territory in Oakland

It looked like Lowell ran for miles for that foul pop up to end the inning. Dice-K's off-speed stuff looks much better tonight. He went off-speed to strikeout Swisher and Johnson popped up an off-speed pitch to end the inning.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 10:29 PM EDT reply actions

3 walks for DiNardo already

Lenny looks really shaky. They'd better knock him out early.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 10:31 PM EDT reply actions

chavez

caught lookin'

by sdkramer.otm on Jun 5, 2007 10:37 PM EDT reply actions

Re: chavez

After 4 fastball--2 strikes, 2 ball--Matsuzaka gets him with an off-speed pitch (a splitter).

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 10:38 PM EDT up reply actions

Even the easy plays to Pena scare me

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 10:39 PM EDT reply actions

Kotsay

is Dice-K's 3rd K of the night. Good first two innings.

by sdkramer.otm on Jun 5, 2007 10:44 PM EDT reply actions

Re: Kotsay

With the cutter ...

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions

Time to go home and watch.

by sdkramer.otm on Jun 5, 2007 10:48 PM EDT reply actions

Nice play by Dusty

Ranging to his left to get Kendall.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 10:54 PM EDT reply actions

DiNardo looks like he has settled in

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 11:05 PM EDT reply actions

Lenny

Am I missing something, this bloke is throwing a one-hitter so far. Does he look good are we just batting for shit?

by sydneysox on Jun 5, 2007 11:07 PM EDT reply actions

Re: Lenny

He was really shaky at first. Now, he's hitting the corners and Boston's hitters are topping the ball to infielders.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 11:11 PM EDT up reply actions

1-0, Oakland

Chavez crushes one to the opposite field.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 11:12 PM EDT reply actions

just great

And now Chavez has poked one over the wall...

by sydneysox on Jun 5, 2007 11:12 PM EDT reply actions

That's what happens when you fall behind

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 11:12 PM EDT up reply actions

Dice-K is shaking off Tek a lot

That cannot be good ...

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 11:16 PM EDT reply actions

dice-k question

He's got alot of different pitches, K's alot of guys. But he seems to give up quite a few hits or walks, sometimes both every time out. Do you think its just him adjusting to the hitters? Do you reckon he can learn to pitch better against major league hitting?

by sydneysox on Jun 5, 2007 11:16 PM EDT reply actions

Re: dice-k question

Of course there needs to be an adjustment (look at what Beckett went through last year). Actually, he cut his walks down the past few starts. I think part of the trouble is he likes to strike guys out, so he runs lots of deep counts. Early on, he tried to throw all of his pitches instead of just the ones that were working that particular game.

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by Drugs Delaney on Jun 5, 2007 11:19 PM EDT up reply actions