8/24/23 - Boston at Houston pt 2

[JOBU]

Lolololol

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Haha. Suck it, Astros.

 

[JOBU]

WONGDONG!

 

[mauidano]

Embarrassing now.

 

[InsideTheParker]

17 is a nice #.
One thing that's astonished me about this game is the Sox keeping Tucker down.

 

[JOBU]

Kick her out

 

[S. H. Frog]

Yikes man, merciless

 

[azsoxpatsfan]

Kick her out

Simply no place for that in the game

 

[moonshotmanny]

Save some of those runs for the Dodgers!

 

[mauidano]

Would be nice to “save” some of these hits & runs for tomorrow.

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Charge the mound.

 

[Rovin Romine]

There can never be enough salt for the wounds of the Astros.

 

[JOBU]

20 would be nice

 

[mauidano]

Would be fun to see Dusty do the Little League move and just have the SS come in and pitch.

 

[Max Power]

If Refsnyder can get a hit, all the starters and every pinch hitter will have one.

 

[LynnRice75]

Hope we don't squander another bases loaded situation here...

 

[azsoxpatsfan]

That’s what Cora gets for using Refsnyder against a righty

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Houston had to throw 236 pitches today.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Rob's going to want that at bat back, if the Astors go on to put up 17 in the 9th.

 

[TFisNEXT]

At this point I think you need to start Abreu against any righties

 

[mauidano]

Swing at everything Houston and let’s get outta here.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

Feels like Llovera maybe relaxes a bit better with a 16 run lead.

 

[derekson]

Damn didn't realize this was a day game. How was Abreu in CF?

 

[dhappy42]

At this point I think you need to start Abreu against any righties

Instead of who?

 

[TFisNEXT]

WATAH!!!

 

[LesterFan]

14 LOB

 

[patinorange]

Well, a split was the minimum to stay in it and they did it. Water!

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

water

 

[nvalvo]

That was satisfying.

 

[LogansDad]

Season saved.

 

[Pandemonium67]

Too many LOB -- 14, sqanderiffic! -- and pitching gave up double digit hits. What a sad sack club.

 

[DennyDoyle'sBoil]

I sort of thought before this series that we needed to go 5-2 against the Astros to have a chance. Still a possibility. Truth is I'd take 4-3 even though it probably won't be enough, but I guess we should not underestimate the yellow jerseys.

 

[TFisNEXT]

Instead of who?

Probably Ref…sometimes the platoon guy starts getting more starts when a AAA player gets called up but hopefully they keep Abreu against all righties.

 

[OldeBeanTowne]

Dirty water for that dirty rooting for the O's feeling.

 

[Shaky Walton]

That was fun.

 

[DeJesus Built My Hotrod]

Sox have the alpha Abreu

 

[BaseballJones]

Abreu + Wong = 8-11, 2 2b, 1 hr, 6 r, 6 rbi

 

[Bosoxian]

Nice thing is the Dodgers are playing a double header today and using up their pen. The Sox will get to LA before them.

 

[moonshotmanny]

Fun Water!!!

 

[InsideTheParker]

What an infuriating turn of events to make Betts' first return to Fenway an Apple game. It disrespects all of us who've been paying for NESN all season long.

 

[BaseballJones]

All in all….. I guess a split isn’t terrible especially after getting hammered the first two games

 

[mikeford]

this is Sons of Wilyer Abreu now.

 

[InsideTheParker]

Nice thing is the Dodgers are playing a double header today and using up their pen. The Sox will get to LA before them.

But since the game is in Boston, according to my internet, wouldn't that be a mistake?

 

[Jed Zeppelin]

Missed this one today. Wilyer is on some kind of heater right now. Have to keep finding room for him if he is going to carry his AAA performance forward for the moment.

 

[zenax]

Devers strands runners again. Doesn't matter in this game, but sometimes I wonder if he's lost his clutchiosity.

Before today's game, Devers was hitting
.312/.428/.557/.985 with runners in scoring position (152 PA/122 AB) and
.265/.321/.498/.819 with the bases empty (265 PA/245 AB) >>bb-ref

 

[scottyno]

Probably Ref…sometimes the platoon guy starts getting more starts when a AAA player gets called up but hopefully they keep Abreu against all righties.

He's had 9 starts all year against RHPs and I'm guessing most of them were when Duval was hurt and Duran wasn't a starter yet (Yoshida was out or couldn't play the field for part of that time too). There's no reason they'd even consider him getting starts against RHPs right now unless several guys get hurt or need a day off.

 

[DeadlySplitter]

What an infuriating turn of events to make Betts' first return to Fenway an Apple game. It disrespects all of us who've been paying for NESN all season long.

Hope for the rainout.

 

[richgedman'sghost]

Nice thing is the Dodgers are playing a double header today and using up their pen. The Sox will get to LA before them.

LA is coming to Boston I think.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Mookie's been on fire of late. He's taken over the national league OPS lead with a 1.010. Today, he was five for five and two for three in a doubleheader, getting his average up to .310. He'd been as low as the .250s in June.

 

[Looch]

Looking at the highlights, it seems like the Sox had a ton of seeing eye hits today, which explains the ridiculous totals but also can get the offense going at an opportune time, much as the inverse can lead to a death spiral.