Tailspin: Sox-A's Gamer III

A little late, but here's your game thread.  The Sox have regressed, and need to pick it back up.  Chat away.

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[SF]

Curt just got hosed on an inning-ending ball/strike call, now he's in a jam with two down. Sometimes it all just seems to be going against you...

[SF]

And another call not given. Gonna be a short night for someone on the Sox if this ump isn't consistent.

[SF]

This umps sucks. Haren just threw a beautiful fastball on the outside corner to Manny that he called a ball. These pitchers are going to be pissed soon.

[SF]

Manny makes him pay, opposite field double. Trot up.

[bigclo]

well, that was a kick in the nuts for trot

[bigclo]

double by lowell? who would've guessed it

[SF]

Mikemike! Double drives Manny in. 1 down, Lowell on second.

[SF]

And now Haren throws a "strike" at Tek's letters. Again, this ump is really bad, both ways.

[bigclo]

you see that rotoworld nonsense about tek? can't blame the catcher for the pitcher floating fastballs.

[SF]

Gawd, now Haren throws the SAME pitch and it's called a ball. What is this guy smoking?

[SF]

Brilliant catch by Kotsay, robbing Varitek about 400 feet from home, right near the bullpen wall in the triangle. Tough break for Tek, he really nailed it.

[SF]

Station-to-station baseball from the Sox that inning, Lowell stranded at second.

[SF]

Strong inning from Curt, 1-2-3 go the A's.

[SF]

Papi! 3-0 Sox on the extra base hit knocking in Loretta and Youk.

[SF]

And Manny lines one back through the box to make it 4-0 Sox.

[SF]

And another hit! Trot sends Manny to third on a single. Aggressive, hard baserunning from Manny there.

[SF]

Lowell flies out to left, the sac fly scores Manny. 5-0 Sox. Good hitting from Lowell.

[Rob SF]

How does Papi hit a triple?

[Rob SF]

Schill out of the 4th inning.

[Rob SF]

Papi strands runners on 1st and 3rd to end the 4th.

[Rob SF]

Schilling hits Swisher in a payback move it seems.

[Paul SF]

I'm here finally... Work's been hectic and the Sox have sucked, the combination of which has made it physically and mentally difficult to think much about baseball the last couple days...

[Paul SF]

Sox have M-Lor and Papi on with walks and Manny up... Manny strikes out...

Now that I have broadband, I can "enjoy" the annoying ads ESPN puts up between innings on GameCast that drown out my iTunes...

[Paul SF]

Schilling looks like he's pitching a gem tonight... I knew he would -- he always comes through exactly when we need it...

[Rob SF]

Both benches have been worn regarding hit batters.

[Rob SF]

warned

[Paul SF]

Thomas fouls out to first...

[Paul SF]

Curt gets Payton swinging... 8 Ks through 6.2...

[Rob SF]

Curt with his 9th K tonight.

[Paul SF]

Strikeout No. 9 for Curt!

[Paul SF]

Lowell reaches on an error, now on 2nd with 1 down...

[Paul SF]

ANOTHER Oakland error allows Crisp to reach... Looks like the Sox might be seeking some payback this inning...

[Paul SF]

Cora single scores Lowell, Crisp to 2nd... 6-0! :-D

[Paul SF]

Schilling;'s done for the night, but what a great performance! 7 innings, 9 Ks, just two hits and 1 walk, no runs. A HUGE performance when the Sox really needed it...

[Paul SF]

A solid inning from Delcarmen -- a leadoff walk, two straight Ks, a single, and a flyout...

[Paul SF]

PAPI! It's not a clutch homer, but it does put him back in a tie for the HR lead! No. 32 and something like 85 RBI now...

The best poart was you could tell it was coming -- foul ball after foul ball, just getting his timing right...

[Paul SF]

And that does it! The Sox first shutout in forever, and the perfect kind of win after three straight horrible losses... Better yet: it keeps the Yanks two wins away from first place...

[bloodyank78]

One game Paul, the loss column is the only one you should pay attention to.

[Paul SF]

Pheh... Everyone looks at the win column or loss column thing too seriously. In the end, it all evens out, except ion rare cases...

In any case, the Yanks win once and the Sox lose once, the Sox are still up by half a game. So the Yanks must win twice with at least one Sox loss to be in a tie...