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Late Thread: Mariners-Sox Gamer VI

Comment here, if anyone is even around on this glorious Sunday.

No Nails Left To Bite: M's-Sox Gamer

I listened to the last four innings of the M's-Sox game on the radio last night, sitting in a parking lot in front of the market to hear the end of it. Devastating Drama. On to today. Garrett Olson has given up 10 home runs to the Red Sox and remains winless against Boston in seven career starts. Brad Penny took the loss against Atlanta though he gave up only two earned runs, and has given up only five earned in his last 22.7 innings spanning four starts. Drew leads off again, for the fifth time this year.

Lineups follow, comment away.

T. Party: M's-Sox Gamer IV

Tim Wakefield goes up against King Felix and the Seattle Mariners at Fenway. Hernandez was excellent last week against the Dodgers in a game witnessed by our own beloved SF. The Mariners have taken two of three from the Sox so far this season and just finished a three-game set against the Bombers, winning the final contest. Comment away!

'Hell to Live Through'

You're not going to get much more extreme than this week's series in Baltimore. The Red Sox had a 99.4 percent chance of winning with no outs in the bottom of the seventh on Tuesday. They lost. The Orioles had a 98.6 percent chance of winning with two outs in the top of the ninth on Wednesday. That didn't work out so well either.

In the end, the Red Sox won the series, kept pace with the Yankees, and won their 20th game in 28 contests. As commenter rootbeerfloat succinctly summarized in yesterday's game thread:

If someone predicted on Monday: Sox win the Lester and Beckett starts, lose the Smoltz start by a run though he pitches well, I would have been happy. It was just hell to live through.

Resilience: Sox-Orioles Gamer

So this is what you get when you decide to watch old episodes of Battlestar Galactica instead of the post-rain delay innings of a blowout.  Today we will pay attention, lest we tempt the baseball gods.  One thing we have learned from past experience with horrid, salt-in-the-wounds losses: baseball players are more resilient than most of us fans.  Today resilience comes in the form of Josh Beckett.  

Chat about the action here.

Romper Stomper: Sox-O's Late Gamer

The Red Sox have already hung four runs on Rich Hill and it's only the second inning. John Smoltz pitches for the Sox at Camden. Comment away.

The End of Interleague for Boston (until October!): Sox-Braves Gamer

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The Stopper: Sox-Braves Gamer IV

The last time Josh Beckett faced the Atlanta Braves, he threw a complete-game shutout -- the fourth time in six starts he allowed zero earned runs. With the Sox steadily winning two out of every three games against NL foes, Beckett looks to keep that pattern going against Jair Jurrgens, who was victimized by some bad defense last time out in a no decision against the Sox in an eventual loss.

Comment away on all your Friday night interleague gimmick action here!

Last Time...: Sox-Nats Gamer III

The last time a no-doubt future Hall of Famer took the mound for the Boston Red Sox was Oct. 26, 2004.

The last time John Smoltz threw a pitch in a real, live ballgame was June 2, 2008.

The last time the Red Sox lost a game in Washington, DC, was Sept. 18, 1971.

While two of these "streaks" will come to an end tonight, let's hope the third holds off a few more years. Comment away!

Keep Avoiding Embarrassment: Sox-Nats Gamer II

Continuing our theme from yesterday, a Sox win tonight will ensure a series win and stave off the horror and shame of losing a series to the Nationals. Get it done, boys!