Monday, June 06, 2005
Red Sox at Cardinals
Liveblogging this game...
1st: Joe: "Look what the humidity does to [Damon's] hair." C'mon Matty. Lead-off single. And here's TSSWMNBN. Lots of boos. Cheers finally drown out most of them. He tips his cap. And hits into a double play! Sweet. Now that that's done with, let's play some ball. Ortiz is unattractive. Pop up to Reggie. Don't you throw at my guys' heads, you stupid knuckleballer. Damn, got Eckstein by half a step. Grudz flies out to right. Let's go, Albert! Crap, K.
2nd: Double for Ramirez. Good stop by Mark, but Manny's on third. Shoot, driven in by Veritek's single to center. 1-0. I hate the Red Sox. Matty...what are you doing? Don't walk Payton. 'Kay, fly to center. Local boy Mueller at bat. You know, I thought that by watching FSN I'd be able to avoid most World Series talk, but Al and Joe keep talking about it. Shut up! Another fly out to Edmonds. Gotta keep the ball down, Morris. Edmonds grounds to second. Scotty's tired after fielding and hitting off the tee today. Reggie!! Single. Now he's gotta tie his shoes. Walker, let's get it going. Stop talking about October you jerks! Don't know Veritek's CS stats, but it seems like we could run on Wakefield. And we do. He maybe looks out, but called safe. Oh, shit-Reggie thinks the ball is caught and only goes to third. Whoo-hoo Nunez!! Single to right scores Sanders and Walker gets to third. He's so very good at running the bases. Ech, I wonder if Walker could have made it on the PB, but Nunez gets to second. YADI! We now have our first lead against the Sox in the five games this century. [edit-I totally forgot about those games in Fenway a couple years ago. Whoops.] Everyone thought that was a balk, but apparently not. Gorgeous squeeze by Matty scores Nunez, Molina to 2nd. Eck trying to bunt for a hit, foul. When did TSSWMNBN start chewing? Has he always and I just didn't notice? Gross. Shoot, Molina is slow, out at the plate on Eckstein's infield hit. Stupid Ortiz. He's supposed to suck on the field. Oh, well. 3-1 Redbirds.
3rd: Loooong throw for Eckstein, but gets his man. Hmmm. The on the replay, Molina was safe. Yadi catches a pop up. More boos and cheers. What a catch by Albert! Joe and Al are saying the VP of the Cards tried to catch the ball. Grudz grounds to short. Oh, yeah, the ball definitely hit the VP. So that's two calls in the Cards' favor, one for the Sox. Pujols grounds to short and doesn't really run out the ball. My god, is he balding. Jimmy fouls and fouls. Hate the knuckeballers. Jimmy strikes out.
4th: Missed how Ortiz got out, but he's out, so I don't really care. Manny grounds to short, Albert picks the throw. Skippy Shoes (that's his nickname-I've decided) in the dugout. Trot flies to Walker. Red Sox show some impatience that half inning. Very nice. I agree with Al? That can't be right. He's talking about how the [Reggie!] the team just isn't firing on all cylinders. Good lord, could you pitch any slower, Tim? Another PB moves Reggie to 2nd. They are missing Mirabelli tonight. C'mon, Larry! Damn, chases that crap. PB #2 this inning, but it's ball four, and Sanders stole 3rd before the PB. Yadi's chopper gets Reggie home, Nunez to 2nd. PB again and Nunez to 3rd. Good play by Mueller, helped by the fact that Morris is slow.
5th: Easy grounder to 2nd from Veritek. WOW, what a play by Grudz!! Oh, yeah, next guy flies to left. Man, that was a fantastic play. It's so nice to have that great arm out there. Pujols has been doing his yoga evidenced by the several great stretches to get the ball. Ooof- Nixon runs into the wall to catch Eck's fly ball. Walk to the Man Of The Inning. And Grudz promptly steals second! Walk to Pujols. Oh, that sounded so good coming off Jimmy's bat, but didn't have the distance. Reggie grounds out. Shoot.
6th: Wakefield grounds out 6-3. Ugh. Four pitch walk. More boos. The boo-ers seem to be much quicker on the draw than the cheer-ers. And TSSWMNBN ground in another double play, right at Eckstein. Walker HBP on a very slow pitch. Nunez flies deep to left, Manny gets it, kinda forgets that there's somebody on, and Walker's into second easily. Walk to Molina. D'oh, hit and run, but Morris flies to center. Huge hole in right center, David. Let's go. He gets the grounder through, and they don't even throw to home! Walker scores! Pitching change. Now that everybody's swings are all screwed up, an actual pitcher coming in. Mantei in, Veritek very thrilled. Grudz out 4-3.
7th: Matty in to face the heart of the order. Ortiz hits the ball down the line, but Walker with a bullet to hold him to a single. Thompson warming. Albert and David laughing it up at first. Don't like it-pet peeve. Manny flies to left, Morris got away with one there. Nixon same thing. 50,270 announced attendance. Morris in low 90s. Oh, I'm not sure about that second ball to Veritek. C'mon Matty. Molina goes to talk. Al says Matt didn't want the fastball, they go with a cutter and get 'em swinging. Morris has thrown 80 pitches (1 run, 4 hits) through 7. My oh my. Getting a nice calf massage in the dugout. Arugh, about 10 feet short for Albert. He looks pissed, as well he should, he's o-fer. Embree in to face Jimmy. Damn, K. Oops, Jimmy, watch that language. Bleh, fly to right for Reggie.
8th: Matty back out. 4-3. Fly right at Edmonds. Greek God of Walks up as pinch hitter. Is Matty really getting to 94? Jesus-Pujols could have lost his arm! Red Sox go in order. Halama pitching, Taguchi in for Walker. First pitch, fly out to right. Abe tries to bunt for a hit, but no go. Yadi punches the ball into right for a single. Morris batting. Loud and long standing ovation for Matty. Wonderful to see. Izzy getting loose. Oh, yeah, throw to first, Yadi's a threat to steal. E-6!! Ha ha ha. Eckstein with a triple to score Molina and Morris! And chants of "Ed-gaaaar, Ed-gaaaar." Music to my ears. Oh, poop. Grudz grounds out.
9th: Okay, top of the order. Matty's going for the complete game. One pitch-out to Taguchi. TSSWMNBN fouling off pitches. Nice play by Nunez to get him! And Ortiz pops up on the first pitch. That's a WINNER!
It doesn't mean as much as the last time, obviously, but this was a sweet win to get. The boys came to play. Morris was pitching beautifully, the defense was superb, the baserunning smart, the hits timely. Let's do it two more times.
1st: Joe: "Look what the humidity does to [Damon's] hair." C'mon Matty. Lead-off single. And here's TSSWMNBN. Lots of boos. Cheers finally drown out most of them. He tips his cap. And hits into a double play! Sweet. Now that that's done with, let's play some ball. Ortiz is unattractive. Pop up to Reggie. Don't you throw at my guys' heads, you stupid knuckleballer. Damn, got Eckstein by half a step. Grudz flies out to right. Let's go, Albert! Crap, K.
2nd: Double for Ramirez. Good stop by Mark, but Manny's on third. Shoot, driven in by Veritek's single to center. 1-0. I hate the Red Sox. Matty...what are you doing? Don't walk Payton. 'Kay, fly to center. Local boy Mueller at bat. You know, I thought that by watching FSN I'd be able to avoid most World Series talk, but Al and Joe keep talking about it. Shut up! Another fly out to Edmonds. Gotta keep the ball down, Morris. Edmonds grounds to second. Scotty's tired after fielding and hitting off the tee today. Reggie!! Single. Now he's gotta tie his shoes. Walker, let's get it going. Stop talking about October you jerks! Don't know Veritek's CS stats, but it seems like we could run on Wakefield. And we do. He maybe looks out, but called safe. Oh, shit-Reggie thinks the ball is caught and only goes to third. Whoo-hoo Nunez!! Single to right scores Sanders and Walker gets to third. He's so very good at running the bases. Ech, I wonder if Walker could have made it on the PB, but Nunez gets to second. YADI! We now have our first lead against the Sox in the five games this century. [edit-I totally forgot about those games in Fenway a couple years ago. Whoops.] Everyone thought that was a balk, but apparently not. Gorgeous squeeze by Matty scores Nunez, Molina to 2nd. Eck trying to bunt for a hit, foul. When did TSSWMNBN start chewing? Has he always and I just didn't notice? Gross. Shoot, Molina is slow, out at the plate on Eckstein's infield hit. Stupid Ortiz. He's supposed to suck on the field. Oh, well. 3-1 Redbirds.
3rd: Loooong throw for Eckstein, but gets his man. Hmmm. The on the replay, Molina was safe. Yadi catches a pop up. More boos and cheers. What a catch by Albert! Joe and Al are saying the VP of the Cards tried to catch the ball. Grudz grounds to short. Oh, yeah, the ball definitely hit the VP. So that's two calls in the Cards' favor, one for the Sox. Pujols grounds to short and doesn't really run out the ball. My god, is he balding. Jimmy fouls and fouls. Hate the knuckeballers. Jimmy strikes out.
4th: Missed how Ortiz got out, but he's out, so I don't really care. Manny grounds to short, Albert picks the throw. Skippy Shoes (that's his nickname-I've decided) in the dugout. Trot flies to Walker. Red Sox show some impatience that half inning. Very nice. I agree with Al? That can't be right. He's talking about how the [Reggie!] the team just isn't firing on all cylinders. Good lord, could you pitch any slower, Tim? Another PB moves Reggie to 2nd. They are missing Mirabelli tonight. C'mon, Larry! Damn, chases that crap. PB #2 this inning, but it's ball four, and Sanders stole 3rd before the PB. Yadi's chopper gets Reggie home, Nunez to 2nd. PB again and Nunez to 3rd. Good play by Mueller, helped by the fact that Morris is slow.
5th: Easy grounder to 2nd from Veritek. WOW, what a play by Grudz!! Oh, yeah, next guy flies to left. Man, that was a fantastic play. It's so nice to have that great arm out there. Pujols has been doing his yoga evidenced by the several great stretches to get the ball. Ooof- Nixon runs into the wall to catch Eck's fly ball. Walk to the Man Of The Inning. And Grudz promptly steals second! Walk to Pujols. Oh, that sounded so good coming off Jimmy's bat, but didn't have the distance. Reggie grounds out. Shoot.
6th: Wakefield grounds out 6-3. Ugh. Four pitch walk. More boos. The boo-ers seem to be much quicker on the draw than the cheer-ers. And TSSWMNBN ground in another double play, right at Eckstein. Walker HBP on a very slow pitch. Nunez flies deep to left, Manny gets it, kinda forgets that there's somebody on, and Walker's into second easily. Walk to Molina. D'oh, hit and run, but Morris flies to center. Huge hole in right center, David. Let's go. He gets the grounder through, and they don't even throw to home! Walker scores! Pitching change. Now that everybody's swings are all screwed up, an actual pitcher coming in. Mantei in, Veritek very thrilled. Grudz out 4-3.
7th: Matty in to face the heart of the order. Ortiz hits the ball down the line, but Walker with a bullet to hold him to a single. Thompson warming. Albert and David laughing it up at first. Don't like it-pet peeve. Manny flies to left, Morris got away with one there. Nixon same thing. 50,270 announced attendance. Morris in low 90s. Oh, I'm not sure about that second ball to Veritek. C'mon Matty. Molina goes to talk. Al says Matt didn't want the fastball, they go with a cutter and get 'em swinging. Morris has thrown 80 pitches (1 run, 4 hits) through 7. My oh my. Getting a nice calf massage in the dugout. Arugh, about 10 feet short for Albert. He looks pissed, as well he should, he's o-fer. Embree in to face Jimmy. Damn, K. Oops, Jimmy, watch that language. Bleh, fly to right for Reggie.
8th: Matty back out. 4-3. Fly right at Edmonds. Greek God of Walks up as pinch hitter. Is Matty really getting to 94? Jesus-Pujols could have lost his arm! Red Sox go in order. Halama pitching, Taguchi in for Walker. First pitch, fly out to right. Abe tries to bunt for a hit, but no go. Yadi punches the ball into right for a single. Morris batting. Loud and long standing ovation for Matty. Wonderful to see. Izzy getting loose. Oh, yeah, throw to first, Yadi's a threat to steal. E-6!! Ha ha ha. Eckstein with a triple to score Molina and Morris! And chants of "Ed-gaaaar, Ed-gaaaar." Music to my ears. Oh, poop. Grudz grounds out.
9th: Okay, top of the order. Matty's going for the complete game. One pitch-out to Taguchi. TSSWMNBN fouling off pitches. Nice play by Nunez to get him! And Ortiz pops up on the first pitch. That's a WINNER!
It doesn't mean as much as the last time, obviously, but this was a sweet win to get. The boys came to play. Morris was pitching beautifully, the defense was superb, the baserunning smart, the hits timely. Let's do it two more times.
