Carlos Pena’s three-run opposite field three-run homer off of Mike Timlin was the difference in a 4-2 loss to Tampa.
This marks the first time that the Rays have ever won a series at Fenway and they now take a 2 1/2 game lead over the Red Sox in the A. L. East.
Goat of the Game: Timlin/Bay
In a 14 inning game I think it is justifiable to have two goats here.
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I had great seats for the game tonight, way to be a dick Timlin! We deserved to lose this game anyways, how the hell can any team leave multiple runners in scoring position inning after inning anyways? Unreal.
The biggest thing out of tonight’s game isn’t Timlin, who’s strictly garbage time at this point… it isn’t even the LOB, which is certainly annoying and painful to watch. It’s the fact that Beckett had his second good game after coming back from the DL.
If the Sox are to go deep into the playoffs, Beckett is key. Finishing first or second in the division is not. It looks like the rotation is rounding into shape on schedule: with Beckett, Lester, and Dice-K at the top, the Red Sox will be very tough to beat.
4 1/2 hours of standing. for that.
Go to hell Timlin.
I think it should be a collective goat for the entire team. That was pathetic.
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wtf is Timlin still on this team? seriously, the guy is done, i would rather see chris smith or pauley than him, that was pathetic.
the AL east race is probably over by now, we had our top 3 pitchers against Kazmir and their back of the rotation at home and couldn’t win the series, just awful.
I think you need Youk’s DP and Ellsbury’s poor performance as honorable goat mentions.
Overall…blame it on the LOBsters.
Very disappointing to stay up that late and have multiple opportunities to win it and not get the job done. I can think of a couple more of late: We could of swept the Yanks in the Bronx and Paps blows it. We could have won 4-3 on tuesday night and Paps blows it. We should have won last night with the bullpen doing a great job of holding down the fort for 6 or 7 innings. But the O, other than D-Ped, stunk.
Tito is going to have to learn some small ball. Late in the game when D-Ped led off with a double, we move him to 3rd with a DP. Next inning, 1st and 2nd, no outs, runners were not advanced due to strike outs. Late in a game with lead offs on 2nd and no outs, you have to bunt them over to 3rd where a ground out or sac fly or WP will score the winning run.
Also, I dont feel Jacoby or Coco are lead off material right now. We have a huge hole at # 1.
Did anyone else notice that Pena came up in the fourteenth with a different bat? The only reason I noticed is because his normal bat has a flat top (you could stand it on end) but in the 14th, for some reason, he came up with a different bat (it was cupped at the end),,, gotta wonder about that one!
Who does sean casey have to fuck to get an at bat?
Strong with the Force Tampa Bay has become. They may be a Skywalker, but Boston’s like fucking Yoda…older, stronger, wiser.
Let’s take these losses out on the hot Toronto and hope Tampa loses their cool. If I were Terry however, I’d have a nice chat with some of our batters, particularly Ellsbury. 0-6 (no walks or anything) is pretty pathetic.
Ellsbury got jobbed in the 9th. And he hit a double in the last inning albeit after Tampa had scored. Drew needs to come back soon, he could easily handle the leadoff duties. Kotsay would be a better option leadoff than Ells or Crisp also. And Youk should not hit cleanup until he gets hot again. When drew gets back I think we should see this:
1. Drew RF
2. Pedroia 2b
3. Papi DH
4. Bay/Lowell LF/3B (these two are interchangeable)
5. Bay/Lowell LF/3b
6. Youk 1b
7. Kotsay CF
8. Lowrie SS
9. Catcher (They’re all so pathetic with the bat I won’t call them by name)
The way Papi has been swinging, he might should sit a little more and rest that weak wrist. I like Coco in CF and the 9 spot. His defense is invaluable.
Coco is overrated defensively, he is a top tier defender, but he’s not as good as everyone thinks for one simple reason. Arm strength.
Bob-
I’ve been curious about this myself and have this question: how many plays this year can you think of where a runner has gotten an extra base off of CC because of his arm strength? I can’t think of a single instance and I’ve watched most every game. It seems like every “could be two” play Coco’s involved with he either makes the catch, closes so much ground he doesn’t need a 6 year old’s arm to get it to the infield, or is splayed out on the ground while someone else fields and throws the ball in.
It’s possible that you’re right, but on the same note, how many fly balls that advance runners wouldn’t have happened if there was even an average arm in center. I give coco as much credit as anyone for the ground he covers, but the arm is important too and I can’t just overlook it.
Here is the real quandry, from a purely defensive standpoint, would you rather have someone who cover a ton of ground with zero arm like Coco, or would you rather have someone who covers a less ground, but has a plus arm, ala Granderson, Sizemore, Hunter. Again forget offense for the sake of argument (those guys blow Coco away). I would personally rather have the latter, which is why I tend to disagree when people call Coco the best defensive CF in the game.