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Mariners (43-57) @ RedSox (61-37), Sunday, July 24, 2011, 1:35pm

SEA: Michael Pineda (22, RHP, 8-6, 3.24)
BOS: Tim Wakefield (44, RHP, 5-3, 4.80)

The Primer Chimp Posted: July 24, 2011 at 01:00 PM | 56 comment(s)
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1. tfbg9 Posted: July 24, 2011 at 03:51 PM (#3884243)

Wakefield?
We lose.

2. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 05:15 PM (#3884273)

Wedge ditched his mustache. I think that was the best thing the Mariners had going for them, so that's unfortunate.

3. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 05:47 PM (#3884283)

Thanks, Wakefield.

4. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 05:50 PM (#3884284)

Wakefield isn't fooling anybody. That 85 ERA+ (plus 8 more unearned runs) is going to go down.

5. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 05:53 PM (#3884286)

Reddick has some kind of arm. No way Drew gets Smoak there.

6. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 05:58 PM (#3884288)

I was not expecting to score 3 runs off of Pineda in the first inning.

7. Biff, highly-regarded young guy Posted: July 24, 2011 at 05:59 PM (#3884290)

Wakefield isn't fooling anybody.

Fortunately, Pineda isn't fooling anybody either.

8. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:02 PM (#3884292)

That swing, Crawford. Please use it more.

9. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:05 PM (#3884296)

Salty!!

10. FancyPantsHandle glistening with foreign substance Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:05 PM (#3884297)

I was not expecting to score 3 runs off of Pineda in the first inning.

And you were right!

11. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:08 PM (#3884298)

I'm surprised that Pineda's only at around 30 pitches with the Sox having batted around in the first.

12. Joel W Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:17 PM (#3884305)

Crawford had an atrocious April, he's been above average since. Not as good as he was the past two years, but a wRC+ of like 110 or so.

13. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:21 PM (#3884308)

Wow. Nice play by Ryan.

14. Joel W Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:22 PM (#3884309)

Very nice. It's also a reminder that Pedroia's base stealing ability is not due to his speed.

15. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:23 PM (#3884311)

Brendan Ryan had himself quite an inning.

16. Biff, highly-regarded young guy Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:23 PM (#3884312)

Brendan Ryan is really good at defense and has an awesome mustache. If only he could hit at all.

17. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:25 PM (#3884314)

Brendan Ryan is really good at defense and has an awesome mustache. If only he could hit at all.

I would take him over Scutaro in a heartbeat. He'd actually be a good guy to pair with Lowrie since he could be a defensive replacement in close games.

18. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:32 PM (#3884318)

Brendan Ryan is singlehandedly keeping the offense in check.

19. Joel W Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:33 PM (#3884320)

Scutaro and Ryan are basically producing at the same level on a per game basis.

20. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:36 PM (#3884323)

If you buy into Scutaro's UZR, sure. To my eyes his defense looks worse than the stats suggest this season.

21. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:36 PM (#3884324)

Loving opposite field Crawford.

Now steal second.

22. Jay Seaver Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:43 PM (#3884327)

Is this umpire as wildly inconsistent as he appears in gamecast? The pitch tracker is showing several balls right in the middle of the strike zone and at least one neck-level strike.

23. FancyPantsHandle glistening with foreign substance Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:45 PM (#3884328)

Brendan Ryan is singlehandedly keeping the offense in check.

You call 5 runs in 15 innings "in check"?

24. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:45 PM (#3884329)

I wouldn't judge by game cast, but Pitch F/X agrees. It's hardly unique though. Umpires almost always call high knuckleballs strikes, and low ones in the strike zone get called balls.

25. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:47 PM (#3884333)

I meant in check after the 5 runs scored.

26. Biff, highly-regarded young guy Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:58 PM (#3884339)

That's the first time I've ever seen that work.

27. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 06:59 PM (#3884341)

Wakefield's had it work a few times over the last couple years.

28. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:00 PM (#3884342)

Short leash on Wakefield from here on out, please.

29. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:04 PM (#3884347)

Jesus. Ryan almost made a play on that ball too.

30. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:12 PM (#3884350)

Not a coincidence that Crawford is 3-3 on a day where he's stopped trying to pull everything.

31. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:14 PM (#3884353)

Reddick!!

32. Biff, highly-regarded young guy Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:15 PM (#3884356)

I enjoy this team's hitting capability.

33. Joel W Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:16 PM (#3884359)

God this team is just really really good. I know it's Seattle and all, but a win today would put them at 16-3 in July and 32-12 in June and July. That's .727 baseball over two months.

34. FancyPantsHandle glistening with foreign substance Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:16 PM (#3884360)

This is just getting stupid

35. Biff, highly-regarded young guy Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:16 PM (#3884361)

The competition hasn't been too stiff lately, but it's ridiculous that this team keeps winning with a rotation of Beckett-Lackey-Wakefield-Miller-Weiland.

36. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:25 PM (#3884372)

Remember how long it took the Sox to score 10 runs in a game for the firs time this year? It was the longest for a Sox team since 1949, if I remember correctly. Now they've scored 10+ runs 14 times, more than any other team in the majors.

37. Joel W Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:25 PM (#3884374)

Lester sounds like he's on track to start tomorrow, so that's good to know. Buchholz it kind of sounds like a couple more weeks maybe? I have a feeling that when Lester comes back he'll be same old Lester, but Buchholz is going to have a few rough outings before he gets going.

38. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:26 PM (#3884375)

Pretty sure they were the last team in MLB this season to score 10+ as well.

39. Joel W Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:33 PM (#3884381)

2000 Red Sox Ks for Tim Wakefield. Today should also get him to 199 career wins.

40. Joel W Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:34 PM (#3884383)

...and a 21 game hitting streak for Pedroia.

41. Benji Gil Gamesh Rises Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:43 PM (#3884393)

WTF was that with the woman and Papi's broken bat? Were they trying to take it from her?

42. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:49 PM (#3884399)

Nice job, Wakefield.

43. Dale Sams Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:49 PM (#3884401)

In almost every stadium I've seen, they will take bats and hold them for the person until after the game. I guess they felt the chance of the woman getting drunk and plunging the jagged end into someone's face was minimal.

44. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:51 PM (#3884403)

7 runs in 6.1 to the Mariners. I hope he retires after he gets his 200th win or whatever, because I hate watching him pitch.

45. Dale Sams Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:53 PM (#3884407)

Don't be bad-mouthing my Cy Young and MVP winner of MVP Baseball 2005!

46. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:57 PM (#3884411)

Really going to be annoying if Bard and/or Papelbon have to pitch after Wakefield was handed an 8 run lead.

47. Benji Gil Gamesh Rises Posted: July 24, 2011 at 07:57 PM (#3884412)

Dan, I haven't followed or looked around -- was anything made of Remy's comment on Lowell yesterday?

48. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 08:02 PM (#3884416)

Nothing that I've seen.

49. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 08:08 PM (#3884418)

Alex Speier
Entering today, Wakefield had allowed a .341 average and 1.102 OPS between pitches 76-100. Today: 4-7, grand slam.

How can you leave him in that long? just incomprehensible.

50. Dale Sams Posted: July 24, 2011 at 08:09 PM (#3884419)

He's totally joking.

The 'gaww' after saying 'talk about an arrogant athlete' is the giveaway.

I hope. I'd think if this were loud enough, Jerry would say something.

51. Joel W Posted: July 24, 2011 at 08:17 PM (#3884422)

Because you're up 11-3 and don't want to go to the bullpen?

52. Joel W Posted: July 24, 2011 at 08:20 PM (#3884423)

Just watched, he's definitely joking. "Throw out the first pitch and then this" and Lowell looking sort of sheepish.

53. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 08:27 PM (#3884424)

Yankees finish off the A's by getting DeJesus to line into a double play with the bases loaded. Sometimes their luck is just ridiculous.

54. Benji Gil Gamesh Rises Posted: July 24, 2011 at 08:30 PM (#3884426)

Dale/Joel, we linked that in the GC last night, but Dan and I came to opposite conclusions.

55. Dan Posted: July 24, 2011 at 08:33 PM (#3884430)

I love how this is the 3rd game of the series and Orsillo still thinks his name is Justin Ackley.

56. Textbook Editor Posted: July 24, 2011 at 08:41 PM (#3884434)

The M's losing streak could easily be 18 after the NYY series. At what point does Wedge get fired?

57. Curse of the Graffanino (dfan) Posted: July 24, 2011 at 10:31 PM (#3884476)

We won.

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