5/3 - Grissom finally debuts
- Thread starter DeadlySplitter
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Once we took out Houck and gave up a bunch of runs, it was time for us to score a couple runs in garbage time.
Maybe we are just setting up heroics for the new guys in the ninth so they can become true Red Sox.
4 IP in two days. And will likely be rewarded with a trip back to Worcester so that Cora has another arm for the bullpen game tomorrow.
I had the same reaction to Houck in the 7th there as I did with Pedro in the 8th of Game 7. With a lot lower stakes, obviously.
Same "what the fuck is he doing?" thought process though.
When are the Sox going to get a few flamethrowers for the bullpen? It seems like every team has a couple of these guys.
The generic video open for NESN Extra Innings shows Story making a great play and throwing to Casas, then Bello pitching, then Pivetta celebrating.
Sigh. I would like to see these guys playing for us dammit.
Sigh. I would like to see these guys playing for us dammit.
If we had any of those guys, their arms would come flying off - and not only injure the pitcher, but also strike Wong and McGuire in the trachea. Or the larynx. Not sure which. Somewhere in the throat.
Maybe next time take out the guy who couldn’t get through the order twice last year when he’s at 100 pitches going into the 7th.
Would have felt a lot better about today losing 1-0 than 5-2.
I didn't watch the game last night, so I'm really anxious to see the new(ish) Twins ballpark today 
. Need a new gamethread.
. Need a new gamethread.
I'm confused. The box for the game says Houck gave up four earned runs. (Didn't watch the game.)
He had allowed 1 run through 6 (in reference to the post you quoted) Cora left him in even though he was at like 94 pitches, and everything went south.
Then Uwasawa came in (for the second day in a row) and things went to Antarctica, so I watched the Reds play the Orioles for the rest of the night.
Houck was excellent and deserved better.