Win.

Win it for Doug, he likes plaster cows:

For the love of Pete put Bay in the 5th hole Tito.

Jamie, you gotta hit Belle Isle next weekend.

I will be in Boston early Saturday morning so I may havwe to make a stop there before the bash begins.

Line up for tonight as posted on NESN.com

J.D. Drew, RF
Dustin Pedroia, 2B
David Ortiz, DH
Kevin Youkilis, 1B
Mike Lowell, 3B
Jason Bay, LF
Jed Lowrie, SS
Jacoby Ellsbury, CF
Jason Varitek, C

Going to the game again tonight - might I add - I absolutely hate JD Drew at leadoff and Mike Lowell in the five hole right now.

Tek 9th, eh?

Sure could understand this line of thinking given what NESN has for additional tidbits today...

• Mike Lowell is hitless in his last 15 at-bats and hitting just .171 (13-for-76) with no home runs and six RBIs since the All-Star break.
• Jason Bay is hitting .400 (12-for-30) with six RBIs and 10 runs since joining the Red Sox.

If that is not a case for making an adjustment I don't know what is. Lowell needs a rest.

Why the hell is Lowell in the 5 spot?

That's pretty inexcusable.

Lowell should probably be getting a night off, never mind hitting in front of a superior hitter.

I have a friendly wager with a friend on who draws their next walk: Lowell or Ellsbury.

Currently, Lowell hasn't walked in his last 44 PAs while Ellsbury stands at an even more impressive 62.

Don't read too much into Tito hitting Tek 9th. It just breaks up the consecutive lefties of Ellsbury and Drew.

Statistical analysis has proven that, over time, a brick wall will indeed crack and fall when hit by a human skull the proper number of times. Tito is intrigued by this experiment.
I hope we got last night out of our system. the team was dead, the game thread was dead, we all wish Ken Harrleson was dead. Win tonight. Right the ship Dice-K. MAKE US ICHIBAN

Just to get us in the right mood.

E. Ramirez relieved J. Veras
- V. Guerrero homered to deep right
- T. Hunter doubled to left
- G. Anderson singled to right, T. Hunter scored
- H. Kendrick safe at first on second baseman R. Cano's throwing error, G. Anderson to third
- H. Kendrick stole second
- J. Rivera doubled to left, G. Anderson and H. Kendrick scored
- D. Robertson relieved E. Ramirez
- G. Matthews Jr. ran for J. Rivera
- M. Napoli singled to left, G. Matthews Jr. to third
- C. Figgins singled to right, G. Matthews Jr. scored, M. Napoli to third
- C. Figgins stole second
- M. Napoli scored, C. Figgins to third on wild pitch
- M. Izturis singled to right, C. Figgins scored

Hey, the Angels just made an out (then got another RBI single).

Kathryn Tappen has huge boobs.

So I'm lying on the couch watching the game, and I doze off with the score 3-1 Yankees. Very annoying game. I wake up, check the score, and just burst out laughing.

That's a shame. Papi almost took Contreras' head off. Just missed though...

Is it just me, or does it look like Ozzie Guillen's been packing on about 10 pounds a year since they won the World Series? Seriously. Man is looking PLOBBY.

EDIT: Holy crap, Ortiz just TOWERS over Swisher. He almost looks like he could step on him.

That last pitch was FILTHY. Persnickety didn't even wait for the call. Caught it and just bolted for the dugout.

At least they made him throw 22 pitches.

Vintage DiceK.

And Daisuke walks the leadoff hitter. Nice.

Orlando Cabrera doesn't walk a whole lot either.

Nasty fucking pitch.

Shocking. Another weak popup by Lowell. Maybe he'll get a day off in September.

Lowell may end up keeping Varitek company down by the Mendoza line.

Lowrie has a pretty swing.

Gotta love how he's able to keep that ball fair.

Ouch.

there goes his career

Is Lowell using a fungo bat? His IF/FB percentage is on an epic rise.

Lowrie didn't score on that?

Why didn't Lowrie score on that?

Seems like Lowrie could've scored on that?

dogging it until the sox give him a new contract

What I don't like is that we'll be facing the White Sox bullpen for the rest of the game. I would have much preferred to face Contreras.

If this was Basketball he'd get carried off the court and then run back on in the third inning.

I'm surprised Lowrie didn't score on that myself, but it was only an infield hit.

not watching, what happened to Contreras?

Might as well hit and run with Ellsbury

Simply, the worst

That's why Lowrie had to score, the friggin pitcher was due up next.

Varitek really really really really really sucks.

Wow. DiceK's fastball looks excellent.

What a stupid pitch. Throw it in the dirt against a hacking master like Ramirez. Stupid.

Nice looking DP to end that inning

A few innings gone, lazy gamethread, might as well post them:

Strikezone maps:
http://brooksbaseball.net/pfx/szone.php?xm...o%20White%20Sox

Good run potential here

that was a terrible AB