Lester vs Liz

I'll take the dude

Lester's the word!

WIN

Watch out. If she's back down to her Butterfield 8 weight of 120, Liz could be dynamite.

Taking some family and friends to the game tonight. One of them is being deployed next week. Totally looking forward to Lester shutting down the O's and Liz getting lit up by Laser Show and Papi.

Good Times!

Much prefer Cat On A Hot Tin Roof; that's when the curves were spellbinding

Wish good luck to the one being deployed. The rest of us can deal with so-so fortune. Wish that guy good luck for all of us.

I feel good about tonight.

Jean Lester est un ace.

Hey, if people are going to speak French...can there be two separate game threads?

EDIT: Nesn.com farked that up.

Let's try again...

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/reds...as/extra_bases/

Here are the starting lineups for the Red Sox and Orioles at Fenway Park.

Sox
Starting pitcher - Jon Lester
1. Jacoby Ellsbury LF
2. Dustin Pedroia 2B
3. David Ortiz DH
4. Kevin Youkilis 1B
5. Mark Kotsay RF
6. Jed Lowrie 3B
7. Jason Varitek C
8. Alex Cora SS
9. Coco Crisp CF


Orioles
Starting pitcher - Radhames Liz
1. Brian Roberts 2B
2. Adam Jones CF
3. Nick Markakis RF
4. Aubrey Huff DH
5. Ramon Hernandez C
6. Kevin Millar 1B
7. Oscar Salazar 3B
8. Lou Martanez LF
9. Juan Castro SS

I see that AC's range IS severely diminished, if he needs Jed's help to cover SS.

hey foulkey what's the source?

The two SS, two RF, no LF, no 1B lineup is a bit... odd.

Helping us out with Extra Bases

1. Jacoby Ellsbury LF
2. Dustin Pedroia 2B
3. David Ortiz DH
4. Kevin Youkilis 1B
5. Mark Kotsay RF
6. Jed Lowrie 3B
7. Jason Varitek C
8. Alex Cora SS
9. Coco Crisp CF

Just a night off for Bay?

I should think so. IIRC, he has played every game in LF since the trade.

Assuming it's just that, and Bay is not injured or sick, Tito couldn't wait until Thursday for a day off for Bay? The game on Wednesday is a day game, so Bay presumably would have gotten a full day on Thursday in Texas to relax. And the Sox are also off on the following two Thursdays, so it's not as if the day off schedule is going to be unbearable down the stretch. With Drew and Lowell already out, I don't understand the need to give Bay even more time off.

Yup, I know that one of Tito's strengths is reputed to be that he knows when to do things like this.

This game surpasses the dangerous "reverse lock" threshold. Mark it down boys. This one will be ovah in the second. That said I would like to see Lester do a little 7 inn. 3 hits, 0 bb's action. I will be pulling for a CG shutout though. Win tonight.

Bay could use a day off. In his last five games he's 3 for 20 with 7 Ks. It could be a mental-health day as much as anything.

I don't know..

If he is really the RHH version of JD Drew then .. =(

So I've heard.

KAPOW!

It took you over 17 hours go come up with that?


Oh....and not that there's anything wrong with it....

I was busy pretending to work.

Unacceptable! We NEED WEINER DOG FOULKEY REESE OH SO CUTE JUST PET HIM!

That takes too much effort

Here you go:



Also, every time I hear you say that, I hear it in Pam's voice from The Office.

err

Alléger de Francis

Un as.

What's in a name? Weirdly, Radhames Liz is not the first Radhames to pitch for the Orioles. There was also Radhames Dykhoff, who pitched briefly for them in 1998, after being discovered with his cousin, Sidney Ponson, in 1993.

Here's hoping Liz's stint tonight is just as brief, and as much of a dykhoff. Kick ass tonight, Jon - this train is rolling into the post-season, with some more help from whatever offense is out there tonight.

GO SOX - WIN TODAY!

Dykhoff is how Radhames became Liz

Youk scratched with back spasms. Bailey at 1B, Lowrie to 3B.

Yikes is this the weakest line up that the Sox have sent out this season?

97 MPH from Lester. Either that gun is goosed, or he is.

27 strike out pace! (on 216 pitches)

I don't know why Castig mentioned Lowrie to 3B, as he was there in the original line up.

Dustin hitting clean up. Lowrie moves to second in the order.

13.5 K pace...148.5 pitch pace?

Lester looks good

Now does anyone feel dirty about hoping for NY to win? Maybe a better question is "who are your rooting for (to not lose obviously) in St Pete?"

Nice at bat Jed!

Did they call him "Dyke" or Dick"?
That is one terrible last name.

I love it when Papi beats the shift.

Alright, let's go big guy!

That was Papi's 1st hit thsi year in a 3-0 count. (18 PA)

Hunh. An actual Orioles fan right behind home plate. I wonder whose family came up for the series.

Ugh. Nice piece of hitting, though that pitch did get a little too much plate.

Is Lester working exceptionally slowly today, or is this just his normal slowness?
I thought he had sped things up a bit this year.

Holy shit how did that get him?

Excellent block! TERRIBLE Slide!

Hahahahahaha.

Wow.
I didn't think that throw had a chance.

LOL - the ugliest OF assist of all time.