4/23 Boston's Bello battles Brewers' Burnes

[E5 Yaz]

There's a game today. Might as well win

1. Alex Verdugo (L) RF
2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
3. Justin Turner (R) DH
4. Masataka Yoshida (L) LF
5. Enrique Hernandez (R) 2B
6. Triston Casas (L) 1B
7. Jarren Duran (L) CF
8. Connor Wong (R) C
9. Yu Chang (R) SS

1. Christian Yelich (L) LF
2. Jesse Winker (L) DH
3. Willy Adames (R) SS
4. Rowdy Tellez (L) 1B
5. Brian Anderson (R) 3B
6. Victor Caratini (S) C
7. Brice Turang (L) 2B
8. Joey Wiemer (R) CF
9. Blake Perkins (S) RF

 

[InsideTheParker]

Baby pitcher vs. Cy Young. Reverse Lock!
Geaux, Sox!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

I like Cora’s Sunday lineup

 

[E5 Yaz]

McGuire's x-rays on his hand were negative.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

McGuire's x-rays on his hand were negative.

Still, the doc recommended that he use the other hand for a while

 

[YTF]

There's a game today. Might as well win

1. Alex Verdugo (L) RF
2. Rafael Devers (L) 3B
3. Justin Turner (R) DH
4. Masataka Yoshida (L) LF
5. Enrique Hernandez (R) 2B
6. Triston Casas (L) 1B
7. Jarren Duran (L) CF
8. Connor Wong (R) C
9. Yu Chang (R) SS

A little more than a week ago one would look at this line-up, shake their head and debate watching the game. Today we're dancing to the hits of Duran Duran and Wong Chang.

 

[Moviegoer]

Still, the doc recommended that he use the other hand for a while

Ah, the phantom girlfriend technique.

 

[LynnRice75]

Game 23
Not much to say about Saturday’s game.
We lost 5 to 4 with no one to blame.
No goats, ne’er-do-wells, bums or wrong-doers.
Just a tough fight we dropped to the Brewers.
We knocked out 8 hits, played errorless D,
battled bad luck with B A B I P,
hit two two-run shots, but came up just short.
Baseball’s a maddening magical sport.
Sometimes the good games still end with defeats,
so, we tip our cap and lace up our cleats,
take our positions and step in the box,
and honor the name: The Boston Red Sox.

 

[normstalls]

I wasn’t able to watch with audio yesterday, my dad was asking me and I didn’t know - was it Lou or WMB in the booth? Thanks.

 

[E5 Yaz]

The answer to the question everyone was wondering about last night

View: https://twitter.com/PeteAbe/status/1650168699343495168?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

 

[InsideTheParker]

I wasn’t able to watch with audio yesterday, my dad was asking me and I didn’t know - was it Lou or WMB in the booth? Thanks.

The "still growing" WMB.

 

[Redkluzu]

[

Game 23
Baseball’s a maddening magical sport.

Amen

 

[mauidano]

Dugie takes one down the middle and then swings at one at his ankles.

 

[Doc Zero]

Bello better get this zone.

 

[jtn46]

This guy is disgusting. Not a strike to Raffie but catcher framed it perfectly.

 

[Al Zarilla]

The answer to the question everyone was wondering about last night

View: aka https://twitter.com/PeteAbe/status/1650168699343495168?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Sounds to me like

The answer to the question everyone was wondering about last night

View: https://twitter.com/PeteAbe/status/1650168699343495168?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

I think Cora got caught by the reporter asking who the emergency catcher was because they were sans such a thing. So he quickly appoints the tallest non-pitcher on the team, the 6'4 Casas. Lord help us if he ever has to catch. At least he's right handed though.

 

[E5 Yaz]

Sounds to me like

I think Cora got caught by the reporter asking who the emergency catcher was because they were sans such a thing. So he quickly appoints the tallest non-pitcher on the team, the 6'4 Casas. Lord help us if he ever has to catch. At least he's right handed though.

Ah, no. Cora asked players in the clubhouse this morning and Casas said he caught when he was younger.

 

[Redkluzu]

Verdugo safe

 

[Fishy1]

This Sox lineup is a grind. Almost everyone will work the count on you.

 

[twibnotes]

Who is the color guy on nesn today? He seems pretty good

 

[InsideTheParker]

Who is the color guy on nesn today? He seems pretty good

Middlebrooks.

 

[mauidano]

Who is the color guy on nesn today? He seems pretty good

Will “The Thrill” Middlebrooks. He’s really getting the hang of it. Not the best in his own home, Jenny Dell gets the nod.

 

[twibnotes]

Middlebrooks.

gotcha thanks

he doesn’t say too much (in a good way)

 

[BornToRun]

Good at bats against a good pitcher. wonder what that inning looks like if raffy doesn’t get hosed

 

[E5 Yaz]

That was an interesting trip around the bases for Verdugo

 

[Al Zarilla]

Ah, no. Cora asked players in the clubhouse this morning and Casas said he caught when he was younger.

OK, still sounds like he'd forgotten about the whole requirement of emergency catcher.

 

[Fishy1]

Bello's sinker is good enough that if he keeps it down and throws it for strikes, there's not much anyone can do.

 

[strek1]

That was a strike to raffy

 

[BornToRun]

And that’s the pitch Raffy got wrung up on…

 

[strek1]

Lead pipe time

 

[Fishy1]

This mfer with the college frat bro ass nickname

 

[BornToRun]

WHAT THE FUCK

 

[E5 Yaz]

This mfer with the college frat bro ass nickname

He got the nickname while in the womb

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

This ump is ass.

 

[BornToRun]

He got the nickname while in the womb

Fetal alcoholism is no joke

 

[Fishy1]

He got the nickname while in the womb

 

[E5 Yaz]

This ump is ass.

I, for one, can't wait for the "This robot is ass" posts

 

[SemperFidelisSox]

Asshole ump tells Bello to slow down, then squeezes him.

 

[YTF]

Seems to have been a bit off since ump talked to him.

 

[strek1]

So much for the quick first. Right after the Ump spoke to him he got thrown off and squeezed.

 

[BigSoxFan]

Every first inning is the same with this kid

 

[JohnnyTheBone]

Pulling the string on Anderson, repeatedly... and

GOT HEEM!

 

[soxin6]

Bello needs to be more aggressive and throw strikes. Trust that the pitches you are throwing are good enough to get guys out. 30 pitch innings are not a great plan.

 

[Fishy1]

I think Bello can put the changeup away for now. he's got no control over it so far

 

[E5 Yaz]

Every first inning is the same with this kid

Yep, always gets the bad ump

 

[BornToRun]

Every first inning is the same with this kid

Doesn’t help when he’s getting squeezed

 

[strek1]

Hey a scoreless first! Unfortunately too many pitches.

 

[Fishy1]

To be fair, Bello wasn't squeezed, really, he just didn't get the calls the other pitcher got. Inconsistency is bad too, of course.

Anyway, if he just throws sinkers and sliders for strikes the rest of the way he'll probably go 5 IP no ER

 

[strek1]

To be fair, Bello wasn't squeezed, really, he just didn't get the calls the other pitcher got. Inconsistency is bad too, of course.

Well that's what isn't "fair".

 

[BornToRun]

To be fair, Bello wasn't squeezed, really, he just didn't get the calls the other pitcher got. Inconsistency is bad too, of course.

Anyway, if he just throws sinkers and sliders for strikes the rest of the way he'll probably go 5 IP no ER

With how egregious the 1-2 to Raffy was, there’s no excuse not to give Bello the 1-2 to Tellez