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My daughter cut right to it: “Cease is pitching and Leury’s leading off. If this starts going bad, I’m going back to my apartment.”
One of Cease’s best innings so far, even with the error.
Giving Eaton a day off makes sense. Hitting Garcia lead off rather than Madrigal or even Mendick…dunno what to do with that.
I hope he’s trying to get Leury going by batting him in front of the big boys. So far it’s not working. I wondered if he’d have the guts to pinch hit Eaton there in the second.
Garcia was 2-3 off Minor in his career before today. That was then. This is now.
Tony knew what he was doing!
Leury is completely overmatched right now…
Collins looking catcherish even if it took Dozier being boneheadedish to make it happen.
Batonchair would be 0-1, BB, RBI vs. Leury’s 0-2.
Is he available? Can he play RF?
You’re thinking of his cousin gloveonchair
Cease walks a guy that was down 0-2
Yikes
Terrible call by the ump
Cease needs that strike.
And there’s Leury for the fans.
Almost forgot Vaughn was playing LF. Really unbelievable how noticeable Jimenez was out there while Vaughn seemingly plays better while being anonymous.
Lead off walk from a fresh reliever. You love to see it.
Lead off walks by newly installed s score 100% of the time it’s simple sabrmetrics.
Now that’s an advanced stat that Hawk can get behind: The DLOW
Sinker baller who isn’t allowed to use the bottom of the zone is tough.
Remember when the Sox owned the last three innings? If they had the lead, they locked it down. If they were tied or behind, they poured it one. Those were heady times.
Who had “Collins: cromulent backup catcher” in the office pool? Come collect your prize.
Eaton!
Springer who?
Like I was saying in the offseason, the Eaton signing is great, and they are loaded with DH options even if Vaughn fails, but I’m worried about the bullpen.
Im fine with banning the shift if it also means banning the bunt
Kyle Seager just smoked a 3 run blast off old friend Colomé
Whereas Hendricks only gives up the solo shot. Smart upgrade
Is Liam Hendriks dead?!
Haha…never mind! I was following Gameday, which had Heuer still out there in the 9th.
You knew given enough bunts by KC the Sox defense was gonna botch it at some point
Lets see how Tony plays this. Bunt? I wouldn’t
I’d play for the win rather than the tie. Let Eaton swing away and see what happens. You have Collins/Grandal after that and the bottom of the order has been productive today.
If they bring in a lefty, as expected, I better see Grandal hitting for Collins. He doesn’t need a full day off after 2 days off already.
Nevermind, they put in a RHP in Zimmer. That’s a little surprising.
Maybe Matheny preferred the idea of facing Collins over Grandal.
So, 5 losses: 1 blown lead in the 9th, 2 blown leads in the 8th, 1 blown lead in the 6th, and 1 game lost when tied in the 9th. Ugh, painful.