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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 20:23:05 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 20:24:01 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 20:25:45 GMT -5
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 20:35:01 GMT -5
Price has given up 2 hits going into the 4th ... if they get 5 innings from him and can preserve the 1-0 lead that's a victory vs Verlander. Speaking of Verlander, whenever we get a base runner he seems to self destruct and turns into the Kimbrel walk machine. Seems the way to break him is to work a walk or take one for the team when possible.
Make that 3 hits thru 4 innings but without question his finest outing of the postseason ...
All his pitches are working ... 2 seamer, 4 seamer, cutter & breaking ball. He's even thrown his fastball @ 96mph tonight!
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 21:02:33 GMT -5
Verlander with a 75 pitch count thru 5 innings ...
Price with an 81 pitch count now as he's gained his confidence & control from the early earnings when he was going 3-2 to batters more often but has since been getting ahead of hitters 0-2 helping to bring his pitch count back to something more reasonable for a starter ... only 6 more than Verlander.
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 21:15:43 GMT -5
Moreland opens the 6th with a double off of Verlander ...
Now Kinsler with a single and the Sox are getting to Verlander ... Moreland advances to 3rd.
OH MY! Devers just HOMERED with 2 on to make it 4-0 ... Price may get his 1st postseason win!
Pitch count for Verlander now @ 97 ... he could come back for the 7th but that was his longest inning of the night and he struggled some.
If Price can finish the 6th with a 4-0 lead Cora may go to the bullpen in the 7th unless Price has another 1-2-3 inning.
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 21:32:16 GMT -5
Mookie with nearly a carbon copy leaping catch at the wall like the contested one in the 1st inning last night ... WOW!!!
Price spinning a beauty here tonight with 6 shut out innings and a postseason high 9 strikeouts. His pitch count is 94 and since he had another 1-2-3 inning he could be back for the 7th while Verlander is done for the night ... Who'd a thunk it? But Price really deserves to win the ALCS clinching game the way he's pitched tonight ... he's proven the doubting Thomas's wrong on the perfect occassion ... It's premature to say "Congrats" to him but if Kimbrel can pitch half as well as Price did tonight it should be a fete de compli.
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 21:47:27 GMT -5
That was the quickest inning for the Astros in some time tonight ... Osuna got the job done in a New York minute.
Barnes is in for Price here in the 7th ...
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Post by elvissurfs on Oct 18, 2018 21:50:46 GMT -5
Eff you all...told you Sox would rock this! uh, well, I am actually in shock that you can win without pitching...GO SOX!!!!
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Post by elvissurfs on Oct 18, 2018 21:52:11 GMT -5
are we really going to the WS?!?! what the heck?!??!
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Post by elvissurfs on Oct 18, 2018 21:52:31 GMT -5
Never did I see this...
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 21:54:18 GMT -5
The Houston Astrodome is like a morgue ... you can hear a pin drop!
Faces in the crowd look desperate or dismayed. They are shell-shocked!
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 21:57:02 GMT -5
Barnes was about to finish the 7th 1-2-3 with a minimum of pitches ... 15 but instead his curveball found the seats in the same place that Devers hit his homer ... 4-1 Sox
Oh boy, now a walk ... Cora isn't waiting any longer, Eovaldi in and Barnes out!
Cora isn't friggin' around. There's no tomorrow. He's not saving anyone except for Sale (game 6 if necessary) ... and who could blame him.
2 pitches and a deep fly to right field warning track ... Sweet!
Hopefully Cora sticks with Eovaldi for the 8th & 9th and we don't have to see Kimbrel.
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 22:11:01 GMT -5
Nobody warming up in the Sox bullpen ... Eovaldi will be in for the 8th. Kinsler just smashed a ball of the left field wall and beat the throw to 2nd for a 1 out double ... an insurance run would be great! Ahhh, and there's the usual pass ball from the Astros advancing Kinsler to 3rd with just 1 Out.
Devers strikes out and Holt will pinch hit for Vazquez but his hot shot down 1st base line is gloved there to end the Sox 8th.
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 22:16:03 GMT -5
Bottom of the 8th ... 4-1 Red Sox ... Eovaldi owns this inning with nobody warming up in the bullpen ... still throwing lead off strikes.
McCann grounds out to 2nd ... 1 OUT
Bregman takes a strike ... 0-1
0-2
foul on a high 101mph fastball
1-2 on a breaking ball in the dirt
2-2 on another one in the dirt ... Bregman's not biting
Got him with a fastball @ 102 (K) ... 2 OUT
Springer hits the 1st pitch into shallow center ... 1 On
Altuve now with Correa on deck ...
1-0
1-1 (foul)
Joe Kelly warming up ... Closer for the 9th?
2-1 as fastball misses o/s corner
3-1 just misses low (could have gone either way)
Fly ball to JBJ for the final out ... 3 Outs
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 22:27:33 GMT -5
JBJ - Betts - Benintendi due up in top of 9th ... Kimbrel warming up now (  )
JBJ lines out to 1st ... 1 Away
Betts takes a ball ... 1-0
2-0 high
A high fly to the wall in center ... 2 Away
Benny for the win ...
0-1
0-2 swinging
1-2 high & away
fouled off
2-2 high & away
K ... 3 Away
Guess what ... Kelly's not coming in for the 9th ... KIMBREL is!
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 22:44:32 GMT -5
Cora must be some kind of sadomasicist going to Kimbrel again ... Correa - Gurriel - Gonzalez due up. Correa: 0-2 breaking ball fouled off K ... 1 OUT Gurriel: 1-0 high 2-0 outside 3-0 low Cora watching carefully ... Walk #1 ... 1 Out - 1 On Brasier & Rodriquez warming up now! Gonzalez: 0-1 0-2 Backwards K ... 2 AWAY - 1 On 1st Kimbrel's got better control of his fastball tonight ... Kemp takes a strike ... 0-1 1-1 Price is biting his nails & pacing the dugout anticipating his 1st win in the postseason! and there it is ... Kemp with a deep fly to left and Benny has it ... SOX WIN ... SOX WIN ... SOX WIN!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 22:49:26 GMT -5
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Post by elvissurfs on Oct 18, 2018 23:25:36 GMT -5
Cora must be some kind of sadomasicist going to Kimbrel again ... Correa - Gurriel - Gonzalez due up. Correa: 0-2 breaking ball fouled off K ... 1 OUT Gurriel: 1-0 high 2-0 outside 3-0 low Cora watching carefully ... Walk #1 ... 1 Out - 1 On Brasier & Rodriquez warming up now! Gonzalez: 0-1 0-2 Backwards K ... 2 AWAY - 1 On 1st Kimbrel's got better control of his fastball tonight ... Kemp takes a strike ... 0-1 1-1 Price is biting his nails & pacing the dugout anticipating his 1st win in the postseason! and there it is ... Kemp with a deep fly to left and Benny has it ... SOX WIN ... SOX WIN ... SOX WIN!!!!!!!!!!
Cora has serious mental issues...thinking that he is actually not alive...do not understand his staying calm while the world is burning... |
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Post by Admin on Oct 18, 2018 23:28:18 GMT -5
He says he trusts them but I think he likes playing on the edge and taking risk to float his boat ...
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Post by elvissurfs on Oct 18, 2018 23:31:15 GMT -5
yeah, six shout out innings by Price..what do I know?!?!?!?!?
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Post by elvissurfs on Oct 18, 2018 23:35:10 GMT -5
lol...fruedian slip, 'shout out' innings vs. shut out..
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Post by puddin on Oct 19, 2018 6:41:29 GMT -5
Well its the Sox and LA likely.
I would have been happy if the Sox emerged after a difficult, exhausting 7 game series to take on my Dodgers.
As it is, they go into the WS rested and ready.
OUCH!!!!
I hope Dodgers do not sign Manny Machado long term.
Great talent... but I fear he has snakes in his head.
Pud
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Post by Admin on Oct 20, 2018 21:17:16 GMT -5
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Post by puddin on Oct 20, 2018 23:20:33 GMT -5
Dodgers won in 7 game grind... but the Sox are rested and have HFA. Brewers gave my Dodgers all they could handle... and some. Advantage Red Sox big time.
Sox in 5.
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