Not a Very Good Outing for Timlin (again)
The Red Sox are in Baltimore, and I should be there as well. WhyI went in April and May and forgot about September, I don't know.
Daniel Cabrera hit Pena with a pitch right on his wrist. That is some serious pain right there, but he stayed in the game. Wily Mo is awesome.
Kason Gabbard was having another good outing before he was forced to leave in the 5th with 2 outs (tightness in his lat muscle). Hansen came in and promptly struck Tejada out.
Mike Lowell hit yet another double, his 42nd. That's a lot of 2Bs. Then Coco singled him in with 2 outs. Crisp has been better lately, and a couple months ago you know he would have lined it to Tejada. Cora came through with a single, then Youkilis was the man with a 2-run double. Remember, all this with 2 outs! Sometimes I think the first 2 men in the lineup should just ground out, because the Sox are pretty good with 2 outs.
Cora seriously screwed up in the 6th, at least in my opinion. With a man on first and the ball bouncing to him, he elected to bypass the bag at second then completely miss the runner as he ran right past him. By the time he threw it to first, the runner was safe there. I don't know what he was thinking. He seems to lose his mind whenever he's in Baltimore (see: ducking).
Pena scored on a passed ball to make it 4-1. Then Coco added some more RBI and put the score at 6-1. The Orioles announcers were getting very upset over all the bloop hits that the Sox were getting. And so I laughed at them, as I usually do.
The bullpen was pretty sharp, most notably Foulke. 1-2-3 8th.
Oh wait, I wrote that before Mike Timlin came in. Why does he suck so much this year? I guess it's the fact that he is way past his prime. I like him and all, but he should probably consider retirement. And soon. He let 2 men get on in the 9th before getting even one out. Then the fool gave up a THREE-RUN HOMERUN! Why did they take Foulke out when he was looking so nice? You'll never guess what happened next. Another single! Tying run was on. Another base hit. You'd think a 5-run lead would be safe, but not with Mike Timlin on the mound. He finally got the second out on a strikeout, then Mike "Why am I Here" Timlin gave up another run on a single. After all the yelling I had done at Timlin, at this point I was speechless.
I was wondering why they kept Timlin in, and assumed they just had no pitchers left. I was wrong, but understood because the last guy was Javier Lopez. But he was the one who came through and got the last out. I was in the fetal position at that point, and can only thank him for not causing me to go way off the deep end.
The latest on the non-feud between Papi and Jeter: "It's already taken care of," said Ortiz. "[Jeter] knows me. He knows that sometimes some guys from [the media] make things sound the way they're not supposed to. Come on, dude. That guy is one of my favorite players. You never talk [negatively] about Derek Jeter, bro. It's wrong." Just like I said, don't even bother with it. You know some people will do anything to have another Red Sox/Yankee fight.
Tim Wakefield will be pitching today for the first time since July 17. You know what, it seems like he's been gone a lot longer than that...
Daniel Cabrera hit Pena with a pitch right on his wrist. That is some serious pain right there, but he stayed in the game. Wily Mo is awesome.
Kason Gabbard was having another good outing before he was forced to leave in the 5th with 2 outs (tightness in his lat muscle). Hansen came in and promptly struck Tejada out.
Mike Lowell hit yet another double, his 42nd. That's a lot of 2Bs. Then Coco singled him in with 2 outs. Crisp has been better lately, and a couple months ago you know he would have lined it to Tejada. Cora came through with a single, then Youkilis was the man with a 2-run double. Remember, all this with 2 outs! Sometimes I think the first 2 men in the lineup should just ground out, because the Sox are pretty good with 2 outs.
Cora seriously screwed up in the 6th, at least in my opinion. With a man on first and the ball bouncing to him, he elected to bypass the bag at second then completely miss the runner as he ran right past him. By the time he threw it to first, the runner was safe there. I don't know what he was thinking. He seems to lose his mind whenever he's in Baltimore (see: ducking).
Pena scored on a passed ball to make it 4-1. Then Coco added some more RBI and put the score at 6-1. The Orioles announcers were getting very upset over all the bloop hits that the Sox were getting. And so I laughed at them, as I usually do.
The bullpen was pretty sharp, most notably Foulke. 1-2-3 8th.Oh wait, I wrote that before Mike Timlin came in. Why does he suck so much this year? I guess it's the fact that he is way past his prime. I like him and all, but he should probably consider retirement. And soon. He let 2 men get on in the 9th before getting even one out. Then the fool gave up a THREE-RUN HOMERUN! Why did they take Foulke out when he was looking so nice? You'll never guess what happened next. Another single! Tying run was on. Another base hit. You'd think a 5-run lead would be safe, but not with Mike Timlin on the mound. He finally got the second out on a strikeout, then Mike "Why am I Here" Timlin gave up another run on a single. After all the yelling I had done at Timlin, at this point I was speechless.
I was wondering why they kept Timlin in, and assumed they just had no pitchers left. I was wrong, but understood because the last guy was Javier Lopez. But he was the one who came through and got the last out. I was in the fetal position at that point, and can only thank him for not causing me to go way off the deep end.
The latest on the non-feud between Papi and Jeter: "It's already taken care of," said Ortiz. "[Jeter] knows me. He knows that sometimes some guys from [the media] make things sound the way they're not supposed to. Come on, dude. That guy is one of my favorite players. You never talk [negatively] about Derek Jeter, bro. It's wrong." Just like I said, don't even bother with it. You know some people will do anything to have another Red Sox/Yankee fight.
Tim Wakefield will be pitching today for the first time since July 17. You know what, it seems like he's been gone a lot longer than that...
posted by laura at 11:01
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