Final Score: Boston Red Sox 4, Seattle Mariners 9Jeff “Freaking” Weaver? They only got 2 runs off Jeff Weaver? Except for the playoffs last year this guy has been a disaster his entire career and the Sox only manage to put up 2 runs? Another dozen left on base probably contributed. That’s pathetic.
Almost as pathetic as the meltdown Tavarez had today. Man… even saying that I can’t really blame him. He has been pitching out of his mind for a month and considering he is normally out of his mind anyway, you just have to assume this was going to happen eventually. He lost his control and his marbles in the bottom of the 5th and it kinda steam rolled from there. With the bases jacked, his replacement Kyle Snyder got walk happy and I got grumpy. This pitching disaster continued in 7th when Timlin showed up to push things completely out of reach. The emerging pattern of ‘ol Mike Timlin turning 3 run deficits into 6 run deficits has to stop. He’s like the awful old relative that turns an awkward uncomfortable family reunion into a memory you hope you can repress later in life. And just like that creepy uncle, Timlin is going to give Sox Nation huge therapy bills this year.
But there are some people I can’t blame this loss on. A few players I have had issues with this season have managed to really turn it around. First Pedroia started to (and continues to) throw together a rookie of the year season and then the unthinkable happened. The outfield started to hit. Coco has looked great with his new batting stance and no media stance and Drew is really taking to his roll as leadoff hitter. He gets on base and Coco gets hits down the line. Now if either of them could play short stop… well… that’s too much to wish for.
So it’s the same old story. Not enough clutch hits, a bad inning coming back to haunt the pitching staff and another 0-fer performance from Lugo. I just hope we’ve entered some alternate dimension where the Sox can’t hit Jeff Weaver, but King Felix is a pushover. I’ll take anything as long as it’s better than the last time we faced him.
Almost as pathetic as the meltdown Tavarez had today. Man… even saying that I can’t really blame him. He has been pitching out of his mind for a month and considering he is normally out of his mind anyway, you just have to assume this was going to happen eventually. He lost his control and his marbles in the bottom of the 5th and it kinda steam rolled from there. With the bases jacked, his replacement Kyle Snyder got walk happy and I got grumpy. This pitching disaster continued in 7th when Timlin showed up to push things completely out of reach. The emerging pattern of ‘ol Mike Timlin turning 3 run deficits into 6 run deficits has to stop. He’s like the awful old relative that turns an awkward uncomfortable family reunion into a memory you hope you can repress later in life. And just like that creepy uncle, Timlin is going to give Sox Nation huge therapy bills this year.
But there are some people I can’t blame this loss on. A few players I have had issues with this season have managed to really turn it around. First Pedroia started to (and continues to) throw together a rookie of the year season and then the unthinkable happened. The outfield started to hit. Coco has looked great with his new batting stance and no media stance and Drew is really taking to his roll as leadoff hitter. He gets on base and Coco gets hits down the line. Now if either of them could play short stop… well… that’s too much to wish for.
So it’s the same old story. Not enough clutch hits, a bad inning coming back to haunt the pitching staff and another 0-fer performance from Lugo. I just hope we’ve entered some alternate dimension where the Sox can’t hit Jeff Weaver, but King Felix is a pushover. I’ll take anything as long as it’s better than the last time we faced him.
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