2009 Regular Season Discussion Thread

Gas stuff..we can't hit a reliever making his first start then get 3 off one of the best closers in the game.

If arod ever juiced in this park he'd hit a gazillion homers to right.

Outstanding performance from Jon Lester tonight who recorded a complete game and retired the first 19 batters, as the Red Sox beat the Rangers 8-1.

Lester was perfect through 6 innings, with 10 strikeouts. With one out in the seventh, Michael Young hit a double to break up the perfect game. Lester walked a batter in the seventh and another in the ninth, before Young got his second hit of the night. Andruw Jones hit a sac-fly to centrefield to score Elvis Andrus, before Lester got Nelson Cruz to fly-out to end the game.

Lester threw 107 pitches tonight, with 72 strikes and 35 balls, with 2 hits, 2 walks, and 11 strikeouts. A great performance as the Red Sox go clear on top of the AL East as the Rays scored 4 runs off Mariano Rivera in the top of the ninth to beat the Yankees 9-7.

Great win for Boston tonight, shutting out the Yankees in a rainy Fenway, with Beckett pitching through six giving up one hit and striking out 8.

Burnett had a rough time, only last 2.2 innings before being pulled.

Ortiz hit a two-run shot in the second, and Nick Green added a solo shot in th 7th. Young Daniel Bard came out in the ninth and started throwing serious heat, retiring Teixeira, A-Rod and Cano in order to close out the game, with two pitches clocked at 99mph and another pair clocked at 100mph.:eek:

Blue Jays are also having a good night as they lead the Rangers 9-0 in the bottom of the 8th.

And a homer for Big Papi makes it 1-0 as we speak heading into th bottom of the 3rd.

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LOL at the Mets.

No LOL at the cubs. Check out bradley in these two plays

The second is a dinger

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Daisuke:(

What is going on with him? Its gotten serious at this stage.

That had to have been the most widely predicted DL trip ever. Think I read about a month ago that he'd be on the DL this week....*IF* smoltz were to fall apart I suspect he'll find the medicine water.

A huge win for the Sox against the Nationals last night.

On the pitching situation I think Smoltz is ready because I was expecting them to bring Clay Buckholz back up. He has been in seriously good form for the pawsox with an era of 1.93 in 12 starts.