Saturday, April 15, 2006
GAME 11: RED SOX 2, MARINERS 1
[second partial post]
In 25 words or less: 'Twas a pitchers' duel after Jamie Moyer stopped his shakiness. Of course, Schilling was himself.
This one featured Jamie Moyer going up against Curt Schilling.
TOP 1ST
Ichiro popped the second pitch to Youkilis in foul ground on the right side. Jose Lopez reached and grounded out to second on a full count to finish a nine-pitch at-bat. Raul Ibañez nubbed a grounder up the middle, but Gonzalez moved over to scoop and throw. Schilling threw 16 pitches.
BOTTOM 1ST
Kevin Youkilis doubled a 1-2 pitch into the leftfield corner. Mark Loretta was ahead 3-0 and walked on the fifth pitch. David Ortiz whiffed on a 2-2 breaking ball low and away. Manny Ramirez popped high to rightfield on the first pitch as the runners held. Jason Varitek lifted a shallow 0-2 fly ball to rightfield. Moyer threw 19 pitches.
TOP 2ND
Richie Sexson whiffed on an 0-2 offspeed pitch. Adrian Beltre whiffed on a 2-2 heater over the outside corner. Carl Everett drew some boos and fell behind 0-2 and whiffed on a 2-2 pitch under his arms over the inside corner. Schilling struck out the side on 14 pitches and had 30 through two.
BOTTOM 2ND
Mike Lowell grounded an 0-2 pitch up the middle and Lopez ranged over to make a sliding stab behind the bag and threw out Lowell on a very nice play. Dustan Mohr put a 3-1 single into leftfield. Wily Mo Peña popped a 2-2 pitch high to third. Alex Gonzalez one-hopped the wall just inside the leftfield foul pole for a double, moving Mohr to third. Youkilis took a 2-2 pitch that plate umpire Tim Tschida thought was a ball off the inside corner (it's a Moyer pitch though) before he fouled off four pitches with a full count before walking on the tenth pitch of the at-bat. Loretta flew out to rightfield. Moyer threw 32 pitches and had 51 pitches.
TOP 3RD
Kenji Johjima sent the first pitch through the mound and into centerfield for a single. Jeremy Reed popped the second pitch to shallow rightfield. Yuniesky Betancourt fell behind 0-2 and wound up grounding the 1-2 pitch right to Lowell at third to start the 5-4-3 double play. Schilling threw seven pitches and had 37 through three.
BOTTOM 3RD
Ortiz creamed the first pitch quite foul on the right side, fell behind 0-2, and later popped the 2-2 pitch to Lopez in shallow rightfield. Ramirez was ahead 2-0 but finished with a whiff of a 2-2 breaking ball over the outer half. Varitek popped the second pitch high to leftfield. Moyer threw 12 pitches and had 63 through three.
TOP 4TH
Ichiro nubbed the second pitch back to the mound, and Schilling threw his bare hand behind him and caught the ball, then threw to first for the out. Lopez popped the 2-2 pitch to Youkilis near the tarp on the right side. Ibañez grounded the first pitch behind the first-base bag to a diving Youkilis, who underhanded to a racing Schilling just in time. Schilling threw eight pitches and had 45 through four.
BOTTOM 4TH
Lowell spanked the first pitch into rightfield for a single. Mohr doubled the second pitch off the base of the wall in the leftfield corner to move Lowell to third. Peña took a 2-2 pitch over the inside corner. Gonzalez got ahead 2-0 and ripped a double high off the Monster just left of centerfield to score Lowell and Mohr.
»» RED SOX 2, MARINERS 0
Youkilis took the first pitch low and it got away from Johjima and went to the backstop (charged as a wild pitch), allowing Gonzalez to scoot to third. Youkilis ended up walking on four pitches. Loretta safety-squeezed on the first pitch, bunting down the third-base line, but Beltre barehanded the ball, held it, and Gonzalez retreated back toward third and was unsuccessful since Beltre (alert) threw to a covering Betancourt, who tagged Gonzalez out. Youkilis scurried to second on the play. Ortiz took umbrage to a 1-1 yakker over the outside corner, and later he grounded the 2-2 pitch hard to Sexson (3-1 putout). Moyer threw 23 pitches and had 86 through four.
TOP 5TH
Sexson smacked the second pitch just inside the bag at third and into the corner for a double. Beltre tapped to short on a full count, moving Sexson to third. Everett bounced the first pitch to a charging Lowell at third, who had a moment of indecision before he went to first base for the sure out, but Sexson was able to score.
»» RED SOX 2, MARINERS 1
Johjima fouled off three pitches with a full count but couldn't make contact with the fourth on a checkswing that was not a checkswing after all on a pitch that fooled Johjima. Schilling threw 19 pitches and had 64 through five.
BOTTOM 5TH
Ramirez fell behind 0-2 and took a 1-2 belt-high cutter over the inside corner. Varitek got ahead 2-0 but wound up popping out to third. Rain started to fall at Fenway. Lowell doubled down the leftfield line. Mohr fell behind 0-2 and his at-bat ended with a 1-2 foul-tip into Johjima's glove. Moyer threw 16 pitches and had 102 through five.
TOP 6TH
Reed bounced an 0-2 pitch down the line past Youkilis at first and beat Peña's throw to second. Betancourt fell behind 0-2 and ended up shoveling a ball up the middle which was picked by the shortstop as Reed went to third. Ichiro whiffed on a 2-2 splitter low and away. Lopez took what he thought was a questionable strike on a 1-1 pitch and ended up whiffing on a 2-2 fastball outside. Schilling threw 19 pitches and had 83 through six.
BOTTOM 6TH
Peña whiffed through an 0-2 change outside. Gonzalez dumped the first pitch for a single into leftfield. Youkilis took a 1-2 pitch over the inside corner. Loretta whiffed on a 2-2 pitch off the plate outside as Moyer had struck out the side on 13 pitches.
Moyer's line: 6 innings, 2 runs, 8 hits, 3 walks, 8 strikeouts, 114 pitches (70 strikes)
TOP 7TH
Ibañez popped the second pitch to Ramirez in front of the scoreboard in left. Sexson got ahead 2-0 and eventually bounced out to short. Beltre flew out to the rightfield corner near the Pesky pole. Schilling threw nine pitches and had 92 through seven.
BOTTOM 7TH
George Sherrill came in for Moyer. Ortiz rolled out to Betancourt on the first-base side of second (shift). Ramirez got ahead 2-0 and ended up walking on a high full-count pitch. Rafael Soriano started warming in the bullpen. Varitek punched a 2-2 single through the left side to move Ramirez to second.
Rafael Soriano came in for Sherrill. Lowell bounced the first pitch to short for a 6-4-3 double play. Soriano threw one pitch.
Sherrill's line: 1/3 inning, 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 walk, 0 strikeouts, 14 pitches (7 strikes)
TOP 8TH
Everett fell behind 0-2 and wound up flew out to center on 2-2. Johjima whiffed on a 1-2 pitch over the outer half. Reed grounded right to a drawn-in Lowell at third. Schilling threw 12 pitches.
Schilling's line: 8 innings, 1 run, 3 hits, 0 walks, 7 strikeouts, 104 pitches (73 strikes)
BOTTOM 8TH
Mohr fell behind 0-2 and was caught looking on a breaking ball over the outside corner. Peña rang a second-pitch double past Sexson and to the rightfield corner, and Adam Stern ran for him. Gonzalez whiffed on some high 1-2 heat. Youkilis took Ibañez just short of the leftfield track for a flyout.
Soriano's line: 1 2/3 innings, 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 walks, 2 strikeouts, 15 pitches (13 strikes)
TOP 9TH
Jonathan Papelbon came in for Schilling. Roberto Petagine, hitting for Betancourt, popped a 1-2 pitch to Gonzalez in shallow leftfield. Ichiro whiffed on some 2-2 high stuff. Lopez lined a double off the scoreboard in left, but it came off pretty hard, so he only got a single out of it. Ibañez bounced out to second.
Papelbon's line: 1 inning, 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 walks, 1 strikeout, 13 pitches (10 strikes)
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Gameball: Rafael Soriano.
Goat: Raul Ibañez.
Yr W-L Pct GB Stk
2001 8-3 .727 -- W1
2002 8-3 .727 -- W5
2000 7-4 .636 1 W2
2003 5-6 .455 3 W1
2005 5-6 .455 3 L2
2006 5-6 .455 3 L1
2004 3-8 .273 5 W1
Piñeiro. Wakefield. Today.
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