Tuesday, April 18, 2006
GAME 14: RED SOX 7, MARINERS 6
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In 25 words or less: This game started very early, and though the early bird gets the worm, this game wasn't decided until late.
This one featured Gil Meche going up against Lenny DiNardo. Jeremy Reed had his first 0-fer game of the season on Sunday, which of course means Willie Bloomquist starts in centerfield in place of him. Total bull. I don't care if DiNardo is a lefty. Jeremy Reed's gotta hit lefties one of these days. Other news of note had Kenji Johjima batting fifth and Adrian Beltre batting seventh.
TOP 1ST
Ichiro doubled the second pitch off the track and the leftfield scoreboard. Jose Lopez chopped the second pitch high to the mound, and DiNardo looked to third, but ended up throwing to first as Ichiro went to third. Raul Ibañez was ahead 2-0 and later flew out to a charging Ramirez, who made a good throw, but Ichiro reached around the blocking left leg of Varitek to swipe the plate.
»» MARINERS 1, RED SOX 0
Richie Sexson was down 1-2 and reached down to double into the gap in leftcenter on a full count. Kenji Johjima one-hopped a 2-2 pitch to short. DiNardo threw 21 pitches.
BOTTOM 1ST
Kevin Youkilis whiffed on a 2-2 pitch. Mark Loretta bounced the second pitch to second. David Ortiz was ahead 3-1 and launched a full-count pitch that barely over the hitters' backdrop in centerfield.
»» RED SOX 1, MARINERS 1
Manny Ramirez got ahead 3-1 and whiffed on a full count.
TOP 2ND
Carl Everett bounced out to a charging Lowell at third. Adrian Beltre got ahead 3-0 and took a 3-1 pitch up and away for a walk. Willie Bloomquist popped the second pitch to Stern just short of the track in centerfield. Yuniesky Betancourt stroked a double to the wall in centerfield, scoring Beltre all the way from first.
»» MARINERS 2, RED SOX 1
Ichiro slapped a ball to Cora at short, but Betancourt ran in front of the play and got hung up between third and second to end the inning.
BOTTOM 2ND
Trot Nixon fell behind 0-2 and lined a 2-2 single into rightfield. Jason Varitek bounced the second pitch to Lopez, who couldn't come up cleanly and missed a shot at the double play, getting only Varitek at first. Mike Lowell fell behind 0-2 and grounded the 1-2 pitch to short. Alex Cora dribbled a full-count single up the middle to score Nixon. On the same play, Bloomquist was a bit slow to come up with the ball but no one was covering, and Cora took second.
»» RED SOX 2, MARINERS 2
Adam Stern hit a floating liner up the middle into Lopez' glove on a 3-1 pitch.
TOP 3RD
Lopez smoked a liner right to Lowell's glove. Ibañez laced a single into rightfield. Sexson watched planes fly over with a full count, but didn't watch the next pitch, bouncing it to third for a 5-4-3 double play.
BOTTOM 3RD
Youkilis got the hitters' counts and flew out just short of the centerfield track. Loretta popped out high to Beltre behind the mound. Ortiz fouled off a couple of full-count pitches before failing to check his swing at a ball in the dirt.
TOP 4TH
Johjima rolled a single up the middle. Everett, hitting lefty against the lefty, grounded hard right to second to start a 4-6-3 double play. Beltre rocked a 1-2 pitch off the leftfield scoreboard, but it ricocheted right to Ramirez, so he could only get a single to snap the slump. Bloomquist grounded the 2-0 pitch hard to first.
BOTTOM 4TH
Ramirez fell behind 0-2 and drilled the 1-2 pitch off the base of the scoreboard in left for a single. Nixon popped the second pitch to shallow left. Varitek bounced the 1-2 pitch to Betancourt at short, who gobbled it up, stepped on second, and threw to first for the double play.
TOP 5TH
Betancourt popped an 0-2 pitch to rightfield. Ichiro bounced a full-count pitch to Cora. Lopez fell behind 0-2 and later whiffed at a full-count pitch inside.
DiNardo's line: 5 innings, 2 runs, 6 hits, 1 walk, 1 strikeout, 81 pitches (47 strikes)
BOTTOM 5TH
Lowell was ahead 2-0 and dribbled the 2-2 pitch up the middle to Lopez, who made a one-hop throw that Sexson picked. Cora popped high to Beltre in on the infield grass. Stern tried to bunt his way aboard, but Beltre snuffed it out and threw to first.
TOP 6TH
Rudy Seanez came in for DiNardo. Ibañez whiffed on a 1-2 fastball high and out. Sexson fell behind 0-2 and whiffed at a 1-2 breaking ball down the plate. Johjima dumped a 2-2 single into shallow centerfield. Everett was ahead 3-0 but lashed a ball that rattled the Pesky Pole on a full count.
»» MARINERS 4, RED SOX 2
Beltre took Stern to the track in centerfield.
Seanez' line: 1 inning, 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 walks, 2 strikeouts, 25 pitches (17 strikes)
BOTTOM 6TH
Youkilis roped the first pitch past Beltre at third for a single. Loretta golfed an 0-2 pitch to centerfield as his throw to the infield got away a bit. Ortiz fell behind 0-2, then Meche grooved a ball down and in that Ortiz simply pummeled well over the bullpen in rightfield.
»» RED SOX 4, MARINERS 4
Ramirez drilled the first pitch high off the Monster to just miss a homer, and got a long quick single instead. Nixon one-hopped over the rightfield wall in the corner for a double, moving Ramirez to third. Varitek was intentionally walked to load the bases. Lowell grounded a 2-0 pitch to short for a 6-4-3 double play.
Meche's line: 6 innings, 4 runs, 8 hits, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts, 102 pitches (63 strikes)
TOP 7TH
Julian Tavarez came in for Seanez. Bloomquist lined the second pitch through Cora's glove (error) and into leftfield. Betancourt bunted the second pitch down the right side for Tavarez (1-3 putout) to move Bloomquist to second. Ichiro watched as Bloomquist got a huge jump and took third on the 1-0 pitch. Ichiro ended up bouncing the 3-0 pitch to a drawn-in Loretta, who couldn't go home and threw to first for the out.
»» MARINERS 5, RED SOX 4
Lopez was ahead 2-0 and grounded to third on a full count.
Tavarez' line: 1 inning, 1 run (unearned), 0 hits, 0 walks, 0 strikeouts, 14 pitches (8 strikes)
BOTTOM 7TH
Jake Woods came in for Meche. Cora took a 2-2 pitch over the outside corner. Mohr popped the second pitch high to Ichiro in shallow rightfield. Youkilis walked on four pitches. Loretta worked a 1-2 count full before lining to Bloomquist, who stumbled to a knee to make the catch.
TOP 8TH
Keith Foulke came in for Tavarez. Ibañez popped to Lowell in foul ground on the left side. Sexson bounced out to short. Johjima took an 0-2 pitch across the outside corner.
BOTTOM 8TH
Ortiz had a 3-0 count go full before lifting a pitch to the rightfield track, where Ichiro came down with it.
JJ Putz came in for Woods. Ramirez rolled the second pitch to short. Nixon had an 0-2 count go full before doubling into the rightfield corner. Varitek bounced a 2-2 pitch just past a diving Lopez for a single to score Nixon.
»» RED SOX 5, MARINERS 5
Lowell bounced the second pitch to short, where Betancourt underhanded to Lopez at the second-base bag.
Woods' line: 1 1/3 innings, 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 walk, 1 strikeout, 24 pitches (11 strikes)
Putz' line: 2/3 inning, 1 run, 2 hits, 0 walks, 0 strikeouts, 17 pitches (11 strikes)
TOP 9TH
Everett popped to leftfield and Ramirez made a semi-shoestring catch. Beltre worked an 0-2 count full before poking a single into leftfield. Bloomquist poked a single up the middle on the second pitch, and with the hit-and-run going, Beltre moved to third.
Mike Timlin came in for Foulke. Roberto Petagine, hitting for Betancourt, bounced to a diving Loretta in the hole, whose only play was to first as Beltre scored on the play and Bloomquist moved to second.
»» MARINERS 6, RED SOX 5
Ichiro was intentionally walked for the first time in what seems like forever. Lopez fouled off the first three pitches before whiffing at the fourth in the dirt.
Foulke's line: 1 1/3 innings, 1 run, 2 hits, 0 walks, 1 strikeout, 22 pitches (14 strikes)
Timlin's line: 2/3 inning, 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 walk, 1 strikeout, 11 pitches (6 strikes)
BOTTOM 9TH
Eddie Guardado came in for Putz. Jeremy Reed came in to play centerfield and Bloomquist moved in to short. Wily Mo Peña, hitting for Cora, foul-tipped a full-count pitch into Johjima's glove. Mohr took a 1-2 fastball down over the outside corner. Youkilis fell behind 0-2 before bouncing a 1-2 pitch up the middle to a diving Lopez, who threw back to first and Youkilis just barely beat it. Loretta got a 2-0 pitch and put it over the Monster.
»» RED SOX 7, MARINERS 6
Guardado's line: 2/3 inning, 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 walks, 2 strikeouts, 17 pitches (10 strikes)
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Gameball: Adrian Beltre.
Goat: Jose Lopez.
Yr W-L Pct GB Stk
2001 11-3 .786 -- W4
2002 11-3 .786 -- W8
2000 8-6 .571 3 L2
2003 8-6 .571 3 W4
2005 7-7 .500 4 W1
2004 6-8 .429 5 W4
2006 6-8 .429 5 L2
Koronka. Hernandez. Today.
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