Did Oakland Sweep Away Our Playoff Dreams?: Game 149 Thoughts
Sox blow another lead and another game 4-5
Sox lay an egg
-This game was another showing of mediocrity by the Sox.
-Jose was decent. Nothing great, but he could hav been a lot worse. He gave up 5 runs in 6 innings. If the offense was clicking that wouldn't be a bad start, but the offense, like our pitching today was mediocre.
-The Sox had 10 hits and 4 walks, which was a bright spot, but they only plated four runs. It wasn't a great performance, but it wasn't abysmal. If Jose had been dealing it wouldn't have been a bad output, but like the pitching, it wasn't anything special.
-Yes, I essentially wrote the same thing twice; that's because the Sox were mediocre. If they had either pitched or hit well this game they would have won, but they did just enough to lose. Cliche I know, but it's true.
-The Sox easily could have been the ones doing the sweeping, but instead they were swept. The Sox offense was MIA for the whole series, scoring 2, 4, and 4 runs.
-The 'pen did okay. By the 'pen I mean David Riske; he pitched two perfect innings of relief.
-I'm not going to harp too much on the specifics of the game, but here's a small blurb. AJ homers, Gload has three hits, Pods has a two-out RBI, and Dye has two hits.
-The Sox could have come out of this West Coast trip smelling like roses, or at least not smelling like fertilizer. They made a good start, winning the series against the Angels, but flopped terribly against the A's. I felt like we were going to win 2 games and take back-to-back series, but it turns out we only got two leads against the A's for us to piss away. The Sox now are in a dire situation. The Sox now basically need to sweep the Tigers if they want to make the playoffs. I have no hope, but I have no doubts. Okay, fine I have a lot of hope and a lot of doubts, but it's easier to pretend I don't.
-Oh yah, Frank Thomas hit a three-run homer to turn a two run deficit into a one run lead.
Onto the (abbreviated) awards.......................
Play of the Game: Frank's 3-run jack.
Big Ups of the Game to Ross Gload, he of 3 hits.
Sox Player of the Game: I refuse to give one until the next Sox win, or at least until someone does something ridiculous in a loss.
Jeeves' Spirit Level: At an all time season low.
Sox Record: BLEH! 84-65
Sox lay an egg
-This game was another showing of mediocrity by the Sox.
-Jose was decent. Nothing great, but he could hav been a lot worse. He gave up 5 runs in 6 innings. If the offense was clicking that wouldn't be a bad start, but the offense, like our pitching today was mediocre.
-The Sox had 10 hits and 4 walks, which was a bright spot, but they only plated four runs. It wasn't a great performance, but it wasn't abysmal. If Jose had been dealing it wouldn't have been a bad output, but like the pitching, it wasn't anything special.
-Yes, I essentially wrote the same thing twice; that's because the Sox were mediocre. If they had either pitched or hit well this game they would have won, but they did just enough to lose. Cliche I know, but it's true.
-The Sox easily could have been the ones doing the sweeping, but instead they were swept. The Sox offense was MIA for the whole series, scoring 2, 4, and 4 runs.
-The 'pen did okay. By the 'pen I mean David Riske; he pitched two perfect innings of relief.
-I'm not going to harp too much on the specifics of the game, but here's a small blurb. AJ homers, Gload has three hits, Pods has a two-out RBI, and Dye has two hits.
-The Sox could have come out of this West Coast trip smelling like roses, or at least not smelling like fertilizer. They made a good start, winning the series against the Angels, but flopped terribly against the A's. I felt like we were going to win 2 games and take back-to-back series, but it turns out we only got two leads against the A's for us to piss away. The Sox now are in a dire situation. The Sox now basically need to sweep the Tigers if they want to make the playoffs. I have no hope, but I have no doubts. Okay, fine I have a lot of hope and a lot of doubts, but it's easier to pretend I don't.
-Oh yah, Frank Thomas hit a three-run homer to turn a two run deficit into a one run lead.
Onto the (abbreviated) awards.......................
Play of the Game: Frank's 3-run jack.
Big Ups of the Game to Ross Gload, he of 3 hits.
Sox Player of the Game: I refuse to give one until the next Sox win, or at least until someone does something ridiculous in a loss.
Jeeves' Spirit Level: At an all time season low.
Sox Record: BLEH! 84-65
posted by Jeeves at 9:16 PM
1 Comments:
James' spirit level: about the same as Jeeves'. What will make me feel better? A sweep of Detroit and the next installment of the Buehrle Bile File.
Yay!
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