

Team: Red Sox
Game: MLB 2K8
Already 62 games into the season so I'm just going to post from the current games.
I'm also going to wait till the trade deadline to do the Manny trade.
Hey everyone, just wanted to let you all know OS now has an official Discord that you can join right now. We’ve kicked around Discords for individual games in the past, but it felt like the right time to make it more of an official thing.
Steve and I have wanted to get this going for a bit because we obviously still hear from y’all who are unhappy with some stuff on the forums, plus when there are forum outages we still want to have a place for everyone to hang. My overarching goal for the longer term is to have both Discord and the forums ultimately work together. There are some logistical issues with the vBulletin forums that don’t allow things to sync right with Discord so there will be a little maneuvering as we try to get mods and forum members any proper roles/tags they need on the Discord, but we can work through that stuff easily enough as people join.
Our general goal is to give people more options to interact with OS community members, whether that’s Discord, the forums, this newsletter, or improved apps. If people want to stick more to the forums, that’s cool. If people want to stick more to the Discord, that’s also cool. In my perfect world, we do a lot of BSing and day-to-day chatting on the Discord about games and sports, and then more of the “in-depth” discussions or hefty things like long slider breakdowns or analysis of gameplay end up on the forums so that can act as a sort of “best of” area for anything OS community related. That said, you all will ultimately shape how the ecosystem shakes out, I just want to give you spaces you like so you can have a good time with other folks in the community.
The same general rules will apply on the Discord as they do on the forums, and we’ve brought most of the forum categories to the Discord as well so there should not be too much confusion as you navigate around.
With the Operation Sports and Discord announcement now out there, it’s also worth mentioning our OS premium newsletter, which quietly launched a couple of weeks ago. Built off the Not Just Another Roster Update newsletter, it offers a mix of retrospectives, guides, interviews and deeper dives into the sports gaming world—covering both current and classic titles.
[CENTER]American League East StandingsTeam W-L Pct GB Home Road Last 10 Streak New York 41-21 .661 X 15-15 26-6 7-3 L1 Boston 37-26 .587 4.5 20-9 17-7 3-7 W2 Baltimore 34-27 .557 6.5 18-11 16-6 7-3 W7 Toronto 28-34 .452 13.0 11-15 12-8 4-6 W1 Tampa Bay 22-39 .361 18.5 12-22 10-17 3-7 L2 Next Game: vs Seattle (27-33) Projected Matchup: Josh Beckett vs Felix Hernandez
Buchholz Shuts Out The Rays36-2622-38
Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays Fenway Park June 5th, 2008 Game 3 of 3Clay Buchholz
June 5th, 2008
TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Boston Red Sox 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 1 X 6 9 0
Code:Boston Red Sox: Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B K.Youkilis 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 D.Pedroia 4 1 2 0 1 1 2 D.Ortiz 4 2 1 0 2 1 0 J.D Drew 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 B.Moss 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 J.Varitek 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 C.Crisp 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 J.Lugo 3 1 2 1 1 1 0 A.Cora 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay Rays Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B J.Gomes 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 E.Longoria 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 R.Baldelli 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 C.Floyd 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 C.Crawford 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 B.J Upton 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 R.Quinlan 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 J.Bartlett 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 D.Navarro 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers: IP R ER H SO C. Buchholz (W 7-5) 9.0 0 0 3 7 S.Kazmir (L 3-7) 5.1 5 5 6 3 J.Salas 2.2 1 1 3 0
[B] Hitting Statistics[/B] Player Avg HR RBI Hits Runs SB D. Ortiz .355 16 44 78 47 0 M. Lowell .333 13 46 71 41 0 M. Ramirez .308 11 32 64 30 0 J. Varitek .290 7 21 49 22 0 J.D. Drew .279 12 35 55 31 3 J. Ellsbury .256 4 24 46 25 11 J. Lugo .254 7 27 45 25 4 K. Youkilis .242 9 30 52 36 0 K. Cash .231 0 8 18 9 0 B. Moss .225 0 5 16 9 0 D. Pedroia .220 2 21 44 25 1 C. Crisp .216 0 4 19 13 8 S. Casey .189 0 8 17 6 0 A. Cora .181 0 9 19 12 1 [B]Pitching Statistics[/B] Player ERA W L SO IP J. Papelbon 2.14 6 0 15 21 C. Buchholz 2.89 7 5 63 81 J. Lester 3.03 3 3 69 89 J. Beckett 3.16 5 4 66 85 D. Matsuzaka 4.87 4 5 53 85 M. Delcarmen 5.40 3 2 16 35 J. Tavarez 5.65 0 0 6 28 T. Wakefield 5.86 7 4 12 70 H. Okajima 5.87 1 1 11 23 C. Hansen 6.35 0 1 4 17 M. Timlin 8.44 1 1 0 16 [B]Team Statistics[/B] Batting Average: .268 Home Runs: 81 Runs Batted In: 314 Stolen Bases: 28 Runs Scored: 331 On-Base %: .313 Slugging %: .485 On-Base + Slug.: .798 [B]League Leaders[/B] Batting Average: Home Runs: Runs Batted In: Jim Thome .362 Alfonso Soriano 21 Ryan Howard 56 [B]David Ortiz .355[/B] Carlos Lee 21 Jermaine Dye 54 Jhonny Peralta .349 4 Players With 18 Hank Blaylock 53 Earned Run Average: Strike Outs: Wins: Roy Halladay 2.27 Brandon McCarthy 77 Kevin Millwood 8 Paul Maholm 2.30 [B]Jon Lester 69[/B] Cliff Lee 8 Ervin Santana 2.31 Jon Garland 69 Roy Halladay 8
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[CENTER]American League East StandingsTeam W-L Pct GB Home Road Last 10 Streak New York 42-21 .661 X 16-15 26-6 7-3 W1 Boston 37-27 .578 5.5 20-10 17-7 3-7 L1 Baltimore 34-27 .557 6.5 18-11 17-13 8-2 W8 Toronto 28-35 .444 14.0 11-16 17-19 4-6 W1 Tampa Bay 22-40 .355 19.5 12-22 10-18 3-7 L3 Next Game: vs Seattle (28-33) Projected Matchup: Daisuke Matsuzaka vs Jared WashburnCode:Boston Red Sox: Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B J.Ellsbury 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 K.Youkilis 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 J.D Drew 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 M.Ramirez 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 M.Lowell 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 B.Moss 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 K.Cash 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 A.Cora 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 D.Pedroia 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Seattle Mariners Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B Ichiro 4 0 1 0 3 1 0 A.Beltre 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 J.Vidro 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 R.Ibanez 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 R.Sexson 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 K.Johjima 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Y.Betancourt 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 J.Lopez 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 J.Reed 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Pitchers: IP R ER H SO J.Beckett (L 5-5) 8.1 4 2 8 5 J. Tavarez 0.2 0 0 0 0 F.Hernandez (W 6-4) 8.1 1 1 6 3 S.Green (S, 3) 0.2 0 0 0 0
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[CENTER]American League East StandingsTeam W-L Pct GB Home Road Last 10 Streak New York 44-21 .677 X 18-15 26-6 7-3 W3 Boston 38-27 .585 6.0 21-10 17-7 4-6 W1 Baltimore 35-29 .557 8.5 18-11 17-18 8-2 L2 Toronto 30-35 .462 14.0 13-16 17-19 5-5 W2 Tampa Bay 22-41 .349 21.0 12-22 10-19 3-7 L4 Next Game: vs Seattle (28-34) Projected Matchup: Tim Wakefield vs Carlos SilvaCode:Boston Red Sox: Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B J.Ellsbury 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 K.Youkilis 4 2 2 0 0 2 0 D.Ortiz 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 M.Ramirez 4 2 3 1 (12) 2 2 0 M.Lowell 3 3 3 0 1 2 0 J.Varitek 1 2 1 1 (8) 2 0 0 J.Lugo 4 1 1 1 (8) 3 0 0 C.Crisp 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 D.Pedroia 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 K.Cash 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 A.Cora 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Seattle Mariners Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B Ichiro 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 A.Beltre 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 J.Vidro 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 R.Ibanez 4 1 1 1 (10) 1 0 0 R.Sexson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 K.Johjima 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Y.Betancourt 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 J.Lopez 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 A.Jones 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 Pitchers: IP R ER H SO D.Matsuzaka (W 5-5) 7.0 2 2 7 2 H.Okajima 2.0 1 1 3 0 J.Washburn (L 0-9) 3.1 7 7 7 0 G.Sherrill 4.2 3 2 7 0
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[CENTER]American League East StandingsTeam W-L Pct GB Home Road Last 10 Streak New York 45-21 .682 X 19-15 26-6 8-2 W4 Boston 39-27 .585 6.0 22-10 17-17 4-6 W2 Baltimore 35-29 .547 9.0 18-11 17-18 8-2 L2 Toronto 30-35 .462 14.5 13-16 17-19 5-5 W2 Tampa Bay 22-42 .344 22.0 12-22 10-20 2-8 L5 Next Game: vs Baltimore (35-29) Projected Matchup: Jon Lester vs Erik BedardCode:Boston Red Sox: Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B J.Ellsbury 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 S.Casey 4 2 3 0 2 2 0 D.Ortiz 4 1 2 0 2 1 0 M.Ramirez 3 1 1 1 (13) 2 0 0 M.Lowell 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 J.D Drew 4 1 2 0 1 2 0 J.Lugo 4 1 2 0 1 2 0 D.Pedroia 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 K.Cash 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Seattle Mariners Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B Ichiro 5 1 3 0 0 1 0 A.Beltre 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 J.Vidro 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 R.Ibanez 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 R.Sexson 4 1 3 1 (7) 3 0 0 J.Burke 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Y.Betancourt 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 J.Lopez 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 J.Reed 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 Pitchers: IP R ER H SO T.Wakefield 4.2 6 6 10 1 M.Delcarmen (W 4-2) 2.1 5 0 0 1 C.Hansen (H,3) 1.0 0 0 0 0 J.Papelbon (S,9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 C.Silva 5.1 6 6 9 0 S.White 0.2 3 2 3 0 O.Dotel 2.0 0 0 0 0
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[CENTER]American League East StandingsTeam W-L Pct GB Home Road Last 10 Streak New York 45-21 .682 X 19-15 26-6 8-2 W4 Boston 40-27 .597 5.5 23-10 17-17 5-5 W3 Baltimore 35-30 .538 9.5 18-11 17-19 7-3 L3 Toronto 31-35 .470 14.0 14-16 17-19 5-5 W3 Tampa Bay 23-42 .354 21.5 12-22 11-20 3-7 W1 Next Game: vs Baltimore (35-30) Projected Matchup: Clay Buchholz vs Jeremy GuthrieCode:Boston Red Sox: Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B K.Youkilis 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 J.Lugo 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 D.Ortiz 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 M.Ramirez 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 M.Lowell 2 2 1 1 (14) 1 0 0 J.D Drew 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 J.Varitek 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 C.Crisp 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 A.Cora 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Baltimore Orioles: Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B B.Roberts 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 M.Mora 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 N.Markakis 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 R.Hernandez 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 A.Huff 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 L.Scott 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 J.Gibbons 4 1 2 0 1 1 0 J.Payton 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 L.Hernandez 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 T.Redman 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers: IP R ER H SO J.Lester 6.1 1 1 6 4 J.Tavarez 1.2 1 1 4 0 C.Hansen (W 1-1) 2.0 0 0 1 0 E.Bedard 6.2 2 2 5 6 R.Liz (L 5-4) 3.0 2 2 3 3
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[CENTER]American League East StandingsTeam W-L Pct GB Home Road Last 10 Streak New York 45-22 .672 X 19-15 26-7 8-2 L1 Boston 40-28 .588 5.5 23-11 17-17 5-5 L1 Baltimore 36-30 .545 8.5 18-11 18-19 7-3 W1 Toronto 32-35 .478 13.0 15-16 17-19 6-4 W4 Tampa Bay 23-43 .354 21.5 12-22 11-21 3-7 L1 Next Game: vs Baltimore (36-30) Projected Matchup: J.Beckett vs Daniel CabreraCode:Boston Red Sox: Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B J.Ellsbury 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 K.Youkilis 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 D.Ortiz 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 M.Lowell 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 J.D Drew 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 J.Varitek 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 B.Moss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 J.Lugo 3 1 2 1 (9) 1 0 0 D.Pedroia 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 Baltimore Orioles: Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B B.Roberts 5 1 2 0 1 1 0 L.Scott 3 2 2 1 (16) 1 0 0 N.Markakis 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 A.Huff 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 M.Mora 4 1 1 1 (16) 2 0 0 K.Millar 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 R.Hernandez 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 J.Gibbons 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 L.Hernandez 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 T.Redman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers: IP R ER H SO C.Buchholz (L 7-6) 6.0 3 3 8 1 J.Tavarez 3.0 2 2 4 2 J.Guthrie (W 5-3) 7.2 3 3 7 1 J.Walker (H,5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 C.Bradford (S,15) 1.0 0 0 0 0
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[CENTER]American League East StandingsTeam W-L Pct GB Home Road Last 10 Streak New York 46-22 .676 X 19-15 27-7 8-2 W1 Boston 41-28 .594 5.5 24-11 17-17 6-4 W1 Baltimore 36-31 .537 9.5 18-11 18-20 6-4 L1 Toronto 32-36 .471 14.0 15-17 17-19 6-4 L1 Tampa Bay 23-44 .343 22.5 12-22 11-22 3-7 L2 Next Game: vs Cincinnati (25-43) Projected Matchup: Daisuke Matsuzaka vs Aaron HarangCode:Boston Red Sox: Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B J.Ellsbury 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 K.Youkilis 4 2 2 1 (10) 1 0 1 D.Ortiz 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 M.Ramirez 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 J.D Drew 4 1 2 1 (14) 3 0 0 K.Cash 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 J.Lugo 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 D.Pedroia 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 A.Cora 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Baltimore Orioles: Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B B.Roberts 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 L.Scott 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 N.Markakis 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 A.Huff 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 M.Mora 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 K.Millar 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 R.Hernandez 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 J.Payton 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 S.Moore 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 Pitchers: IP R ER H SO J.Beckett 7.0 2 2 8 6 M.Timlin (W 2-1) 2.0 0 0 2 0 D.Cabrera (L 6-5) 8.0 3 3 6 2 W.Miller 0.0 2 2 1 0
[B] Hitting Statistics[/B] Player Avg HR RBI Hits Runs SB D. Ortiz .347 16 48 83 48 0 M. Lowell .330 14 48 76 47 0 M. Ramirez .305 13 36 69 34 0 J. Varitek .298 8 23 53 24 0 J.D. Drew .281 14 40 61 34 3 J. Lugo .262 9 32 51 28 4 J. Ellsbury .252 4 24 51 27 13 K. Youkilis .247 10 33 58 40 0 B. Moss .231 0 5 18 9 0 K. Cash .225 0 8 20 9 0 S. Casey .213 0 10 20 8 0 C. Crisp .208 0 6 20 14 9 D. Pedroia .207 2 21 45 26 1 A. Cora .191 0 9 22 12 1 [B]Pitching Statistics[/B] Player ERA W L SO IP J. Papelbon 2.05 6 0 15 21 J. Beckett 2.86 5 5 77 100 J. Lester 2.93 3 3 73 95 C. Buchholz 3.00 7 6 64 87 D. Matsuzaka 4.70 5 5 55 92 M. Delcarmen 5.06 4 2 17 37 C. Hansen 5.40 1 1 4 20 J. Tavarez 5.56 0 0 8 34 H. Okajima 5.76 1 1 11 25 T. Wakefield 6.21 7 4 13 75 M. Timlin 7.50 2 1 0 18 [B]Team Statistics[/B] Batting Average: .268 Home Runs: 90 Runs Batted In: 343 Stolen Bases: 31 Runs Scored: 361 On-Base %: .311 Slugging %: .487 On-Base + Slug.: .798 [B]League Leaders[/B] Batting Average: Home Runs: Runs Batted In: Jim Thome .356 Alfonso Soriano 23 Ryan Howard 61 C.Lee .347 Carlos Lee 22 Alex Rodriguez 61 [B]David Ortiz .347[/B] Alex Rodriguez 21 Jermaine Dye 59 Earned Run Average: Strike Outs: Wins: Roy Halladay 2.23 B.McCarthy 81 Kason Gabbard 9 Ervin Santana 2.35 [B]Josh Beckett 77[/B] Kevin Millwood 9 Paul Maholm 2.49 [B]Jon Lester 73[/B] Roy Halladay 9
[CENTER]American League East StandingsTeam W-L Pct GB Home Road Last 10 Streak New York 48-23 .676 X 19-15 29-8 7-3 L1 Boston 42-28 .600 5.5 24-11 18-17 7-3 W2 Baltimore 38-31 .551 9.0 20-11 18-20 6-5 W2 Toronto 33-37 .471 14.5 16-18 17-19 6-4 W1 Tampa Bay 24-45 .348 23.0 13-23 11-22 2-8 L1 Next Game: vs Cincinnati Reds (26-44) Projected Matchup: Tim Wakefield vs Livan Hernandez
J.Lugo's Hot Bat Leads Sox41-2826-43
Boston Red Sox vs. Cincinnati Reds Great American Ball Park June 13th, 2008 Game 1 of 3Julio Lugo
June 13th, 2008
TEAMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cincinnati 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 0 Boston Red Sox 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 7 9 0
Code:Boston Red Sox: Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B J.Ellsbury 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 J.Lugo 4 3 3 2 (11) 3 1 0 D.Ortiz 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 M.Ramirez 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 M.Lowell 4 1 1 1 (15) 2 0 0 J.D Drew 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 J.Varitek 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 D.Pedroia 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 D.Matsuzaka 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 H.Okajima 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Cincinnati Reds: Player AB R H HR RBI 2B 3B R.Freel 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 B.Phillips 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 A.Dunn 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 K.Griffey Jr. 4 2 2 1 (10) 1 0 0 E.Encarnacion 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 J.Votto 4 0 2 0 1 1 0 A.Gonzalez 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 D.Ross 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 S.Hatteberg 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.Hopper 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 C.Pollard 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pitchers: IP R ER H SO D.Matsuzaka (W 6-5) 7.0 3 3 6 5 H.Okajima (S,4) 2.0 0 0 0 1 A.Harang (L 2-8) 3.0 3 3 4 1 G.Majewski 2.0 0 0 1 0 T.Coffey 0.1 3 3 2 0 M.Stanton 1.2 0 0 0 1 D.Weathers 1.2 1 1 2 0 F.Cordero 0.1 0 0 0 0
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