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[Starbase503]

Sox Win by the Skin of Niekro\'s Knuckles

6/6/2004

Ewing Kaufmann Stadium, Kansas City MO -- Two games, two aces from the number one pitching staff in baseball. The result? Eleven runs, THIRTY hits.
After a grueling two games decided by one run each, in which no lead was seemingly safe, it was Phil Niekro and Darrell May who plugged the [censored]. May allowed no hits at all through the first six innings, and just two hits in totality, but thanks to Niekro's knuckler, he still ended up on the losing end of a 2-0 squeaker.

Niekro went the distance, scattering six hits, striking out four and again not walking a single batter. He has not allowed a free pass this season, over a span of almost 60 innings pitched.

The Red Sox bats were more than quiet today. They were comotose, hitless through six. Granted, many of May's pitches were hammered hard. Unfortunately for Boston, they were always right at somebody.
Ellis Burks was all smiles in the Boston dugout after doubling and scoring the game's first run in the 7th. Sox beat KC 2-0.

Finally, a Boston hitter was able to hit it where they weren't. Ellis Burks, spelling Johnny Damon in centerfield, lashed a leadoff double into the gap in right-center. Manny Ramirez tried to give one a ride, but he got under it, hitting a weak flyball to Juan Gonzalez in right. Gonzalez dropped it, however, his second error of the day, and Burks scrambled to third.

Ivan Rodriguez then got the Sox' last hit of the game, an RBI double off the wall in center. Ramirez moved to third as Burks crossed the plate, and Boston led 1-0. Jason Varitek followed with a well-hit fly to left, easily deep enough to score Manny with the last run of the game.

Kansas City only managed to mount one scoring threat all game, a stark contrast to their explosive attack of the first two games. In the second inning, Carlos Beltran and Matt Stairs opened the frame with back-to-back singles, putting runners at the corners with no one out.

However, Niekro struck out Mike Sweeney (on a 78-mph fastball!), then got Aaron Guiel to hit a picture perfect double play to Tony Graffanino, who flipped to Nomar Garciaparra and over to Carlos Delgado to stifle the Royal opportunity.

Boston heads home, no doubt drained by this short but wicked road trip. They have a day off for travel before opening up their interleague play against the teams of the National League West. They continue to lead the majors in both batting (a .319 average, 111 homers) and pitching (their 2.91 ERA makes them the only AL East team with an ERA under 4.00).

Series recap
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Game One
Red Sox 5, Royals 4
Game Two
Royals 7, Red Sox 6
Game Three
Red Sox 2, Royals 0

AAA update: While the Boston Red Sox couldn't buy a hit in Kansas City, the Pawtucket Red Sox were punishing baseballs in their series against Scranton Wilkes-Barre. In the final two games of the series, the PawSox won 11-2 and 21-5, racking up 47 hits against the shellshocked Red Barons' pitchers. Jeremy Giambi unloaded 3 homers with 7 RBIs in Sunday's win, and Borchard, Meares, Benson and Singleton all had four hits in Monday's closeout. The PawSox had nine doubles, two triples and three homers. Pete Benson hit for the cycle. Despite this offensive thrust, Pawtucket remains 4 1/2 back of Buffalo in the IL North. ...

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Sox first interleague battle

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Sox first interleague battle

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Sox first interleague battle

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[stealyerface]

Re: Sox first interleague battle

Boston, MA

The RedSox turned to their ace of the staff, that's right, newly promoted Bronson "Death Wish" Arroyo, to stop the bleeding from a skid that has dropped the Redsox to 2 games behind the Yankees in the East. After heartbreaking losses to Kansas City and dropping the first game to the NL visiting Padres, Arroyo was asked to do the impossible: Win a fu**ing game.

Arroyo tried to do his part by retiring the first 9 batters he saw in order. Mixing in a nice changeup with his late 80's fastball, DW (Deathwish) was able to keep his team in the game, but the offense gave Bronson no help. It stayed deadlocked at 0-0 until the 6th, when Bronson started to get a little winded. When he was signed, there was talk about whether or not his stamina would keep him in ballgames. Well, his stamina was not an issue, it was the rest of his team that let him down. Bronson started the 6th, and walked Jay Peyton on 5 pitches. Francona walked out to talk to him, and apparently pi**ed him off, and after a bit of animated conversation on the mound, the call to the bullpen was made. Scott "I'm really unhappy with my situation" Williamson was called on, and he walked out the mound with Bronson's runner at first, and Ryan Klesko at the plate. He watched in awed wonder as both Peyton and Klesko were given an all expense paid trip around the horn, with Klesko's 435 foot homerun footing the bill. Yeah, I said 435 feet. After Klesko's bomb, GM stealy decided to let Williamson prove why he should get that fat contract he wants in order to be a happy, supportive member of the team. Stealy never really got a chance to see that happen, as Williamson was tagged for 5 runs in the 6th inning. The worst part was that the walk issued by Bronson was the runner that scored first, and although pitching his heart out, Bronson was saddled with the loss.

Red Sox lose this one 6-0.


It was now up to Curt Schilling to keep the Fenway fans from having to endure the sweep of their beloved Sawwx by the team with the ugliest uniforms in the league. It looked promising as Trot Nixon stepped to the dish in the 3rd with the bases chucked. He unchucked them with a triple to the deepest part of the park, for the 3-0 lead. David Ortiz added a solo bomb to up the lead to
4-0, and Schilling took that bulge into the 7th inning, where the wheels of the bus not only came off, but demounted, and threw the bus into a ditch. For the 4th game in row, the Sox could not hand the ball to the bullpen without covering their eyes, and watching the carnage unfold. Schilling hit Peyton (on purpose) trying to establish his part of the plate. After a splitter in the dirt, Schilling got Ryan Klesko to hit the esy 6-4-3 ball right to Nomar...uh oh... It seems that Pokey Reese lived up to the Pokey part of his name, and never covered the bag for Nomar's throw. So Nomar just stood there with the throw queued up and waiting....waiting.....waiting... nothing happened. Sure thing double play turns into 2 men on with no outs. After the calamity of last night, and the collapse of the bully, Schilling is entrusted with trying to protect his 4-0 lead. Nope. Two doubles, a single, another single, and a monster blast over the Monstahh, and the once fat cushion is gone. Schilling slinks off to the bench with a no-decision 4-4 tie, and turns the ball over to Alan Embry. Alan fares a bit better, and gets out of the 7th unscathed. Plenty of time for the Beantown bats to get going.. Uh...maybe not. Once again the bats are colder than the girl in college we used to call Iron Box, and cannot muster a HIT... much less a run in the last 3 innings. The Padres could however, as Brian Giles and Phil Nevin played wall ball back to back in the top of the ninth, and the Padres left Boston with a 5-4 win and a sweep of the Sox.

Tonight LA comes to town, and the manager has mentioned that if the team does not stop this slide right now, there will be some changes made. "I don't care if I have to call up the entire Pawtucket team", said Francona. "We had better wake up here, or we'll be sniffing Tampa's [censored] in the basement come September".

Let's hope the Sox get it going tonight.

SYF

[stealyerface]

Re: Sox first interleague battle

Boston, MA

The RedSox turned to their ace of the staff, that's right, newly promoted Bronson "Death Wish" Arroyo, to stop the bleeding from a skid that has dropped the Redsox to 2 games behind the Yankees in the East. After heartbreaking losses to Kansas City and dropping the first game to the NL visiting Padres, Arroyo was asked to do the impossible: Win a fu**ing game.

Arroyo tried to do his part by retiring the first 9 batters he saw in order. Mixing in a nice changeup with his late 80's fastball, DW (Deathwish) was able to keep his team in the game, but the offense gave Bronson no help. It stayed deadlocked at 0-0 until the 6th, when Bronson started to get a little winded. When he was signed, there was talk about whether or not his stamina would keep him in ballgames. Well, his stamina was not an issue, it was the rest of his team that let him down. Bronson started the 6th, and walked Jay Peyton on 5 pitches. Francona walked out to talk to him, and apparently pi**ed him off, and after a bit of animated conversation on the mound, the call to the bullpen was made. Scott "I'm really unhappy with my situation" Williamson was called on, and he walked out the mound with Bronson's runner at first, and Ryan Klesko at the plate. He watched in awed wonder as both Peyton and Klesko were given an all expense paid trip around the horn, with Klesko's 435 foot homerun footing the bill. Yeah, I said 435 feet. After Klesko's bomb, GM stealy decided to let Williamson prove why he should get that fat contract he wants in order to be a happy, supportive member of the team. Stealy never really got a chance to see that happen, as Williamson was tagged for 5 runs in the 6th inning. The worst part was that the walk issued by Bronson was the runner that scored first, and although pitching his heart out, Bronson was saddled with the loss.

Red Sox lose this one 6-0.


It was now up to Curt Schilling to keep the Fenway fans from having to endure the sweep of their beloved Sawwx by the team with the ugliest uniforms in the league. It looked promising as Trot Nixon stepped to the dish in the 3rd with the bases chucked. He unchucked them with a triple to the deepest part of the park, for the 3-0 lead. David Ortiz added a solo bomb to up the lead to
4-0, and Schilling took that bulge into the 7th inning, where the wheels of the bus not only came off, but demounted, and threw the bus into a ditch. For the 4th game in row, the Sox could not hand the ball to the bullpen without covering their eyes, and watching the carnage unfold. Schilling hit Peyton (on purpose) trying to establish his part of the plate. After a splitter in the dirt, Schilling got Ryan Klesko to hit the esy 6-4-3 ball right to Nomar...uh oh... It seems that Pokey Reese lived up to the Pokey part of his name, and never covered the bag for Nomar's throw. So Nomar just stood there with the throw queued up and waiting....waiting.....waiting... nothing happened. Sure thing double play turns into 2 men on with no outs. After the calamity of last night, and the collapse of the bully, Schilling is entrusted with trying to protect his 4-0 lead. Nope. Two doubles, a single, another single, and a monster blast over the Monstahh, and the once fat cushion is gone. Schilling slinks off to the bench with a no-decision 4-4 tie, and turns the ball over to Alan Embry. Alan fares a bit better, and gets out of the 7th unscathed. Plenty of time for the Beantown bats to get going.. Uh...maybe not. Once again the bats are colder than the girl in college we used to call Iron Box, and cannot muster a HIT... much less a run in the last 3 innings. The Padres could however, as Brian Giles and Phil Nevin played wall ball back to back in the top of the ninth, and the Padres left Boston with a 5-4 win and a sweep of the Sox.

Tonight LA comes to town, and the manager has mentioned that if the team does not stop this slide right now, there will be some changes made. "I don't care if I have to call up the entire Pawtucket team", said Francona. "We had better wake up here, or we'll be sniffing Tampa's [censored] in the basement come September".

Let's hope the Sox get it going tonight.

SYF

[stealyerface]

Re: Sox first interleague battle

Boston, MA

The RedSox turned to their ace of the staff, that's right, newly promoted Bronson "Death Wish" Arroyo, to stop the bleeding from a skid that has dropped the Redsox to 2 games behind the Yankees in the East. After heartbreaking losses to Kansas City and dropping the first game to the NL visiting Padres, Arroyo was asked to do the impossible: Win a fu**ing game.

Arroyo tried to do his part by retiring the first 9 batters he saw in order. Mixing in a nice changeup with his late 80's fastball, DW (Deathwish) was able to keep his team in the game, but the offense gave Bronson no help. It stayed deadlocked at 0-0 until the 6th, when Bronson started to get a little winded. When he was signed, there was talk about whether or not his stamina would keep him in ballgames. Well, his stamina was not an issue, it was the rest of his team that let him down. Bronson started the 6th, and walked Jay Peyton on 5 pitches. Francona walked out to talk to him, and apparently pi**ed him off, and after a bit of animated conversation on the mound, the call to the bullpen was made. Scott "I'm really unhappy with my situation" Williamson was called on, and he walked out the mound with Bronson's runner at first, and Ryan Klesko at the plate. He watched in awed wonder as both Peyton and Klesko were given an all expense paid trip around the horn, with Klesko's 435 foot homerun footing the bill. Yeah, I said 435 feet. After Klesko's bomb, GM stealy decided to let Williamson prove why he should get that fat contract he wants in order to be a happy, supportive member of the team. Stealy never really got a chance to see that happen, as Williamson was tagged for 5 runs in the 6th inning. The worst part was that the walk issued by Bronson was the runner that scored first, and although pitching his heart out, Bronson was saddled with the loss.

Red Sox lose this one 6-0.


It was now up to Curt Schilling to keep the Fenway fans from having to endure the sweep of their beloved Sawwx by the team with the ugliest uniforms in the league. It looked promising as Trot Nixon stepped to the dish in the 3rd with the bases chucked. He unchucked them with a triple to the deepest part of the park, for the 3-0 lead. David Ortiz added a solo bomb to up the lead to
4-0, and Schilling took that bulge into the 7th inning, where the wheels of the bus not only came off, but demounted, and threw the bus into a ditch. For the 4th game in row, the Sox could not hand the ball to the bullpen without covering their eyes, and watching the carnage unfold. Schilling hit Peyton (on purpose) trying to establish his part of the plate. After a splitter in the dirt, Schilling got Ryan Klesko to hit the esy 6-4-3 ball right to Nomar...uh oh... It seems that Pokey Reese lived up to the Pokey part of his name, and never covered the bag for Nomar's throw. So Nomar just stood there with the throw queued up and waiting....waiting.....waiting... nothing happened. Sure thing double play turns into 2 men on with no outs. After the calamity of last night, and the collapse of the bully, Schilling is entrusted with trying to protect his 4-0 lead. Nope. Two doubles, a single, another single, and a monster blast over the Monstahh, and the once fat cushion is gone. Schilling slinks off to the bench with a no-decision 4-4 tie, and turns the ball over to Alan Embry. Alan fares a bit better, and gets out of the 7th unscathed. Plenty of time for the Beantown bats to get going.. Uh...maybe not. Once again the bats are colder than the girl in college we used to call Iron Box, and cannot muster a HIT... much less a run in the last 3 innings. The Padres could however, as Brian Giles and Phil Nevin played wall ball back to back in the top of the ninth, and the Padres left Boston with a 5-4 win and a sweep of the Sox.

Tonight LA comes to town, and the manager has mentioned that if the team does not stop this slide right now, there will be some changes made. "I don't care if I have to call up the entire Pawtucket team", said Francona. "We had better wake up here, or we'll be sniffing Tampa's [censored] in the basement come September".

Let's hope the Sox get it going tonight.

SYF