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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Scorecard: June 12, 2011 Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays - Game 3 of 3


From Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario,

Canada:
Boston Red Sox
(38-26)
Manager: Terry Francona
@
Toronto Blue Jays
(32-33)
Manager: John Farrell
Game 3 of 3
First pitch: 1:07 PM EDT

Starting Pitchers
Boston - Jon Lester
Toronto - Kyle Drabek



Umpires
Home - Jeff Kellogg
3B - Mark Carlson
2B - Tim Timmons
1B - Eric Cooper


Weather
Partly Sunny
Temp: 16°C | 61°F (at 12:34)
Wind: North-West at 19 kph | 12 mph
(left field corner to1B line) 


Listening to the radio again today, with Jerry Howarth and Gregg Zaun; that's Gregg with three g's. Oh, and now that I've been here a few times apparently Mike Wilner does the 5th and 6th play by play at home games.

Middle 5th

I can't do this anymore... Hit after hit the Boston's score, one after the other, and in order most of the time. Station to station then big bats to clear them all - then they fill them up again.

It's unbearable.

The Boston Red Sox are HOT. This is the hottest team in baseball right now.

After witnessing this I'm left asking, Is this the hottest team in history? One would have to add some parameters to the question - over how many games, by what metrics? Run differential might be a good one... ..etc.. But I'm thinking after the Yankee Sweep and now this 3 game pummelling...

With this win today the Boston's have won nine in a row. Going back to the beginning of May the Sox lost 3 (May 4th, 5th, 6th) then swept Minnesota, lost 2 in a row to Toronto May 10th and 11th, then swept the Yankees, Baltimore, Detroit and the Cubs; won 2 out of 3 over Cleveland, then 3 of 4 over Detroit - before losing 3 to the White Sox; and then starting on this 9 game win streak going into June. That's a pretty good month, 19-10, and a scintillating start to June.


'Perhaps the best order ever?'  Some were asking in Boston early this year. I read the articles but my puritan side said you don't talk about those things like that - and the Boston's April proved my superstition right - and perhaps that bears a little closer look - Most agree on paper this line-up is fantastic, and Boston, being the Baseball Media Capital of the World wouldn't let these individuals forget it - the pressure to perform as the greatest line up of all time fell upon Crawford worst of all, his start was particularly gruesome - but even Big Papi was being pilloried by the Boston media, 'Trade him!' they shouted, '..but what could we possibly get for this sort of washed up lay about?' they moaned in chorus...

Not any more, this team has turned a corner this week - just in time to embarrass this young Jays team but good.

All the pressure seems to have come off off the pitching staff as well - now they're looking like last years version again.

The New York Yankee's 1961 line-up is considered by many as the best line-up of all time. Here's the most common lineup the 1961 Yankees fielded:

  1. Boyer
  2. Kubek
  3. Maris
  4. Mantle
  5. Berra
  6. Skowron
  7. Howard
  8. Richardson
  9. Pitcher
1961 Yankees from Baseball-Reference.

The 1927 Yankees lineup wasn't too bad either; this is my favourite - the one I'll be using for comparison, watching Boston's progress this year:

  1. Combs
  2. Koenig
  3. Ruth
  4. Gehrig
  5. Meusel
  6. Lazzeri
  7. Dugan
  8. Collins
  9. Pitcher

1927 Yankees from Baseball-Reference.
(all links go back to BB-Ref.)


 9th Inning

The FAN590 radio Play by Play voice of the Blue Jays, Jerry Howarth just opined that he had never seen such a lopsided series in 30 years of broadcasting, Gregg Zaun added he can't remember a trouncing this bad as a player.

For example I think I can count 7 runs scored by the Boston's this weekend, the result of high throws from the outfield that missed the cut-off allowing runners to move up that then scored - that wouldn't have if defenced properly. This young team has some lessons here - if they choose to seize them.

Final Boston 14 - Toronto 1

mh




Line-up and pitching totals from ESPN (box score).
Colour Legend
(as of this date)
Neon Green is a Base Hit
Forest Green is a runner advanced by a Base Hit or a Sacrifice
Yellow is Intentional Base on Balls, Defensive Indifference, a Sacrafice or Fielder's Choice
Red is an out
Pink are un-earned bases - Wild Pitch, Passed Ball or an Error
Neon Blue is a Stolen Base
Navy Blue is a base earned that results in a Run Scored - colour marks the path of the RBI
The Scoring Notations
BB
Base on Balls - Batter to first base because the umpire ruled that pitched ball was the forth pitch of the at-bat out of the strike zone
HBP
Hit By Pitch - Batter is ruled by the umpire to have been hit by pitch - awarded one base
BH
Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at first base via a hit ball
2BH
Two Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at second base via a hit ball
3BH
Three Base Hit - Batter-runner safe at third base via a hit ball
HR
Home Run - Batter-runner safe at home plate via a hit ball
RBI
Run Batted In - via a BH or a BB or a SAC or a HBP...  a run scores
RS
Run Scored.
SAC
Sacrifice - With less than two outs the batter causes a base runner to advance but in the process, is put out
FC
Ball hit on the ground, fielded and a put out made anywhere but at 1B
DI
Defensive Indifference - A baserunner advances because the defence, for strategic reasons, does nothing
IBB
Intentional Base on Balls - The defences decides to walk a batter for strategic reasons





SB
Stolen Base - Base runner advances on a pitched ball despite the defence's best efforts
CS
Caught Stealing - A baserunner is put out while tring to advance on a pitch
K
Called third strike - Batter out because the umpire ruled that with two strikes in an at-bat, a pitched ball was in the strike zone
Ks
Batter out, swinging third strike
IFR
Infield Fly Rule - A ball popped up on the infield that an umpire rules is easily catch-able - batter-runner is out, the ball is dead
LO
Ball caught that was hit so hard it appears like the vector was a straight line
GO
Ball hit on the ground, fielded and the batter-runner is put out at 1B
FO
A high arching hit ball caught on the fly by a fielder
E
The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar play
Eth
The defence allows runners to advance because of less than stallar throw
WP
Wild Pitch - a pitched ball that bounces in and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing
PB
Passed Ball - a pitched ball that doesn't bounce and is not caught by the catcher and that results in a runner advancing





pop
A ball hit in a high arch such that the distance travelled up is greater than the distance travelled from the plate
GR
To prevent injury, "Ground Rules" define what hit or thrown balls are in, and out of play 
f
Hit ball caught in foul territory - for example "FO3f" - Fly Ball caught by First Base, foul
op
Out of Play - for example "FO5op", Fly ball caught by Third Base across the railing in the stands, or in the camera bay...
BRIF
Base runner is out for interfering with the defence while they're making a play on a batted ball



















Box Score - Final
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
Runs
Hits
Errors
LOB
Boston Red Sox
1
0
2
0
6
3
0
0
2


14
17
0

Toronto Blue Jays
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0


1
2
0

Boston Red Sox
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
bat around 5th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
AB
R
H
BB
SAC
RBI
SO
HBP
LOB
2BH
3BH
HR
AVG
PO
A
E
1.  J Ellsbury CF






C
1:07
FBX






















pop
FO5

























*BBB
B














RS




BB
#9 1,2

























CSX















RS




GB 2nd
BH8

BCX



















GB4 DP
#9 BRIF out
out of B-path
4-3 /
























































































































































































2.  D Pedroia 2B






BBFF
X



















5-3


























BCSS
(wp)


















WP #9, #1 1b
Ks


























C-BX







strpped out time not given







RS


2RBI

HR7
#1 1,H

















































































































































































































3.  A Gonzalez 1B






BBX















RS


RBI

HR9(8)


























BBX


















RBI

4-3
#9 3,H
#1 2,3
























X















RS




2BH7


















































































































































































































4.  K Youkilis 3B






BFBB
FFB



















BB


























BBBC
X

















RBI

GB5(6)
BH7
#1 3,H
























B(pb)B
BB














RS



WP #3 2,3
BB


















































































































































































































5.  D Ortiz DH






shift>
CBB1
FS


















Ks
/

























BB*B
X



















GB4
1-3
/
























B(wp)
X














RS


3RBI
WP #4 1,2
HR
#3 3,H
#4 2,H
Drabek -
















































































































































































































6.  C Crawford LF






























BCSB
FBS



















Ks


























BBX




















LO5


BFX







Perez +







RS




BH


















































































































































































































7.  J Saltalamacchia C






























FCBB
BS



















Ks


























BX




















BH9


BFX




















BH7(8)
#8 1,3

















































































































































































































8.  J Drew RF






























BX




















FO8
/

























CFBB
S



















Ks


BCSB
S



















Ks
Progress!

















































































































































































































9.  M Scutaro SS






















































bCBB
CFBF
B













RS




BB


X




















5-3
/

FBX














DP #1



RBI

BH8
#6 3,H

















































































































































































































Per-Inning Totals
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
bat around 5th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
Totals
Runs
Hits
Errors
LOB
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
1




6
7
0
1
























Red Sox's Pitching Totals
IP
H
R
ER
BB
K
HR
P/S
ERA
Jon Lester
8.0
2
1
1
1
8
1
102/68
3.73
Michael Bowden
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9/7
0.00








































Toronto Blue Jays
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
AB
R
H
BB
SAC
RBI
SO
HBP
LOB
2BH
3BH
HR
AVG
PO
A
E
1.  Y Escobar SS






BX




















4-3


















































BFBS
C



















K










































































































































































































































2.  C Patterson LF






CBX




















pop 8
FO6(8)

















































X




















FO7 short










































































































































































































































3.  J Bautista RF






CX




















3UA
/

















































CBBF
X














RS


RBI

HR7










































































































































































































































4.  A Lind 1B






























CSX




















4-3


























BBBC
X



















FO8
/









































































































































































































































5.  J Arencibia C






























SFBC




















K


















































CBFF
S



















Ks


















































































































































































































6.  E Encarnacion DH






























X




















pop
FO5
/
















































BCX




















BH8


















































































































































































































7.  A Hill 2B






















































CX




















6-3
bad call?

























FCFF
BX



















FO9


















































































































































































































8.  R Davis CF






















































BBFC
FX



















4-3


























CFBS




















Ks
/

















































































































































































































9.  J Nix 3B






















































BFSB
S



















Ks
/

































































































































































































































































Per-Inning Totals
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
Totals
Runs
Hits
Errors
LOB
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1




























Jays' Pitching Totals
IP
H
R
ER
BB
K
HR
P/S
ERA
Kyle Drabek
4+
7
8
8
4
5
3
91/45
5.70
Luis Perez
1.1
5
4
4
1
2
0
31/19
3.92
Shawn Camp
1.2
2
0
0
1
2
0
32/18
4.45
Frank Francisco
1.0
1
0
0
1
2
0
22/13
5.50
Jon Rauch
1.0
2
2
2
0
0
1
25/17
4.15










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