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Post by Coreno on Mar 30, 2019 0:28:37 GMT -5
It seems like a crime that the Red Sox never tested out Roenis Elias in the majors for all the time they had him. A lefty that throws 95? C'mon. They did... He had a 12.38 ERA in 8 innings.
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Post by dirtdog on Mar 30, 2019 0:29:05 GMT -5
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Post by kjkramer on Mar 30, 2019 0:30:09 GMT -5
Wife wont be happy about the Joe Kelly implosion tonight. Lol. She ordered a Joe Kelly Fight Club shirt and was devastated he left I tried to explain his M.O. 🤷♀️🤦♀️
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Post by jimed14 on Mar 30, 2019 0:31:05 GMT -5
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Post by soxfaninnj on Mar 30, 2019 0:31:14 GMT -5
Let's have some moreland playoff magic here 3 run shot FTFY
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Post by orion09 on Mar 30, 2019 0:31:22 GMT -5
Barnes has a filthy curve tonight
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Post by soxfaninnj on Mar 30, 2019 0:31:41 GMT -5
Beautiful win by a beautiful team! LETs GO!!
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Post by jimed14 on Mar 30, 2019 0:31:56 GMT -5
Kimbrel who?
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Post by soxfansince67 on Mar 30, 2019 0:32:02 GMT -5
I like this no-drama closer thing with Barnes. For one night, he was the non-Kimbrel! All of his pitches worked beautifully.
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Post by Coreno on Mar 30, 2019 0:32:18 GMT -5
Nice closer
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Post by libertine on Mar 30, 2019 0:32:21 GMT -5
Craig who?!?
Great win!!!
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Mar 30, 2019 0:32:46 GMT -5
Blame this on the pen.
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Post by dirtdog on Mar 30, 2019 0:32:47 GMT -5
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Post by kjkramer on Mar 30, 2019 0:33:05 GMT -5
Nice fight and win Let's hope this wakes the team up Nathan wasnt as bad as his line indicates Good overall win No Nunez tomorrow please
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Post by p23w on Mar 30, 2019 0:33:39 GMT -5
Worth the wait.
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Post by jimed14 on Mar 30, 2019 0:33:46 GMT -5
What a great freaking comeback. Props to all of you who stayed up and watched it!
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Post by dirtdog on Mar 30, 2019 0:33:55 GMT -5
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Post by kjkramer on Mar 30, 2019 0:34:27 GMT -5
Barnes is a lot less stressful than Kimbrell
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Post by Don Caballero on Mar 30, 2019 0:35:15 GMT -5
Friends it looks like we're back. Great heart, key hits, a good (albeit weird) pen and just all around awesomeness. It's a great way to get the first win of the season. Pic unrelated.
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Post by wildsox on Mar 30, 2019 0:35:43 GMT -5
So Swihart does know how to catch curveballs and call pitches when it matters. Who knew
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Post by jimed14 on Mar 30, 2019 0:36:51 GMT -5
Friends it looks like we're back. Great heart, key hits, a good (albeit weird) pen and just all around awesomeness. It's a great way to get the first win of the season. Pic unrelated. I wonder what # was watching the Red Sox bullpen completely win the game tonight.
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Post by Oregon Norm on Mar 30, 2019 1:08:05 GMT -5
Classic AB from Moreland. Strickland could not find the plate with his first two breaking balls. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thought he should sit on a fastball and he crushed it. Appropriate: Johnson with the win, Barnes the save, and no runs or hits off the relievers.
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Post by cheers on Mar 30, 2019 1:10:28 GMT -5
What a great freaking comeback. Props to all of you who stayed up and watched it! Morelands ball landed about 30 feet in front of me. If you stayed to the end, you beat most of the mariners fans, who evaporated the moment moreland's bomb hit the seats... too bad, they may have an interesting team there...
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Post by redsox04071318champs on Mar 30, 2019 1:23:49 GMT -5
Definitely had flashbacks to the post-season. The last batter of last season to face Eovaldi homered (Muncy) and the first batter of this season to face Eovaldi homered (Smith).
And the last time we saw Moreland pinch-hitting he hit a huge HR. And here he was pinch-hitting again and boom, there's the huge HR - a 3-run HR just like last time.
The AB reminded me a bit of Betts' AB in the AL East clincher against Chapman last year. He couldn't throw his FB for strikes so Mookie was sitting on his slider and he launched one. Conversely, Moreland knew Strickland couldn't control his slider and had to come in with his FB and he was sitting all over it.
Workman and Johnson pitched well. Brewer is probably going to have control issues. That spin rate will probably spin a lot of pitches out of the strike zone.
And yeah, I don't understand not PH-ing Moreland or Holt in Nunez's spot against the righty. Maybe he though Elias would come in so he stayed with Nunez vs the righty instead of Brock or Moreland against a lefty? Otherwise I can't figure it out. Teams usually will do the righty-lefty thing in the 8th inning or whatever, but not usually with the closer so Cora knew that the closer wouldn't get switched out of the game with the lead. Still....I would have PH Holt and taken my chances.
Between Holt and Moreland the Sox have to really good lefty PH if need be.
I'm going to chalk up Sale and Eovaldi's starts to spring training rust? It's better than thinking that $213 million produces 2 starts like that. lol.
Great win for the Red Sox. This series could have gone south in a hurry but that was a great win and I can't honestly say I'm surprised that Barnes got the call. He will be the closer this year. I don't think he'll be Kimbrel in his prime, but he should be serviceable. How good he'll be depends on how often he gets ahead of the count and/avoids free passes. Plus his catchers need to be able to block the curve in the dirt.
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Post by greatscottcooper on Mar 30, 2019 6:05:33 GMT -5
This win was great.
You get the first W of the year in a way that reminds you of who you were last year. A team who’s going to score enough runs to win when you give them 9 innings. Plus, the bullpen was great.
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