ALCS Game 4
October 14, 2008 by Jim Mulligan
Filed under Major League Baseball, Rays, Red Soxs
Terry Francona has dramatically changed the Red Sox lineup for tonight’s very pivotal G4 at Fenway Park. Out of the lineup is ice cold Jacoby Ellsbury and Jason Varitek as Kevin Cash catches Tim Wakefield. Replacing Ellsbury will be Coco Crisp playing center field.
Tonight’s lineups:
Red Sox
1. J.D. Drew, RF (.364 batting average, .364 on-base percentage, .727 slugging percentage)
2. Dustin Pedroia, 2B (.200, .294, .267)
3. David Ortiz, DH (.188, .235, .375)
4. Kevin Youkilis, 3B (.083, .143, .167)
5. Jason Bay, LF (.200, .167, .400)
6. Mark Kotsay, 1B (.000, .000, .000)
7. Coco Crisp, CF (.300, .364, .400)
8. Kevin Cash, C (.500, .500, .500)
9. Jed Lowrie, SS (.600, .600, .800)
Rays
1. Akinori Iwamura, 2B (.417, .517, .542)
2. B.J. Upton, CF (.227, .308, .227)
3. Carlos Pena, 1B (.133, .270, .267)
4. Evan Longoria, 3B (.500, .625, .667)
5. Carl Crawford, LF (.305, .329, .500)
6. Willy Aybar, DH (One home run in one at-bat)
7. Dioner Navarro, C (.333, .375, .400)
8. Fernando Perez, RF (One home run in one at-bat)
9. Jason Bartlett, SS (.286, .318, .571)
SP: Andy Sonnanstine.
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October 14th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
So after a first at bat strikeout, this is not the start the Sox wanted from Wakefield
October 14th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Just put my daughter to bed…It went from bad to worse as a 3-0 deficit grew to 5-0. I heard Cash’s homerun to cut the deficit to 5-1
October 14th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
5-1 TB
T4
due up
Bartlett
Iwamura
Upton
October 14th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
No damage for TB in the 4th.
due up for BOS
Ortiz
Youkilis
Bay
5-1 TB
B4
October 14th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
1-2-3 for BOS in the 4th
5-1 TB
T5
due up
Longoria
Crawford
Aybar
October 14th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Crawford doubles…Aybar singles him in…bad baserunning and Aybar is out off of first base.
TB 6-1
T5
October 14th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
6-1 TB
B5
Kotsay
Crisp
Cash
October 14th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
1-2-3 for BOS in the 5th
TB 6-1
T6
Masterson out…DelCarmen in for BOS
Perez
Bartlett
Iwamura
October 14th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
7-1 TB
Ron Darling just said this game wasn’t over…I guess he’s got to sell it for TBS
October 14th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Bases loaded BB
8-1 TB
Here comes Francona…DelCarmen does absolutely nothing to help the team
I need a beer
October 14th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Javier Lopez in for DelFarnsworth…I mean Del Carmen
October 14th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
this has gotten ugly
9-1 TB
October 14th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
10
October 14th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
11
October 14th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Yay….
B6
ALCS Champs 11
BOS 1
Lowrie
Drew
Pedroria
October 14th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
1-2-3
Good night. I’m going to bed
5:10AM comes early so this is a good spot to crash since this isn’t a contest
Bruins @ Montreal tomorrow night…GO B’s!
At least tomorrow, I don’t have to sit thru those dumb Frank Caliendo commercials. Am I the only person in America that thinks he’s not funny?
October 14th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
He might have been funny at one time, but after TBS has whored him out for two straight years, he’s gone from possibly funny to #1 on my list of people to strangle.
Tough game tonight Jim, but I’ve learned never to count the Redsox out and I’m sticking by that until Tampa has won 4 games.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
You called it Jim, Wakefield was awful! When you are off for an extended as a knuckle baller the ball is usually high in the zone, therefore a hitters dream! Sox have to rid themselves of this guy in the off-season.
October 14th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
He has been beat to death. Tough spot for the Bruins on Wed. night. Habs home opener!
October 15th, 2008 at 5:54 am
Joe - Like you said, never count the Sox out but since Ortiz made his comment about how the Rays looked scared after G1, Joe Madden took that statement head on, made no excuses and they haven’t been the same since then. They are killing the Sox pitching, running the bases with confidence and the Sox aren’t hitting at all. I have a flair for the obvious, I know. Now, the Sox have to rely on Dice-K to give them more than 5 innings again. If that happens and they do happen to win G5, then it’s back to TB for G6 and the injured Beckett. I don’t like their chances this year.
Kev - As far as Wakefield goes, I think you keep him one more year. If you look at him purely as a #4/5 starter, he get’s you 10 wins and eats up a ton of innings saving the bullpen many nights. If he does next year what statistically he’s used to giving them, then you look at it again for 2010
I agree on the B’s spot tonight…Probably be all kinds of festivities ramping up to 100 years of Montreal Canadian hockey