Colorado 12, Sox 2
WP: Fogg (2-5)
LP: Schilling (6-3)
HRs: BOS- Lowell (12); COL- Hawpe (9).jpg)
SUMMARY
Nothing to say about this one other than it was a good old fashioned ass kicking administered by a good young Rockies squad.
Nearly every Colorado player contributed to the offensive onslaught, while everyone from Curt Schilling to Julio Lugo played a part in Boston absorbing this brutal loss.
Meanwhile, the Stanks have won eight in a row and are now just 8 1/2 back.
HERO: Rockies batters 12 runs, 14 hits, 19 baserunners
Eight of the nine starters recorded at least one hit and five had multiple hits, five guys knocked in at least one run while two players had at least three ribbies, and the Rockies mashed five extra base hits.
GOAT: whole Boston team
The pitching? Atrocious. The fielding? Horrendous. The batting? Heinous- just seven hits and two runs against a pitcher that had lost four straight decisions and had an ERA over 5.00.
Not much went right tonight for Boston, and everyone on the field had a hand in it someway.
RECAP:
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...you know how people always say that their mom used to say if you don't have something nice to say about somebody then don't say anything at all?
Well if that wisdom applies to the sports world then I might as well end this post right here.
Because after what I witnessed on the field tonight, there is not one redeeming thing to say about one player that took the field for the Red Sox in this game.
Before Schill gets wind of this commentary and rips me a new one on his blog, I'm not saying they didn't try, or want to win, or were unprofessional in any way-
I'm just saying they sucked, tonight.
Bad.
Like a high-powered Hoover bad.
Like Paris Hilton on a first date bad.
Like the finale of the Sopranos (to some people) bad.
Hey, it happens, even to the best team in the league. It's the way it happened so quickly, and to so many members of the team at once, that was a bit alarming to the casual observer/over-zealous rabid fanatic.
Curt Schilling (5IP, 9H, 6R, 5ER, 1BB, 5K, 1HR) really got the suck wagon rolling when the Rockies touched him up for a run in the first and two more in the second, and by the end of two innings he'd already thrown 51 pitches and had given up six hits and two earned runs.
And that was the good part of his outing.
In his defense it wasn't all his fault; his defense had a lot to do with it. An error by Julio Lugo in the first inning allowed a runner to get in scoring position, his inability to field a grounder in the second that went right by his glove allowed run #2 to come in, and another gaffe by Lowell on a backhanded play led to Colorado's third run.
Despite all that the Boston batters got Schill right back in the game when they got to Fogg, who was coming off an outing where he allowed 11 hits and six runs in five innings, for a run in the second on a Monstah shot by Lowell (redemption for the error?) and an RBI single by Manny in the third that followed base hits by Youk (2-4) and Ortiz.
But Schill, who had been near-perfect his last time out, was nearly the exact opposite tonight. After he tossed a 1-2-3 fourth, Curt provided the Rockies with all the runs they would need to win the game in the fifth.
Kaz Matsui and Matt Holliday started things off with back-to-back singles to open the inning. When Schill quickly retired Todd Helton (fly out) and Garret Adkins (K), it looked like he might escape the jam and keep his team in the game.
And then he hung a splitter that didn't split to bad Brad Hawpe, and the burly rightfielder obliterated the pitch for a towering three-run homer deep into the right field bleachers that pushed the lead to 6-2 and crushed the spirit of Schill and the Sox.
Boston briefly had one more shot at making a game of it in the bottom of the inning, when Youk led off with a double, but after making it to third with two outs, J.D. Drew (0-3, 2Ks) struck out to end the last threat of the night.
Then came the top of the sixth, which ended the last shred of dignity Boston was hoping to salvage from this mess.
Kyle Snyder came in to relieve Schilling, and even the normally reliable and accurate righty wasn't immune to the bug that bit the team tonight.
Snyder walked three batters (1 intentionally) sandwiched around a couple of outs, and when the normally reliable 1-batter specialist Javier Lopez came on and served up a shot to left by Helton that Manny butchered into a 3-run double to make it 9-3, it was obvious there would be no miracle comeback tonight.
Feeling left out, Gascan Piniero made an appearance and in the 8th allowed three runs on three hits and a wild pitch that turned the game into an official laugher at 12-2. Thanks for coming.
By the time Lugo (appropriately) flied out to end the game, the crowd was sparse, the chilly grey skies were spitting rain, and the Sox and RSN were ready to put this massacre behind them and look forward to Josh Beckett going for win #10 tomorrow night.
Let's hope the old "used 'em all up tonight" adage applies to the Rockies in that one.
NOTES:
- The Terrible Ts: the phonetically challenging duo of Yorvit Torrealba and Troy Tulowitzki tore the Sox up tonight; the two combined to go 3-7 with five runs scored, and in the series the pair is Torrealba also had two hits in Game 1
- After striking out to end the game last night, Helton (1-4, 4 ribs) got the last laugh tonight with his soul-crushing double
- The top three Colorado batters (Taveras-Matsui-Holliday) went 7-13 with six runs scored and two RBIs one night after they combined to go 0-12
- Leadoff limbo: Coco wore the leadoff hat tonight, and turned in an 0-4 stinker. Lugo, meanwhile, is still batting 9th turned in an absolutely dreadful game, going 0-4 at the plate including a big strikeout with two men on in the fourth and numerous misplays in the field, including his 9th error of the season. "Hate to say I told you so..." (scroll down)
- Papi continues to rack up base hits. His single tonight marked the 11th time in the last 12 games he's had at least one hit
- Lowell had an odd night; he committed his 12th error in top of the second, then hit his 12th homer later in the bottom of the inning. He added another hit and now has 48 RBIs, 14 more than ManRam, but his error total is only two off his career high of 14, achieved in 159 games in 2002; he made six all of last year
- Back to "normal": Drew has begun to relegate his Arizona performance to a distant memory; in three games since his 6-hit barrage he is 0-7 with two Ks and he left three men on base tonight
- After a near no-no last week, Schill dispensed with any possible drama by allowing a hit to the first batter of the game; another "interesting" stat on Schill's outing: all six runs he allowed scored w/2 out (talk about not putting 'em away)
- Youk ripped two hits including his 19th double after going through a 3-15 spell
- Snyder had only allowed three runs in his last 10 appearances dating back to May 8th before getting charged with a trio tonight; he also had only walked three batters in his last six outings before the trio tonight. Freaky stuff tonight.
QUOTES:
"You get blown out like that, you can deal with it, not like a 4-3 loss."--Youk, taking the proper perspective
"I had a manageable, winnable game in the fifth and I gave up a three-run homer."--the ever frank and self-critical Schilling
"I'm more worried about going up there looking for strikes and not worried about who you're facing."--Hawpe, dipping into the cliche handbook regarding Schilling
RECORD: 41-23
AL EAST: Up 8.5 on NYY
STREAK: L-1
LAST 10: 4-6
UP NEXT: Thu 7P vs. COL
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