BOYZZZ!!!
I fully expect that DD sells lame excuses for a living. He must be overstocked at the store otherwise why would he make himself look so foolish by posting them on this board.
Red Sox 1 Tigers 0
That's right you golfing Yankees fans, jealousy and dumb posts get you nowhere.
After the two past seasons who would have thought John Lackey could stand up to the mighty Verlander during a 34-inning scoreless streak in an ALCS game in Tiger-land. Lackey has been excellent all season, and while the odds were with Verlander, it wasn't by nearly as much as a lot of people thought. If you are very surprised by today's result either you haven't been paying attention...or you're blinded by your sour grapes.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/10/15/alcs-game-3-reds-sox-tigers/2990633/
Sure, Justin Verlander seemed to be doing just that until Mike Napoli's seventh-inning homer stunned the Detroit crowd.
But Red Sox starter and winner John Lackey provided an emphatic reminder it's time to realize that it's the Boston rotation – with a little less flash, not quite the hype and certainly less drama – trying to keep these games close enough to be decided in the late innings. Oh, and the Boston bullpen has proven – and did again – to be much more of a sure thing in these situations.
BREAKDOWN: The pivotal moment of Game 3
The game came down to an eighth-inning sequence when Junichi Tazawa struck out Tigers all-world slugger Miguel Cabrera with runners on first and third and one out, then closer Koji Uehara escaped the inning by whiffing Prince Fielder and pitched a scoreless ninth.
It was Lackey who got them there.
"It's been funny for me to watch all the coverage," said Jake Peavy, who will be Boston's starter in Game 4 against Detroit's Doug Fister tonight (8:07 p.m. ER). "I have heard John Lackey's name mentioned three or four times -- almost like we didn't have a starter going. Our starter is pretty good, too."
The best yet for Boston, for whom good enough has been relative.
Jon Lester allowed one run in 6 1/3 innings in Game 1 and lost.
Clay Buchholz was knocked out in a five-run sixth in Game 2 and the Red Sox won.
Lackey left no question – nobody's yet figured out how to lose a shutout.
He allowed four hits before turning the game over to the bullpen with two outs in the seventh. Until the seventh, Detroit had runners on base in just two innings – the first and fifth – and both times Lackey showed the big-game, big-pitch capability to leave a runner on third. He struck out eight, didn't walk anyone.
"Johnny's a stud," Peavy said. "Anybody as a rookie that wins Game 7 of the World Series (2002 for the Angels), you can't get any bigger of a stage. We understand what kind of challenge we have going against Justin Verlander, it's no secret. Justin is probably the best in the game right now. But at that same time, there ain't any part of John Lackey that doesn't think he's going to win."
...and now a hands on report from Joe.t and his caddy Iggy on putting greens conditions. :eyebrows:
Cheers,
Merlot
I fully expect that DD sells lame excuses for a living. He must be overstocked at the store otherwise why would he make himself look so foolish by posting them on this board.
Red Sox 1 Tigers 0
That's right you golfing Yankees fans, jealousy and dumb posts get you nowhere.
After the two past seasons who would have thought John Lackey could stand up to the mighty Verlander during a 34-inning scoreless streak in an ALCS game in Tiger-land. Lackey has been excellent all season, and while the odds were with Verlander, it wasn't by nearly as much as a lot of people thought. If you are very surprised by today's result either you haven't been paying attention...or you're blinded by your sour grapes.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/10/15/alcs-game-3-reds-sox-tigers/2990633/
Sure, Justin Verlander seemed to be doing just that until Mike Napoli's seventh-inning homer stunned the Detroit crowd.
But Red Sox starter and winner John Lackey provided an emphatic reminder it's time to realize that it's the Boston rotation – with a little less flash, not quite the hype and certainly less drama – trying to keep these games close enough to be decided in the late innings. Oh, and the Boston bullpen has proven – and did again – to be much more of a sure thing in these situations.
BREAKDOWN: The pivotal moment of Game 3
The game came down to an eighth-inning sequence when Junichi Tazawa struck out Tigers all-world slugger Miguel Cabrera with runners on first and third and one out, then closer Koji Uehara escaped the inning by whiffing Prince Fielder and pitched a scoreless ninth.
It was Lackey who got them there.
"It's been funny for me to watch all the coverage," said Jake Peavy, who will be Boston's starter in Game 4 against Detroit's Doug Fister tonight (8:07 p.m. ER). "I have heard John Lackey's name mentioned three or four times -- almost like we didn't have a starter going. Our starter is pretty good, too."
The best yet for Boston, for whom good enough has been relative.
Jon Lester allowed one run in 6 1/3 innings in Game 1 and lost.
Clay Buchholz was knocked out in a five-run sixth in Game 2 and the Red Sox won.
Lackey left no question – nobody's yet figured out how to lose a shutout.
He allowed four hits before turning the game over to the bullpen with two outs in the seventh. Until the seventh, Detroit had runners on base in just two innings – the first and fifth – and both times Lackey showed the big-game, big-pitch capability to leave a runner on third. He struck out eight, didn't walk anyone.
"Johnny's a stud," Peavy said. "Anybody as a rookie that wins Game 7 of the World Series (2002 for the Angels), you can't get any bigger of a stage. We understand what kind of challenge we have going against Justin Verlander, it's no secret. Justin is probably the best in the game right now. But at that same time, there ain't any part of John Lackey that doesn't think he's going to win."
...and now a hands on report from Joe.t and his caddy Iggy on putting greens conditions. :eyebrows:
Cheers,
Merlot
