Shank Sucksand it begins
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
Game 2 is now a must win, and David Price is starting for the Red Sox
Joe McCarthy had Denny Galehouse. Don Zimmer had Bobby Sprowl. Grady Little went too long with Pedro Martinez. And now Alex Cora — with Nathan Eovaldi and Rick Porcello fully rested — is giving David Price the ball in the biggest game of the Red Sox 111-win season.
The world champion Astros thrashed the sloppy Red Sox (Boston pitchers walked 10 Astros and hit three more), 7-2, in Game 1 of the ALCS Saturday night at Fenway Park. Since Major League Baseball went to seven games for League Championship Series, no team has lost the first two at home and gone on to win the series. It’s do-or-die for Boston in Game 2. And the Sox will have David Price on the mound.
Yikes.
Or should I say, “Yuk”?
The great Leigh Montville filled this space for a couple of sweet decades before I got here and once told me, “I never worry about finding an idea for a column. If I can’t come up with anything else I can always write about Larry Bird or Doug Flutie and everybody will read it.’’
Montville had Larry and Doug.
I have David Price. A.K.A. Hot Take Gold.
I really think losing game one hurts their chances and the called strike three on Benny was what hurt their chances. If he walks Benny it puts Boston up 3-2 with a chance of adding more that inning and would probably of taken Verlander out of the game. It's those little calls that become the Big plays that turn the series around.
Game changer on Benintendi
Love to see what the final score is if that is correctly called
Doesn’t mean they win but it wouldn’t surprise me
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I don't think tonight is a must-win.
If Benny walks like he should have, it's actually still 2-2, but the bases are loaded for Martinez with Verlander struggling to throw strikes.
Instead the ump bails him out and then ****s with Kelly the next inning. Game over.
Do umpires face any repercussions from MLB when they do **** like that?
I have a hard time agreeing with this. How can you blame Kelly for that at all?Yeah no way Verlander gets JD out with the bases loaded there down 3-2 after starting the inning up 2-0.
Feel worse about the bullpen than Price. The guys who have been good (Brazier) are due to give up a run and the guy who haven't suck. Eovaldi with Price out of the pen for a couple innings after the starter instead of Kelly would be best.
After the ump its Kelly who really lost the game thats the one inning you couldn't afford to give up a run right after we tied it and should have had the lead. The second they scored that third run I expected us to end the game on 2 runs. The bullpen is going to blow a game this series and cost us one we were ahead in and should have won and that wasn't it.
That's the bigger issue, the consistency.Benny getting rung up on that pitch, yeah ok fine, but next inning Kelly is painting the corners and can't get a call. That a huge swing there.