Do you think Clemens can reach 300?
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Do you think Clemens can reach 300?
I think he's got a really good shot. He is 34, but he's still pitching at an elite level and he doesn't look like he's slowing down any. It depends a lot on if he decides to pitch into his early 40's or not, and if we can stay competitive. I am planning on making some changes and bringing in some better defenders this off-season so that should help him and the rest of the pitching staff (especially guys like Radke and Suppan that are a lot more effective with a strong defense behind them).Quote:
Originally Posted by rockiesfan4ever
August 28
Tigers (43-86) @ Red Sox (82-48)
Tigers 9 - Red Sox 12
A whole lotta offense in this game. We got to Lima for six runs in the first inning before he eventually got pulled after the second. We also put up four on Brian Williams, and two on Bob Scanlan. We were up 12-5 going into the ninth inning, but they made it interesting by putting four runs on the board in the ninth and bringing the tying to the plate. The offense was spread pretty evenly throughout the line up. Five players collected multiple hits, seven players drove in runs, and eight guys scored.
WP - Jamie Moyer (11-4)HTML Code:BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
B. Larkin (SS) 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .328
R. White (CF) 5 2 0 2 1 3 2 0 .311
N. Garciaparra (DH) 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .306
M. Vaughn (1B) 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .320
M. Greenwell (LF) 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .304
T. Nixon (RF) 4 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 .261
F. Sanchez (3B) 5 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 .336
S. Hatteberg (C) 4 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 .333
J. Frye (2B) 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .311
TOTALS 39 17 3 12 1 11 2 0
2B: S. Hatteberg (1), N. Garciaparra (34), M. Vaughn 2 (23)
HR: R. White (26)
LP - Jose Lima (6-11)
SV - N/A
HR - Rondell White (22)
August 29
Tigers (43-87) @ Red Sox (83-48)
Tigers 7 - Red Sox 5
We put up four in the first inning but scored only one more run after that unfortunately. Butch Henry got rocked, allowing five runs in four innings on nine hits and a walk, and striking out only two. Offensively, Nomar and Nixon were 2-5 with two RBI's, and Greenwell was 3-5 with an RBI as well.
WP - Omar Olivares (5-15)
LP - Butch Henry (7-10)
SV - Gregg Olson (18)
HR - N/A
August 30
Tigers (44-87) @ Red Sox (83-49)
Tigers 4 - Red Sox 3
We started Doherty in this game to set up Clemens - Radke - Suppan for the Yankee series and paid the price for it. Doherty lasted only 3 2/3 innings before giving up three runs on seven hits and a walk. Justin Thompson on the otherside pitched pretty solid, going eight innings and allowing three runs on five hits without walking anyone and striking out two. Nomar went 2-4 with a homer and two RBI's, while Rondell White hit a solo homer for his only hit of the game.
WP - Justin Thompson (5-13)
LP - John Doherty (3-1)
SV - Gregg Olson (19)
HR - Nomar Garciaparra (18), Rondell White (23)
Thoughts: We go down to the Yankees a game for the division, but we've got our big three going against them in our final series against them starting in tomorrow's game. Even with going down a game to the Yankees we're still six up on the Angels for the Wild Card, so I'm pretty confident that even if we don't win the Division we'll make the playoffs as the Wild Card.
In other news Nomar Garciaparra became the first player on the team to eclipse the century mark in RBI's. And he's starting to get hot at the plate, as he's gone 13-45 with eight runs, three homers, and 12 RBI's for a line of .289/.304/.600 in his last ten games.
NOMAR'S SEASON LINE AND LAST TEN GAMES
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Rondell White's killing the ball lately, too. He's gone 18-45 with ten runs, four homers and 12 RBI's, for a line of .400/.413/.778/1.191 in his last ten. It's a toss-up between what Radke and White for whose been the best mid-season acquisition for us, as Rondell has arguably been the MVP of the team since coming over from Montreal.
RONDELL'S SEASON LINE AND LAST TEN GAMES
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August 31
Red Sox (83-50) @ Yankees (84-49)
Red Sox 4 - Yankees 7
Clemens actually pitched fairly well in this game, at least to the point where he shouldn't have lost. He went six innings and allowed only two runs on four hits and four walks, and struck out seven. On the other side Pettitte went 7 2/3 and allowed four runs on six hits and a walk and struck out seven, and got the win despite giving up more runs. If the bullpen had held together for us we probably would have won, but instead they gave up five runs in two innings on seven hits. The big hit of the game for us came in the eighth when Nomar hit a three-run shot to left for his only hit of the game.
WP - Andy Pettitte (12-7)
LP - Roger Clemens (18-4)
SV - John Wetteland (23)
HR - Nomar Garciaparra (19)
September 1
Red Sox (83-51) @ Yankees (85-49)
Red Sox 11 - Yankees 2
Brad Radke is a FREAK. He throws yet another complete game, this time allowing just two runs on eight hits and a walk while striking out five. But as good as Radke was, the story of this game has got to be Nomar Garciaparra. Nomar went 4-6 and hit for the cycle and drove in three runs. He tripled in the third, homered in the fifth, doubled in the eighth, and singled in the ninth. I definitely think it's safe to say that he's out of his cold streak.
WP - Brad Radke (7-0)HTML Code:BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
B. Larkin (SS) 6 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .333
R. White (CF) 4 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 .310
N. Garciaparra (DH) 6 4 0 3 1 3 0 0 .311
M. Vaughn (1B) 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 .313
P. Clark (RF) 5 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 .295
M. Greenwell (LF) 5 3 0 2 2 3 0 0 .306
F. Sanchez (3B) 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .327
S. Hatteberg (C) 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .233
J. Frye (2B) 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 .303
TOTALS 43 18 3 11 3 11 7 0
2B: N. Garciaparra (35), B. Larkin (24), P. Clark (5)
3B: N. Garciaparra (9)
HR: N. Garciaparra (20), M. Greenwell 2 (20)
HBP: M. Vaughn
GIDP: S. Hatteberg
BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
B. Radke 9.0 8 1 1 2 2 5 114 3.62
TOTALS 9.0 8 1 1 2 2 5 114
LP - Jimmy Key (9-6)
SV - N/A
HR - Nomar Garciaparra (20), Mike Greenwell 2 (20)
September 2
Red Sox (84-51) @ Yankees (85-50)
Red Sox 5 - Yankees 7
Frustrating, frustrating loss. Jeff Suppan went six innings and allowed three runs, although none of them were earned, on six hits, two walks, and struck out two - all in all, a good game for him. However, Mike Maddux came in after him and gave up four runs on three hits and a walk in just 1/3 of an inning. If not for Maddux's not-so-brilliant performance we probably would have won this game.
WP - Jim Mecir (2-0)
LP - Mike Maddux (8-2)
SV - John Wetteland (24)
HR - Mo Vaughn (26), Rondell White (24)
Thoughts: Frustrating series loss leaves us 2 games back of the division with 26 to play. Obviously we can make up two games and more in 26 games, but we do have some stiff competition to end the season. We have games against the Mariners, Angels, White Sox, and Indians, the White Sox and Angels we're also battling for the Wild Card. Next up we're home for three games against the Angels, in what should be a big series as we currently sport a 5 game lead over them for the Wild Card.
FINAL LEAGUE UPDATE
(BEFORE PLAYOFFS)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDINGS - DIVISIONAL
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STANDINGS - WILD CARD
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OFFENSIVE LEADERS
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PITCHING LEADERS
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDINGS - DIVISIONAL
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STANDINGS - WILD CARD
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OFFENSIVE LEADERS
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PITCHING LEADERS
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FINAL NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS BEFORE OFF-SEASON
NOTABLE SIGNINGS/RE-SIGNINGS
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MILESTONES
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TRADES
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Gaetti's Cycle:
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G. Gaetti (3B) 5 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 .258
2B: T. Pagnozzi (23), J. Mabry (24), G. Gaetti (18)
3B: G. Gaetti (3)
HR: G. Gaetti (29), W. McGee (5)
FINAL SPIDERMAN AND ROCKET UPDATE
BEFORE POSTSEASON/OFFSEASON
SS/DH Nomar Garciaparra (85/95), 22 years old
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Although Nomar fell off his astronomic early season pace, he has still been a very valuable part of the Sox line-up. He's fourth on the team in batting average, tied for third in homers, first in RBI's, first in runs scored, third in steals, fifth in on-base percentage, third in slugging, and fourth in OPS. He's also really picked it up of late (when we've really needed him to), as he's currently hitting .348/.362/.696/1.058 in his last ten games, and he's riding a thirteen game hitting streak.
SP Roger Clemens (96), 33 years old
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Clemens also hasn't been as good lately as he was earlier in the season, but if not for some bullpen meltdowns and ineffectiveness from the offense in some of his starts I have no doubt he'd already have 20 wins this season. Regardless, he's leading the team in just about every pitching category there is, including ERA, innings pitched, strike outs, complete games (tied with Radke) and shutouts. He has struggled a bit lately (3.73 ERA in his last ten starts), but hopefully he turns that around in the last month of the season so we can lock up a playoff berth early and give our guys some rest going into the postseason.
FINAL TEAM UPDATE
BEFORE POSTSEASON/OFFSEASON
NOTE 1: A green box around the players indicates September call-ups, and a purple box indicates a player who is on the DL.
NOTE 2: Stats with a red box around them are the team leaders.
NOTE 3: If there is a stat with a red box around it but there are players with a higher number in that stat, it means that not all the stats were accumulated with the Red Sox.
BATTING LINEUP
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We have continued to have one of the best line-ups in baseball throughout the season. Although, as expected, some players who got off to extremely hot starts (Nomar, Vaughn, Greenwell, Naehring) came back down to Earth, but have continued to hit well for the most part. I think the biggest surprise in the line-up has easily been Rondell White, who we acquired early in the season from Montreal. I certainly was not expecting him to challenge for the team lead in home runs (he actually has 24 with us, which is two behind Vaughn's 26) or have a shot at hitting thirty homers with us at the beginning of September. If he has a good month he could finish the year with 30 homers, 100+ RBI's, a .300/.360/.580/.940ish line with us, which would probably make him team MVP. He's vastly outperformed any expectations I had of him. Greenwell is also almost certainly going to break his career high of 22 homers set in 1988, and Jeff Frye is having a career year. Let's hope they continue it and help us to the playoffs, and hopefully even a World Championship.
PITCHING STAFF
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The starting rotation has really come around since the beginning of the season (given that 2/5 of it have changed).It goes without saying that Clemens has been studly all season, and he's currently one of the leading candidates for Cy Young (though Randy Johnson might have the edge right now), and the addition of Brad Radke really helped solidify the front end. Additionally, Jeff Suppan has provided us with a very solid #3 starter, Moyer has given us a consistently solid and predictable #4, and even Butch Henry has been good (though at times victim of poor/non-existent run support). Radke has been very impressive since coming over from Minnesota. In nine starts he has six complete games, a 7-0 record, a 2.65 ERA, only 12 walks to 75 K's, and a .220 BAA in 71 1/3 innings. If Radke wins 3 of his 5 remaining scheduled starts he'll become the fourth of five Red Sox starters to reach double-digit wins (with the team), and the same goes for Henry. We're facing the possibility of having all five of our starting pitchers finish the season with double-digit wins in a Red Sox uniform, which would be, in a word, amazing.
September 3
Angels (79-57) @ Red Sox (84-52)
Angels 2 - Red Sox 9
A very, very good win. Going into this series I wanted to at least win two of three and I'm already half way there. And we got there via an excellent start by Jamie Moyer and a great game from the offense all-around. Moyer went eight innings and allowed only two runs, walked one, and struck out one, though he did give up ten hits. Offensively we really went off. Everyone in the lineup had at least one hit, and everyone but Coleman and Greenwell scored a run.
WP - Jamie Moyer (12-4)HTML Code:BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
B. Larkin (SS) 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .327
B. Boone (2B) 5 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 .286
N. Garciaparra (DH) 3 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 .311
M. Vaughn (1B) 5 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 .314
M. Greenwell (LF) 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .306
R. White (CF) 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .313
T. Nixon (RF) 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 .262
F. Sanchez (3B) 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .330
S. Hatteberg (C) 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 .273
M. Coleman (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250
TOTALS 37 14 3 9 3 9 3 0
2B: N. Garciaparra (36), B. Boone (28), F. Sanchez 2 (17)
3B: R. White (6)
HR: B. Boone (17), M. Vaughn (27), T. Nixon (9)
BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
J. Moyer 8.0 10 1 2 2 2 1 113 4.56
R. Garces 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 2 18 3.38
TOTALS 9.0 10 2 2 2 2 3 131
LP - Jason Dickson (7-4)
SV - N/A
HR - Bret Boone (11), Mo Vaughn (27), Trot Nixon (9)
BREAKING NEWS
Well this is just getting strange and ridiculous. I sat Jeff Frye in this game because he was in need of a day off, and he some how gets injured? And not only does he get injured, but it's a pretty major injury. He's going down for the rest of the regular season and beginning of the post-season with a ruptured knee. He's going to miss the ALDS, assuming we make the postseason (which it looks like we will), but if we were to advance to the ALCS he would be able to play in most of that. Fortunately for us second base happens to be one spot where we have good depth, so we'll be able to plug in Bret Boone without missing a beat. Not sure whose gonna replace Frye on the postseason roster yet, but it'll probably be Naehring.
September 4
Angels (79-58) @ Red Sox (85-52)
Angels 1 - Red Sox 6
Butch Henry actually put in a pretty decent start in this game, going five innings and allowing four runs on eight hits, but unfortunately for him and the rest of the team, Trevor Wilson was damn near untouchable today. Wilson pitched a complete game, allowing only one run on seven hits and a walk, while striking out five. The only run came in person of a Mo Vaughn solo homer in the fourth inning. We have to win tomorrow to come out of here with a bigger lead than we came in with.
WP - Trevor Wilson (9-8)
LP - Butch Henry (7-11)
SV - N/A
HR - Mo Vaughn (28)
September 5
Angels (80-58) @ Red Sox (85-53)
Angels 0 - Red Sox 1
An excellent pitcher's duel between Langston and Clemens in the rubber game of this series. Langston shut us down quite effectively, allowing only one run on four hits and three walks while striking out six over seven innings, but fortunately for us Clemens was just slightly better. Clemens went the distance for the complete game shutout, giving up just six hits and walking one, while striking out an astounding 14 batters. The lone run of the game came in the sixth inning in the form of a Nomar Garciaparra solo homer.
WP - Roger Clemens (19-4)
LP - Mark Langston (12-9)
SV - N/A
HR - Nomar Garciaparra (21)
Thoughts: We're still two games back in the East, but we managed to put another game between us and the Angels by taking two of three. It was good to actually see a Clemens-esque performance by Roger, especially since we're going down the stretch and we really need him pitching at his best so we can lock up a playoff berth. Fortunately for us (especially in light of the Jeff Frye injury) we've got Mike Stanley returning in less than a week.
September 7
Twins (53-88) @ Red Sox (86-53)
Twins 3 - Red Sox 5
Brad Radke started this game, and, believe it or not, he threw a complete game. Shocking, I know. This time he allowed three runs, seven hits, walked two, and struck out three over nine innings, while throwing just 105 pitches. Mo Vaughn went 2-3 with a homer and drove in all five of our runs, and Barry Larkin went 4-5 with two doubles.
WP - Brad Radke (8-0)
LP - Jake Westbrook (3-8)
SV - N/A
HR - Mo Vaughn (29)
September 8
Twins (53-89) @ Red Sox (87-53)
Twins 9 - Red Sox 3
A rought start by Jeff Suppan sends us home with a loss. Suppan lasted only four innings before he gave up four runs (three earned) on four hits, although on the bright side he didn't walk anybody. It also didn't help that Wakefield did a pretty effective job of shutting us down (6.2 IP, 5 H, 4 BB, 3 R, 1 ER, 7 K) and the bullpen kind of exploded on us. Mike Maddux, Brian Shouse, and Heathcliff Slocumb combined to go three innings, and allow five runs on five hits.
WP - Tim Wakefield (3-5)
LP - Jeff Suppan (11-5)
SV - Trever Miller (2)
HR - N/A
September 9
Twins (54-89) @ Red Sox (87-54)
Twins 9 - Red Sox 12
Quite the slugfest in this game. The teams combined to score 21 runs on 35 hits. Everyone in both lineups except Darrin Jackson for the Twins got a hit, and everyone but Mo Vaughn, Phil Clark, Paul Molitor, and Chip Hale scored for both teams. The strangest thing might have been the fact that despite the high scores, the only person in the whole game to homer was Jeff Manto for the Twins. Regardless, everyone in our lineup collected two or more hits except for Freddy Sanchez, who went 1-5, and Nomar and Rondell White both drove in five runs.
WP - Mike Stanton (5-5)HTML Code:BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
B. Larkin (SS) 4 2 1 3 0 2 1 1 .331
R. White (CF) 5 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 .313
N. Garciaparra (DH) 5 4 0 1 0 4 0 0 .310
M. Vaughn (1B) 5 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 .315
P. Clark (RF) 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .278
M. Greenwell (LF) 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .311
B. Boone (2B) 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .280
F. Sanchez (3B) 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .304
S. Hatteberg (C) 4 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 .283
TOTALS 43 21 1 12 0 12 6 1
2B: S. Hatteberg (2), N. Garciaparra 2 (38), R. White (35)
CS: P. Clark
BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
J. Moyer 4.2 9 2 1 7 6 3 88 4.73
M. Stanton 1.1 2 0 0 1 1 2 21 4.02
T. Gordon 2.0 2 0 0 1 1 2 36 5.47
R. Garces 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 24 3.23
TOTALS 9.0 14 2 1 9 8 9 169
LP - Chris Pulido (0-3)
SV - Rich Garces (24)
HR - N/A
BREAKING NEWS
Rondell White will sit down for about a week with elbow tendonitis. Rondell was hitting well at the time of his injury (.995 OPS in his last ten games), but it gives him a chance to rest before the playoffs a little, and it gives us a chance to see what our top prospect Michael Coleman can do. Troy O'Leary will be getting the majority of the starts, but Coleman will make one or two and we're anxious to see what he's gonna bring to the table.
Thoughts: We took two of three from the Twins, but we still lost a game in the standings to New York. But fortunately we're still six up on the Angels in the Wild Card with only twenty games to play. I'm still not gonna start sitting guys until I actually do clinch a playoff berth, but I think we're all but guaranteed at least the Wild Card at this point. We've got Mike Stanley returning to the line-up in the second game against the Indians, which will be a boost to the line-up since Hatteberg hasn't been very effective since his call-up.
Another boost to the line-up we've gotten lately is the hot bat of Mo Vaughn. He's hitting .270/.386/.649/1.035 with four homers and 12 RBI's in his last ten games, and is only one homer from crossing the thirty homer plateau for the second year in a row, and four RBI's from crossing the 100 RBI mark for the second year in a row and third year in his career.
MO VAUGHN'S LAST TEN GAMES AND SEASON STATS
September 10
Red Sox (88-54) @ Indians (95-47)
Red Sox 8 - Indians 3
Another gorgeous start by Clemens helps us take the first game of this three game set against the best team in baseball. Clemens went eight innings, allowed no runs on three hits, walked only one, and struck out a solid seven batters. Offensively a few guys had good games too. Nomar was 3-5 with a double and three RBI's, Vaughn was 3-4 with two RBI's, and Nixon was 3-5 with an RBI.
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A. Cole (CF) 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000
B. Larkin (SS) 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 .332
N. Garciaparra (DH) 5 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 .313
M. Vaughn (1B) 4 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 .319
M. Greenwell (LF) 5 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .312
B. Boone (2B) 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .277
T. Nixon (RF) 5 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 .267
F. Sanchez (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .303
S. Hatteberg (C) 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .260
TOTALS 41 14 2 8 0 8 5 0
2B: N. Garciaparra (39), M. Vaughn (26), M. Greenwell (26), F. Sanchez (18), T. Nixon (24)
HBP: M. Vaughn
BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
R. Clemens 8.0 3 1 0 0 0 7 138 3.00
M. Stanton 0.1 3 1 0 3 3 0 19 4.38
J. Doherty 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 4.19
TOTALS 9.0 8 2 0 3 3 7 170
LP - Dennis Martinez (12-10)
SV - N/A
HR - N/A
BREAKING NEWS
Things just keep getting crueler and weirder. Probably to no one's surprise (certainly not mine) we have yet another injury. This time it's Jamie Moyer going down, probably for the remainder of the season, with a sprained ankle. Moyer has had an excellent season, posting a 12-4 record and a 4.73 ERA and striking out 118 batters in 186 innings. It's not clear who will start in his place yet, but Hideki Okajima is a possibility, since we've been stretching him out to be a starter in the minors.
September 11
Red Sox (89-54) @ Indians (95-48)
Red Sox 5 - Indians 7 (10 innings)
Stanley homered in his first at bat back from injury, but unfortunately Brad Radke does not have one of his better starts and we lose in extras. Radke lasted only three innings before he gave up four runs on five hits. He actually wasn't pitching that badly when the computer pulled him and I was quite perplexed when it did. At any rate, Mike Stanley had a good game in his return from injury, going 2-4 with a walk, two runs, and a solo homer. The Indians won the game in the tenth inning on a walk-off homer by Jim Thome.
WP - Jose Mesa (6-9)
LP - Stan Belinda (1-2)
SV - N/A
HR - Mike Stanley (19)
BREAKING NEWS
Okay, seriously, this is getting ridiculous. The Baseball Mogul Gods have got to be messing with me. This time it's Nomar going down, only for seven days with a spiked knee, but still, it's ridiculous. Everyone is going down right now. I suppose I should just be glad it's now and not a couple weeks from now at the beginning of the postseason. We're not sure whose going to take Nomar's spot in the lineup yet, but we may DH Vaughn and play Reggie Jefferson or Phil Clark at first base.
September 12
Red Sox (89-55) @ Indians (96-48)
Red Sox 8 - Indians 5
We were able to win in spite of a very poor performance by Jeff Suppan as the starter. Suppan lasted only 2 2/3 innings before giving up five runs on five hits (two homers) and striking out only one. Fortunately for me, however, the bullpen was able to shut them down the rest of the game, and did not allow a single run in 6 1/3 innings of work. Offensively speaking, Troy O'Leary was 2-4 with an RBI, and Barry Larkin, Mo Vaughn, and Trot Nixon all homered, although Barry's was an inside-the-park job.
WP - Mike Maddux (9-2)
LP - Paul Assenmacher (3-5)
SV - Rich Garces (25)
HR - Mo Vaughn (30), Barry Larkin (9), Trot Nixon (10)
Thoughts: The series win pulls us to within 2 1/2 of the Yankees and keeps our Wild Card lead at six games. With all the injuries we've suffered throughout the season, and especially down the stretch, we're very, very lucky and very fortunate to be where we are right now. Now we just need to hold it together for a couple more weeks and we'll be playing October baseball.
May i asked what happen to kevin mitchell he has a nice bat haven't heard much of him since the start though.
September 14
Red Sox (90-55) @ Brewers (64-82)
Red Sox 5 - Brewers 3
Okajima made his first major league start and pitched a pretty solid game. Okajima threw 81 pitches over six innings, allowed only two runs on six hits, and struck out four. Offensively, Greenwell and Sanchez tripled, and Sanchez, Nixon, Boone, and Troy O'Leary had an RBI each.
WP - Mike Maddux (10-2)
LP - Graeme Lloyd (4-5)
SV - Rich Garces (26)
HR - N/A
September 15
Red Sox (91-55) @ Brewers (64-83)
Red Sox 2 - Brewers 9
Really rough performance by pretty much the whole pitching staff today. Clemens lasted only 4 1/3 innings before giving up five runs on seven hits and five walks, Shouse allowed two runs on four hits in just 1/3 of an innings, and Tom Gordon allowed two runs in an inning of work. Cal Eldred did a pretty good job of holding us in check as well, allowing us to score just two runs in the 7 2/3 innings he was on the mound, while striking out eight batters. Vaughn was the only guy to get multiple hits, and Larkin and Stanley drove in our only runs.
WP - Cal Eldred (10-5)
LP - Roger Clemens (20-5)
SV - N/A
HR - Barry Larkin (10)
September 16
Red Sox (91-56) @ Brewers (65-83)
Red Sox 8 - Brewers 9
Really, really frustrating loss. We lead 8-6 going into the eighth inning, but in the eighth they put a run on the board to bring it to within one, and then in the ninth Rich Garces blew the save by giving up a walk-off two run homer to Greg Vaughn. It didn't help that Brad Radke didn't exactly have an effective start, he made it through only 4 1/3 innings before allowing six runs on ten hits.
WP - B.J. Ryan (1-0)
LP - Rich Garces (2-2)
SV - N/A
HR - Bret Boone (12), Barry Larkin (11)
Thoughts: We really should not be losing 2/3 games to the Milwaukee Brewers. I think the door is pretty much shut on us winning the division, as we're five back with 14 to play and the Yankees are red hot again (15-5 in their last 20 games), but we've still got a good grip on the Wild Card (5.5 game lead over California) and we should be able to sew that up pretty soon. The sooner we can do that the better because I really want to rest some guys like Nomar and Clemens and Vaughn and others before the playoffs so they don't end up getting injured (again in the case of Nomar).
Honestly don't really remember, lol. He got sent down to AAA at some point during the season and spent most of the season there. I just can't remember if it was to call Nixon up to start in RF when that happened or if it was part of me adding a few extra pitchers earlier in the season.Quote:
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September 17
Mariners (89-60) @ Red Sox (91-57)
Mariners 4 - Red Sox 5
A very well fought game on both sides. We had an excellent pitcher's duel with Suppan going seven innings and allowing only three runs on four hits without walking anyone, and Randy Johnson allowing only one unearned run on three hits, walking one, and striking out nine. It was the bullpen that coughed it up, however. Bobby Ayala came in for the save in the bottom of the ninth inning and allowed us three runs to tie the game, including allowing the tying run to plate when he threw a wild pitch with a man on third base. He then put two men on in the tenth and allowed Mike Greenwell to hit the walk-off double.
WP - Tom Gordon (2-2)
LP - Bobby Ayala (1-6)
SV - N/A
HR - N/A
September 18
Mariners (89-61) @ Red Sox (92-57)
Mariners 11 - Red Sox 6
Okajima really didn't pitch badly despite making it through only two innings, the defense just let him down, allowing him to give up three unearned runs. The rest of the pitching staff wasn't so solid though, just look at the boxscore:
Offensively we played pretty well though. Greenwell drove in a couple runs and Trot Nixon hit his 25th double of the season. Jay Buhner really killed us in this game though, going 3-5 with two homers and five RBI's.HTML Code:BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
H. Okajima 2.0 2 1 1 3 0 1 34 3.74
B. Shouse 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 25 3.38
M. Stanton 0.2 2 1 0 2 2 0 22 4.52
T. Gordon 1.1 2 2 0 0 0 1 40 5.23
M. Maddux 0.2 3 1 0 2 2 1 25 3.38
S. Belinda 1.1 1 1 1 2 2 3 26 4.34
H. Slocumb 0.1 3 0 0 2 2 0 18 4.13
A. Sele 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 11.68
TOTALS 9.0 15 6 2 11 8 8 202
WP - Chris Bosio (12-11)
LP - Hideki Okajima (0-2)
SV - N/A
HR - N/A
September 19
Mariners (90-61) @ Red Sox (92-58)
Mariners 4 - Red Sox 2
I think it's time to adjust my pitcher's strategies, because the CPU is becoming way too trigger happy with pulling pitchers from the game. This time it allowed Clemens to go only 4 2/3 innings after he gave up a three run homer to Alex Rodriguez with one out in the fifth. Fortunately though the bullpen was able to provide us with a very solid game and keep us in it. Mike Stanton, Mike Maddux, Brian Shouse, and Heathcliff Slocumb combined to go 5 1/3 innings and give up only one run on six hits. Offensively not much to speak of, Rondell White and Mike Greenwell drove in our only two runs, and Greenwell had a solid game going 2-3 with a walk, a homer, and a double.
WP - Bob Milacki (9-7)
LP - Roger Clemens (20-6)
SV - J.J. Putz (4)
HR - Mike Greenwell (21)
BREAKING NEWS
Another one bites the dust.....again. This time we've got Freddy Sanchez going down for the remainder of the regular season and probably the ALDS and possibly even the ALCS (if we even make it that far) with a chipped knee cap. Tim Naehring will fill in for Sanchez at third base. The injury may not be that bad since Sanchez was hitting for an OPS of .659 in his last ten games, but I'm not too confident Naehring can do any better to be honest.
September 20
Mariners (91-61) @ Red Sox (92-59)
Mariners 9 - Red Sox 2
This is getting bad. We nearly matched them in hits (we had 13, they had 14), but we put up only two runs to their nine. Brad Radke pitched a decent game (5 IP, 4 ER, 7 H, 2 BB, 2 K), but Tom Gordon did not at all, as he allowed four runs on five hits and two walks in just an inning of work. One bright spot we can take away from this game is that Naehring was 2-4 with a homer, so hopefully he's remembering how to hit since he'll be playing third for a while with Sanchez out.
WP - Sterling Hitchcock (14-8)
LP - Brad Radke (8-1)
SV - N/A
HR - Tim Naehring (8)
Thoughts: This is really not good. We lose three of four to the Mariners and it pretty much wasn't even close at all. We fall to 6.5 back of the Yankees, basically closing the book on the division since there are only ten games left. But the worse news is that the Angels closed to within 2.5 games of us and they're now the only team that can challenge us for the Wild Card. Luckily our next two series are against the Royals and A's, who are a combined 113-192 this season.
Just fyi guys, I'm gonna try to finish the regular season today, because I probably won't update more than once or twice, if at all this weekend. I'm going home to spend the weekend with my girlfriend so the chances of me actually getting the time/desire to do anything with this over the weekend are slim to none.
September 21
Red Sox (92-60) @ Royals (58-95)
Red Sox 5 - Royals 4
A fantastic start by Suppan helps us end our losing streak. Suppan allowed just two runs over seven innings while striking out five. Tim Naehring also knocked a couple hits to raise his batting average to .267, while Mike Stanley and Barry Larkin drove in two runs each.
WP - Jeff Suppan (12-5)
LP - Chris Haney (4-17)
SV - Rich Garces (27)
HR - Mike Stanley (20), Mo Vaughn (31)
September 22
Red Sox (93-60) @ Royals (58-96)
Red Sox 1 - Royals 7
Let's see. The whole pitching staff gets rocked (besides Tom Gordon who threw a scoreless inning of relief), the only run we get is on a Trot Nixon solo homer in the seventh, and Kevin Appier makes everyone on the team look like little leaguers. Yep, sounds like a good formula for a big, fat loss. Okajima, Doherty, and Shouse combined to give up seven runs in eight innings while striking out only two, while Appier goes 6 2/3 innings and gives up just one run on seven hits while striking out five. Even when we had opportunities to score runs we just couldn't get them across, which has really been our problem throughout the course of this month-long funk we've been in.
WP - Kevin Appier (9-16)
LP - Hideki Okajima (0-3)
SV - N/A
HR - Trot Nixon (11)
September 23
Red Sox (93-62) @ Royals (59-96)
Red Sox 3 - Royals 6
This is getting really, really bad. We cannot afford to be losing 2 of three games to teams like the Kansas City Royals. Clemens actually pitched a decent game, throwing an eight inning complete game allowing six runs (all were earned but half of them came in his last inning on the mound) on nine hits and five walks, while striking out nine. Stanley had a good game, as he homered and drove in two of our three runs, but the offense was pretty stagnant otherwise.
WP - Jim Converse (3-2)
LP - Roger Clemens (20-7)
SV - Jeff Montgomery (35)
HR - Mike Stanley (21)
Thoughts: I'm really starting to get scared now. I thought the series with the Royals would be the perfect opportunity to put some distance between myself and the Angels, but instead the Angels made up another game on us and are now only 1.5 games back in the Wild Card! The Angels play the Blue Jays and Yankees to close the season, while we play the A's and White Sox. Our schedule is easier (A's and White Sox a combined 138-173 to Toronto and New York's combined 170-142) so we do have that going for us, but we've played so poorly I'm not sure it matters. We're getting hits, but we're not driving in runs, and our pitching is completely unpredictable right now. Even if we do manage to fend off the Angels and make the playoffs, with as poorly as we're playing I doubt we'd make it very far, especially since I believe we'd be playing the Indians in the division series.
Just wondering, do you guys like it better when I highlight names of teams and players in their team color in the posts? I think it looks better and it's probably easier on the eyes.
September 24
Athletics (56-99) @ Red Sox (93-62)
Athletics 8 - Red Sox 4 (11 innings)
Un-****ing-believeable. We so should have won this game. We managed to tie it in the bottom of the ninth when we were down a run, then in the tenth when they put up a run in the top of the inning we managed to tie it again on Mo Vaughn's second homer of the game, but then the 11th rolled around and everything went to hell. Slocumb came in for the 11th and gave up four effing runs in 2/3 of an inning on four hits and a walk. Mo Vaughn had a good game at the plate, going 2-4 with a walk, two homers, and three RBI's. Aside from him we really couldn't do anything. Of course it didn't help that Tim Hudson was damn near unhittable, allowing just two runs on three hits and four walks over seven innings, while striking out eight batters.
WP - Buddy Groom (5-6)
LP - Heathcliff Slocumb (2-6)
SV - N/A
HR - Mo Vaughn 2 (33)
September 25
Athletics (57-99) @ Red Sox (93-63)
Athletics 1 - Red Sox 11
Holy crap Batman! A win and some offense :O! Seriously though, we needed this, this was a fantastic game by the offense. Nomar reached base in all five of his at bats, going 3-3 with a double and two walks, Rondell and Vaughn each drove in three runs (as well as Vaughn hitting his third homer in the last two games). Stanley was the only one who didn't get a hit, and even then he walked twice and scored. Jeff Suppan also put forth a great pitching performance, as he allowed only one run in seven innings on four hits and two walks, while striking out five. Tom Gordon also pitched two scoreless innings of relief to finish out the game.
WP - Jeff Suppan (13-5)HTML Code:BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
B. Larkin (SS) 4 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 .329
R. White (CF) 5 3 0 1 0 3 1 0 .310
N. Garciaparra (DH) 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 .312
M. Vaughn (1B) 5 1 0 1 1 3 2 0 .312
M. Greenwell (LF) 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .306
M. Stanley (C) 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 .263
B. Boone (2B) 5 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 .270
T. Nixon (RF) 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 .268
T. Naehring (3B) 4 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 .266
TOTALS 37 15 7 11 1 11 6 0
2B: N. Garciaparra (41), M. Greenwell (31), R. White (36)
HR: M. Vaughn (34)
BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
J. Suppan 7.0 4 2 1 1 1 5 98 4.24
T. Gordon 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 3 42 5.40
TOTALS 9.0 4 3 1 1 1 8 140
LP - Willie Adams (3-10)
SV - N/A
HR - Mo Vaughn (34)
September 26
Athletics (57-100) @ Red Sox (94-63)
Athletics 3 - Red Sox 6
Yes! Another win. We brought Jamie Moyer back from injury early to pitch this game, and he pitched very, very well on his sprained ankle. He allowed only two runs over six innings and struck out five batters to earn the win and help us win two in a row for the first time in way too long. Bret Boone delivered the big hit of the game, hitting a two-run homer in the sixth to give us some breathing room.
WP - Jamie Moyer (13-4)
LP - Ariel Prieto (9-16)
SV - N/A
HR - Barry Larkin (12), Bret Boone (13)
September 27
Athletics (57-101) @ Red Sox (95-63)
Athletics 2 - Red Sox 9
With the help of a fantastic start by Butch Henry we manage to take three of four and all but sew up the Wild Card! Henry went 8 1/3 innings and allowed only two runs on four hits and three walks, while striking out four batters. The offense really helped him out, too. We got homers from four different hitters, and our only runs came off those homers. Nomar hit a three run shot, Rondell hit a two run homer, Boone had a two run homer, and Greenwell had a solo homer.
WP - Butch Henry (8-11)HTML Code:BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
B. Larkin (SS) 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .328
R. White (CF) 4 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 .312
N. Garciaparra (DH) 5 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 .309
M. Vaughn (1B) 5 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 .311
M. Greenwell (LF) 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .309
M. Stanley (C) 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 .267
P. Clark (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .274
B. Boone (2B) 4 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 .272
T. Naehring (3B) 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .265
TOTALS 37 12 1 9 4 8 5 0
2B: M. Stanley (28), B. Boone (33), M. Vaughn (29), M. Greenwell (33), T. Naehring (16)
HR: N. Garciaparra (22), B. Boone (20), M. Greenwell (22), R. White (29)
HBP: R. White, T. Naehring
BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
B. Henry 8.1 4 3 1 2 2 4 112 4.62
M. Stanton 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 4.50
TOTALS 9.0 4 3 1 2 2 5 122
LP - Mark Mulder (9-13)
SV - N/A
HR - Nomar Garciaparra (22), Bret Boone (14), Mike Greenwell (22), Rondell White (25)
Thoughts: With that last win against the A's we have basically guaranteed ourselves the Wild Card. The Angels sit three games back with three to play, so if we lose out and they win out we would tie. But with them playing the Yankees and us having Clemens, Radke, and Suppan going against the White Sox I'm pretty confident that we'll win at least one, and even if we don't I'm pretty sure they'll lose at least one. I have to say, the play of the offense in that series was integral. Without them suddenly remembering how to hit the ball, we would not be in this position right now.
September 28
Red Sox (96-63) @ White Sox (83-76)
Red Sox 7 - White Sox 2
WE ARE THE WILD CARD WINNERS!
A good start by Clemens, good relief by Gordon, and a great day of offense helps us tie up the Wild Card and guarantee ourselves a trip to the post-season. Clemens went five innings and allowed only two runs in spite of ten hits, while striking out six. Tom Gordon also pitched brilliantly in relief, throwing four scoreless innings and allowing just a single hit. Offensively we started the game strong, putting five on the board in the first inning starting with a Larkin homer to lead things off, and finished it strong with Mo Vaughn homering in the ninth with Nomar on first base. Now we can rest our guys in the final two regular season games and not worry about making the post season!
WP - Roger Clemens (21-7)HTML Code:BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
B. Larkin (SS) 5 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 .329
R. White (CF) 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 .311
N. Garciaparra (DH) 5 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 .310
M. Vaughn (1B) 5 3 0 2 1 3 1 0 .314
M. Greenwell (LF) 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .308
M. Stanley (C) 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .267
P. Clark (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .266
B. Boone (2B) 3 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 .275
T. Naehring (3B) 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 .262
TOTALS 38 12 2 7 2 7 12 0
2B: M. Stanley (29), M. Vaughn (30), B. Larkin (31), M. Greenwell (34)
HR: M. Vaughn (35), B. Larkin (13)
CS: B. Boone
BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
R. Clemens 5.0 10 2 0 2 2 6 125 3.34
T. Gordon 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 2 54 5.17
TOTALS 9.0 11 2 0 2 2 8 179
LP - Wilson Alvarez (13-10)
SV - Tom Gordon (10)
HR - Mo Vaughn (35)
September 29
Red Sox (97-63) @ White Sox (83-77)
Red Sox 6 - White Sox 3
The only ones who are in the regular line up to play in this game were Boone and Naehring, but that didn't stop us from putting up six runs and fifteen hits! Jason Varitek collected the first hits of his career, going 3-4 with two doubles and two RBI's, and the only one who didn't collect a hit in this game was top prospect and lead-off hitter of the game Michael Coleman, who went 0-5 with a strike out. Radke still started the game, and he allowed three runs in seven innings of work, walking two and striking out six.
WP - Brad Radke (9-1)HTML Code:BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
M. Coleman (CF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .111
T. O'Leary (LF) 5 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 .224
B. Boone (2B) 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .276
R. Jefferson (1B) 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .167
P. Clark (P) 5 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 .271
K. Mitchell (RF) 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .267
T. Naehring (3B) 4 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 .265
J. Varitek (C) 4 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 .250
T. Rodriguez (SS) 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .250
TOTALS 41 15 0 6 1 6 7 0
2B: R. Jefferson (1), J. Varitek 2 (2)
HR: T. O'Leary (2)
CS: B. Boone
BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
B. Radke 7.0 8 2 1 3 3 6 97 3.99
H. Slocumb 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 12 4.85
R. Garces 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 3.31
TOTALS 9.0 8 3 1 3 3 7 121
LP - Kevin Tapani (14-10)
SV - Rich Garces (28)
HR - Troy O'Leary (2)
September 30
Red Sox (98-63) @ White Sox (83-78)
Red Sox 4 - White Sox 8
Jeff Suppan got rocked (3 IP, 6 H, BB, 5 ER, 2 K, 52 P), but that's okay, we just wanted to get him some work before the playoffs. We sat everyone but Boone and Naehring again, and this time we got some contributions from other young kids. Mike Coleman went 3-3, and Juan Diaz went 2-4 with a walk and two runs.
WP - Alex Fernandez (15-11)
LP - Jeff Suppan (13-6)
SV - N/A
HR - N/A
Thoughts: Onto the post-season! Not sure who we'll be playing in the ALDS yet, but it looks like it's gonna be the Indians. Before I start the post season I'm gonna do one final update and post all the final standings and leaders and things like that, but that probably won't be until way later tonight or tomorrow night. Wish me luck in the post season!
Congrats,it's playoff time!!!
Congratz on the Wild Card man
Yay! Death to the Red Sox.
Whew! Cutting it close, but you made it!
And everyone goes through the injury 'domino effect' at some point or another - too bad it happened late in the season for you.
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Thanks!Quote:
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How 'bout not death to the Red Sox, Oscar? :pQuote:
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It seemed to happen to me throughout the season, and then kind of all at once again at the end. But whatever, I'm happy I made it. And we're actually playing pretty well going into the post-season.Quote:
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FINAL LEAGUE UPDATE
AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDINGS - DIVISIONAL
STANDINGS - WILD CARD
OFFENSIVE LEADERS
PITCHING LEADERS
NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDINGS - DIVISIONAL
STANDINGS - WILD CARD
OFFENSIVE LEADERS
PITCHING LEADERS
FINAL NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS
NOTABLE SIGNINGS/RE-SIGNINGS
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MILESTONES
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TRADES
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(TRADE DEADLINE HAS PASSED)
FINAL SPIDERMAN AND ROCKET UPDATE
OF 1996
SS/DH Nomar Garciaparra (85/95), 22 years old
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Nomar's rookie season was a gigantic success. He started the season off by hitting almost .400 in the first couple months of the season, and then finished the season with the line you see above. He fell just one hit shy of getting 200 hits in his first season in the major leagues, and finished seventh in the AL in hits. Although I'm not sure of the performance of any other rookies besides my own, it's hard to believe that there was anyone who had a better rookie season than Nomar, and he should be the run away American League Rookie of the Year award winner.
SP Roger Clemens (96), 33 years old
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Clemens had a fantastic 1996 season. He finished with the most wins hes had since 1990 (also finishing with 21 wins that season) and is bettered only by his 1986 campaign in which he won 24 games. He also finished with the third highest strikeout total of his career, and the most complete games he's had in a season since 1992. He's probably not the leading candidate for AL Cy Young (with the fantastic year Randy Johnson had) but he's still a strong candidate. He finished in the top five in the AL in wins (which he led), strikeouts, ERA, innings pitched (which he also led), opposing batting average, opposing slugging percentage, and opposing OPS.
FINAL TEAM UPDATE
BEFORE POSTSEASON/OFFSEASON
NOTE 1: Stats with a red box around them are the team leaders.
NOTE 2: If there is a stat with a red box around it but there are players with a higher number in that stat, it means that not all the stats were accumulated with the Red Sox.
BATTING LINEUP
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We had an extremely productive offense this season. Five guys with 20+ homers, everyone who started a large number of games but Jeff Frye and Freddy Sanchez had double digit homers. We had fantastic rookie seasons out of Trot Nixon, Nomar, and Freddy Sanchez. Nixon finished at .265/.338/.449/.787 with 11 homers, 54 RBI's, and 101 hits for the season, and Sanchez finished at .300/.325/.414/.739 with two homers and 21 RBI's in 227 AB's. Nomar was on a different planet, however, as far as rookies go, finishing at .310/.353/.505/.858 with 22 homers, 118 RBI's, 199 hits, and 41 doubles for the season. He's got to be the leading AL RoY candidate. Mike Stanley finished with a career high in walks at 75, and Mike Greenwell tied his career high in homers with 22. Mo Vaughn also had a huge season, finishing with 35 homers, 112 RBI's, and a line of .313/.405/.569/.974, putting him in the MVP race.
HITTERS ON DISABLED LIST
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PITCHING STAFF
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The starting rotation started the season pretty rough, but after some changes and given some time they turned out to be pretty productive. Clemens had a Cy Young-type year (though he probably won't win it since Randy Johnson was on another planet this season), with his 21 wins, 250+ K's, and 3.34 ERA in his 229 innings pitched. We also managed to acquire what looks to be a future ace in Brad Radke, as he went 9-1 with a 3.75 ERA in 105 innings after we traded for him. Suppan had a pretty ERA and win total, but those are a little deceiving and his peripherals don't bear out well. He struck out only 83 in almost 150 innings, allowed 20 homers, and had an opposing batting average of .274. Hopefully some improvement in the defense will help him out though. Butch Henry was the only starter that started and finished the season in the rotation that finished with fewer than ten wins. The bullpen was also solid (though not spectacular). Gordon was a big disappointment, posting an ERA over 5.00 when we were expecting a strong season from him as the closer. Garces did have a good season in the closer role, however, converting 28 of 32 save chances, and striking out 48 in 54 innings.
PLAYOFF PREVIEW
AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES
NEW YORK YANKEES vs. SEATTLE MARINERS
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SCHEDULE
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PITCHING MATCH-UPS
GAME 1
DAVID CONE (15-7, 3.83 ERA) @ RANDY JOHNSON (18-5, 2.70 ERA)
GAME 2
ANDY PETTITTE (15-8, 3.88 ERA) @ CHRIS BOSIO (13-11, 4.87)
GAME 3
FREDDY GARCIA (13-8, 4.00 ERA) @ KENNY ROGERS (13-8, 5.63 ERA)
GAME 4
STERLING HITCHCOCK (14-8, 5.05 ERA) @ JIMMY KEY (10-6, 4.27 ERA)
GAME 5
RANDY JOHNSON (18-5, 2.70 ERA) @ DAVID CONE (15-7, 3.83 ERA)
LINEUPS AND PITCHING STAFFS
NEW YORK YANKEES vs. SEATTLE MARINERS
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PLAYOFF PREVIEW
AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES
CLEVELAND INDIANS vs. BOSTON RED SOX
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SCHEDULE
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PITCHING MATCH-UPS
GAME 1
JACK MCDOWELL (15-5, 4.04 ERA) @ ROGER CLEMENS (21-7, 3.34 ERA)
GAME 2
BRIAN ANDERSON (14-5, 3.74 ERA) @ BRAD RADKE (9-1, 3.75 ERA)
GAME 3
JEFF SUPPAN (13-6, 4.46 ERA) @ CHARLES NAGY (11-5, 4.67 ERA)
GAME 4
JAMIE MOYER (13-4, 4.68 ERA) @ BARTOLO COLON (9-4, 4.83 ERA)
GAME 5
ROGER CLEMENS (21-7, 3.34 ERA) @ JACK MCDOWELL (15-5, 4.04 ERA)
LINEUPS AND PITCHING STAFFS
CLEVELAND INDIANS vs. BOSTON RED SOX
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Also, much thanks to mattynokes for finding two new photos that will now be gracing the player cards of our main characters, Roger Clemens and Nomar Garciaparra.
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Psst, Go Yankees!
Even though the Yankees had more regular season wins than the Mariners, I think that's an extremely even, intriguing series. It'll be interesting to see how it turns out.Quote:
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PLAYOFF PREVIEW
NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES
HOUSTON ASTROS vs. COLORADO ROCKIES
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SCHEDULE
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PITCHING MATCH-UPS
GAME 1
DOUG DRABEK (20-7, 3.82 ERA) @ MARK GUBICZA (15-5, 4.14 ERA)
GAME 2
DARRYL KILE (14-9, 4.16 ERA) @ ARMANDO REYNOSO (11-6, 3.75 ERA)
GAME 3
KEVIN KITZ (11-10, 6.78 ERA) @ SHANE REYNOLDS (8-10, 3.79 ERA)
GAME 4
DAVID NIED (8-6, 5.15 ERA) @ MIKE HAMPTON (10-14, 5.38 ERA)
GAME 5
MARK GUBICZA (15-5, 4.14 ERA) @ DOUG DRABEK (20-7, 3.82 ERA)
LINEUPS AND PITCHING STAFFS
HOUSTON ASTROS vs. COLORADO ROCKIES
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PLAYOFF PREVIEW
NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISION SERIES
LOS ANGELES DODGERS vs. FLORIDA MARLINS
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SCHEDULE
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PITCHING MATCH-UPS
GAME 1
ISMAEL VALDEZ (16-8, 2.97 ERA) @ JOHN BURKETT (12-7, 3.03 ERA)
GAME 2
RAMON MARTINEZ (8-9, 4.22 ERA) @ A.J. BURNETT (9-11, 3.90 ERA)
GAME 3
KEVIN BROWN (14-7, 2.07 ERA) @ TOM CANDIOTTI (9-12, 4.15 ERA)
GAME 4
AL LEITER (15-10, 3.85 ERA) @ CHAN HO PARK (10-6, 3.95 ERA)
GAME 5
JOHN BURKETT (12-7, 3.03 ERA) @ ISMAEL VALDEZ (16-8, 2.97 ERA)
LINEUPS AND PITCHING STAFFS
LOS ANGELES DODGERS vs. FLORIDA MARLINS
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October 3
Indians @ Red Sox
Indians 5 - Red Sox 1
Indians lead series 1-0
Roger Clemens got off to a bad start in this game, allowing a run on three hits in the first inning. He settled in quite nicely, allowing just two runs over six innings and striking out eight, but alas it was still not enough for the win. Our only run came in retaliation to their first inning run when Barry Larkin led off our half of the first with a homer. It was pretty tight the rest of the way, but Mike Maddux came in in the seventh and allowed a three-run home run to Manny Ramirez to put the game away for the Indians. Nomar also went 0-4 in his playoff debut. We turn to Brad Radke in game two as we look to tie up the series before heading to Cleveland.
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Indians (CLE) 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 5 12 1
Red Sox (BOS) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
CLEVELAND ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
K. Lofton (CF) 4 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 .336
O. Vizquel (SS) 5 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .307
A. Belle (LF) 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .282
M. Ramirez (RF) 5 2 0 1 1 4 2 0 .344
J. Thome (3B) 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .305
E. Murray (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .292
J. Burnitz (DH) 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 .219
C. Baerga (2B) 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .310
T. Pena (C) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .279
TOTALS 38 12 2 5 1 5 9 1
2B: J. Thome 2, K. Lofton 2
HR: M. Ramirez
CLEVELAND ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
J. McDowell 7.0 7 1 1 1 1 4 113 4.04
R. Betancourt 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 1 27 4.32
TOTALS 9.0 7 2 1 1 1 5 140
BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
B. Larkin (SS) 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 .329
R. White (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .311
N. Garciaparra (DH) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310
M. Vaughn (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .313
M. Greenwell (LF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
M. Stanley (C) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .267
B. Boone (2B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .278
T. Nixon (RF) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265
T. Naehring (3B) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .262
TOTALS 33 7 2 1 1 1 5 0
2B: R. White, T. Naehring
HR: B. Larkin
HBP: M. Greenwell
GIDP: B. Boone
BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
R. Clemens 6.0 8 1 0 2 2 8 122 3.34
M. Maddux 1.0 3 0 1 3 3 1 28 3.22
M. Stanton 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 4.50
R. Garces 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 3.31
TOTALS 9.0 12 2 1 5 5 9 181
WP: J. McDowell
LP: R. Clemens
LP - Roger Clemens
SV - N/A
HR - Barry Larkin (1), Manny Ramirez (1)
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THE REST OF THE PLAYOFFS
YANKEES vs. MARINERS
Yankees win Game #1 against the Mariners 8-7 in spite of two homers from Raul Ibanez and one homer from Alex Rodriguez. Tino Martinez drives in three runs.
Yankees lead series 1-0
ASTROS vs. ROCKIES
Rockies win Game #1 on a complete game three-hit shutout by Mark Gubicza and a homer and four RBI's by Jeff Reed.
Rockies lead series 1-0
DODGERS vs. MARLINS
The Dodgers win a fantastic pitchers duel in game one. Ismael Valdez gets the 'W' by going eight innings and allowing only one run on five hits, while John Burkett is the unfortunate loser as he goes seven and allows two runs on seven hits.
Dodgers lead series 1-0
October 4
Indians @ Red Sox
Indians 11 - Red Sox 10 (10 innings)
Indians lead series 2-0
Crappy bullpen play caused us to lose this game. We led by three runs going into the top of the ninth, but Rich Garces came in and gave up three runs to let the Indians tie the game on hits by Lofton, Vizquel, Belle, and Thome. Butch Henry then came in and allowed a two-run homer to Carlos Baerga in the 10th to help them win. We got a run in the bottom of the tenth to pull within one and put the walk-off run at the plate, but could do nothing with it. We now head to Cleveland down two games to none, and look like we'll be headed home early this post-season.
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Indians (CLE) 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 11 19 2
Red Sox (BOS) 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 10 16 0
CLEVELAND ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
K. Lofton (CF) 6 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 .336
O. Vizquel (SS) 6 5 0 2 0 1 1 0 .307
A. Belle (LF) 5 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 .282
M. Ramirez (RF) 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .344
J. Thome (3B) 5 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 .305
E. Murray (1B) 5 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 .292
J. Burnitz (DH) 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 .219
C. Baerga (2B) 5 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 .310
T. Pena (C) 5 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .279
TOTALS 45 19 3 11 3 11 5 0
2B: O. Vizquel 2, K. Lofton
3B: J. Thome, K. Lofton
HR: E. Murray, C. Baerga, K. Lofton
GIDP: C. Baerga, J. Thome, A. Belle
CS: O. Vizquel
CLEVELAND ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
O. Hershiser 3.0 6 2 2 6 4 1 73 3.95
E. Plunk 2.0 3 1 0 1 1 4 44 3.75
R. Betancourt 2.0 1 0 1 1 1 2 28 4.32
P. Assenmacher 1.0 2 0 0 1 1 1 25 4.60
J. Mesa 1.1 4 0 0 1 1 1 30 4.77
A. Embree 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6.20
TOTALS 10.0 16 3 3 10 8 9 205
BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
B. Larkin (SS) 6 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 .329
R. White (CF) 6 3 0 3 0 1 1 0 .311
N. Garciaparra (DH) 5 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 .310
M. Vaughn (1B) 6 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 .313
M. Greenwell (LF) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
M. Stanley (C) 6 3 0 2 1 2 1 0 .267
B. Boone (2B) 5 2 0 1 1 3 1 0 .278
T. Nixon (RF) 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .265
T. Naehring (3B) 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .262
TOTALS 48 16 3 10 3 10 9 0
2B: M. Stanley, B. Larkin, R. White, T. Nixon
HR: M. Stanley, B. Boone, B. Larkin
BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
B. Radke 6.1 11 0 1 5 5 3 88 3.99
M. Stanton 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 4.50
M. Maddux 1.1 1 2 1 1 1 0 29 3.22
R. Garces 1.0 4 0 0 3 3 1 29 3.31
B. Henry 1.0 2 1 1 2 2 0 18 4.62
TOTALS 10.0 19 3 3 11 11 5 173
WP: J. Mesa
LP: B. Henry
SV: A. Embree
LP - Butch Henry
SV - Alan Embree
HR - Barry Larkin (2), Bret Boone (1), Mike Stanley (1), Eddie Murray (1), Carlos Baerga (1), Kenny Lofton (1)
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THE REST OF THE PLAYOFFS
YANKEES vs. MARINERS
The Mariners tie the series at 1-1 on a solid start by Bosio (7 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 5 BB) and a huge game out of the offense. Ichiro, Joey Cora, A-Rod, and Edgar Martinez all drove in two runs, while Griffey Jr. and Rich Amaral each drove in one.
Series tied at 1-1
ASTROS vs. ROCKIES
The Rockies go up 2-0 with another strong pitching performance. Armando Reynoso went 7 2/3 innings and allowed only two runs on four hits and two walks.
Rockies lead series 2-0
DODGERS vs. MARLINS
The Dodgers also manage to take a commanding series lead with the help of a strong start by Ramon Martinez and three RBI's, a homer, and two doubles by Raul Mondesi. Martinez went seven innings and allowed two runs on six hits while striking out seven. A.J. Burnett also pitched well, going six and allowing one run on five hits with six K's, but again the Marlins were the unfortunate losers.
Dodgers lead series 2-0
October 5
Red Sox @ Indians
Red Sox 4 - Indians 2
Indians lead series 2-1
Jeff Suppan came up huge in this game to keep us in the series. Suppan pitched 8 1/3 innings and allowed just two runs on seven hits, walked no one, and struck out five. Larkin led the offense again, going 2-4 with an RBI, and raising his batting average in this series to .429. We've got Moyer going in game four as we look to force a final and decisive game five.
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Red Sox (BOS) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 7 0
Indians (CLE) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0
BOSTON ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
B. Larkin (SS) 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 .329
R. White (CF) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .311
N. Garciaparra (DH) 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .310
M. Vaughn (1B) 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 .313
M. Greenwell (LF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
M. Stanley (C) 4 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 .267
P. Clark (RF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .271
B. Boone (2B) 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .278
T. Naehring (3B) 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .262
TOTALS 32 7 1 4 2 4 4 1
2B: N. Garciaparra, B. Larkin, R. White, T. Naehring
HR: M. Stanley, M. Vaughn
HBP: M. Vaughn
GIDP: M. Greenwell
BOSTON ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
J. Suppan 8.1 7 0 0 2 2 5 112 4.46
R. Garces 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 3.31
TOTALS 9.0 7 0 0 2 2 6 125
CLEVELAND ab h bb r hr bi k sb avg
K. Lofton (CF) 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .336
O. Vizquel (SS) 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307
A. Belle (LF) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
M. Ramirez (RF) 4 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .344
J. Thome (3B) 4 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .305
E. Murray (1B) 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .292
J. Burnitz (DH) 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .219
C. Baerga (2B) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .310
T. Pena (C) 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .279
TOTALS 33 7 0 2 0 2 6 1
3B: J. Thome
HBP: A. Belle
CS: E. Murray
CLEVELAND ip h bb hr r er k pit ERA
B. Anderson 7.0 5 1 1 3 3 4 88 3.74
R. Betancourt 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 4.32
P. Assenmacher 1.0 1 0 1 1 1 0 20 4.60
TOTALS 9.0 7 1 2 4 4 4 117
WP: J. Suppan
LP: B. Anderson
SV: R. Garces
LP - Brian Anderson
SV - Rich Garces
HR - Mike Stanley (2), Mo Vaughn (1)
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THE REST OF THE PLAYOFFS
YANKEES vs. MARINERS
The Yankees win Game #3 in a 12-3 rout of the Mariners. Bobby Ayala allowed five runs in 2/3 of an inning in relief of Freddy Garcia, who allowed four runs in four innings. Everyone in the Yankees line-up collected at least one hit, and everyone but Tino Martinez scored. Kenny Rogers also goes 8 2/3 innings and allows only two earned runs on four hits while striking out eight.
Yankees lead series 2-1
ASTROS vs. ROCKIES
Houston wins Game #3 to avoid elimination, due in large part to the pitching effort by Shane Reynolds. Reynold pitched a complete game and allowed only one run on nine hits, while striking out six. Biggio drove in four runs on a homer and a double.
Rockies lead series 2-1
DODGERS vs. MARLINS
The Marlins win Game #3 in extras to stay alive in the NLDS. Kevin Brown and Tom Candiotti both pitched well, going seven innings and allowing two runs each in opposition to each other. The game-winning run came in the top of the 12th when Jeff Conine singled home Quilvio Veras from third base.
Dodgers lead series 2-1