Aug 18th O's vs. Sox

[Scrat1]

No Game thread yet?

For the Orioles:

Roberts - 2B

Markakis - RF

Mora - 3B

Huff - DH

Hernandez - C

Millar - 1B

Scott - LF

Payton - CF

Castro - SS

Guthrie - P

For the Red Sox:

Ellsbury - RF

Pedroia - 2B

Ortiz - DH

Youkilis - 3B

Bay - LF

Lowrie - SS

Casey - 1B

Varitek - C

Crisp - CF

Lester - P

[Saintbird]

Has the 50 millionth fan come yet?

[Scrat1]

Oh well I guess I can't expect Mora to hit a homerun at every at bat.

Why is Ramon so high up in the batting order? Does he have a history with Lester or something?

[brvn52]

Has the 50 millionth fan come yet?

Yeah I was wondering the same thing.

How crazy would it be if it's within 5k of 50 mill after tonight? How about 1k? That would be insane.

I'd probably consider camping out overnight downtown if it was close enough.

[brvn52]

Come on Guts. You can't let .644 OPS Jason Varitek do that to you.

[Frobby]

This may not be Guthrie's night -- a double, 2 HR's and 4 fly outs so far in 1.2 IP. He's not getting the ball down. (Or at least, that's what I infer, as I'm only following GameDay.)

[hammer310]

Ahhhhh, sweet HD.

Not so sweet 2 homers by the Sux.

They havent announced anything, so I can still win it tomorrow! Hopefully it doesnt happen during the game.

[Scrat1]

This may not be Guthrie's night -- a double, 2 HR's and 4 fly outs so far in 1.2 IP. He's not getting the ball down. (Or at least, that's what I infer, as I'm only following GameDay.)

I'm doing the same. He's also throwing a lot of balls. Hopefully he settles and the offense does its part.

[PaulFolk]

I'm doing a real-time game recap tonight, for anyone who's interested.

[brvn52]

This may not be Guthrie's night -- a double, 2 HR's and 4 fly outs so far in 1.2 IP. He's not getting the ball down. (Or at least, that's what I infer, as I'm only following GameDay.)

He's not getting the ball down at all. Just about every ball has been put in the air.

In the first, the Pedroia fly out was to the warning track and the Ellsbury out was a high fly ball.

In the second, obviously there were the Bay and Varitek homers (both weren't even close to staying in the yard), but all 3 of his outs were fly balls.

He still has time to settle down and get the ball down, but the fact that 9 of the 11 guys he's faced have hit the ball in the air isn't promising.

[hammer310]

Hunter just said they will likely not reach the 50 millionth fan tonight.

Lester has a nice Cutter. He got Mora and Millar out with it.

[brvn52]

They just said it appears the 50 millionth fan will be TOMORROW.

We'll see, but someone is gonna have to get there early to win (which is how it should be).

[brvn52]

Hunter just said they will likely not reach the 50 millionth fan tonight.

Beat me to it!

[brvn52]

Nice catch by Ramon leaning over into the dugout.

So far Ellsbury/Pedroia are 0-4. That's the first part of the recipe for beating BOS. Unfortunately, we've failed at another part and given up 2 HR's to Bay and Varitek. Plenty of time to come back, though.

[brvn52]

Nice catch by Millah! That ball was a SHOT. But it was right at him. Two good defensive plays to start up the inning.