Boston Red Sox Baseball Blog » Javier Lopez http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com a blog about Boston Red Sox Baseball Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:54:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Red Sox beaten down in Tampa once again http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-beaten-down-in-tampa-once-again/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-beaten-down-in-tampa-once-again/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:30:34 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/?p=82 For the second straight night, the Boston Red Sox lost to the Tampa Bay Rays as the two team battle for the division title. On Wednesay night, the Sox lost to the Rays by the score of 10-3. It just wasn’t the Red Sox night and they will now need to go on a nice winning streak if they want to win the division.

Tim Wakefield gave up three home runs in only 2 1/3 innings. Wakefield was charged with six hits and six runs as the Rays hit him very hard in his two plus innings of action. Wakefield took the loss and fell to 9-11 on the year. Devern Hansack gave up one run in relief while Javier Lopez and David Pauley were both charged with two runs each.

The Sox did get two home runs from big papi David Ortiz. Ortiz connected on a two run shot in the first inning and then a solo home run in the fourth inning. That was all the scoring for the Sox however as they struggled at the plate.

The Red Sox will be off on Thursday and then will begin a series with the Toronto Blue Jays. I look for the Red Sox to sweep the series and hopefully get right back on top of the division.

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-beaten-down-in-tampa-once-again/feed/ 0 Red Sox hammered by the Orioles 11-6 http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-hammered-by-the-orioles-11-6/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-hammered-by-the-orioles-11-6/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:50:45 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/?p=74 The Boston Red Sox were hammered by the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night by the score of 11-6. The Red Sox attempted to come back as they out-hit the Orioles 13-9 but the Orioles wern’t having anything to do with it and only allowed the sox to score a late run in the eighth inning.

Four out of five Red Sox pitchers gave up runs in the game. Starting pitcher Clay Buchholz only lasted 2 1/3 innings as he gave up three hits and five runs. David Aardsma gave up two runs, Javier Lopez was charged with three runs while Mike Timlin gave up one run. Bad outing by the Red Sox pitching staff.

Jacoby Ellsbury, David Ortiz, Kevin Youkilis, Jason Bay, and Jed Lowrie all had rbi’s in the game for the Sox. It clearly wasn’t enough however as the pitching staff completely sucked it up.

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-hammered-by-the-orioles-11-6/feed/ 0 Red Sox have no problems beating the Twins on Wednesday http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-have-no-problems-beating-the-twins-on-wednesday/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-have-no-problems-beating-the-twins-on-wednesday/#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:11:44 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/?p=64 The Boston Red Sox had no problems beating the visting Minnesota Twins on Wednesday as they defeated them by the score of 18-5.  The Red Sox used a seven run 7th inning to really blow the game wide open and finish off the the three game game sweep of Twins.

Dustin Pedroia extended his hitting streak once again as he had three rbi in the game to go along with three rbi from Manny Ramirez.  Kevin Youkilis however led the team with four rbi has had a two run home run in the 9th inning to go along with a rbi double and rbi sac fly.  Mike Lowell, and Sean Casey all had two rbi as well.  Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Kevin Cash, and Julio Lugo all had one rbi to help out.  Everybody except Brandon Moss and Jeff Bailey had a rbi in the game.

Josh Beckett earned the win even though he didn’t throw the ball that well.  Beckett only pitched five innings as he gave up eight hits and five runs.  Justin Morneau and Jason Kubel both took Beckett deep to account for three of the five runs that he gave up.  However, Beckett was still able to improve his record to 9-5.

Javier Lopez, Craig Hansen, Manny Delcarmen, and Mike Timlin all pitched great out of the bullpen as the held the Twins to the five runs that Beckett had allowed.  Great job today out of the bullpen!

The Red Sox are now off on Thursday and will pick things back up Friday against the Baltimore Orioles.

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-have-no-problems-beating-the-twins-on-wednesday/feed/ 0 Red Sox suffer a 5-4 lose to the Rays http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-suffer-a-5-4-lose-to-the-rays/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-suffer-a-5-4-lose-to-the-rays/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:34:59 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-suffer-a-5-4-lose-to-the-rays/ The Boston Red Sox suffered a dissapointing loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night by the score of 5-4.  The three game series against the Rays is going to be a very big one as far as the standings go.  With the loss on Monday night, the Rays are now up 1.5 games on the Red Sox in the division.

Red Sox starting pitcher Justin Masterson lasted six inning as he gave up five hits and four runs.  Five walks and two home runs really hurt Masterson as he took the loss in the game to fall to 4-2 on the season.  B.J. Upton and Gabe Gross both took Masterson deep in the game.

Chris Smith gave up three walks and one run in only 1/3 of an inning.  Javier Lopez was then called in to pitch the final 1 2/3 innings of the game.  Lopez did a good job by holding the Rays at five runs.

Mike Lowell had a rbi single in the fourth inning and then J.D. Drew hit a solo home run in the sixth inning.  Drew is swinging a very hot bat this month, and could very well be the player of the month the way he swung the bat in June.  The Sox just ran into James Shields who was wheeling and dealing on the mound.

The Sox did make it interesting in the ninth inning as they scored two runs off of Troy Percival and had the tying run on third base when Julio Lugo came to bat against J.P. Howell. However Lugo  Brandon Moss and Jason Varitek both had rbi’s for the Red Sox in the ninth inning as they came up big. 

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-suffer-a-5-4-lose-to-the-rays/feed/ 0 J.D. Drew has four hits as Red Sox beat the Phillies 7-4 http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/jd-drew-has-four-hits-as-red-sox-beat-the-phillies-7-4/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/jd-drew-has-four-hits-as-red-sox-beat-the-phillies-7-4/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:40:29 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/jd-drew-has-four-hits-as-red-sox-beat-the-phillies-7-4/ J.D. Drew who was booed everytime he came to bad led the Boston Red Sox past the Philadelphia Phillies by the score of 7-4.  Drew went 4-5 and fell only a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.  Drew also had four rbi in the game to lead the Red Sox in that category.

Drew and Mike Lowell went back to back when they both hit home runs in the first inning and the Red Sox never looked back from there.  Brandon Moss contributed with two rbi’s in the game as well.  Moss had a two run single in the third inning.

Justin Masterson pitched five innings and allowed four hits and two runs while picking up the win.  Masterson walked two batters, struckout one, while improving his record to 4-1.  It was a quality outing for Masterson and that is all you can ask out of him at this point.

Javier Lopez pitched a scoreless inning before Craig Hansen came in during the seventh inning and gave up two hits and two runs withour recording an out.  Manny Delcarmen ended up pitching the seventh and eighth innings before Jonathan Papelbon came in for the ninth inning.  Papelbon had no problems picking up his 21st save of the season.

With the win, the Red Sox took two out of three games from the Phillies so it was a really good series overall.  Now the Red Sox will be off on Thursday before starting a series against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/jd-drew-has-four-hits-as-red-sox-beat-the-phillies-7-4/feed/ 0 Colon and Timlin each give up four runs as Red Sox lose 8-2 http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/colon-and-timlin-each-give-up-four-runs-as-red-sox-lose-8-2/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/colon-and-timlin-each-give-up-four-runs-as-red-sox-lose-8-2/#comments Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:06:54 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/colon-and-timlin-each-give-up-four-runs-as-red-sox-lose-8-2/ The Boston Red Sox didn’t get off to the start they were hoping to against the Philadelphia Phillies.  Starting pitcher Bartolo Colon only lasted four innings after giving up four runs and leaving the game in the fifth inning with some sort of back injury.

Once Colon left the game the Red Sox called on the bullpen which was ok except for one pitcher.  Mike Timlin gave up four more runs in just 2/3’s of an inning.  David Aardsma, Javier Lopez, and Hideki Okajima all threw the ball well out though.  Timlin more less to the Red Sox out of the game when he gave up the four runs in the sixth inning.

The only runs for the Red Sox came in the fifth inning with Dustin Pedroia and J.D. Drew hit back-to-back solo home runs.  Other then that the Red Sox struggled at getting back to back hits or any sort of rally going.  Hopefully they will swing the bat better on Tuesday.

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/colon-and-timlin-each-give-up-four-runs-as-red-sox-lose-8-2/feed/ 0 Big first innings propels Red Sox to 6-3 victory over the Orioles http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/big-first-innings-propels-red-sox-to-6-3-victory-over-the-orioles/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/big-first-innings-propels-red-sox-to-6-3-victory-over-the-orioles/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:55:10 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/big-first-innings-propels-red-sox-to-6-3-victory-over-the-orioles/ The Boston Red Sox scored five runs in the first inning and then went on to beat the Baltimore Orioles by the score of 6-1 on Wednesday night.  With the win the three game series now tied 1-1 and the rubber match will be Thursday evening.

Bartolo Colon improved to 4-1 on the season as the threw six innings to pick up the win.  Colon allowed five hits on only one run in his six innings of action.  Very good outing by Colon everyone at the Red Sox Blog thinks!

David Aardsma pitched a scoreless seventh inning and then turned things over to Javier Lopez who threw a scoreless eighth inning.  Mike Timlin came in to pitch the ninth inning and had some trouble as he gave up a rbi double to Kevin Millar and then another run scored on an error by Dustin Pedroia.  The Red Sox finally brough in Jonathan Papelbon to record the final out and pick up the save which was his of the season.

Jason Varitek hit a three run home run in the first inning to have the big hit for the Red Sox on the night.  The home run gave the Red Sox a 5-0 lead after the first inning and after that it was all Red Sox.  Mike Lowell also added on a solo home run for the Sox.  J.D. Drew didn’t want to be left out as he had a rbi single and also scored on a wild pitch in the first inning.

I really like the Red Sox’s chances on Thursday evening as they take on the Orioles once again.  What do you think Red Sox fans?  Do they take the series over the Orioles 2-1?

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/big-first-innings-propels-red-sox-to-6-3-victory-over-the-orioles/feed/ 0 Big sixth inning propels the Reds Sox to a 7-4 victory over the Rays http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/big-sixth-inning-propels-the-reds-sox-to-a-7-4-victory-over-the-rays/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/big-sixth-inning-propels-the-reds-sox-to-a-7-4-victory-over-the-rays/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:04:43 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/big-sixth-inning-propels-the-reds-sox-to-a-7-4-victory-over-the-rays/ The Boston Red Sox used a big four run sixth inning to come back and beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4 on Tuesday night in Boston.  Jason Varitek, Coco Crisp, and Jacoby Ellsbury all came up big in the sixth inning.

Lowell and Crisp led the Red Sox at the plate as they both had two rbi on the game.  J.D. Drew, Varitek, and Ellsbury all had one rbi as the Red Sox used production up and down the entire lineup to get by the fiesty Rays.

Justin Masterson picked up the win and is now 2-0 on the season.  Masterson pitched six innings and gave up six hits and four runs.  Three of the four runs came via two long balls that Masterson served up to Akinori Iwamura and Carlos Pena.

Manny Delcarmen, Javier Lopez, Craig Hansen, and Jonathan Papelbon all seen action out of the bullpen and they all did a pretty good job. Papelbon finished the game off and earned his 17th save of the season.

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]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/big-sixth-inning-propels-the-reds-sox-to-a-7-4-victory-over-the-rays/feed/ 0 Red Sox make two runs hold up as they beat the Royals 2-1 http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-make-two-runs-hold-up-as-they-beat-the-royals-2-1/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-make-two-runs-hold-up-as-they-beat-the-royals-2-1/#comments Wed, 21 May 2008 02:04:41 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-make-two-runs-hold-up-as-they-beat-the-royals-2-1/ The Boston Red Sox didn’t throw a no hitter on Tuesday night but they did limit the Kansas City Royals to five hits as the Red Sox beat the Royals 2-1.  Two runs in the second inning proved to be enough for the Red Sox as they beat the Royals for the second straight night.

Julio Lugo and Coco Crisp both had rbi singles in the second inning for the Red Sox runs.  After that, the Red Sox offense struggled as they only had three other hits the entire game.

Justin Masterson pitched 6 1/3 innings to pick up the win.  Masteron is now 1-0 on the season as he allowed three hits and only the one run in the game.  Javier Lopez, Manny Delcarmen, and Hideki Okajima all pitched before Jonathan Papelbon came in to record his 13th save of the season.

Good win for the Red Sox even though they need to swing the bat better.  I’d expect them to do a good job at the plate tomorrow when they take on the Royals once again.  Red Sox Blog

]]> http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-make-two-runs-hold-up-as-they-beat-the-royals-2-1/feed/ 0 Red Sox lose 6-3 to the Orioles as they lose their 4th straight http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-lose-6-3-to-the-orioles-as-they-lose-their-4th-straight/ http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-lose-6-3-to-the-orioles-as-they-lose-their-4th-straight/#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 21:53:18 +0000 GoSoxGo http://www.redsoxhomeplate.com/red-sox-lose-6-3-to-the-orioles-as-they-lose-their-4th-straight/ The Boston Red Sox have hit a little bit of a slump as they have now lost four games in a row.  Today’s game against the Baltimore Orioles seen the Orioles score six runs combined in the sixth in seventh inning as the Red Sox lost 6-3.  They just couldn’t hold onto the lead…

Starting pitcher Jon Lester pitched six innings while giving up five hits and two runs.  He struckout four batters while only walking two.  Lester ended up getting the no decision in the game as the bullpen couldn’t hold the lead after he left the game.

Javier Lopez pitched 2/3 of an inning and gave up one run.  After Lopez left the game, Craig Hansen gave up two more runs without recording an out and also took the loss in the game.  Hideki Okajima followed Hansen and and gave up one run as well.  The bullpen just sucked it up today, nothing else to really blog about.

Dustin Pedroia got the Red Sox scoring started in the first inning with a rbi single.  Then in the fifth inning Jason Varitek hit a solo home run.  Mike Lowell also hit a solo home run in the game as he went deep in the sixth inning.

The Red Sox will get a much needed off day on Thursday and then they will play the Milwaukee Brewers in a interleague series.

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