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re: Red Sox 9 @ Dodgers 6 Final - FOX
Posted on 10/28/18 at 6:40 am to Vegas Eddie
Posted on 10/28/18 at 6:40 am to Vegas Eddie
Wow! Boston came back!
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Posted on 10/28/18 at 8:06 am to BigPapiDoesItAgain
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I'm gonna crow about it one more time - Eovaldi completely changed the bullpen equation by stretching that game last night. Kimbrel was the only Sox reliever that didn't look fresh as a daisy. The Dodger pen was more taxed than the Sox pen by the long game. Also, I know I was pissed at ERod for not running on the ground ball, but he was very good tonight. By all rights should've been out of the 6th, and only made one bad pitch. His stuff was good and he was economical with his pitches. Pen should be in good shape tomorrow, but Cora is going to be hard pressed to use Kimbrel at the back end again tomorrow.
Perfectly said. All I kept hearing from the pundits was how many innings the Red Sox had to pitch Friday night and how the entire dynamic of the series had changed in favor of the Dodgers. Like somehow the Sox were the only team pitching for 18 innings. Eovaldi going six basically kept the pen almost fresh.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 9:20 am to Fleur De Lethal
THE EOVALDI FACTOR
History will always record that Nathan Eovaldi was the losing pitcher in that 18-inning game. But that isn’t what his teammates will remember about him. They will remember that he threw 97 pitches in relief, while pitching on one day’s rest, because, well, somebody had to do it if they were going to have any chance to win.
So when the manager, Alex Cora, addressed his weary troops after that game, he knew precisely where to put the focus. Not on this loss — but on the man who made one of the most heroic emergency relief outings in franchise history.
“We talked about it after the game,” Cora said Saturday night. “And you know what? For how devastating it was outside the clubhouse, for us it was just another game. I think everybody appreciated what Nate did. And that was the whole talk. It wasn’t about us losing the game, losing a chance to be [up], 3-0. It was about Nate. And that was powerful. That was amazing, what he did. And I know everybody in that clubhouse — we were in awe about what we did. And then we showed up today and we played.”
It isn’t often in baseball that the losing pitcher one day inspires his teammates to do the impossible the next day. But that just might have happened.
“For him to take the loss last night, it wasn’t right,” said second baseman Brock Holt. “But I think all of us in uniform — coaching staff, players — I mean, you saw what he did for us. And I think we took that we didn’t want to just let that performance just wither away.”
Jayson Stark WS G4 piece
History will always record that Nathan Eovaldi was the losing pitcher in that 18-inning game. But that isn’t what his teammates will remember about him. They will remember that he threw 97 pitches in relief, while pitching on one day’s rest, because, well, somebody had to do it if they were going to have any chance to win.
So when the manager, Alex Cora, addressed his weary troops after that game, he knew precisely where to put the focus. Not on this loss — but on the man who made one of the most heroic emergency relief outings in franchise history.
“We talked about it after the game,” Cora said Saturday night. “And you know what? For how devastating it was outside the clubhouse, for us it was just another game. I think everybody appreciated what Nate did. And that was the whole talk. It wasn’t about us losing the game, losing a chance to be [up], 3-0. It was about Nate. And that was powerful. That was amazing, what he did. And I know everybody in that clubhouse — we were in awe about what we did. And then we showed up today and we played.”
It isn’t often in baseball that the losing pitcher one day inspires his teammates to do the impossible the next day. But that just might have happened.
“For him to take the loss last night, it wasn’t right,” said second baseman Brock Holt. “But I think all of us in uniform — coaching staff, players — I mean, you saw what he did for us. And I think we took that we didn’t want to just let that performance just wither away.”
Jayson Stark WS G4 piece
Posted on 10/28/18 at 9:33 am to BigPapiDoesItAgain
Honestly, he is the MVP of the world series right now. He won't get it, but his work has been as, or more, valuable than anyone else's. If David Price pitches well and the red Sox close it out tonight, he probably gets the MVP.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 10:59 am to PearlJam
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he is the MVP of the world series right now
I think he is in the mix, which is rather small right now - Price (especially with a substantial contribution should they win tonight), Pearce & Eovaldi. Outside chances for Benny and JBJ especially if one should have a big night tonight or one of the games going forward.
Posted on 10/28/18 at 1:46 pm to PropofolPapi
Screw Boston!
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