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Baseball Musings
October 12, 2008
Time for Timlin

Mike Timlin comes in to pitch the bottom of the eleventh. He'll face Navarro, Gross and Bartlett.

Update: Navarro walks on a 3-2 pitch. Good eye by Dioner. Fernando Perez pinch runs.

Update: Sorry, it's Zobrist, not Gross. Zobrist came in a few innings ago.

Update: Zobrist intends to bunt, but Timlin can't get the ball in the strike zone. Ben walks on five pitches. The Red Sox pitching coach gets thrown out for aguing the ball two call from the bench. It was very close.

Update: Maddon starts the runners. Bartlett grounds one to third, but the only play is at first. It's not a sacrifice, but it works just the same. Timlin intentionally walks Iwamura to bring up Upton.

Update: Timlin is having trouble getting the ball over the plate, but Upton swings at the first two pitches to go down 0-2. He hits a fly ball down the rightfield line, not too deep, but Drew can't throw out Perez at the plate. The Rays win 9-8! Tampa Bay is now 7-0 in one-run games against the Red Sox this season, 6-0 in at the Trop.

The teams will play three in Boston.


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Comments

How many players in baseball would have been able to score on a popup hit that shallow?

Posted by: Adam Villani at October 12, 2008 03:17 AM

I dunno, but it seems like most of them are on the Rays!

Posted by: James at October 12, 2008 08:13 AM

Why is Timlin on the playoff roster?Pathetic

Posted by: fred at October 12, 2008 09:22 AM

Francona is the same poor pitching selection mgr who once left in M. Clement for consecutive 8 run games in less than 3 innings each, who left in Wakefield to completely blow a 7 run lead in '04 WS opener, and left a rookie pitcher this year in first game in majors to blow a 10 run lead. Can you imagine Sparky Anderson or Bobby Cox doing that? Francona is a player's mgr, but a poor judge of pitchers.

Posted by: Bob S at October 12, 2008 10:32 AM
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