Before the top of the fourth, home plate umpire Daryl Cousins had to leave due to an injury-he was struck by a foul ball in the top of the 3rd. Tim McClelland is taking over for Cousins behind the plate. Strategically, it is interesting to the extent that Shields, Tampa's starter, has been struggling with his control. It also reflects on Beckett, because the delay, plus any sort of rally Boston puts together, gives Beckett nearly 30 minutes rest between innings.
Farmer Jed flies out
The Captain grounds out
Coco singles
Our Man DP battles, but strikes out.
Bottom Four
Northeastern's own Carlos Pena pops out
Evan Longoria, The Desperate Third Baseman, flies out
Carl Crawford, The Man Who Would Be King, lofts a single into left field that finds a hole between Lowrie and Bay.
Crawford steals second relatively easily.
Cliff Floyd, who first played under Ethelred the Unready(I think he's an actual former Montreal Expo draft pick!), grounds out very sharply to first. Beckett has to hustle, but just does beat him to the bag for the third out.
Top Five
They get all shifty for Ortiz, who flies out to left.
Our Man Youk lines to third.
JD Drew, The Man Philadelphia Loves To Hate, hits a ball over Gabe Gross' head (again!) for a double, but the Bay State pops out to end the frame.
Bottom Five
That commercial from T Mobile still bothers me. It's okay for the Dad to crush on women at the soccer game, and it's not okay for the daughter to call a boy? It seems to me neither should be okay, and his passes without comment. Of course, I don't have a daughter.
Dioner (Maker) Navarro singles sharply to right.
The Rays fans are rattling their stupid little cricket things.
Ben Zobrist is on, pinch hitting for Gabe Gross. Gross was, at one point, a highly touted prospect. Now he's getting hit for by a guy who can't hit. Zobrist flies out softly to center.
Ironically, Zobrist's numbers are a little better than Gross'. I didn't realize Gross has had that bad of a season.
Navarro is thrown out by about 20 feet stealing second. Ops.
A blown hit and run, clearly.
I am getting this sneaking suspicion that the momentum is tilting Boston's way.
As soon as I typed that sentence, Jason Bartlett (???????) gets a hanging breaking ball and tucks it around the foul pole in left to tie the score at two apiece.
Jason Bartlett had one home run in 454 at bats in 2008.
(expletive deleted)!
Iwamura grounds out to third.
Well, that didnt go so well.
At least it's only a tie.
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