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Okay. I am cheering up and I am not going to dwell on stupid work issues that I cannot even begin to do anything about until tomorrow. I WILL BE HAPPY GODDAMMIT.
So the end result of the Red Sox game, thanks to our clutch offense and no thanks to our bullpen, was a 12-8 win. At one point it got tied up at eight, though, so so much for letting Boomer come this close to giving himself a heart attack in the fifth inning so he could complete it and qualify to get the win. I seriously expected him to just drop over any second. It was insanely hot and sticky out there (as![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
maggiesox can attest), he'd been doing a lot of extra running around what with getting base hits and RBIs and starting gorgeous double plays, and he's fat. Heat + physical activity + fat = BAD. We're lucky we got out of that inning with just four runs given up and not a dead pitcher. So, thanks, bullpen, for making all that pointless.
Ha, apparently I'm dwelling on stupid non-work issues instead. Okay, positive things: MANNY. Grand slam number nineteen! That ties him for second all-time in grand slams (first is Lou Gehrig with twenty-three). Homers also for Tek and Bellhorn, and boy has Bellhorn been the awesome lately. Boomer was also astoundingly decent at the plate today, managing a base hit (which made him part of Manny's grand slam) and then later knocking a run in.
Meanwhile in Houston, Andy Pettitte was freaking awesome and pitched nine innings. He did not get a complete game, on account of being tied at two and going into extra innings, and Qualls pitched in the tenth. Oh, and guess who sent in the winning run for the Astros? Hint: LOVE HIM. That's right, it was Morgan Ensberg. YOU WILL ALL LOVE MORGAN ENSBERG. Final score: 3-2.
And I should have watched the ending of that game instead of the beginning of the Tigers game, because ouch. Bondo ended up getting shelled for eight runs before Tram pulled him in the third inning. The relief proceeded to not fare much better. The good news is that the offense did not take this as a cue to roll over quietly and scored seven runs in the last three innings, five of which came in the seventh. Omar Infante got a three-run homer. So at least it wasn't a total embarrassment, although it is annoying that they lost by exactly the number of runs Bondo gave up. How weird of him to go from his first complete game of the season to his worst start of the season.
And now, because I am bored and I can, I'm going to go sort of watch the Yankees/Mets game since it's on ESPN. Go Mets!
Wait, I have a quandary. The Yankees are playing the Orioles next. What do I do? I can't root for the Yankees because hate, and I can't root for the Orioles because I like having my boys in first place and would like to see that gap widen, thankyouverymuch. Maybe they'll both lose?
So the end result of the Red Sox game, thanks to our clutch offense and no thanks to our bullpen, was a 12-8 win. At one point it got tied up at eight, though, so so much for letting Boomer come this close to giving himself a heart attack in the fifth inning so he could complete it and qualify to get the win. I seriously expected him to just drop over any second. It was insanely hot and sticky out there (as
maggiesox can attest), he'd been doing a lot of extra running around what with getting base hits and RBIs and starting gorgeous double plays, and he's fat. Heat + physical activity + fat = BAD. We're lucky we got out of that inning with just four runs given up and not a dead pitcher. So, thanks, bullpen, for making all that pointless.Ha, apparently I'm dwelling on stupid non-work issues instead. Okay, positive things: MANNY. Grand slam number nineteen! That ties him for second all-time in grand slams (first is Lou Gehrig with twenty-three). Homers also for Tek and Bellhorn, and boy has Bellhorn been the awesome lately. Boomer was also astoundingly decent at the plate today, managing a base hit (which made him part of Manny's grand slam) and then later knocking a run in.
Meanwhile in Houston, Andy Pettitte was freaking awesome and pitched nine innings. He did not get a complete game, on account of being tied at two and going into extra innings, and Qualls pitched in the tenth. Oh, and guess who sent in the winning run for the Astros? Hint: LOVE HIM. That's right, it was Morgan Ensberg. YOU WILL ALL LOVE MORGAN ENSBERG. Final score: 3-2.
And I should have watched the ending of that game instead of the beginning of the Tigers game, because ouch. Bondo ended up getting shelled for eight runs before Tram pulled him in the third inning. The relief proceeded to not fare much better. The good news is that the offense did not take this as a cue to roll over quietly and scored seven runs in the last three innings, five of which came in the seventh. Omar Infante got a three-run homer. So at least it wasn't a total embarrassment, although it is annoying that they lost by exactly the number of runs Bondo gave up. How weird of him to go from his first complete game of the season to his worst start of the season.
And now, because I am bored and I can, I'm going to go sort of watch the Yankees/Mets game since it's on ESPN. Go Mets!
Wait, I have a quandary. The Yankees are playing the Orioles next. What do I do? I can't root for the Yankees because hate, and I can't root for the Orioles because I like having my boys in first place and would like to see that gap widen, thankyouverymuch. Maybe they'll both lose?
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Of course if we lose, either one of them winning is bad for us.
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Although I would be appreciative if the Orioles would tenderize the Yankees further and prepare them for the Tigers. =D
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Thus, quandary.