Lopez pitches well...Jones gives up four in the 9th to blow yet another game. Pittsburgh wins 6-5.
6th game this year Sox have lost when taking a lead into the 7th inning or later.
3-15 start at home is the worst in franchise history.
I'm 0-3 at the park this season. To me, this one was the worst.
My games are pretty spread out this year. It's not beyond the realm that I could go all season without seeing a win. Would 0-12 be impressive? Or would my loss total need to be higher? Does someone have a personal best (worst) for consecutive losses attended, or season losses without being at a single winning game, that I could shoot for? It's good to have goals.
Jones by the way gave up the four runs on only 10 pitches. Impressive!
Impressive indeed. Nothing like a little BP in the 9th to gas can this one away. Worst start ever at home. Good to see some achievement in some area this year.
It’s starting to look like a Jones trade isn’t going to provide an infusion of talent for us this year. Trading Abreu looks like the only option to get some real talent in here.
Saw a tweet earlier today from a writer, do not know if it is true but it said Renteria pulled L. Garcia from the game for "not hustling" down the line.
Even though these guys know the score you have to think this bullpen blowing game after game is starting to take a toll mentally on them.
I shudder to think what this weekend could look like. It could be beyond awful.
Lip, that's no excuse for not hustling.
Could you PLEASE try not to piss me off so much in the process?
Uugghh! Another game that started out well and deteriorated as the innings wore on. No movement on the pitches from Jones. And the Buccos were jumping all over his fast ball. Very disheartening to see the bullpen implode once again as our best(!?) reliever and closer by default was lit up in the final frame.
Next up is the team from the other side of town. I sure hope the Sox don't embarrass themselves this weekend.
I knew we were in for a long season. But the way things are going, especially at home, 100 losses are a distinct possibility. Shades of 1970 all over again. Oh, the horror of it all!
Worst Sox team in my lifetime.
Wake me up in 2020.
This team isn't even watchable at all.
Can't blame this one on the rebuild. Blame it on the proven veteran closer.
I think you are digging to deep on this one. L Garcia didn't hustle when the Sox had a 3 run lead, before Jones went on to blow the game. Or are you saying Garcia was already assuming the Nate Jones meltdown before he even took the mound in the 9th?
I'm saying in general terms on the season, not specifically just in this game. If I recall, this is the second or third time this year Ricky has removed someone from the game for the same reason.
When that fastball isn't moving, it's red meat. When it is moving, he can't locate it that well. That leaves his best pitch, the slider. He's been getting squared up real good recently. His delivery shows the ball to the hitter, like here it is, and makes the hitter's job easier. He's tradeable only if another team sees something they can fix and he brings similar uncertainty in return.
On the flip side of that, I was shocked that, despite how horrible of a season last year was, that I went 3-2 at games! This year, however, I haven't been to a game and am not motivated to go to one either. It's frustrating enough to watch games on TV. I'm glad I have lots of traveling this summer as a diversion.
I wouldn't be surprised if this team lost 110 games this year.