Sox 2021 Game thread #5

[Dumpjerry]

Carry on.

[Frater Perdurabo]

Well that first inning will blunt a bit of the negativity.

Mercedes doubles, Abreu doubles, and Grandal homers. 3-0 Sox.

[voodoochile]

Well that first inning will blunt a bit of the negativity.

Mercedes doubles, Abreu doubles, and Grandal homers. 3-0 Sox.

Grandal went up there looking for that change off the edge and got it, went with it and drilled it.

[Frater Perdurabo]

The data showed that Mercedes was having trouble with both high velocity changeups and with breaking balls, particularly from RHP. But he was hitting soft stuff from LHP. So, facing a LHP who features the changeup, LaRussa bats him second. And he’s 2 for 2.

Maybe LaRussa knows a thing or two.

[ChiTownTrojan]

The data showed that Mercedes was having trouble with both high velocity changeups and with breaking balls, particularly from RHP. But he was hitting soft stuff from LHP. So, facing a LHP who features the changeup, LaRussa bats him second. And he’s 2 for 2.

Maybe LaRussa knows a thing or two.

Yup, good call by the manager. Moving forward I would probably want Grandal at the 2 spot though.

[Dick Allen]

Great, here comes the bullpen.

[Zakath]

That's a huge one from Engel.

[ChiTownTrojan]

Great, here comes the bullpen.

Marshall did good.

He's had one bad (terrible) outing in the past 2-3 weeks, and that was also the one time he pitched on consecutive days. Maybe he's less sharp when he pitches back-to-back?

Who pitches the 8th?

[Zakath]

Marshall did good.

He's had one bad (terrible) outing in the past 2-3 weeks, and that was also the one time he pitched on consecutive days. Maybe he's less sharp when he pitches back-to-back?

Who pitches the 8th?

Heuer.

[ChiTownTrojan]

Heuer.

Benetti is making the same point that I was thinking - why not Hendriks for the 8th with Vlad and the heart of the order up? That said, 2 pitches, 1 out so nice job Heuer.

[Zakath]

Nice confidence inning for Heuer, even though he was getting squeezed a bit.

[Zakath]

Nice RBI double for the MVP. TA made the trip around the bases a little more adventurous than it needed to be.

[Lipman 1]

Tonight the Sox get a chance to beat up on a pitcher with an awful record, fairly high ERA who embarrassed them last Saturday. Let's hope this guy doesn't turn into the latest version of "Cy" Chen vs. the team.

[ChiTownTrojan]

https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/1403439939644231689?s=20

The lineup is no longer deep enough to have Collins in there against LHP. He's an automatic out.

[voodoochile]

https://twitter.com/whitesox/status/...644231689?s=20

The lineup is no longer deep enough to have Collins in there against LHP. He's an automatic out.

Probably they want Grandal tomorrow for whatever reason and that's a day game and you rarely if ever see a catcher catch back to back day-night games.