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Crazy way to get a couple base runners.

Nice peg!

Nice change.

Who wants to see Hendriks stomping around and swearing after a bad Joe West call and then Joe stepping out and staring at Hendriks for an uncomfortably long time?

This game SHOULD be a pitching duel. But we've seen potential pitching duels turn into offensive onslaughts before. I'm thinking the Sox score a couple early, and Giolito has a solid start. Bullpen covers 2+ innings, including a clean 9th from Hendriks. Sox win 3-1.

Vaughn's HR was a thing of beauty. He is getting better and better as a hitter, and he'll be a mainstay in a powerful Sox lineup for years. Lynn's performance was great, even though he struggled with command a bit here and there. The guy is a work horse, and his fastball-heavy arsenal works well especially when he locates the sinker and cutter. Kopech continues to impress. He was pure filth last night and has been all season. It's fun to watch him pitch. Good overall team win last night.

Lynn stopped the slide with a dominant performance on the mound while Andrew Vaughn supplied the power. Now it's Giolito's turn. Can he have another great outing after he put the team on his back last time? It's the American League Central's best vs. the National League Central's best. Flaherty (8-0, 2.53 ERA) vs. Giolito (3-4, 4.35 ERA)

Well, to be truthful, he out managed himself.

Vaughn!

He’s only fought for the Twins so far this season.

Grandal doing his pitcher at-bat impersonation.

I know this team will be streaky, especially missing two key offensive pieces. But this streak of horrendous hitting is getting old.

Ways to fail: Rely on your starting pitching to win the game. Don’t worry about offense.

Horrible call on 3-0, but then Leury takes a 3-1 pitch down the middle.

WTF

Leadoff double doesn’t score. Piss poor situational hitting continues.

Soft-tossing lefty with a good slider. Could be a long night for the Sox. They need to not let him get to the slider with 2 strikes.

Moncada was hauling ass to get that ball. Even Stone complimented him.

It's a real concern. A lot of anti-vaxxers are most likely also anti-maskers. So, I would bet as soon as they heard the CDC's latest guidance they disposed of the masks knowing no one is going to challenge them. They'll never change, at least most won't, so it'll be up to the rest to get vaccinated so they won't matter (as much).

He already has twice.

I was surprised yesterday. I'd say about 30% or more of the employees were not wearing masks. My daughter knows a couple people that work there, and they said it's not mandatory for fully vaccinated employees. My son works at WalMart, and employees are still required to wear masks for now. I think we'll start to see more and more places drop the mask mandates, even though no one is checking to see if people are vaccinated. With close to 50% of the 16+ population fully vaccinated, I would think that the majority (more than half) of folks without masks are vaccinated.

Went to Mariano's yesterday. They now have a sign on the doors stating that masks are not required for fully vaccinated people. I wore mine in and wanted to see what percentage of folks were wearing masks before I made a decision. I'd say it was about 50/50. I eventually took my mask off, but it felt really weird not having on one.

I haven't started a game thread in a couple years. Hopefully this will get the Sox turned around. 7:10 PM first pitch. Kwang Hyun Kim (1-1, 2.73 ERA) vs. Lance Lynn (4-1, 1.55 ERA)

Hendriks was put into a near impossible position, but he needs to locate better. Bad series all around.

Need a magic act here.