Papelbon’s blown save and Giambi’s walk-off HR
Posted by Andy on June 24, 2010
Yesterday Jonathan Papelbon blew a game for the Red Sox.
It was just Papelbon's second blown save of the year:
| Rk | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | App,Dec | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | Pit | Str | IR | IS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010-06-23 | BOS | COL | L 6-8 | 9-9f ,BL | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2010-05-17 | BOS | NYY | L 9-11 | 9-9f ,BL | 0.2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2009-07-28 | BOS | OAK | L 8-9 | 9-9 ,BS | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2009-06-30 | BOS | BAL | L 10-11 | 8-8f ,BS | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | 2009-05-23 | BOS | NYM | L 2-3 | 9-9f ,BL | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
As painful a loss as it was for the Red Sox, Papelbon's on pace with his blown saves last year, which totaled only 3 for the season. This does not, of course, include Game 3 of last year's ALDS, which Papelbon blew, ending the Red Sox's season.
In a weird sort of turn back the clock moment, it was Jason Giambi who had the walk-off plate appearance, a 2-run homer, off Papelbon. With only 90 plate appearances so far this year, Giambi is practically invisible on the Rockies and it's easy to forget he's still playing.
Amazingly, Giambi's last walk-off plate appearance also came against Papelbon in 2008. Last night's was the 7th of Giambi's career, which includes 5 home runs and 2 singles. Yankees fans will remember a 14th-inning grand slam against the Twins, viewed by many as the day Giambi truly arrived in New York.
June 24th, 2010 at 9:04 am
Perception is hurting Paps as much as his performance in the eyes of the Sox faithful. It doesn't count any different in the standings, but losing on a night when you smash Ubaldo Jiminez around, when you have none of your starting outfielders in the lineup, is painful. Took him all of eight pitches to piss this one away.
But hey, RA Dickey's 6-0! Cy Young!!!1!!one!
June 24th, 2010 at 9:24 am
Yankees fans will remember a 14th-inning grand slam against the Twins, viewed by many as the day Giambi truly arrived in New York.
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Twins fans remember that as the day that the Twins stopped winning in New York
June 24th, 2010 at 9:30 am
i wonder if the roids are still helping giambi
June 25th, 2010 at 1:38 am
papelbon blew the game tonight to blow back to back games buthe did get the win the game went into extra innings 11-11 so I was wondering how often does a game go into extra tied at a # higher than 10
June 28th, 2010 at 12:04 am
I don't know the answer to the last question, but I did get the Play Index to tell me that since 2000 there have been 20 games that went 11 innings or longer with the losing team scoring at least 10 runs. Look at Seattle at Cleveland, 5 August 2001, http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE200108050.shtml
The Mariners scored 12 unanswered runs in the 1st 3 innings, the Indians scored 12 unanswered runs in the last 3, and it went into extra innings tied 14 all.
June 28th, 2010 at 12:13 am
I think I found the ultimate high-score-tied-at-the -end-of-nine: Phillies at Wrigley, 17 May 1979, tied at 22(!) at the end of regulation, http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN197905170.shtml