The Lenny DiNardo Blog

LiveBlog V: 1-2-3 Fifth inning

Fifth inning, starting at 66 pitches - Seanez is warming in the pen.

Betancourt flies out.
Ichiro grounds out to SS.
Lopez gives Lenny his first K on the day.

FYI: Lenny's ERA is down to 3.48 - upto 80 pitches.  This is probably it for Lenny today - if we can get a run here, he'd be up for his first Major League win.

UPDATE: "Very commendable job" - Castiglione. Lenny sits down, Seanez comes in. He'll get a no-decision, but a decent line and a good start. Some slow pitches (81mph fastball I heard), but some good movement on sliders, etc. Overall, he should be happy. Well done, DiNahdo.

LiveBlog IV: The Giant Glass 4th Inn

The 1-800-54-GIANT guy is on with Jerry and Joe right now -- they called him "one of the great humanitarians."  Giant Glass. This is really a half-inning long advertisement. He just mentioned that they fixed a back window out on Landsowne Street last week.

The infield is helping out Lenny big time today. Another 4-6-3 double play.
Lenny let up two more hits (singles this time), but they're both harmless.

Lenny's Line for the 4th: 0 R, 0 ER, 2H, 0BB, ERA at 3.38 - at 66 pitches.

 

We really need the Giant part of the line-up to come up big this inning.

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Joe and Jerry are pretty sure that Manny is fine--the Giant Glass guy is really contributing a lot to this radio broadcast. What a life, he gets to go to every Sox game -- then he shows up in the radio booth and then Joe & Jerry kiss his ass for an inning or two.

LiveBlog III: 3d Inning

The Marathon Starts!
One Line Out, One Single. Then a 5-4-3 Inning Ending Double Play. Great inning.

At the end of the third inning, DiNardo's pitch count is up to 51.  As we noted earlier, absent a really bad inning, Tito plans to leave Lenny out there until 80-90 pitches.

LiveBlog II: 2d Inning

4 pitches to Jurassic Carl - Ground out to Third.
5 pitches to Beltre - Lenny's First Walk of the Day.
2 pitches to Bloomquist - Fly out to Stern in Center.
(Lenny almost threw away a toss over to check the runner at first)
4 pitches to Betancourt (Troup's advice: can't pitch to him like he's Jeter, you've got to go after him): Doubled to deep center, scored Beltre. (Troup laments - DiNardo: you've got to hit your spots)
4 pitches to Ichiro: 6-5-4-5 Fielder's Choice (got Betancourt in a rundown between 2d and 3d)

The boys were pointing out that Lenny has been getting himself behind with 2-0 counts. Not great. But he's gotten himself out with only 2 runs, 3 hits (all doubles).

Lenny's Second Inning Line:

DiNardo: 1H (2b), 1BB, 1R, 1ER, 0 SO - ERA upto 4.70

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In between pitches, I was goofing on WEEI's website. Did you know that they have a Miss WEEI contest?

The girl in the front is Miss WEEI 2006 -- known only as Jennifer.

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Yeah, you did - another run from the Sox - Alex Cora RBI double knocks in Nixon. They're helping Lenny out the best they can. It'd be nice to get through an inning without a run...

LiveBlog I: Starting Late, 1st Inn.

Happy Marathon Monday.

Got up a little late today. I awoke to an Ichiro double...and two outs later - Ichiro scoots around the bases for their first run.

Jerry Trupiano and Joe Castiglione are going through the DiNardo Italian connection. Jerry and Joe claim that they could have played for the Italian team. Little did they know, they could have voted in the last election, too.

Line from the First Inning:
DiNardo: 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0 BB, 0 SO, 4.26 ERA (both hits were doubles - one to Ichiro, one to Sexson)

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Big Papi evens it up with his fifth homer of the year to center field. It's a new ballgame.