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IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

d'Kong76 May 11 2014 09:29 AM

Philadelphia at NY Mets When: 1:10 PM ET, Sunday, May 11, 2014 Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York SportsDirect Inc. In a series that began featuring two struggling teams where something had to give, it's the Philadelphia Phillies who have rebounded this weekend. The Phillies look to sweep their three-game set at Citi Field when they take on the rapidly fading New York Mets on Sunday afternoon. The Phillies had lost six of eight entering this weekend while the Mets now have lost eight of their last nine games, including five defeats in their opponent's final at-bat. Marlon Byrd's 11th-inning double lifted Philadelphia on Friday before Ryan Howard capped a four-hit night with the go-ahead, ninth-inning single on Saturday. Howard and Chase Utley each have five hits in the series, while Jimmy Rollins is coming off a four-run night on Saturday. David Wright has reached base eight times in the series on six hits and a pair of walks, although he fouled out to end Saturday's contest with the tying run in scoring position. TV: 1:10 p.m. ET, CSN Philadelphia, SNY (New York) PITCHING MATCHUP: Phillies LH Cole Hamels (0-2, 7.02 ERA) vs. Mets LH Jonathon Niese (2-2, 1.82) Hamels has more career losses against the Mets than any opponent, as he enters this matchup 7-14 with a 4.65 ERA versus New York. The former World Series MVP took on the Mets on April 29 and gave up six runs in 4 2/3 innings, during which he issued eight hits and five walks. He was somewhat better Tuesday against Toronto, yielding five runs in six innings, including the first two home runs he has surrendered this season. This will be Niese's 17th career start against the Phillies - a new high for him against any opponent - and he is 7-6 with a 3.00 ERA against them. He faced Philadelphia two starts ago on April 29 and allowed one run and four hits in seven innings en route to a 6-1 victory. Niese's last outing was a no-decision against Miami in which he yielded five hits over seven scoreless innings. WALK-OFFS: 1. Utley, Howard and OF Domonic Brown - the Phillies' top three lefty hitters - are a combined 5-for-49 all-time against Niese. 2. Wright (.333 with five homers in 66 at-bats) and 2B Daniel Murphy (.405 in 37 at-bats) have both enjoyed significant success against Hamels. 3. New York pitchers are 0-for-60 on the season.

MFS62 May 11 2014 09:41 AM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

A blind dog hits an occasional fire hydrant. One day, a Mets pitcher will swing a bat where a ball is being pitched, and will get a hit. And we will rejoice. Later

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 10:50 AM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

MFS62 wrote: A blind dog hits an occasional fire hydrant. One day, a Mets pitcher will swing a bat where a ball is being pitched, and will get a hit. And we will rejoice. I'm more worried about the hitting of the other eight guys. Ashie, though maybe not Asche, gets his wish. Eric Young Jr., lf Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Chris Young, rf Eric Campbell, 1b Juan Lagares, cf Anthony Recker, c Ruben Tejada, ss Jonathon Niese, lhp Tony Gwynn Jr., cf Jimmy Rollins, ss Chase Utley, 2b Ryan Howard, 1b Marlon Byrd, rf Domonic Brown, lf Wil Nieves, c Cody Asche, 2b Cole Hamels, lhp

Rockin' Doc May 11 2014 12:07 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

The Mets should bunt repeatedly until the Phillies decide to move Asche to the left side of the infield.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 12:09 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

"Heydie-ho there, stranderinos!" Agree with the bunting strategy.

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 12:10 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

How many friggin' Strike 3's' are we going to look at? Striking out as often as they do is bad enough. Doing so with the bat on your shoulder is infuriating. And the Mets have to settle for just one run has been chosen as the official slogan of this season to date.

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 12:13 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Just repeat after me: Ryan Howard gets an infield single and then evades a tag at home to score a run

Edgy MD May 11 2014 12:22 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Welcome to the hit parade, Eric Campbell. "Congratulatons on the hit, Eric, and for having a great-looking mom." --- Ralph Kiner

Edgy MD May 11 2014 12:26 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Hey, Souperstar, you've got to tag on that!

Edgy MD May 11 2014 12:33 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Lookin at strike three for Niese. Bad call but..

Edgy MD May 11 2014 12:36 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Hang in there, Youngie.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 12:37 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Nope. Three more stranderinos.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 12:51 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Ballpark ain't helping us today.

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 12:55 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Met players ain't helping us today. This has now morphed from merely frustrating to stunning incompetence.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 12:56 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Niese pitching angry.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 01:01 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Cody Asche sounds, to me, like that great Japanese vet, Kodiashi.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 01:05 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Those were all ballz, Cole.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 01:12 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Left field is not cooperating.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 01:13 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Not sure I don't go with Flores here.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 01:15 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

And I'm now retroactively DEFINITELY sure I'd've gone with Flores.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 01:34 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Tie to the runner! Tie to the runner!

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 01:35 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 11 2014 01:36 PM

I don't overturn that one if I'm the guy deciding. And besides, does it really matter whether the Mets get the leadoff runner on or not? - lately it seems to decrease their odds of scoring.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 01:36 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Tie apparently defers to the umpire.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 01:37 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Well, that mighta been a run.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 01:41 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Gotta be swinging, Daveed.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 01:58 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Al Holland in the game for Philly. Pound him.

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 01:59 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Edgy MD wrote: Al Holland in the game for Philly. Pound him. Didn't we do that like thirty years ago?

Edgy MD May 11 2014 02:04 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Need some Nieuwenhuis for the late-inning heroics.

d'Kong76 May 11 2014 02:05 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

They showed someone in the stands that I know from somewhere. Gonna drive me nuts.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 02:07 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Edgy MD wrote: Need some Nieuwenhuis for the late-inning heroics. I'm calling for an encore.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 02:08 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

I'd (again) go for Flores here. Probably less of a book on him, if nothing else.

d'Kong76 May 11 2014 02:08 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

d'ARNot!

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 02:09 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

And AGAIN looking.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 02:09 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

I TOTALLY would retroactively go for Flores.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 02:22 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Terry needs to toss a banquet table.

d'Kong76 May 11 2014 02:23 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Or smash up one with a pink bat!

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 02:31 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

EYJ leads off trying to become the next NYM LOB

Edgy MD May 11 2014 02:31 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

EY is playing as angry as Niese is pitching. I like how he doesn't wear an "E" on his back.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 02:34 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Well. That's something.

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 02:34 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

THAT FUCKIN' TACK-ON RUN!!!!

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 02:36 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

3 times in 51 opportunities so far this season a pitcher has blown a 3-run/1-inning save. Bastardo trying to join that group.

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 02:39 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

BRING ON FAUSTO!!!

Edgy MD May 11 2014 02:40 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Duda for Campbell, huh? Wish we still had Granderson to send up there.

Nymr83 May 11 2014 02:41 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Frayed Knot wrote: THAT FUCKIN' TACK-ON RUN!!!! Murphy doesn't necessarily get a meatball on 3 and 1 if his run ties it though.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 02:41 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Whoah. Abreu, not Duda.

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 02:42 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Nymr83 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: THAT FUCKIN' TACK-ON RUN!!!! Murphy doesn't necessarily get a meatball on 3 and 1 if his run ties it though. I don't care. I still hate fuckin' tack-on runs, especially after two are out and none on. Two run deficits are A LOT easier to come back from than three.

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 02:43 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 11 2014 02:44 PM

And now even when we GET a hit w/RiSP we don't get a run out of it ... #ARRRRRGH!!!!

Nymr83 May 11 2014 02:44 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Abreu! !!!!#

Edgy MD May 11 2014 02:44 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Squeeze it!!

Edgy MD May 11 2014 02:46 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

A swinging squeeze will suffice!

Nymr83 May 11 2014 02:46 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

We will take it!

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 02:46 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Is there no one to run for Abreu? I guess not.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 02:48 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Well, 137 pitches for naught for Colio. I say we've got the deeper pen.

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 02:49 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

And just in case you hadn't gotten your share of four hour+ games this week - on we go to extras.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 02:51 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Familia is the guy I wanna see these days.

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 02:54 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Edgy MD wrote: Familia is the guy I wanna see these days. I agree.

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 02:58 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

What's Jeff Manship's [u:d7zalc86]non[/u:d7zalc86]-porn name?

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 02:59 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

We've flied out [u:1l6bglo6]TO[/u:1l6bglo6] the OF wall an awful like lately.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 03:01 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Three hits and a tie for Angry Eric.

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 03:07 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

As we toss a few more LOBsters into the pot and head for the eleventh.

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 03:18 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Our pitchers really have to stop trying to get Chase Utley up in potential game blowing-up situations. ... and now we're in another one of these none-on/2-out ---->>>> potential danger situations.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 03:31 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

That's the way it's done. Build on this.

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 03:31 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Rubern & EYJ making a case for getting their jobs back. Good for them, competition can be a wonderful thing!

Edgy MD May 11 2014 03:32 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Five innings and one run for the pen. I'll takey.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 03:34 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

I had no idea what the Rube sounded like. Love the Rube!

themetfairy May 11 2014 03:35 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Edgy MD May 11 2014 03:38 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Frayed Knot wrote: Rubern & EYJ making a case for getting their jobs back. Good for them, competition can be a wonderful thing! Flashing back 30-plus years to the day Darryl Strawberry and Tucker Ashford took over for Danny Heep and Hubie Brooks. Heep and Brooks turned out to be heroes in extra innings.

Frayed Knot May 11 2014 03:40 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Oh, and btw: Fuck Chase Utley and the glove flip he rode in on.

d'Kong76 May 11 2014 03:44 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Went out on the porch and switched to radio in the bottom of the ninth. Nice to get some sun and a come back win for a change.

Ashie62 May 11 2014 05:42 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

An Amazin Mets Miracle Mothers Day win...

Edgy MD May 11 2014 07:33 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Flores was too sick to play. Explains why Granderson and d'Arnaud were sent up to pinch-hit over him. Duda needs to stop kissing everybody.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 11 2014 07:49 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Best of times, worst of times. All was set up for a superfun day at the park but I missed a whole inning waiting for fries and then the Lunchpail got a bellyache and we bailed in the 7th inning, but got home in time to watch the end on TV. Really the fries thing pissed me off beyond belief. No fries are worth waiting 10 minutes for, especially if you paid $7.50 for them and the employees are just standing there taking orders making no apologies or warnings. I was really ready to burn the stadium down. I know the Mets are all about hospitality in lieu of being about winning baseball, so when they fail the first task it's really a big fuckup.

Edgy MD May 11 2014 07:52 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Gary and Ron had an inning long conversation about fans waiting on line for an inning (or more) at Shakey Shacky.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 11 2014 07:56 PM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

The thing is, at Shake Shack, I see a long line and am prepared to deal: Service is actually quite quick given the crowd, and getting on that line I know what I'm in for at any rate. Pat LaFrieda's had almost no line to speak of, just a bunch of pissed off suckers waiting to get what they paid all that money for. Really poor service, and the kind that CitiField officials would assure us we don;t get there. Yes we fucking do.

Ceetar May 12 2014 07:50 AM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The thing is, at Shake Shack, I see a long line and am prepared to deal: Service is actually quite quick given the crowd, and getting on that line I know what I'm in for at any rate. Pat LaFrieda's had almost no line to speak of, just a bunch of pissed off suckers waiting to get what they paid all that money for. Really poor service, and the kind that CitiField officials would assure us we don;t get there. Yes we fucking do. Citi Field officials can talk all they want, they take the money from Aramark and ignore it I suspect. (Or Danny Meyer in this case? or is there an affiliation? who knows) I now have a Shake Shack on the route to work and 10 minutes from home so I no longer worry about it. Also Shake Shack has better visuals to the TVs to see what's going on while you wait. Anyway, I was driving all pissed off about this game and it was going to the 9th down 3 after Valverde pissed away another run and I was sitting in South Jersey in traffic about 75-90 minutes from home after driving all day. So I almost preferred the tie game to the win in the 9th because they got me just about all the way home. I don't know if you guys have been listening but one of the promos Josh and Howie have to read is about some silly Wendy's sandwich in extra innings and they were both getting a little loopy and talking about the cheese and the aioli. So when they're talking about the win Josh drops a "And this time it was a Rueben!" line or something that make me snicker.

Edgy MD May 14 2014 09:58 AM Re: IGT 05/11 - Phillies at Metropolitans

Sandberg and Papelbon are going at it over this loss. Interesting to see this thread diverting into a Shake Shack conversation, in light of Sandberg's alleged food poisoning.