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IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

d'Kong76 Jun 16 2014 09:59 AM

NY Mets at St. Louis When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, June 16, 2014 Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri SportsDirect Inc. The St. Louis Cardinals' pitching staff has turned in a string of spectacular performances but will turn to a young right-hander as a stop-gap solution when they continue a 10-game homestand against the New York Mets on Monday. Reliever Carlos Martinez will fill in for ailing ace Adam Wainwright as the Cardinals seek their seventh win in eight games. Matt Adams returned from the disabled list with a bang, homering in all three games in a sweep of Washington. New York won two of three from San Diego over the weekend but is only 3-9 in its last 12 games and is in the midst of playing 18 of 24 contests away from home. Captain David Wright is battling through a nightmarish slump, going 2-for-39 - both singles - with one RBI in over the last 12 games to drop his batting average more than 30 points to .262. The Mets won three of four at home versus St. Louis in April, but the teams combined for a mere 15 runs in the series. TV: 8:10 p.m. ET, ESPN, SNY (New York), FSN Midwest (St. Louis) PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Jacob deGrom (0-3, 3.44 ERA) vs. Cardinals RH Carlos Martinez (0-3, 4.67) DeGrom remains in search of his first major-league victory as he prepares to make his seventh career start since he was called up from Triple-A Las Vegas in mid-May. He endured some hard luck in his first four starts, pitching at least six innings in each and permitting a combined seven runs. The soon-to-be 26-year-old has regressed in his last two outings, giving up seven runs and 14 hits in 10 2/3 innings. The 22-year-old Martinez will make his second career start and first since Aug. 8, when he was knocked around for four runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings by the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was one of St. Louis' top prospects at the Double-A and Triple-A but that success hasn't translated to the major-league level. Martinez was 2-1 with a 5.08 ERA in 21 appearances in 2013 and has blown all five saves chances this season. WALK-OFFS: 1. Cardinals LF Matt Holliday needs one RBI to reach 1,000 for his career. 2. Mets RF Curtis Granderson, who returned from a calf strain Sunday, is 7-for-14 with three homers in his last six games. 3. During St. Louis' 6-1 stretch, its pitching staff allowed a total of three runs in the six victories.

Edgy MD Jun 16 2014 02:31 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Shouldn't we have a lineup by now?

Ceetar Jun 16 2014 02:37 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Edgy MD wrote: Shouldn't we have a lineup by now? Soon. You're forgetting it's Central Time and we're off by an hour.

seawolf17 Jun 16 2014 02:40 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Plus the writers have to wait for Terry to stop pleasuring himself over the joy of writing Eric Young's .315 OBP into the leadoff spot tonight. THOSE BALLS AREN'T GOING TO GROUND THEMSELVES OUT TO SECOND BASE, YOU KNOW.

Ceetar Jun 16 2014 02:41 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

seawolf17 wrote: Plus the writers have to wait for Terry to stop pleasuring himself over the joy of writing Eric Young's .315 OBP into the leadoff spot tonight. THOSE BALLS AREN'T GOING TO GROUND THEMSELVES OUT TO SECOND BASE, YOU KNOW. and the writers themselves are busy pleasuring themselves over the joy that is St. Louis and the best team/fans/uniform/etc/etc/etc in the Majors. Or they're all at the bowling hall of fame. Neat place.

G-Fafif Jun 16 2014 02:44 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

PITCHER BATTING EIGHTH! Granderson CF Murphy 2B Wright 3B Abreu RF Duda 1B Teagarden C Tejada SS deGrom P EYoung LF

Frayed Knot Jun 16 2014 02:45 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

KEWL!!!!!!!!

Ceetar Jun 16 2014 02:45 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

G-Fafif wrote: PITCHER BATTING EIGHTH! Granderson CF Murphy 2B Wright 3B Abreu RF Duda 1B Teagarden C Tejada SS deGrom P EYoung LF FIRST TIME IN TEAM HISTORY SAYS MY EMAIL also, whee, not EY leading off.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 16 2014 02:47 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

DeGrom might be the fifth best hitter in this lineup.

Edgy MD Jun 16 2014 02:48 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

And ceetar gets the cruel and guilty pleasure of Young batting ninth --- which is exactly where you want the guy who does everything a leadoff man should do, but not enough. Wait a minute... this just in... TERRY HAS BEEN NAMED TIME'S MAN OF THE YEAR!!! With half the year still, to go, they're calling the race now. GOOD JOB, TERRY!!

Ceetar Jun 16 2014 02:56 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Edgy MD wrote: And ceetar gets the cruel and guilty pleasure of Young batting ninth --- which is exactly where you want the guy who does everything a leadoff man should do, but not enough. Wait a minute... this just in... TERRY HAS BEEN NAMED TIME'S MAN OF THE YEAR!!! With half the year still, to go, they're calling the race now. GOOD JOB, TERRY!! And it somewhat mitigates the power-hitter leadoff guy problem by putting a non-pitcher in front of him in subsequent innings.

Edgy MD Jun 16 2014 02:58 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Ceetar wrote: Edgy MD wrote: And ceetar gets the cruel and guilty pleasure of Young batting ninth --- which is exactly where you want the guy who does everything a leadoff man should do, but not enough. Wait a minute... this just in... TERRY HAS BEEN NAMED TIME'S MAN OF THE YEAR!!! With half the year still, to go, they're calling the race now. GOOD JOB, TERRY!! And it somewhat mitigates the power-hitter leadoff guy problem by putting a non-pitcher in front of him in subsequent innings. That factor was cited by TIME when they announced their decision. What a wonderful tribute to Tony LaRussa.

Ceetar Jun 16 2014 03:24 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Carpenter 3B Jay CF Holliday LF Craig RF Adams 1B Molina C Peralta SS Wong 2B Martinez P

Edgy MD Jun 16 2014 04:15 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

HAH! Look at backwards-thinking St. Louis, batting the pitcher ninth, getting left behind the forward-looking world.

d'Kong76 Jun 16 2014 05:43 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Who knew Terry was a genius ... pretty damn funny

Ashie62 Jun 16 2014 06:18 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

I was hoping Flores would start to be at SS everyday...

Edgy MD Jun 16 2014 06:29 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

I like the early deficit. No lead for the team to blow for deGrom.

Nymr83 Jun 16 2014 06:31 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Did they hold this game for the USA game? I thought t was 810 start

Edgy MD Jun 16 2014 06:41 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

It seems umps call more checked swings every year. Young barely started and got called for strike one.

Edgy MD Jun 16 2014 06:43 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Whoo! Glad we didn't sign Peralta!

Zvon Jun 16 2014 06:44 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

EYoung, making things happen. 1-1 Mets

Edgy MD Jun 16 2014 06:50 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

The pitcher batting eighth/slugger batting leadoff thing worked out a bit for us there.

Zvon Jun 16 2014 06:58 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

I'm not seeing movment on deGrom's pitches. I mean, not even on the curve ball.

Zvon Jun 16 2014 07:00 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

EYoung, not allowing other things to happen . Decent throw but I think anyone coulda got that guy. OE: not all settled in yet. its 2-1 THEM!

Zvon Jun 16 2014 07:08 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Make em pay deGrom.

Frayed Knot Jun 16 2014 07:09 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

If this is 2nd & 3rd / no-outs -- it must be a pop-out More dependable than clockwork

Zvon Jun 16 2014 07:09 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Wow. He hit that hard. Damn.

Zvon Jun 16 2014 07:13 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

11 for 69 with bases loaded. That's pretty shitty.

Edgy MD Jun 16 2014 07:39 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Oh, like I couldn't have had 1,000 RBI if I wanted it.

Ashie62 Jun 16 2014 07:41 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Goodnight Jacob and board.... Give Wright a crack batting 9th...

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 16 2014 07:42 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

I have a feeling he's not getting that win tonight.

Zvon Jun 16 2014 07:42 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

So I don't see deGrom getting that all elusive win tonight.

Zvon Jun 16 2014 07:43 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Zvon wrote: So I don't see deGrom getting that all elusive win tonight. LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: I have a feeling he's not getting that win tonight. Close enough for a beer?

Frayed Knot Jun 16 2014 07:44 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

So much for them being an even worse offensive team than the Mets. deGrom had some favorable BABiP numbers early on and now it looks like the law of averages are coming back to bite him. Not that he's pitching well tonight or anything but everything off a StL bat in this game, whether well hit or not, has found grass.

Zvon Jun 16 2014 07:48 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Gah. At least we got 4 plus out of deGrom. Can't have a chance to win em all kid.

d'Kong76 Jun 16 2014 07:48 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Game is kinda sucking ass ... Jacob finally leaves.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 16 2014 07:51 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

To be fair, there is a lot of grass here to hit.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 16 2014 08:14 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Eveland's twitching bugs me out. Makes me scratch after itches that aren't there.

Zvon Jun 16 2014 08:34 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Kevin sounds fine tonight. Maybe because he's had no reason to get excited.

Zvon Jun 16 2014 09:04 PM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Mets lose. *yawn*

Edgy MD Jun 17 2014 05:48 AM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

This game was rotten. I also got the Cardinals feed, and while I've put up with a lot of MLB.tv giving me the other team's broadcasters, the Cards broadcast was intolerable, and I had to cut it and let Howie and Wayne take me home. Came away from the game with a strange sense of baseless optimism that things are about to turn. I think it was just the moral/aesthetic release of shutting that game off. It was like getting a joint popped back into place.

Edgy MD Jun 17 2014 05:59 AM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

What did the booth have to say about Gwynn? Did Darling mention that the guy killed him, six strikeouts or not?

Frayed Knot Jun 17 2014 06:08 AM Re: IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

Clearly the pitcher hitting 8th experiment is a predictable and colossal failure; just another example of [crossout:3t5bwdz8]Bobby[/crossout:3t5bwdz8] Terry trying to reinvent a 150 year old game and somehow prove that he's smarter than everyone else.