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Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2014 07:30 AM

Tim Hudson vs Gee Hudson: 8-8, but with a tidy 2.71 ERA and 1.12 WHiP. Nice numbers for a 39 y/o coming off having EYJ stomp on his ankle last August and grind it into tinker-toys. This will be the second time we've faced him since then, he pitched the middle of the three games in SF back in June, giving up 3 runs on 9 hits over 5 IP and leaving on the short side of a game that the Giants later won when Mejia allowed two in the 9th Gee still looking to find his pre-injury form, has been pretty shaky in three of his four games since coming off the DL Keith Hernandez was a surprise inclusion in the lineup yesterday, making a rare DGANG appearance. Look for Bill Webb to put him in again despite the early start or any impending conflicts with Hamptons traffic, dinner reservations, or travel plans afterward.

d'Kong76 Aug 04 2014 08:06 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

San Francisco at NY Mets When: 12:10 PM ET, Monday, August 4, 2014 Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York SportsDirect Inc. The San Francisco Giants look to continue their dominance over the New York Mets and claim three of four on the road when the teams wrap up their series Monday afternoon. The Giants have won five of six meetings this season, outscoring the Mets 31-15. New York starter Dillon Gee will have to contend with Giants outfielder Hunter Pence, who has seven RBIs in the series but is 2-for-16 with five strikeouts in his career versus Gee. Pence homered twice while Brandon Belt and Buster Posey also went deep in Sunday's 9-0 win for the Giants, whose four home runs doubled their total from the previous 10 games. The Mets hope to get the offense back on track after being blanked for the 10th time this season in Madison Bumgarner's two-hitter. Giants right-hander Tim Hudson is 17-10 with a 3.52 ERA in 31 starts against the Mets and didn't get a decision in their earlier meeting this year while yielding three runs over five innings in a 5-4 win June 7 in San Francisco. TV: 12:10 p.m. ET, MLB Network, CSN Bay Area (San Francisco), SNY (New York) PITCHING MATCHUP: Giants RH Tim Hudson (8-8, 2.71 ERA) vs. Mets RH Dillon Gee (4-4, 3.77) Hudson has lost two straight starts and six of his last seven decisions, but poor run support has played a big role. The 39-year-old recorded his third quality start Tuesday against Pittsburgh, allowing three runs over seven innings, but took the loss in a 3-1 defeat. Hudson has faced especially tough luck on the road, where he is 3-4 despite a 2.13 ERA in 10 starts. Gee was strong in his return from the disabled list July 9 but has struggled mightily in three outings since. The 28-year-old has been tagged for 15 runs in 16 2/3 innings while losing three straight starts and watching his ERA balloon from 2.56 to 3.77. Gee is 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA in four games (two starts) against the Giants. WALK-OFFS: 1. Mets 3B David Wright, who is hitting .186 since the All-Star break, is a career .238 hitter in 89 plate appearances against Hudson. 2. Hudson's 17 wins against the Mets are tied for his most against any opponent (Washington). 3. New York 1B Lucas Duda, who was not in the starting lineup against a left-handed starter Sunday, is 11-for-28 with two doubles and a homer versus Hudson.

d'Kong76 Aug 04 2014 08:06 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Granderson-9 Murphy-4 Wright-5 Duda-3 d’Arnaud-2 CYoung-7 Lagares-8 Tejada-6 Gee-1

Mets Guy in Michigan Aug 04 2014 08:17 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Could this be Chris Young's swan song? If the reports that den Dekker is headed back are true, CY or Abreu would be the logical choices to bid farewell.

Edgy MD Aug 04 2014 08:18 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

It's no like Eric Young's roster spot is locked down either.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 04 2014 08:43 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Why is den dekker coming back? I missed a lot

Mets Guy in Michigan Aug 04 2014 09:31 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

He's second in the PCL in batting, per MetsBlog [url]http://metsblog.com/metsblog/mets-may-bring-back-den-dekker/ Recognizing that the PCL is hitter friendly, and he hasn't done that well in New York. But at this point, I'd rather see him get a prolonged shot in NY. CYoung's not part of the future, though we're not sure denDekekr is, either, I suppose.

d'Kong76 Aug 04 2014 09:38 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Pence, RF Blanco, CF Posey, C Sandoval, 3B Belt, 1B Crawford, SS Panik, 2B Perez, LF Hudson, P

d'Kong76 Aug 04 2014 10:25 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Moiphy KABOOMIN'!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2014 10:32 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: He's second in the PCL in batting, per MetsBlog [url]http://metsblog.com/metsblog/mets-may-bring-back-den-dekker/ Recognizing that the PCL is hitter friendly, and he hasn't done that well in New York. But at this point, I'd rather see him get a prolonged shot in NY. CYoung's not part of the future, though we're not sure denDekekr is, either, I suppose. Now's the time to find out-- he's walking quite a bit more, too. If that plate approach and the medium-pop accompany him eastward, well... he'll be useful, at least.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2014 10:35 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Hudson threw, just in the 1st inning, nearly 30% of the number of pitches that Bumgarner threw all game yesterday. 27 vs 94 So there's that.

d'Kong76 Aug 04 2014 10:55 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

I'd like to throw one at Pence's ear flap!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2014 11:14 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

If those three ABs in the third are any indication, Hudson is carving up the plate in Bumgarnering fashion now. SugarPants was not sweet on the call, though.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2014 11:18 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

One lengthy, trying, high pitch-count, half-inning out of three for each pitcher so far.

d'Kong76 Aug 04 2014 11:18 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: SugarPants was not sweet on the call, though. It's kind of amusing seeing him try to get mad.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2014 11:20 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

I picture his cursing as somewhere between a cartoon gold-prospector and Old MacDonald in the GEICO commercials-- all "dagnabbit" or "cheese and CRACKERS."

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2014 11:23 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

THAT was quite the dapper inning-ending Lord Charles.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2014 11:32 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Savvy play by Sandoval on first-and-third grounder to get d'Arnaud tentatively coming home. Missed opportunity for ChrisYoungDos to move up on the lil'-d rundown?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2014 11:39 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

I did not enjoy our baserunning/plate-control skills in that inning. On the plus side, I am enjoying these beyond measure.

Zvon Aug 04 2014 11:54 AM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Maybe that gets Wright out of his funk. RBI infield single. 3-2 NY. Hunter Pence picks his nose and eats it.

d'Kong76 Aug 04 2014 12:00 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Zvon wrote: Hunter Pence picks his nose and eats it. The things that spur memories... In Little League, we had a second baseman who instead doing the no batter thing or other conventional chatter he'd sing: Every batter's doin' it doin' it doin' it Pickin' their nose and chewin' it chewin' it chewin' it

d'Kong76 Aug 04 2014 12:04 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Lagares is human after all!

Zvon Aug 04 2014 12:09 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

d'Kong76 wrote: Lagares is human after all! Damn. I wanted him to reach that one. I like that an opposing hitter can hit it anywhere out to center and I figure it's an out until it drops. Hunter Pence won't eat Wheaties until he is pictured on the box.

d'Kong76 Aug 04 2014 12:31 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Pence is just plain insane this series.

Zvon Aug 04 2014 12:32 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Whoa, shades of Mays and Bonds. Hunter Pence's socks go all the way up to his buttocks.

Zvon Aug 04 2014 12:37 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 04 2014 12:38 PM

Jeeze 'd, your killin us back there. OE: Hunter Pence is the current president of the Spastic Society.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2014 12:37 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Young was there, but didn't have it. (Held up a little because of peripheral JohnnyLags, mebbe?) No need to stop by that awesome new lunch spot-- Hunter Pence brought you an extra terrible-luncheon-meat sandwich, and INSISTS you take it.

Zvon Aug 04 2014 12:41 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Of course Familia is out of sorts. Every time he looks down he thinks he just puked on his jersey. Hunter Pence rips the crust off his bread.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2014 12:44 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Chris Young should learn from that throw: you should ALWAYS yield to Johnny Lags.

d'Kong76 Aug 04 2014 12:44 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

When he's not flashin' leather, he's flashing the gun!

Zvon Aug 04 2014 12:45 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

OH YEAAAAA! Peeeeeeeerfrect throw. Hunter Pence sucks moose gonads without a bib.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2014 12:49 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Well that inning could have been a whole lot worse - and certainly looked like it was going to be.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2014 12:49 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 04 2014 01:07 PM

Pegging today's game as "brazo a brazo"-- nice one, Gary. Not as nice as a one-pitch tailor-made-DP, but still, nice. Hunter Pence thinks the quintessential Van Halen is the Gary Cherone Van Halen.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2014 01:01 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

And THERE goes Terry, for absolutely nothing. Hey, at least this rookie home-plate umpire isn't a cop-- he strikes me as the kind of guy who might accidentally shoot a speeding motorist during a traffic stop.

Centerfield Aug 04 2014 01:03 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

My Gamecast tells me Duda has been ejected. For real? Did he sulk in an offensive way?

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2014 01:04 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Ha. "That attitude is NOT helpful... YER OUTTA HERE!" Collins went, for arguing balls and strikes. Without (much) obscenity. From the dugout.

Zvon Aug 04 2014 01:05 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Centerfield wrote: My Gamecast tells me Duda has been ejected. For real? Did he sulk in an offensive way? I think only TC got the toss. That was messed up. So he was yelling from the dugout. Big deal. Wussy ump. Hunter Pence has a sixth sense.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2014 01:05 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 04 2014 01:10 PM

Don't know that I like this pitching change. With two out and none on Edgin can handle a light-hitting RHB at the bottom of a lineup, especially when the team is already three relievers deep. I mean, geez, the Giants left their LOOGY in to face Dabid in a similar situation.

d'Kong76 Aug 04 2014 01:06 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Blue has been bad today, consistently bad.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2014 01:07 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14 Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 04 2014 01:08 PM

Gerenball, baby. Hunter Pence's favorite ice cream flavor is ice milk.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2014 01:07 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Centerfield wrote: My Gamecast tells me Duda has been ejected. For real? Only Terry Did he sulk in an offensive way? He got so mad he whispered in harsh tones.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2014 01:09 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Sergio Romo in for Giants. Their former, but now demoted, closer has been very hittable lately.

Edgy MD Aug 04 2014 01:22 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Hunter Pence takes a tax writeoff for donating his car to KARS4KIDS.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2014 01:29 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

EYoung in for CYoung - actually in for the pitcher so he'll lead off. We might need two innings out of Mejia today.

Zvon Aug 04 2014 01:29 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

I personally don't like Mejia for the 9th in a 3-3 game at home. Hunter Pence and George Theodore somehow share the same DNA.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2014 01:30 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Hunter Pence just signed up for a MySpace account

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 04 2014 01:32 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Considering that Pence was fouling off Jenrry's good stuff, a long flyout was about the best we could hope for there. Hunter Pence prays for his fantasy football team to win this week.

Zvon Aug 04 2014 01:32 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Frayed Knot wrote: We might need two innings out of Mejia today. If we get 2 out of him I will feel much better about him being used at this point. Hunter Pence sells seashells by the seashore.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2014 01:35 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Zvon wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: We might need two innings out of Mejia today. If we get 2 out of him I will feel much better about him being used at this point. If not now, when? There's no chance of there being a save situation for the Mets in this game.

d'Kong76 Aug 04 2014 01:38 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Guess the low strike zone has evaporated? Hunter's mama is so hairy she has afros on her nipples.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2014 01:41 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: We might need two innings out of Mejia today. If we get 2 out of him I will feel much better about him being used at this point. If not now, when? There's no chance of there being a save situation for the Mets in this game. Mejia already in the 20+ pitch range so this point is moot anyway.

Zvon Aug 04 2014 01:45 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: We might need two innings out of Mejia today. If we get 2 out of him I will feel much better about him being used at this point. If not now, when? There's no chance of there being a save situation for the Mets in this game. Oh yea, my bad >duh< Hunter Pence's nutsack is worshiped by squirrels.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 04 2014 01:50 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Anyway, I really don't see the logic of holding your closer until there's a save situation.

Zvon Aug 04 2014 02:00 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Hunter Pence does not put things in books.

d'Kong76 Aug 04 2014 02:10 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Boyz ll Men playin' soon at Citi ... that's the focus at metsdotcom.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2014 02:27 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

This is like back to the early part of the season where the first two batters of the game score but then only once more over the next 3-1/2 hours.

Gwreck Aug 04 2014 03:19 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Frustrating game. At least it wasn't scorching hot out at the park. Lots of Giants fans in attendance but they were well-behaved. From my perspective, either Lagares or Young would have been able to catch that ball but not both of them at the same time. As always, I blame the fielder not yielding to the centerfielder. When Wright was arguing, he tossed his bat, helmet and wristbands. The latitude he got suggested to me that the umpire knew it was a bad call. When Duda actually argued a bit as well, it seemed pretty clear we were getting squeezed. They could've won 3 of 4 this series and only got one. Not good at all.

d'Kong76 Aug 04 2014 03:23 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Gwreck wrote: As always, I blame the fielder not yielding to the centerfielder. Absolutely! Especially our center fielder.

Frayed Knot Aug 04 2014 03:34 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Gwreck wrote: From my perspective, either Lagares or Young would have been able to catch that ball but not both of them at the same time. COULD HAVE caught it, sure. But it would have been a real nice play by either one of them. Also more Young's ball than Lagares's so it's tough to ask him to just back off at that point and assume that Juan is going to make a backhand snag while doing a Spiderman leap against the wall. And that's all assuming CY even knew where JL was in the first place. When Wright was arguing, he tossed his bat, helmet and wristbands. The latitude he got suggested to me that the umpire knew it was a bad call. When Duda actually argued a bit as well, it seemed pretty clear we were getting squeezed. Three clearly low pitches were called strikes. The Wright & Duda ones were both strike threes while Murphy also took one and barked about it that was earlier in the count so less devastating.. They could've won 3 of 4 this series and only got one. Not good at all. The sticks went 8 for 83 over the first three games, and then today both top relievers couldn't get through an inning unscathed. Tough to win that way.

Edgy MD Aug 04 2014 06:11 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

Lousiest loss of the year from my perspective. Really tough to be leaning on the pitching so much that the offense completely checks out of a four-game homecoming series.

Ashie62 Aug 04 2014 06:56 PM Re: Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

David Wright needs a 15 day DL..