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IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

d'Kong76 May 09 2015 05:00 AM

NY Mets at Philadelphia When: 7:05 PM ET, Saturday, May 9, 2015 Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania SportsDirect Inc. Ryan Howard is beginning to get hot for the Philadelphia Phillies and is helping to make up for the struggles of Chase Utley. Both Howard and Utley could find themselves on the bench against left-hander Jonathon Niese when the Phillies host the New York Mets again on Saturday. Howard smacked a home run off Matt Harvey and drove in a pair as the Phillies took the opener 3-1 on Friday, and the former MVP is 5-for-7 with a pair of home runs in his last two starts. Howard sat out the last time Philadelphia faced a left-hander and Utley, who went 0-for-4 on Friday to drop his batting average to .099, has been getting plenty of time off of late. The Mets have some offensive problems of their own and have scored one or no runs in three of the last five games. The New York pitching staff, which has surrendered three or fewer runs in each of the last six contests, is keeping the team in games. TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, WPIX (New York), CSN Philadelphia PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets LH Jonathon Niese (2-2, 2.40 ERA) vs. Phillies RH Aaron Harang (3-2, 2.35) Niese came out on the wrong end of a 1-0 decision against Washington last Saturday, allowing the lone run on nine hits in seven innings to absorb the loss. The 28-year-old has yielded one earned run in four of his five outings in 2015. One of those turns came against the Phillies on April 15, when Niese scattered nine hits and one run in 6 1/3 innings. Harang has just as many starts with one or no earned runs allowed as Niese, and he is coming off a win at Atlanta on Monday. The veteran snapped a two-start winless streak by yielding five hits and a walk in six innings against the Braves. Harang came out on the bad end of a 2-0 final at New York on April 13, when he allowed one run in six innings but suffered the loss. WALK-OFFS: 1. Utley is 3-for-32 in his career against Niese. 2. Philadelphia SS Freddy Galvis picked up his first two stolen bases of the season on Friday. 3. New York CF Juan Lagares is 0-for-12 in the last three games.

G-Fafif May 09 2015 04:14 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Win, damn youse! Curtis Granderson - RF Juan Lagares - CF Lucas Duda - 1B Michael Cuddyer - LF Daniel Murphy - 3B Kevin Plawecki - C Dilson Herrera - 2B Ruben Tejada - SS Jonathon Niese - LHP

d'Kong76 May 09 2015 04:15 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Revere, LF Galvis, SS Ruf, 1B Francoeur, RF Hernandez, 2B Ruiz, C Herrera, CF Blanco, 3B Harang, P

Mets – Willets Point May 09 2015 06:14 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Time for some Murphy Magic! That's a thing, right?

Mets – Willets Point May 09 2015 06:16 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Guess not.

Frayed Knot May 09 2015 06:17 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Lagares has to cut down on his hits in the air. I think he's liking too many of those up-in-his-eyes pitches.

Edgy MD May 09 2015 06:35 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Gary is totally overselling Lagares' arm.

Edgy MD May 09 2015 06:36 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Shame, shame, tied the game.

Mets – Willets Point May 09 2015 06:39 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Drat.

Mets – Willets Point May 09 2015 06:40 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Frayed Knot wrote: Lagares has to cut down on his hits in the air. I think he's liking too many of those up-in-his-eyes pitches. Like a midget with an oral fixation?

Edgy MD May 09 2015 06:40 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Watching Niese collapse in that awful chrome insignia makes me very sad.

Edgy MD May 09 2015 06:47 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

First thought: "Got to pinch-hit for Niese. Mets need to get some offense going." Second thought: "Although who on the bench is hitting better than Niese?" Third thought: "GO, NIESE!!"

Mets – Willets Point May 09 2015 06:48 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Well, Lagares put that one high into the air.

Gwreck May 09 2015 06:49 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies Edited 2 time(s), most recently on May 09 2015 06:50 PM

Frayed Knot wrote: Lagares has to cut down on his hits in the air. I think he's liking too many of those up-in-his-eyes pitches. Lagares to FK: maybe not. --- Edit: I do agree, though. More line drives please.

Edgy MD May 09 2015 06:49 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

THERE 'TIS!!

Edgy MD May 09 2015 06:53 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Gwreck wrote: Lagares has to cut down on his hits in the air. I think he's liking too many of those up-in-his-eyes pitches. Lagares to FK: maybe not. --- Edit: I do agree, though. More line drives please. I don't know. I was thinking Laggy might be the one to crack Harangatang (Met #966) Too many fly balls in this park will catch up to you. And he's strong and gets on top of high pitches.

Edgy MD May 09 2015 06:57 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Niese was so efficient there, he may come out for the eighth if he doesn't come to the plate here.

Edgy MD May 09 2015 07:03 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Garcia's slider is eating up his catcher.

Edgy MD May 09 2015 07:08 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Bob McClure, Met #403 visiting the mound.

Lefty Specialist May 09 2015 07:16 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

The Mets come up with highly inventive ways to not score runs.

Edgy MD May 09 2015 07:28 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

The armored headband doesn't match the hat. And the insignia... ugh.

Edgy MD May 09 2015 07:28 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Los Torreses digging a deep hole for Buddy..

Edgy MD May 09 2015 07:32 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

FUCK YOU, DEEP HOLE!!!!!!

Frayed Knot May 09 2015 07:32 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

8th inning, Bags-Loaded, 1-out GiDPs are on a 2-fer-1 special in Philly tonight. Buy one, get one.

Lefty Specialist May 09 2015 07:34 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Ruben having himself a night tonight.

Edgy MD May 09 2015 07:40 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

If you've gotta face Howard, try not to do it with somebody on base, Jeurys.

Gwreck May 09 2015 07:46 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Edgy MD wrote: If you've gotta face Howard, try not to do it with somebody on base, Jeurys. Game-ending GIDP would be fine too.

Edgy MD May 09 2015 07:47 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Freakin' Utley. His career is collapsing around him... except against the Mets.

Edgy MD May 09 2015 07:50 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Four lefties in the ninth. Wish we had a Blevins.

Lefty Specialist May 09 2015 07:50 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Edgy MD May 09 2015 07:52 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

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Fman99 May 09 2015 08:12 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

That GIDP in the 8th seems like a turning point to me. What a play!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 09 2015 09:33 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

"Oh, really? Um, glad you like it." [fimg=700]https://snymetsminors.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/hershiser-083.jpg[/fimg]

Edgy MD May 09 2015 09:40 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Was that his only play, or did he have a play at the plate as well?

Edgy MD May 09 2015 09:43 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Buddy slinging it with Vas. [youtube:2yadyuk7]Xtmjs-xQ7Ts[/youtube:2yadyuk7] If you want your kid to have a catch with a Met, apparently your best bet is catching Buddy's attention on the road.

Frayed Knot May 09 2015 09:44 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Edgy MD wrote: Lagares has to cut down on his hits in the air. I think he's liking too many of those up-in-his-eyes pitches. Lagares to FK: maybe not. --- Edit: I do agree, though. More line drives please. I don't know. I was thinking Laggy might be the one to crack Harangatang (Met #966) Too many fly balls in this park will catch up to you. And he's strong and gets on top of high pitches. Nice that he was able to get on top of that one following three sky-high flies prior to it-- but the overall problem remains that he produces far too many pop-ups and lazy flies in exchange for too few HRs. I think he's got power potential, but if the results aren't going to show it* then I'd prefer he just hit some more on the ground and start running. * 9 HRs in nearly 900 ML PAs and just 31 in over 2,500 PAs in the minors.

themetfairy May 09 2015 10:01 PM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

If you want your kid to have a catch with a Met, apparently your best bet is catching Buddy's attention on the road. Our experience when the kids were small was that the team was way more accessible before road games than at home. It was a beautiful night for baseball, we had a chance to say hit to CF and his amazingly polite and well-spoken son, and the Mets won - what more could one want?

MFS62 May 10 2015 06:53 AM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

What a great looking couple. The next time MMYF says anything when I wear Mets gear with her, I show her that picture. Then tell her to put hers on, too. (I think she's a closet Mets fan, but won't give me the satisfaction of wearing it when I'm around. Shhhh. Pretend you don't know.) Later

themetfairy May 10 2015 07:06 AM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Thanks. And for the record, we were sitting among some very nice people who were there for a Little League outing. They kept telling us to tell everyone that Phillies fans are nice. That's not my universal impression, but the people we were with last night were very sweet (one of them snapped the above posted photo).

Gwreck May 10 2015 09:04 AM Re: IGT 05/09 - Mets at Phillies

Great photo! themetfairy wrote: They kept telling us to tell everyone that Phillies fans are nice. That's not my universal impression, but the people we were with last night were very sweet (one of them snapped the above posted photo). I bet it helps when they aren't as good. Get rid of the loudmouth/beer drinking frontrunners and it probably is a lot more pleasant there.