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IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

G-Fafif May 23 2015 09:35 PM

Southpaws ahoy! Niese vs. Liriano. The smart money says go with the lefty. Our lefty.

batmagadanleadoff May 23 2015 09:37 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Now what? All of Niese's IGT's are claimed, as well?

G-Fafif May 23 2015 09:45 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

I found this one sitting by the curb.

batmagadanleadoff May 23 2015 10:00 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

You should check again. You probably picked up an old Oliver Perez IGT.

d'Kong76 May 24 2015 07:13 AM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Now what? All of Niese's IGT's are claimed, as well? How did this silly notion get started? Nothing has changed. NY Mets at Pittsburgh When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, May 24, 2015 Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania SportsDirect Inc. Former National League MVP Andrew McCutchen has turned his season around over the past 2 1/2 weeks and looks to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a three-game sweep of the visiting New York Mets in Sunday's series finale. The Pirates have won 11 of the last 15 against New York after battering Mets ace Matt Harvey in Saturday's 8-2 victory. McCutchen was languishing below the Mendoza line with a .188 batting average on May 6, but he is up to .253 after collecting three hits and coming up a triple shy of the cycle in Saturday's win. It was the sixth consecutive road loss for New York, which announced Saturday that third baseman David Wright is suffering from spinal stenosis and will be shut down for at least another week. Wright has been sidelined since April 14 and his absence puts more pressure on an offense that has produced two runs or fewer eight times in the last 12 games. New York sends Jon Niese to the hill to face Francisco Liriano in a matchup of left-handers who were shelled in their previous start. TV: 1:35 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), ROOT (Pittsburgh) PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets LH Jon Niese (3-4, 3.72 ERA) vs. Pirates LH Francisco Liriano (1-4, 4.15) Niese is coming off a forgettable outing in which he was battered by St. Louis for eight runs and 11 hits over five-plus innings. It was the fourth defeat in the last five turns for Niese, who allowed one run or less in five of his first six starts this season. He is 3-1 with a 4.41 ERA in six career starts against the Pirates, but McCutchen is 5-for-13 with three doubles against him. Liriano lost his third consecutive start with an ugly outing versus Minnesota on Tuesday, lasting only two innings and giving up seven runs on five hits. The 31-year-old Dominican permitted only seven runs over his first five starts of the season but registered only one victory in that span. Liriano has surrendered four homers in his last two starts and remains winless at home with an 0-3 mark and 7.45 ERA in four turns. WALK-OFFS: 1. Pirates 3B Josh Harrison is 21-for-43 during a 10-game hitting streak. 2. Mets 2B Daniel Murphy is 6-for-11 over the past three games. 3. McCutchen set the PNC Park record with his 62nd homer Saturday.

MFS62 May 24 2015 07:23 AM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Things have gone in the terlet since the words "Opening Day" have vanished from the IGT titles. Someone please change this one to something like "A Niese Opening Day in Pittsburgh". The winning will start again, I betcha'. But, who you calling superstitious? Later

G-Fafif May 24 2015 09:21 AM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Curtis Granderson - RF Wilmer Flores - SS Michael Cuddyer - 1B Daniel Murphy - 2B John Mayberry Jr. - LF Anthony Recker - C Darrell Ceciliani - CF Ruben Tejada - 3B Jonathon Niese - LHP Duda tight hamstring; Lagares armpit soreness; Pirates severe overconfidence.

d'Kong76 May 24 2015 09:38 AM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

I noticed Duda grabbin' his leg a little yesterday... I don't think anyone said anything about it though. Harrison 2B Tabata RF McCutchen CF Marte LF Kang 3B Rodriguez 1B Cervelli C Mercer SS Liriano P

G-Fafif May 24 2015 09:39 AM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Josh Harrison, 2B Jose Tabata, RF Andrew McCutchen, CF Starling Marte, LF Jung Ho Kang, 3B Sean Rodriguez, 1B Francisco Cervelli, C Jordy Mercer, SS Francisco Liriano, LHP

TransMonk May 24 2015 10:09 AM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

With that Mets lineup, Niese better be better than he has been of late. A no-hitter would be nice...and possibly necessary.

Lefty Specialist May 24 2015 10:37 AM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Well, even a no-hitter's not a guaranteed win these days.

Lefty Specialist May 24 2015 11:45 AM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Off to a flying start with 2K's in the 1st.

Lefty Specialist May 24 2015 12:04 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

#lolmets

Frayed Knot May 24 2015 12:56 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Forget hits with RiSP, at the moment I'd settle for Contact w/RiSP.

d'Kong76 May 24 2015 01:15 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

That F'n McCutch again!

Edgy MD May 24 2015 01:22 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

A Cervelli RBI. That's just insulting.

d'Kong76 May 24 2015 01:24 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Flores really shoulda thrown to second on the previous play, but I ain't gonna pick nits as the series is slowly slipping to sweepsville....

Edgy MD May 24 2015 01:31 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Mets are producing some K magic this weekend. And not in a good way.

Mets Guy in Michigan May 24 2015 01:32 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Darrell Ceciliani has struck out in seven of his first nine at-bats, according to the booth. Not good.

bmfc1 May 24 2015 01:38 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

d'Kong76 wrote: Flores really shoulda thrown to second on the previous play, but I ain't gonna pick nits as the series is slowly slipping to sweepsville.... That's not a nit-pick. It's basic baseball knowledge ("fundies") and Flores doesn't have it.

Frayed Knot May 24 2015 01:42 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

And now Tejada does the same from 3B!! Is this some sort of new "strategy" where we simply decided not to go after any lead runners? Maybe they made that choice at the same time they decided not to try and throw out base stealers.

Edgy MD May 24 2015 01:43 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

I liked us against the East better.

Frayed Knot May 24 2015 01:44 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

They are making a very mediocre team look like world beaters this weekend.

Mets Guy in Michigan May 24 2015 01:44 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Aw hell. Well, I'm going to turn this one off.

Edgy MD May 24 2015 01:57 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Cervelli with three hits. CERVELLI!

Frayed Knot May 24 2015 02:09 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Ks in this series: [crossout:2qsbb264]34-18[/crossout:2qsbb264] Whoops, there's goes Campbell: 35-18 Guess which one is ours

Edgy MD May 24 2015 02:25 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Well, ending the game on a whiff was... appropriate.

Frayed Knot May 24 2015 02:25 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

So now that Tejada have his yearly HR, I guess this means we can expect his next 75 ABs are going to consist of him muscling up and hitting medium-deep fly-outs to the OF.

Ashie62 May 24 2015 02:26 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

As a fix I am in favor of signing McGehee for 3B and pursuing Tulowitzi. Wouldn't mind if Terry got axed either. Something has to give sooner rather than later.

Edgy MD May 24 2015 02:27 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

He hit five homers last year. I leave this series somehow rooting for more Tejada, not less.

TransMonk May 24 2015 02:29 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

This team is infuriating to watch right now. Also, anything Tulo could give us (and I'm not sure it is as much as we think) would be wasted on this team. They are more than one or a few guys away from being contenders right now.

Edgy MD May 24 2015 02:36 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

They are contenders. I mean, the standings insist they are. I certainly wouldn't bark at Tulowitzki.

TransMonk May 24 2015 02:48 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

They bought a lot of leeway in the standings with that 11 game win streak. 11-18 and consistently putrid on offense since, tho.

Edgy MD May 24 2015 02:57 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

No doubt. They're playing like something very different. But All-Star help? Yeah, I'll take some of that.

d'Kong76 May 24 2015 02:57 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Colorado can keep their SS and the 80-90 million dollars they owe him. Besides, he wants to be a Yankee!

TransMonk May 24 2015 04:06 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

I did add this book to my future reading list thanks to its mention in the broadcast booth today, though.

batmagadanleadoff May 24 2015 04:33 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Another sign that I'm getting old: I just realized this series is over. I can't believe the Mets aren't staying in Pittsburgh one more day to close out their Memorial Day series on, you know, Memorial Day. That's how they used to roll. I won't go so far as to say that I was also expecting a Memorial Day doubleheader; that expectation would make me ancient, instead of merely old(er).

MFS62 May 24 2015 05:23 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

They're coming back to New York and bringing Danny Muno with them. I heard after the game (WFAN?) that he's been recalled, and Monell sent down. Well, we were expecting they'd add an infielder ... Later

Ashie62 May 24 2015 05:42 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Wish it was Matt Reynolds.

Zvon May 24 2015 08:41 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Ashie62 wrote: Wish it was Matt Reynolds. Ditto. WTF is wrong w/ Reynolds? I read in a NYC newspaper that some scout (not to be named of course) says he's not cut out for playing everyday in the bigs. What makes him say this? And why should anybody be listening to some anonymous scout?

Benjamin Grimm May 25 2015 05:28 AM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Just because one scout said something, it doesn't mean that everyone is listening to him.

Benjamin Grimm May 25 2015 08:52 AM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

I read that after the game, Terry held a team meeting where he reminded the players of the importance of putting the ball in play. You know things are bad when the hitters need to be told that they should try to hit fair balls.

MFS62 May 25 2015 10:07 AM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Reynolds has been in a slump lately, and his average has dropped to around .285-.290. I think they'd rather bring up a player who has been on a hot streak if they're going to install him as a regular. If Reynolds rights himself, they'll bring him up at what they feel is the appropriate time. Later

Edgy MD May 25 2015 05:09 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

Is Muno expected to play every day?

MFS62 May 25 2015 06:10 PM Re: IGT 5/24/15 NYM @ PIT: Pitch Like A Niese Used To Day

I don't know. When he was brought up, it was reported that he'd start today's game. Didn't read anything about the games after that. We'll find out. Later