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IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Frayed Knot May 24 2016 10:32 PM

Day game to follow the night game. Expect Wright back in. Probably some hot Rene Rivera action too. Either Campbell or Kelly at 1st in what could be the last ML game for one or the other (or maybe both) for a while as somebody's getting sent down on Thurs/Fri. Pitching matchup should favor our side for the first time in the series: Matz vs Roark Matz, as we all know, is riding a wave after putting his 1st start behind him. Roark got off to a great start but had a much better April than May. And the meat of the bullpen is tanned, rested, and ready.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 25 2016 06:14 AM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Win today would be very good to have. Going 3-3 while down a few guys, not playing particularly well and getting 2 turns with our worst pitcher isn't so bad. Those guys are at full strength, you know.

Centerfield May 25 2016 08:47 AM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Huge game today. It would be nice to get some runs early. Tanner Roark sucks. It is known. It is known.

d'Kong76 May 25 2016 08:56 AM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

NY Mets at Washington When: 1:05 PM ET, Wednesday, May 25, 2016 Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia SportsDirect Inc. The Washington Nationals assured that they would finish out the current series in first place in the National League East with a victory on Tuesday but could stand to put some more distance between themselves and the New York Mets. The Nationals, who own a 1 1/2-game lead in the division, host the Mets in the rubber match of the three-game series on Wednesday. New York breezed to a 7-1 victory in Monday’s opener to tighten the gap to a half-game but Washington responded by kicking around struggling Mets ace Matt Harvey en route to a 7-4 victory on Tuesday. The Nationals pounded out five home runs in the win – one each from Ryan Zimmerman, Anthony Rendon, Daniel Murphy, Ben Revere and Wilson Ramos – to back a strong outing from Stephen Strasburg. Murphy, who was one of New York’s October heroes during a run to the World Series last fall before signing with rival Washington in free agency, is 8-for-19 with six RBIs in five games against his former team this season. The Mets had a four-game winning streak come to an end with Tuesday’s setback. TV: 1:05 p.m. ET, MLB Network, SNY (New York), MASN (Washington) PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets LH Steven Matz (6-1, 2.81 ERA) vs. Nationals RH Tanner Roark (3-3, 2.89) Matz had to skip a start due to elbow soreness but did not appear to be struggling with any injury when he returned on Friday and cruised through seven innings while allowing two runs and three hits in a win over Milwaukee. The New York native yielded a total of six runs in 40 innings over his last six turns -- all victories -- and recorded 42 strikeouts in that span. Matz is making his first career start against Washington and is 3-0 with a 1.86 ERA on the road. Roark allowed seven runs in five innings against Miami on May 14 but was a different pitcher at the Marlins five days later. The Illinois product surrendered one run and six hits over 6 2/3 innings to pick up the win. Roark has never lost to New York and owns a 5-0 record with a 3.05 ERA in 11 career games – six starts – against the Mets. WALK-OFFS: 1. Nationals RF Bryce Harper is 0-for-9 in the last three games. 2. New York LF Yoenis Cespedes is 11-for-25 with eight runs scored during a seven-game hitting streak. 3. Revere recorded multiple hits in four of his last five games to lift his batting average to .194.

d'Kong76 May 25 2016 10:52 AM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Granderson, RF Wright, 3B Conforto, LF Cespedes, CF Walker, 2B Cabrera, SS Campbell, 1B Rivera, C Matz, P Taylor, CF Werth, LF Murphy, 2B Zimmerman, 1B Rendon, 3B Ramos, C Heisey, RF Espinosa, SS Roark, P

TransMonk May 25 2016 11:08 AM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Win today would be very good to have. Going 3-3 while down a few guys, not playing particularly well and getting 2 turns with our worst pitcher isn't so bad. Those guys are at full strength, you know. 100% this.

bmfc1 May 25 2016 11:12 AM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Leaving work, off to the ballpark.

Ashie62 May 25 2016 11:25 AM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

In Matz I trust. Campbell, not so much.

Frayed Knot May 25 2016 11:56 AM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Win today would be very good to have. Going 3-3 while down a few guys, not playing particularly well and getting 2 turns with our worst pitcher isn't so bad. Those guys are at full strength, you know. Plus I don't want to sit on two straight losses for a day and a half. Plus my record while starting IGTs is like 1-19 since last season so I'd like to break that. Harper & Revere sitting vs Matz

Fman99 May 25 2016 12:09 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Working, listening to Josh/Howie on XM.

Fman99 May 25 2016 12:11 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

KABOOMAGE for the Capn!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 25 2016 12:13 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Back? Shmack. [youtube:25kohes4]_ozSSseCh3U[/youtube:25kohes4]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 25 2016 12:17 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Hey, wasn't Michael Taylor supposed to be, like, their centerfielder Of The FutureTM? Like, last year?

Fman99 May 25 2016 12:17 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Cabrera a late scratch apparently? Reynolds in at SS they are saying.

Edgy MD May 25 2016 12:23 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Terry Collins' rest plan is either screwing us royally or working like gangbusters, I'm not sure.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 25 2016 12:24 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Cabrera's pregame physical issue? Back problems. What the hell is with these guys' mattresses? Can the team spring for clubhouse Aeron chairs?

Centerfield May 25 2016 12:29 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Cabrera's pregame physical issue? Back problems. What the hell is with these guys' mattresses? Can the team spring for clubhouse Aeron chairs? Crap. Well I guess that asshole who wanted to see Reynolds starting at SS in 2015 and criticized the Cabrera signing will be happy.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr May 25 2016 12:29 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

After fouling off several (Yay!) very hittable (Boo!) Roark fastballs, Reynolds works a walk (Yay!). Then gets wiped out on a near-miss 1-4-3 double play.

Edgy MD May 25 2016 12:29 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

It's these DC flophouses they're staying in.

Centerfield May 25 2016 12:30 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Fucking Campbell.

Edgy MD May 25 2016 12:55 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Michael Taylor cut down. Can't complain much about the defense our sub-.200 catchers are providing.

G-Fafif May 25 2016 01:17 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Matt Reynolds has a major league base hit.

Fman99 May 25 2016 01:20 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Centerfield wrote: Fucking Campbell. Yes. He sucks a bathtub full of micropenises.

d'Kong76 May 25 2016 01:21 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

I've always found the tradition of taking the ball out of play for a first hit so enjoyable. Close down battle for ten seconds, here's one for your mantle buddy. Resume battle.

Edgy MD May 25 2016 01:30 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

It's sort of the job of hitting coaches to keep their batters in the game by taking over when their players start riding the ump over his strike zone, isn't it? A hitting coach is probably just as useful during the game when confined to the clubhouse, anyhow.

cooby May 25 2016 01:31 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Cabrera's pregame physical issue? Back problems. What the hell is with these guys' mattresses? Can the team spring for clubhouse Aeron chairs? They are all putting in their veggie gardens

Edgy MD May 25 2016 01:39 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Ugh. KARS4KIDS commercial.

d'Kong76 May 25 2016 01:47 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

If one is unfortunate and has to go to hell, I'm told that jingle is blasted on the whole slow escalator ride down.

Edgy MD May 25 2016 01:50 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

You know, I have a whole list of things I think of as my first order of business when I take over the Mets. Then I hear that commercial again and I'm reminded. Top priority, Day One.

Fman99 May 25 2016 01:52 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Edgy MD wrote: Ugh. KARS4KIDS commercial. Yeah, radio has its own list of bad ones. That's up there. Ed Burns, too, enough of your "New York guy" schtick.

d'Kong76 May 25 2016 01:54 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Daniel Muffy!

Chad Ochoseis May 25 2016 01:55 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

That old Murph glove!

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 25 2016 01:58 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Rene Rivera will MAKE. YOU. PAY.

Frayed Knot May 25 2016 02:02 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

I've seen that Daniel Murphy movie before!

Edgy MD May 25 2016 02:03 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

You're all mixed up, like pasta primavera Yo, why'd you throw that pitch to René Rivera?

Frayed Knot May 25 2016 02:20 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Matz in to start the 8th - and gets the first out. 15 in a row. Keeping with the '21 (outs) or over' goal for our starters. And now 16 in a row.

Edgy MD May 25 2016 02:21 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

This is our deepest outing of the year for anybody, correct?

Frayed Knot May 25 2016 02:26 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Edgy MD wrote: This is our deepest outing of the year for anybody, correct? Didn't Bart go 8 once? oe: Yup, May 2nd vs Atlanta Dusty started all his RH hitters so has/had no one to PH 'cept lefties. Clint Robinson managed to sneak a single up the middle but Harper PH-ing bounced out.

Edgy MD May 25 2016 02:28 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Matz has 104 pitches. If Terry tries to pull him, Harvey should talk him out of it.

Ashie62 May 25 2016 02:29 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Leave Matz in, geezuz.

Diamond Dad May 25 2016 02:35 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Listening to the radio call by Howie and Joshie on MLB.tv -- no local commercials! Love it. Just a few national ads and a lot of silence during inning breaks. :)

Edgy MD May 25 2016 02:35 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Hello, Tying Run. Welcome to the plate.

Edgy MD May 25 2016 02:36 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Hello, [crossout:2fu2jcnp]Go-Ahead[/crossout:2fu2jcnp] Winning Run. Welcome to the plate.

Ashie62 May 25 2016 02:37 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

I guess the Matz 8 inning complete game was good enough.

Zvon May 25 2016 02:39 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

It's all on you Fammy.

Edgy MD May 25 2016 02:39 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

ONE.

Zvon May 25 2016 02:41 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

whew. huge k. I may be ahead. I'll wait a minute before sending. Just saw the 1st pitch to Rendon.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 25 2016 02:42 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats Edited 2 time(s), most recently on May 25 2016 02:43 PM

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Zvon May 25 2016 02:42 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

lol, actually I think I'm behind but about 30 seconds.

Zvon May 25 2016 02:43 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Good move Reynolds, I think.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 25 2016 02:44 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

BOOOOOOKS

d'Kong76 May 25 2016 02:45 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Bookaroonies!! Have to be careful, I almost submitted Booaroonies!

themetfairy May 25 2016 02:45 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Zvon May 25 2016 02:45 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Edgy MD May 25 2016 02:45 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

That's a WHEW! That's a team-record 32 consecutive saves converted (regular season, anyhow) for Familia, and I still didn't want to go to him.

TransMonk May 25 2016 02:51 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Great game!

Zvon May 25 2016 02:52 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

[fimg=100]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-32fcAZpn14s/VbKrHFNbtNI/AAAAAAAAcgs/W6e1oSnrzvMmCERMmQ1VeKbg_xJielhMwCCo/s300/man-dancing.gif[/fimg] We got a real closer! We got a real closer! He may get into trouble! But he gets out of it! We got a real closer! We got a real closer! His name is Familia! And I think he's the shit! ^Not set to any existing song, sung more like a juvenile schoolyard rant. What a performance by Matz. Much needed by ALL.

TransMonk May 25 2016 02:54 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

An off day after a series win against our biggest rival is better than an off day after a loss. I'll certainly take the split over six games so far...all things considered.

Edgy MD May 25 2016 02:56 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Now go get Loney. OH!

cooby May 25 2016 03:00 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Yay!

Centerfield May 25 2016 03:03 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Never a doubt! (Just kidding. I had to go do work during the 9th inning because I was too nervous.)

Frayed Knot May 25 2016 03:17 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

I was OK with going to Familia for the 9th, especially once the power LH bats -- Harper and Clint Robinson -- were spent in the 8th. -- 4th time around the lineup, 100+ pitches under his belt, all RH ('cept for Muffie) bats due up, a rested back-end of the pen, etc. And I'm undefeated in IGT's this year (1-0 ... which brings me to about 1-21 going back to last season) !!!!

Chad Ochoseis May 25 2016 03:33 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Two starters on the DL. Our ace pitcher sucking badly. So-so hitting. And, still, 5-1 over the last six. Not bad at all.

Zvon May 25 2016 04:11 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Chad Ochoseis wrote: Two starters on the DL. Our ace pitcher sucking badly. So-so hitting. And, still, 5-1 over the last six. Not bad at all. WhatchUtalkin bout Willis? Syndergaard, deGrom, & Matz are fine.

Zvon May 25 2016 04:12 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Frayed Knot wrote: And I'm undefeated in IGT's this year (1-0 ... which brings me to about 1-21 going back to last season) !!!! OO, we are gonna ride you like TC rides the pen.

Ashie62 May 25 2016 06:20 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Fman99 wrote: Cabrera a late scratch apparently? Reynolds in at SS they are saying. In the third inning last night Cabrera layed out for a liner and came up grimacing. See, I do watch.

soupcan May 25 2016 08:21 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 26 2016 08:19 AM

I'm watching the replay on SNY. Anybody else notice that the ball girl down the third base line only has one arm? She just picked up a foul ball (off Murph in the 6th) and tossed it into the crowd using just her glove. OE: FIRST base line. You know, I'm 51 fucking years old and I STILL has issues with right and left. WTF?

TransMonk May 25 2016 08:31 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

There was also I Nats fan sitting behind home plate wearing a red "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" hat.

Lefty Specialist May 25 2016 10:03 PM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

TransMonk wrote: There was also I Nats fan sitting behind home plate wearing a red "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" hat. Chris Christie, following the Mets on the road again.

Fman99 May 26 2016 07:12 AM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Listened to nearly the entire game on XM, despite repeated work interruptions. Had a 4 PM doctor's appointment, and filed out of work with the game on in my headphones. I lost the signal with two strikes on Ramos -- literally, the last pitch of the game, and then flipped to XM in my ride and saw that they won. Still, I missed the call of the last pitch (not to mention Rivera's RBI which happened at some point when my life got in the way). Still a good way to pass the afternoon.

Benjamin Grimm May 26 2016 09:01 AM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

Cast your vote!

Frayed Knot May 26 2016 09:11 AM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats

For those who may be voting at home (or even if you're alone) a nice game by Rene Rivera Wednesday afternoon. - RBI single w/2 outs and behind in the count - caught a fast runner (Taylor) stealing and had him by about six feet And then after the two leadoff singles by Werth & Murphy in the 9th, he first backhand-gloved a wicked slider from Familia which looked sure to move the runners up to 2nd & 3rd. But maybe more important is that the Mets weren't even holding Murphy--the tying run!!-- on at 1st figuring that the Nats wouldn't risk the double-steal that they might have tried with a different catcher back there. That allowed Campbell to play off the bag and be in perfect position to handle Rendon's sharp one-hopper which got turned into out #2 (without a force there's no play at all because Familia was late covering). That hit is a single nine times out of ten. I know the guy has no track record of hitting, but it's fun to watch a non-hitting catcher make a difference every once in a while to remind you of how valuable that can be.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 17 2016 08:28 AM Re: IGT 5/25; 1:05 Game; Mets @ Nats