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IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Ashie62 Jun 09 2016 11:53 AM

Time for a winning streak one game at a time.

d'Kong76 Jun 09 2016 12:00 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

NY Mets at Milwaukee When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, June 9, 2016 Where: Miller Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin SportsDirect Inc. The New York Mets were falling off the pace in the National League East due to a lack of offense but managed a few key hits in a win on Wednesday and are hoping that sparks a turnaround. The Mets will try to add to the run total and secure back-to-back wins when they visit the Milwaukee Brewers for the opener of a four-game series on Thursday. New York totaled two runs during a three-game slide but watched Ty Kelly hit his first career home run and got a tying two-run blast from Michael Conforto in the eighth inning on Wednesday before Wilmer Flores’ pinch hit gave the team a 6-5 win over Pittsburgh in 10 innings. Conforto went 10 straight games without an extra-base hit before doubling on Tuesday and homering the following night. The Brewers should be confident in their ability to shut down Conforto and the Mets offense after finishing off a two-game interleague sweep of the Oakland Athletics with a three-hit shutout in Wednesday 4-0 triumph. Milwaukee has won five of its last seven games to pull within three games of .500 and swept a three-game series at New York last month. TV: 8:10 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), FSN Wisconsin (Milwaukee) PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Bartolo Colon (4-3, 3.27 ERA) vs. Brewers RH Jimmy Nelson (5-4, 3.43) Colon surrendered two or fewer runs in each of his last three starts but was held out of the decision in the last two. The hefty veteran threw just 76 pitches at Miami on Saturday but was lifted after allowing two runs – one earned – in five innings. Colon faced Milwaukee twice in 2015 and lost both starts, surrendering a total of 10 runs – nine earned – and 17 hits in 11 innings. Nelson had a string of four straight starts yielding two or fewer runs come to an end when he was ripped for six runs in four innings at Philadelphia on Friday. The 27-year-old gave up a pair of home runs to the light-hitting Phillies – one more than he had surrendered in the previous four games combined. Nelson went up against Colon at home on June 24 last season and held New York to one run on two hits and a walk in eight innings to pick up the win. WALK-OFFS: 1. The Mets acquired veteran INF Kelly Johnson in a trade for the second straight season on Wednesday, and he is expected to join the team on Friday. 2. Milwaukee RHP Matt Garza (strained lat) is scheduled to make his final rehab start on Thursday in the minors. 3. New York LF Yoenis Cespedes recorded three hits on Wednesday, matching his total from his previous 11 games.

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 07:18 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

No leadoff KABOOM! love for Grandy? Anyhow, Bartolo is the last active player who has pitched against the American League Brewers as well as the NL version.

cooby Jun 09 2016 07:29 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

C'mon boys. Go on a tear

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 07:39 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Kirk still going down hacking.

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 07:41 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Flores should have made the play at third there

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 07:50 PM Frag

Curtis Granderson

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 07:55 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Yoenis Cespedes

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 08:14 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

This game should be about 6-0 by now, right? Nelson hasn't shown me anything.

Frayed Knot Jun 09 2016 08:16 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Edgy MD wrote: This game should be about 6-0 by now, right? Nelson hasn't shown me anything. Yes, but even our hits w/RiSP don't score runs.

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 08:19 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Send the runner on first.

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 08:23 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Way to hurt two guys with one pitch. This guy is so chase-able. Come on.

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 08:24 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

My word. That whole inning was teed up.

Lefty Specialist Jun 09 2016 08:26 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Edgy MD wrote: This game should be about 6-0 by now, right? Nelson hasn't shown me anything. Boy, they're letting the Brewers hang around. Better not cost them.

Frayed Knot Jun 09 2016 08:27 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Five consecutive ABs w/a runner in scoring position, but even with a Single & HBP mixed in, 2 Ks and a FO keep the inning scoreless.

Fman99 Jun 09 2016 08:41 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Yeah that part was suckalicious

Mets Guy in Michigan Jun 09 2016 08:44 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

We haven't taken advantage of opportunities.

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 08:47 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

I like that palm ball Colón is developing. I'm not sure he should be using it to start a double play, though.

Frayed Knot Jun 09 2016 08:48 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

On the flip side of our RiSP suckiness, the Brewers are having all their baserunners erased before ever getting to scoring position: 3 GiDPs plus a pickoff!

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 08:54 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Not only is every starter a candidate to strike out 10 Mets on a given night, but this guy has somehow struck out 10. And hegets a mercy rescue — amazingly ... with Colón coming up.

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 09:22 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Suddenly, the tying run is at the plate.

Frayed Knot Jun 09 2016 09:34 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Another two-on/none-out situation ... which means there's little hope for scoring

Frayed Knot Jun 09 2016 09:36 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Some of this stuff would be comical if it weren't for the fact that it's so non-comical. We now have 3 hits w/RiSP tonight yet only one run as a result.

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 09:38 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Bases loaded with no outs. Pitcher all over the place. Outside chance of a run here, right?

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 09:40 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Was Wilmer giving himself up there or just lost?

Frayed Knot Jun 09 2016 09:40 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Well, like Wilmer's game-winning hit last night, this one wasn't pretty but it was effective.

Frayed Knot Jun 09 2016 09:42 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Edgy MD wrote: Was Wilmer giving himself up there or just lost? I suspect he thought he was doing the right thing by ensuring that the 2nd run scored but that's not a good play with no outs. One out maybe, two definitely, but not there.

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 09:45 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Maybe some late-inning Laggy defense tonight?

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 09:54 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Well this isn't the laugher I envisioned. Hill runs like Ron Cey. Still scored easily from first.

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 09:55 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Surprised they didn't go to Big Jim Henderson or Hansel there.

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 10:04 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Great to see Laggy back in action. Great to see a pinch-hit RBI from Reynolds. Not so great to think that 3/4 of the Mets infield may be grounded.

Edgy MD Jun 09 2016 10:16 PM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Brewers lose, and I guess the Mets win.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Jun 10 2016 03:41 AM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Asdrubal Cabrera: The Omega Infielder (Apparently)

Lefty Specialist Jun 10 2016 07:03 AM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

No need to fear, Kelly Johnson will be active tonight.

TransMonk Jun 10 2016 08:05 AM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

The Mets have now won their first season series against the Brewers since 2008. Let's make it a sweep!

Frayed Knot Jun 10 2016 08:20 AM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Certainly now with the first one already in the bag, anything short of 3-of-4 would be a disappointment. The only thing I'm not ready to do is declare the hitting drought over even with Keith during the wrap-up citing 13 hits as evidence that 'the bats came alive'. There were a ton of seeing-eye hits that could just as easily been outs (or GiDPs!!) but for fortunate placement and even the seemingly good 5-13 w/RiSP is misleading as they were getting one run out of situations where two or more looked not just possible but likely. But at least, unlike in the Pittsburgh series, the breaks were going our way last night as they were the ones hitting at'em balls into 3 GiDPs plus had two other baserunners erased via a CS and a Pick-off.

Edgy MD Jun 10 2016 08:37 AM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Making enough contact to get those 13 hits was nice, but it was against a pitcher who was utterly under water. Leaving him out there that long, and erasing their own base runners... the Brewers gave the Mets that game in a silver beer stein.

Ceetar Jun 10 2016 09:08 AM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Edgy MD wrote: Making enough contact to get those 13 hits was nice, but it was against a pitcher who was utterly under water. Leaving him out there that long, and erasing their own base runners... the Brewers gave the Mets that game in a silver beer stein. indeed. would've preferred a few more home runs and a little less contact, but Cespedes is still scuffling some and Duda's out so you got more contact guys in there.

Lefty Specialist Jun 10 2016 09:23 AM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Yeah, with a little timely hitting that could have been an 11-2 game. Let's hope Good Hovvey shows up tonight.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 10 2016 09:26 AM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson

Cast your vote!

Benjamin Grimm Jul 01 2016 08:03 AM Re: IGT 6/9 Mets @ Brewers Colon v. Nelson