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Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 28 2016 07:51 AM

We'll be at tonight's game, Section 101, Row P if you wanna stop by. It's Matt Harvey, the NL's losingest pitcher but suddenly the most important guy on the team, against Lucas Gioloto, making his MLB debut. Gioloto is a 6-foot-6 RHP, 1st round draftee (16th overall) in 2012. Consensus Top 10 prospect, but... Giving up a lot of baserunners in AAA (34 walks, 67 hits in 72 IP). Let's win tonight.

d'Kong76 Jun 28 2016 09:30 AM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Win one for the 'buckets! NY Mets at Washington When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, June 28, 2016 Where: Nationals Park, Washington, District of Columbia SportsDirect Inc. Matt Harvey's place in the starting rotation was placed in jeopardy after a pair of disastrous starts versus the Washington Nationals last month. While the ensuing results haven't been promising, Harvey has pitched significantly better in his last five outings for the New York Mets heading into the second contest of the three-game set versus the host Nationals on Tuesday. Washington sent an all-too-familiar message to the 27-year-old right-hander by erupting for 17 hits and stealing a season-high six bases in an 11-4 rout on Monday. Daniel Murphy continued to torment his former team by driving in a pair of runs in the series opener and is blistering 12-for-28 with two homers and eight RBIs in seven encounters this season. While the first-place Nationals have won two in a row following a season-high seven-game losing streak, the Mets have dropped three of five to fall four games out in the NL East. Wilmer Flores had a two-run single in the third inning to give New York a 4-0 lead and is 6-for-14 with four RBIs in his last four games after a 3-for-29 stretch in his previous 10. TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, MLB Network, SNY (New York), MASN (Washington) PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Matt Harvey (4-9, 4.64 ERA) vs. Nationals RH Lucas Giolito (NA) Harvey was blitzed for 14 runs on 16 hits - including four homers - in a pair of losses to Washington last month. The right-hander has kept the ball in the park in each of his last five outings and surrendered just eight runs in that span (32 innings), but only has a 1-2 mark to show for it. Harvey has flustered Bryce Harper (1-for-24) in his career, although Anthony Rendon (6-for-17) and Ben Revere (5-for-15) have gotten their licks in against the struggling stud. An injured Stephen Strasburg's loss is Giolito's gain as the latter is expected to be recalled from Double-A Harrisburg to make his major-league debut. The 21-year-old Giolito, who was the 16th overall pick of the 2012 draft, posted a 5-3 mark with a 3.17 ERA in 14 starts with the Senators. "He's ready for the task," Washington manager Dusty Baker told reporters of Giolito, who has struck out 72 batters in 71 innings this season. WALK-OFFS: 1. New York general manager Sandy Alderson is scheduled to meet with manager Terry Collins and Steven Matz on Tuesday to discuss the best course of action as the right-hander deals with a bone spur in his elbow. 2. Nationals OF Jayson Werth is 8-for-24 with seven runs scored versus the Mets this season. 3. New York OF Juan Lagares (thumb) is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Binghamton on Tuesday.

Edgy MD Jun 28 2016 09:43 AM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

I like left field at Nats Park. Puts you near the promenade. Bring hats.

bmfc1 Jun 28 2016 09:53 AM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

I saw Giolito pitch against the Mets in PSL--six up, six down (like that's an accomplishment against the Mets most nights).

Centerfield Jun 28 2016 11:04 AM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

I declare tonight a BIG GAME. But for real, show some fucking life Mets. Try not to suck.

TransMonk Jun 28 2016 11:32 AM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Yeah, it may be stating the obvious, but how the Mets fare in these two weeks leading up to the AS break could make or break their season. Treading water is hard enough, but these games could really sink the team if they can't perform better than last night.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 28 2016 12:10 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

I think I may need to go back to Peru.

Ashie62 Jun 28 2016 02:49 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Harvey days Loney nights Let the Mets shine through tonight.

Edgy MD Jun 28 2016 03:01 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

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d'Kong76 Jun 28 2016 03:03 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Revere CF Werth LF Harper RF Murphy 2B Ramos C Zimmerman 1B Rendon 3B Espinosa SS Giolito P

Edgy MD Jun 28 2016 03:04 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

The team has sucked since I took the auto-KABOOM! programming out of the back end.

d'Kong76 Jun 28 2016 03:11 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

They had the one run (and the Nats lost like 7 in a row) and were like a game out of first. Seems like just yesterday.

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2016 03:24 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

d'Kong76 wrote: Revere CF Werth LF Harper RF Murphy 2B Ramos C Zimmerman 1B Rendon 3B Espinosa SS Giolito P Must be nice to be able to write in the same lineup every night. As far as I can tell, Ben Revere is the only position player they've had to put on the DL this year - basically for the first month of the season. Other than that, every regular is at or is approaching 300 ABs.

Centerfield Jun 28 2016 04:16 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

health is always a huge factor in pennant races.

Zvon Jun 28 2016 06:10 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Rain coming down pretty hard there atm. They say no end in sight.

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2016 06:21 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Centerfield wrote: health is always a huge factor in pennant races. And it sounds bitchy to whine about it, especially seeing as how the Nats are currently without Strasberg & Papelbon. But when I see a lineup that stays virtually the same every night, where the only off days are scheduled rest days, and the number of different #3 & #4 hitters thru nearly 1/2 season are 2 & 3 rather than our 6 & 7, I catch myself wondering what that must be like; it's a version of reality with which I am not familiar. 8 o'clock start time is the current estimate

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2016 07:36 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Hey here's a good idea, let's see if Harvey can get up to 75 pitches by the 3rd inning just like Syndy did last night!!! We'll do that right after we let the slowest runner in the majors score from 1st on a weak double.

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2016 07:46 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Looks like that leadoff single by Grandy filled the team's quota for the night.

Edgy MD Jun 28 2016 08:00 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

It shouldn't matter all that much that your first baseman is pretty slow, but it does and ours is.

Edgy MD Jun 28 2016 08:05 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

d'Arnaud is nobody's fool, and he'll be a perfectly capable big league thrower from behind the plate. And it'll sure help if it's Daniel Murphy doing the running on him.

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2016 08:11 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

And when given the gift of an erased baserunner, Harvey repays his team by putting the next two batters on.

cooby Jun 28 2016 08:42 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Was supposed to be on XM 182 but sure as heck wasn't.

cooby Jun 28 2016 08:43 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Zvon wrote: Rain coming down pretty hard there atm. They say no end in sight. Well holy poop. Maybe that was the problem

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2016 08:45 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

1) I have no faith in this game resuming 2) if it does resume I have no faith in it turning out well

d'Kong76 Jun 28 2016 08:58 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

It's a weather delay, they can't stop tinkering with anything.

themetfairy Jun 28 2016 09:33 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Frayed Knot wrote: 1) I have no faith in this game resuming 2) if it does resume I have no faith in it turning out well 1) You're wrong. 2) I hope you're wrong.

Edgy MD Jun 28 2016 09:34 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Report from the Other Place: For having the stuff to wait out the rain delay, Lunchpail got himself an autographed pearl from Hansel Robles. Pays to sit by the bullpen.

Edgy MD Jun 28 2016 09:54 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Got our LOOGy entering the game early enough to take at-bats. Not a great recipe for offense.

cooby Jun 28 2016 09:57 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Report from the Other Place: For having the stuff to wait out the rain delay, Lunchpail got himself an autographed pearl from Hansel Robles. Pays to sit by the bullpen. pearl?

Centerfield Jun 28 2016 10:04 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Seems like forever since I had fun watching a Mets game.

Edgy MD Jun 28 2016 10:07 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

So, down 3-0, and (the ever-healthy) Grandy, who crashed into a fence earlier, is out of the game. Pearl = baseball insider lingo for a spotless, brand-new baseball, fresh out of the box.

Edgy MD Jun 28 2016 10:15 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Way to make them throw a strike, Mets. Stay with that approach.

Edgy MD Jun 28 2016 10:17 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

No more pop-rock nicknames for you, James Loney!

d'Kong76 Jun 28 2016 10:19 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Bases jammed! Oh, never mind.

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2016 10:20 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Once they load the bases, is there even any reason to take the remaining ABs in the inning?

Centerfield Jun 28 2016 10:22 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

3-0. Might as well be 30-0.

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2016 10:28 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

And that inning even had a hit with a RiSP ... but it still didn't score a run because we don't do that.

Centerfield Jun 28 2016 10:33 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Resolve fading. Will give it one more inning. If they score I stay up. If not, bed.

MFS62 Jun 28 2016 10:36 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Frayed Knot wrote: And that inning even had a hit with a RiSP ... but it still didn't score a run because we don't do that. Score? What's that? This team couldn't score drugs in a club at 2 AM. Later

d'Kong76 Jun 28 2016 10:38 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Stretch time, not Monte-worthy...

Centerfield Jun 28 2016 10:40 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Ok. Night folks. Tomorrow we start a fund to send Ben Grimm to Peru. Alternatively, we could just brainstorm fun things to talk about other than baseball.

d'Kong76 Jun 28 2016 10:43 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

There's $1.26 in the CC, it's a start!

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2016 10:44 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

The following inning we got the two-out hit. Of course there was nobody on at that point.

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2016 10:49 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

I think the only conclusion you can come to is that most hitters simply don't care about triples anymore. You would think that it would be one of the cooler things to do and that batters would get a kick out of it, but apparently not.

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2016 10:51 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Oh well, it's not like we have to face Scherzer tomorrow with a replacement pitcher. Oh wait.

d'Kong76 Jun 28 2016 10:59 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

I have to watch the train wreck to the end.

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2016 11:00 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Nats have 7 hits tonight: 5 of them went for extra bases, 5 of them came with two outs. Take that combo and mix in [u:1q7ych98]Seven[/u:1q7ych98] free passes and the game becomes no contest.

Frayed Knot Jun 28 2016 11:01 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

d'Kong76 wrote: I have to watch the train wreck to the end. Just dying to see three more weak pop-outs?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Jun 28 2016 11:03 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Even we bailed on this one. Was VERY cool of Robles to give us a ball. he also retieved a dropped cellphone of our neighbor but not before "selfy-ing" himself with it. Hes a fun loving bastard, he gave me such a look till he was sure the ball wound up with the kid. Grandy hit that fence pretty hard.

bmfc1 Jun 29 2016 05:41 AM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

It's possible that the effort he made for the Lunchbucket family drained him so much that he had nothing left which resulted in his giving up two runs.

cooby Jun 29 2016 07:40 AM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

When I heard the pregame say a major league debut against the Mets I thought oh no :(

Benjamin Grimm Jun 29 2016 01:57 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Cast your vote!

Edgy MD Jun 29 2016 02:29 PM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)

Best yet.

Benjamin Grimm Jul 15 2016 07:46 AM Re: Mets @ Natz, 6/28 (IGT #76)