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IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

G-Fafif Aug 14 2016 05:26 PM

The Mets are hot, hot...can they be hot a third consecutive time for the first time since Arizona was a territory? Only Buster Poindexter and Bartolo Colon know, as three in a row are on the table in the dry heat of Phoenix. Opposing the Bart of the desert is Met-killer (based on last week) Robbie Ray. Game time is probably some time that nobody else starts games. Those Diamondbacks sure are exotic.

Ashie62 Aug 15 2016 11:16 AM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Gary Cohen described the weather as either walking into warm soup (humidity) or a blast furnace (dry) Good luck on either. Go Go Bar-to-lo

d'Kong76 Aug 15 2016 04:47 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Segura 2B Bourn CF Goldschmidt 1B Lamb 3B Tomas RF Castillo C Owings SS Drury LF Ray P

Ashie62 Aug 15 2016 05:03 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

That Ray guy. 9:40 pm I can watch on the phone after my nightime xanax.

d'Kong76 Aug 15 2016 05:17 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Reyes SS Granderson CF Walker 2B Bruce RF Flores 1B T. Rivera 3B Kelly LF d’Arnaud C Colon P

metirish Aug 15 2016 05:20 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

That's a winning team right there ....#LGM

Zvon Aug 15 2016 05:40 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Ashie62 wrote: That Ray guy. 9:40 pm I can watch on the phone after my nightime xanax. Damn. I forgot it was a late start. We should all be so subscribed just from watching this team. I think most doctors would consider it a valid reason.

MFS62 Aug 15 2016 06:00 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Pitch around Goldschmidt! Dammit! Later

Ashie62 Aug 15 2016 06:51 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

They have seen Ray so no mysteries. Big heater.

cooby Aug 15 2016 08:18 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

My nighttime Xanax would have me asleep before it's over. Sounds like a plan though!

Zvon Aug 15 2016 08:48 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Sweet Jesus. That was some mighty bad luck there. Grandy ripped it. I couldn't tell if Reyes had it stolen. We need The Good Big Sexy Colon tonight.

Zvon Aug 15 2016 08:56 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

We didnt pitch around Goldshmidt! AHHHHHHHH. He's the 1st out tho. A very hard out.

Edgy MD Aug 15 2016 09:02 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Come on, don't roll over for these guys in these lousy uniforms. "I have waded through pools of my enemies' blood."

Zvon Aug 15 2016 09:06 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Oh no! It's Bad Bart!!

Edgy MD Aug 15 2016 09:16 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Hang in there. If we can work this guy, chase him early, the bullpen is completely gassed from their thrashing in Boston.

Edgy MD Aug 15 2016 09:43 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

"He (Granderson) hasn't bunted in a game in 10 years." --Gary Cohen He bunted for a hit as recently as last week. Possibly against the same team. Possibly against the same guy.

Zvon Aug 15 2016 09:49 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

I don't know how this team hasn't really driven my crazy by now. This 2016 team. We get a guy on 3rd, we get the fly, and it's Colon on 3rd. He can't tag. Oy. 3-1 Blood Sweating Uniforms OE: not only that, we get the bases juiced for Bruce, the RBI machine. Well, not in a blue and orange uniform.

Edgy MD Aug 15 2016 10:07 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Yeah, the Mets should have at least five by now.

Edgy MD Aug 15 2016 10:15 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Even when he walks, he wants to take his bat to first.

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2016 10:15 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

So this Ray guy (not to be confused with former punter Ray Guy) retired just 7 of the first 14 hitters he faced and now 9 of the first 18 ... and yet still just one run.

Zvon Aug 15 2016 10:18 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

HISTORIC!!! [fimg=500:2ro4ee4n]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cp8y2rOWEAA_j_-.jpg[/fimg:2ro4ee4n] OOO, nice slide lil d'! Nice hitting Reyes! 4-2 Bloodybacks

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2016 10:19 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Bartolo's walk was both historical and hysterical. btw, I'm with Gary & Keith, I would have PH'd for him. And Ray has now thrown six innings worth of pitches just to get thru four innings so he's not long for this game either.

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2016 10:21 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Meanwhile, an hour and 40 minutes to get through 3-1/2 innings. Not going to be an early one tonight.

Zvon Aug 15 2016 10:26 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

WE SHOULD YELL TO ASHIE TO MAKE SURE HE DOESN'T FALL ASLEEP! Fuck. We pitched to Goldshite and he rips a triple.

Zvon Aug 15 2016 10:28 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

That desert air does not agree with Colons stuff. 5-2 _________<fill in the blank

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2016 10:35 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

NOW Wilmer gets his hit. In typical NYM 2016 fashion he has two hits - but then K'd in the one AB where the bases were loaded.

Zvon Aug 15 2016 10:40 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Frayed Knot wrote: NOW Wilmer gets his hit. In typical NYM 2016 fashion he has two hits - but then K'd in the one AB where the bases were loaded. It'll drive ya crazy if you let it. Fortunately I was crazy before I became a fan.

Mets Guy in Michigan Aug 15 2016 10:51 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Doesn't look like our night.

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2016 11:01 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

NYM: 9 hits, 9 singles ARZ: 12 Hits, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 6 singles

Zvon Aug 15 2016 11:07 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Frayed Knot wrote: NYM: 9 hits, 9 singles ARZ: 12 Hits, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 6 singles In a park built for hitting.

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2016 11:09 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

But wait, it gets better 9 NYM ABs tonight [u:2l62vwbo]with two or more runners on base[/u:2l62vwbo] - 3 singles but only 2 RBI - other than that: GiDP, K, FO (w/bases loaded but no RBI), K, GO, GiDP

Zvon Aug 15 2016 11:14 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

The blotched DP was almost funny. [fimg=300:2rcvmi7o]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T-SxnDiTtt4/UhUWANYyOFI/AAAAAAAAAWU/OqG6PZqUgZw/s1600/johnny.jpg[/fimg:2rcvmi7o] Almost. Goldshite scores. 8-2 I'll never type the other teams name. NEVER!

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2016 11:25 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

You know it's a problem when it's bases loaded and none out and I'm wondering if they're going to get even one run out of this.

Frayed Knot Aug 15 2016 11:31 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Frayed Knot wrote: You know it's a problem when it's bases loaded and none out and I'm wondering if they're going to get even one run out of this. Well whatyaknow, three runs ... and counting. Of course there have been no actual hits during this time, but they squeaked across a trio of runners anyhow.

Zvon Aug 15 2016 11:39 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

- [bigpurple:1r6vp2ce]ASHIE WAKE UP![/bigpurple:1r6vp2ce]

Zvon Aug 15 2016 11:49 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

8-5 home team I didn't realize the time and was sipping coffee past 11PM, so I'll stick this one out. I smell something. Might be a comeback. Might be these White Castle burgers I just nuked.

Zvon Aug 15 2016 11:54 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Why are we pitching to this Goldshite guy? He has 3 different variety of hits tonight. Oh, he's only crushing the Mets.

Zvon Aug 16 2016 12:04 AM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Why did I drink some coffee after 10PM? I would prefer being unconscious at this point. Like everyone else. 10-5 the team that really knows how to embarrass us.

Zvon Aug 16 2016 12:20 AM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

That was pretty shitty. Lost. Sad. I wear the kind of expression you have when you see something that's pathetic. Like Colon and d'Arnaud tonight. Back in the doghouse lil'd! RUFF!

Lefty Specialist Aug 16 2016 06:23 AM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Y'know, I'm beginning to think it's not their year. j/k, I was beginning to think it wasn't their year about 4-5 weeks ago.

MFS62 Aug 16 2016 07:08 AM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Zvon wrote: Why are we pitching to this Goldshite guy? The guy doing the Sports Night show on SNY asked the same thing while he was showing the lowlights. We aren't the only ones crying out in the wilderness. Later

metirish Aug 16 2016 07:25 AM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

I went to bed early , like even before the game started , not surprised we lost .....Keith in a broadcast during the D-Backs visit to CF mentioned how the Mets should be feasting on "these second division clubs"....thought that was a bit rich at the time.

Edgy MD Aug 16 2016 08:36 AM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Well, they should have run Ray by the third inning. He was wild in the strike zone, and he was wild outside of the zone. I tuned out after Jay Bruce let Granderson play Goldschmidt's gapper, turning it from an apparent double into a gimme triple. It drove me nuts when George Foster did that to Mookie Wilson 30 years ago, and it drives me nuts now. Don't give up these easy edges.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 16 2016 08:50 AM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Cast your vote!

Centerfield Aug 16 2016 09:03 AM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Edgy MD wrote: Well, they should have run Ray by the third inning. He was wild in the strike zone, and he was wild outside of the zone. I tuned out after Jay Bruce let Granderson play Goldschmidt's gapper, turning it from an apparent double into a gimme triple. It drove me nuts when George Foster did that to Mookie Wilson 30 years ago, and it drives me nuts now. Don't give up these easy edges. Just maddening. He was three feet from the ball.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 16 2016 09:13 AM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Centerfield wrote: Edgy MD wrote: Well, they should have run Ray by the third inning. He was wild in the strike zone, and he was wild outside of the zone. I tuned out after Jay Bruce let Granderson play Goldschmidt's gapper, turning it from an apparent double into a gimme triple. It drove me nuts when George Foster did that to Mookie Wilson 30 years ago, and it drives me nuts now. Don't give up these easy edges. Just maddening. He was three feet from the ball. I'm so old and overworked, I fell asleep *before* this game began but woke up on the couch in time to see this stupid play. #StupidMets

Chad Ochoseis Aug 16 2016 09:16 AM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

I stayed off the board and watched the game on MLB.tv this morning. Possibly the worst game I've seen the Mets play this season. How they weren't winning 10-4 by the end of the 4th is beyond me. Ray was awful, and the Mets kept letting him off the hook. I should have just read this thread and saved two hours of my life.

Centerfield Aug 16 2016 09:37 AM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

And that's the thing. Win-loss record aside, they are playing like shit. They have played like shit since April. And I think that this has to reflect upon the manager. Just inexcusable. I guess it's no coincidence that this terrible stretch coincides with Cespedes going down. I remember wondering earlier this year how bad this team would be without him. I guess we have our answer. Just awful. Imagine if we were playing somebody good.

Frayed Knot Aug 16 2016 09:47 AM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

It's come to the point where I have an almost perverse fascination with the number of ways they can find to lose games as this point. - a team that relies on its pitching gets a game where they had 18 baserunners (12 hits, 5 walks, plus an error) yet were never really in the game on account of picking that night as the one where every pitcher they threw out there sucked. - on a night where they actually went 3 for 9 w/RiSP, those hits only yielded two runs (Reyes singling in d'Arnaud twice) and those were the only two (of 17) baserunners that were driven in by hits - they had 12 trips to the plate with multiple runners on base and managed just 3 singles - if told that Flores would go 2-for-4 plus a walk and a strikeout in 5 trips I'm betting you could guess which one of those results occurred with 2 outs the bases loaded ... against a lefty no less during a season where 36% of his ABs vs LHPs result in a hit and 10% result in a HR!! (30 hits and 8 HRs in 83 AB) - the starter Ray retired just 2 of the first 5 hitters he faced, 4 of the first 10, and 7 of his first 14, and the result was one run - Ray struck out 5 in 5 innings: one with a runner on 3rd/2-out; bases loaded/2-out; 1st-2nd/no-outs; runner on 1st/2 outs, and once with the bases empty (of course they were empty, the leadoff single had just been erased by a GiDP)

Ashie62 Aug 16 2016 10:19 AM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

I fell asleep about the 5th inning. We lost. I need to accept the fact that this team has been decimated by injuries and just can't expect them to compete like last season.

Chad Ochoseis Aug 16 2016 03:12 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

We've been doing pretty well in games where the starting pitcher can pitch seven no-hit innings or more.

Frayed Knot Aug 16 2016 03:38 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

We've been doing pretty well in games where the starting pitcher can pitch seven no-hit innings or more. But just barely. We've actually had four games in the last nine days where the starter has allowed one run or less into the 7th - deGrom gave up 1 over 6.2 to Detroit but they needed a 2R Walker HR in the 9th to pull that one out - Colon vs ARZ (at home) gave up 1 thru 7 but we lost that in the 12th - deGrom again held the Padres to 1 run over 6th but it took a dramatic walk-off blow bouncer + wild throw in the 11th to steal that one - and then the Matz game which was a 1-0 game until they salted it away with 3 insurance runs in the 8th So, yeah, I suppose that's something to hang our hats on: 'When our starter pitches lights-out for at least seven there's always the chance we can squeak out a nail-biter.' In fact, that should be the club motto.

Edgy MD Aug 16 2016 04:36 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

I'm not sure what a "blow bouncer" is, but that was a double-play grounder if ever I saw one. My takeaway was , "We've got a pretty good chance of winning when the other team is trying to give us the game."

Frayed Knot Aug 16 2016 05:34 PM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat

Should have read [u:3jvuytgl]S[/u:3jvuytgl]low-bouncer. That play certainly could have been a DP although I don't think it was a slam-dunk. The SD infield was set-up physically and probably mentally to come home at that point and maybe Walker getting a great jump maybe convinced them that the DP would have been tougher than it at first seemed. Either way, yeah, we have a decent shot whenever the other side is trying to hand us the game but so Ray certainly seemed like he was trying to last night (pitching & fielding) and that didn't help.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 15 2016 07:50 AM Re: IGT 8/15/16: NYM@ARI -- It's A Tri-Heat