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IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

d'Kong76 May 27 2017 01:30 PM

I did! I did! Well, batten them down again! We'll teach those hatches! NY Mets at Pittsburgh When: 7:15 PM ET, Saturday, May 27, 2017 Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania By Gracenote The New York Mets received a boost from their ace in the opener of a series at Pittsburgh and the Pirates will hope for a similar effort from theirs when the teams meet again Saturday. Jacob deGrom struck out 10 while allowing one run in 8 1/3 innings to lift the Mets to an 8-1 win in Friday's opener, snapping the club's six-game road losing streak of suckitude. Former Pirate Neil Walker went deep twice to lead the offensive attack and he is hitting .345 with 18 RBIs in May. Gerrit Cole will try to mimic deGrom, slow down Walker and recover from his worst start of the year when he gets the nod for the Pirates on Saturday. Gregory Polanco provided all the offense for Pittsburgh in Friday's loss with his second home run of the year in his first game since returning from the disabled list. After recording 42 hits in their previous three contests, the Pirates had six against deGrom and one reliever and they will try to rebound against New York right-hander Zack Wheeler. TV: 7:15 p.m. ET, FOX PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Zack Wheeler (3-2, 3.74 ERA) vs. Pirates RH Gerrit Cole (2-5, 3.36) Wheeler has allowed five earned runs in 21 2/3 innings over his last four starts, although control has been an issue. He has walked 14 batters in that span, including a season-high five in five frames of a win over the Los Angeles Angels his last time out. The 26-year-old, who has a 2.84 ERA in 32 career road starts, will be facing the Pirates for the first time. Cole will be taking his second shot at career win No. 50 after suffering the loss Monday at Atlanta, allowing five runs and a season-high 10 hits in a season-low 4 2/3 innings. He owns a 1.67 ERA in four home starts while limiting opponents to a .161 batting average. The former No. 1 overall pick is 1-2 with a 4.15 ERA in three career starts versus New York. WALK-OFFS: 1. Pirates 2B Josh Harrison is batting .365 in 16 games batting second. 2. Mets 1B Lucas Duda has seven hits and four walks in his last four games. 3. Even with Friday's loss, Pittsburgh is 10-4 against New York at home since 2013.

Ashie62 May 27 2017 05:32 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

I'd like to see KC pull a nice long I.G.T streak.

Ashie62 May 27 2017 05:35 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

On another note, Josh Smoker closed in the minors. Maybe I would give him a shot.

Frayed Knot May 27 2017 06:11 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Ashie62 wrote: On another note, Josh Smoker closed in the minors. Maybe I would give him a shot. He's also served up HRs to the first batter he's faced in each of his last two appearances ... so maybe not.

Edgy MD May 27 2017 06:49 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

I think Yosemite Sam is a Wild West outlaw who sometimes cosplays as a cutthroat pirate. But sometimes I wonder if pirate isn't his natural state and sometimes he plays at being a Wild West outlaw. Yosemite is inland, so I'm inclined toward the outlaw theory. I mean, nobody calls him "Barbados Sam." But maybe that nickname was a latter day application.

41Forever May 27 2017 07:08 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Edgy MD wrote: I think Yosemite Sam is a Wild West outlaw who sometimes cosplays as a cutthroat pirate. But sometimes I wonder if pirate isn't his natural state and sometimes he plays at being a Wild West outlaw. Yosemite is inland, so I'm inclined toward the outlaw theory. I mean, nobody calls him "Barbados Sam." But maybe that nickname was a latter day application. You know what's kinda sad? My kids, age 24 and 20, have probably never seen a Loony Tunes cartoon and couldn't identify Yosemite Same or Porky Pig. Those things were staples of my childhood Saturday mornings. I don't know if that's a reflection of changing times, Warner Bros. inability to sustain a classic franchise or my bad parenting. I did make them sit down and watch Caddyshack, so they have that going for them.

Benjamin Grimm May 27 2017 08:01 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Sorry, but having then watch Caddyshack makes it bad parenting!

Lefty Specialist May 27 2017 08:46 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

I exposed my son to Looney Tunes early and he's developed an appreciation. From the Wiki machine: Though officially a cowboy, Freleng put Sam in a different costume in almost every film: a knight, a Roman legionary, a pirate, a royal cook, a prison guard, a duke (Duke of Yosemite, no less), a Hessian mercenary, a Confederate soldier, a mountain climber (climbing the 'Shmadderhorn' mountain in Switzerland), a hen-pecked househusband and even a space alien.

41Forever May 27 2017 09:29 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Sorry, but having then watch Caddyshack makes it bad parenting! No, it's important to expose them to high art. And besides, they have to know where half of my catch phrases come from.

d'Kong76 May 27 2017 10:01 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

1Frazier LF Harrison 2B Bell 1B Polanco RF Freese 3B McCutchen CF Cervelli C Mercer SS Cole P Conforto LF Reyes 3B Bruce RF Walker 2B Duda 1B Cabrera SS Granderson CF d’Arnaud C Wheeler P

Ashie62 May 27 2017 11:24 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

[bigpurple:a8a3xpt5]KABOOM[/bigpurple:a8a3xpt5]

Ashie62 May 27 2017 11:25 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Walker singles. Jocularity!

Ashie62 May 27 2017 11:26 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Dooda doubles, Walker to third.

Ashie62 May 27 2017 11:40 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Holy crap. Granderson triples.

Ashie62 May 27 2017 11:41 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Travis singles in Grandy. 2-0 Cole 45 pitches.

cooby May 27 2017 11:42 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Wow. Didn't someone triple earlier?

Edgy MD May 27 2017 11:54 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Well, I suspected the Mets might be able to help McCutcheon get turned around.

Ashie62 May 27 2017 11:54 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Slumping McCutcheon goes yard 2-2

Ashie62 May 27 2017 11:56 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

cooby wrote: Wow. Didn't someone triple earlier? Grandy only.

Edgy MD May 27 2017 11:57 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

And Reyes going down looking with a run on third and less than two out is looming large.

batmagadanleadoff May 27 2017 11:58 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

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Edgy MD May 28 2017 12:02 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Well that answers that. Signed by Bob Clampett, too.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 12:13 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Come on. Finish dudes off when you have 'em 0-2.

41Forever May 28 2017 12:20 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Travis-Kaboom!

Edgy MD May 28 2017 12:21 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Yeah, don't give up on d'Arnie.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 12:22 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Doubling up the middle: classick Reyes.

G-Fafif May 28 2017 12:25 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Mets up by one. They should be up by ten. Or more than one.

41Forever May 28 2017 12:43 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Duda-kaboom completely out of the ballpark, I think!

Edgy MD May 28 2017 12:43 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

I thought that Doody Bomb was going to get wet.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 12:51 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

We get one of those "All he needs is a triple for the cycle" quotes that Frayed Knot collects. Granderson should have gone for home. He's likely out, but he probably had a better chance of scoring than Wheeler has of getting a hit. Go, Wheeler anyhow!

Frayed Knot May 28 2017 12:52 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Searage has made like nine trips out to the mound already (OK it's maybe more like three but it seems like more) but, jeez, it's only the 4th inning. Cap those trips! Cap those trips!

Frayed Knot May 28 2017 12:53 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

We have far too many XBHs in four innings to only have four runs to show for it.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 12:58 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

But hey, Wheeler just found a six-pitch inning!

Edgy MD May 28 2017 01:05 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Hey, José ... bunting is a running play. RUN!

cooby May 28 2017 01:07 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Frayed Knot wrote: We have far too many XBHs in four innings to only have four runs to show for it. Just what I was thinking

Edgy MD May 28 2017 01:12 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Looks like W.P. Kinsella behind the plate in the first row.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 01:14 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Mets lead down to one. Turn those DPs, Neil Walkie.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 01:16 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

WHAT A FAKEOUT, CABRERA!

Ashie62 May 28 2017 01:18 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Gutsy Zack tonight. Yeah!

Edgy MD May 28 2017 01:30 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Neil Ramirez, we need you at your best, man.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 01:35 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Beautiful Blevvy. One more out, man. And then six more outs.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 01:38 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Throw him a strike, man.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 01:40 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Whew! Six more of those. And maybe nine insurance runs in the meantime.

Frayed Knot May 28 2017 01:41 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Nice by Blevins after the semi-pitch-around to Harrison. In case you ever forget who the NYM starting catcher is under all that gear, it's easy to figure out. d'Arnaud leads the league in pointing back to his pitcher. He does it after every third pitch or so.

Frayed Knot May 28 2017 01:44 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

I wasn't wild about the double-switch with Flores in for Duda. But the pitcher's slot is likely to come up this inning and, if so, it'll keep Blevins in the game to face the lefty Polanco to start the 8th, plus the Pitt closer, Tony Watson, is a LHP so you might not want Duda in there anyway in the late inning.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 01:48 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Well Flores didn't show his value there in the top of the eighth. Duda's also the better fielder. But hey, Blevvy seeing a fourth batter will be novel.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 01:52 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Good show, Jerry. Got another double switch coming. Maybe Flores comes right back out.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 01:57 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Double-switching in Lagares = good move.

Frayed Knot May 28 2017 01:59 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Need a run or four here. Reed hasn't exactly been Mr. Lockdown lately.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 02:09 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Sheesh, Juan, just stay back there and be you.

Frayed Knot May 28 2017 02:09 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Well, double switching Lagares into the game was soitenly the right move.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 02:10 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

I told you to stay back there, man.

41Forever May 28 2017 02:12 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

This is scary.

41Forever May 28 2017 02:13 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Booooo!

Edgy MD May 28 2017 02:13 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Welp.

41Forever May 28 2017 02:15 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

I sense another gut-punch loss.

Frayed Knot May 28 2017 02:16 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Well this was fun while it lasted.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 02:16 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Isn't this where we bring in Edgin?

41Forever May 28 2017 02:18 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Our bullpen doesn't do well in extras.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 02:19 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Or regulation, it seems, but making the catch to go to extras beats the alternative.

Frayed Knot May 28 2017 02:20 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Sewald, Edgin, and Pill left in the pen, and Pill is already penciled in for the start on Tuesday.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 02:25 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Who or what is on this guy's t-shirt?

Rockin' Doc May 28 2017 02:26 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

41Forever wrote: Our bullpen doesn't do well in extras. Our bullpen doesn't do well.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 02:29 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

d'Arnaud's brother is named "Chase" in more than one sense.

Rockin' Doc May 28 2017 02:32 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Pill comes in to pitch the 10th. I guess he won't be starting on Tuesday.

41Forever May 28 2017 02:33 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Lagares is amazing.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 02:40 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Don't walk Cervelli, man!

Edgy MD May 28 2017 02:42 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Oh, man, not a lot of happy faces in the Pillbox.

Rockin' Doc May 28 2017 02:43 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

So far, Pill's debut looks like more of the same from the Mets bullpen.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 02:45 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

We may get out of this yet.

Frayed Knot May 28 2017 02:46 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

I feel like Terry is a contestant on Hollywood Squares saying: 'I'll take Josh Edgin for the block'

Frayed Knot May 28 2017 02:50 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

And so it goes.

Edgy MD May 28 2017 02:51 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Blub. Happy birthday, Terry.

Rockin' Doc May 28 2017 02:51 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

The players change, but the results are still the same. There is no relief from our bullpen.

bmfc1 May 28 2017 02:55 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Looking forward to a new GM and a new manager in 2018. F Terry. F Sandy. F these lousy relievers, each one just as bad as the other. And F Sandy twice for not doing a F'in thing this off-season after getting Yo on the cheap except sitting on his arrogant, lazy ass. And F F. Wilpon, J. Wilpon, Saul Katz and Bernie Madoff. I miss anyone?

bmfc1 May 28 2017 03:00 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Edgy MD wrote: Who or what is on this guy's t-shirt? I think it was himself.

Fman99 May 28 2017 03:00 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

I think after Pill gets the big 2nd out, leave him out to to face the lefty. Not like Edgin is some kind of world beater.

Methead May 28 2017 03:08 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

This team is pissing me off. Lagares was a stud out there though

Ashie62 May 28 2017 03:08 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

F.U.B.A.R. I'd like to see this team get younger in what almost has to be a rebuild starting late July. It is comforting to know Nimmo, Cheech, Rosario and Dom Smith may shine soon. I just don't see a recovery coming in the 2017 Mets. I hope they don't quit on Terry but at some point it will feel like a job, and people quit jobs. My expectations are now nil and indifference will be bliss. LGM

cooby May 28 2017 03:44 AM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Watched til a tie then went to bed. You are telling me we blew it. This bullpen blows sucks and stinks. And is awful

Benjamin Grimm May 28 2017 01:15 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Cast your vote!

bmfc1 May 28 2017 02:02 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Supplemented it for you Ashie62: Ashie62 wrote: My expectations are now nil and indifference will be bliss... and only in the sweet release of death will the Mets not be able to upset me any further.

G-Fafif May 28 2017 02:07 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

Not in the Schaefer box score: Lagares and Cabrera (particularly Lagares) each made huge defensive contributions.

bmfc1 May 28 2017 02:19 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches

G-Fafif wrote: Not in the Schaefer box score: Lagares and Cabrera (particularly Lagares) each made huge defensive contributions. Lagares putting his face back into place was good.

Benjamin Grimm Jun 14 2017 02:17 PM Re: IGT 05/27 - Mets @ Buccos - Batten Down the Hatches