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IGT 9/9/19 - Snakes visit Mets

Frayed Knot
Sep 09 2019 01:38 PM
Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 09 2019 01:45 PM

We last saw these guys in the series that spanned May 31-June 2 with the DBacks taking 2 of 3 out in the desert and quite possibly past your bedtime.

- Wheeler went 7 and picked up the win in Game #1 as 2-out/8th-inning RBI hits by JD Davis & Carlos Gomez erased a 3-4 deficit. Lugo & Gsellman closed it out.

- Game #2 saw deGrom get a 4-0 lead, but the pen (Familia & Gsellman) coughed it up in the 8th and the Snakes won it in the 11th off Bashlor

- Matz got drubbed in Game #3 while something named Merrill Kelly stifled us on 6 hits.





DBacks are a weird bunch. An 87-win team last year, first they deal off their best player in Paul Goldschmidt. Then this year they were one game under .500 at the trade deadline when they

dealt off their best pitcher in Zach Greinke and have been 8 games over .500 since.

And I bet you'd have trouble naming their top WAR guys this season. Tops is Ketel Marte, the CF/2B/wherever player with the near 1000 OPS who Gary has been raving about for weeks now, so you

might have guessed him. Second is the now departed Greinke. The remainder of their top eight goes like this: SS Nick Ahmed; 3B (or maybe drug kingpin) Eduardo Escobar; 1B Christian Walker

(better OPS than Goldschmidt); C Carson Kelly; LF David Peralta (though IL'd right now); LHP Robbie Ray who was the guy supposed to be dealt at the deadline and the hurler we'll see in the final game.



Arizona is 4th in NL at scoring runs (5.15/G), 6th best at preventing them (4.58)



This series is merely the biggest one of the year as it's almost certainly the knock-out blow for whichever squad loses twice or thrice or ...

We'll see:

Monday 7:10 - deGrom vs Merrill Kelly [10-13, 4.69, 1.35] we failed to hit him last time and, with JdG on the mound again, why should this time be any different?

Tuesday 7:10 - Wheeler vs Zac Gallen [acquired from Marlins at deadline, 2.25 ERA in 6 starts], and I'm assuming it's pronounced as Gallon because they list his nickname as 'Milkman'

Wednesday 7:10 - Matz vs Robbie Ray [12-7, 4.03, 1.31]

Thursday 1:10 - Stroman vs TBD

batmagadanleadoff
Sep 09 2019 01:44 PM
Re: IGT 9/9/19 - Snakes visit Mets

Old friend Wilmer Flores has five homers in his last 15 games.

Frayed Knot
Sep 09 2019 01:50 PM
Re: IGT 9/9/19 - Snakes visit Mets

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=21345 time=1568058297 user_id=68]
Old friend Wilmer Flores has five homers in his last 15 games.



Yeah. After not playing full-time and then being IL'd from mid-May until mid-July, Wilmer raked to a tune of .451/.491/.824//1315 in August and is pretty much the everyday 2Bman now

Edgy MD
Sep 09 2019 02:26 PM
Re: IGT 9/9/19 - Snakes visit Mets

Nimmo continuing to be on the wrong end of the lineup. Wilmer, on the other hand, is hitting fit'.




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    G-Fafif
    Sep 09 2019 02:41 PM
    Re: IGT 9/9/19 - Snakes visit Mets

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    seawolf17
    Sep 09 2019 04:50 PM
    Re: IGT 9/9/19 - Snakes visit Mets

    I will give Wilmer a standing O from my living room when he comes up.

    Edgy MD
    Sep 09 2019 05:31 PM
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    Man, you can fool Alonso, but it's really hard to get the same pitch by him twice.

    Edgy MD
    Sep 09 2019 05:38 PM
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    I believe in cleanup hitters. Schmutz the upside of getting two guys on after Alonso's homer?

    Edgy MD
    Sep 09 2019 05:39 PM
    Re: IGT 9/9/19 - Snakes visit Mets

    What the bean is Wilmer doing wearing 41?

    41Forever
    Sep 09 2019 06:22 PM
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    Edgy MD wrote:

    What the bean is Wilmer doing wearing 41?


    I just noticed that. I like it! Very Metly.

    41Forever
    Sep 09 2019 06:37 PM
    Re: IGT 9/9/19 - Snakes visit Mets

    Darn it, Wilmer.

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 09 2019 06:46 PM
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    Edgy MD wrote:

    What the bean is Wilmer doing wearing 41?


    He just figured he'd add a 1 to his previous number.

    Now one would think he'd come up with '5' using that logic but that's not Wilmer logic.

    41Forever
    Sep 09 2019 06:52 PM
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    PETE KABOOM -- AGAIN!!!! 47!

    Edgy MD
    Sep 09 2019 06:53 PM
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    Wow, the Mets get baserunners after Alonso's homer.



    Again.

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 09 2019 06:53 PM
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    Let's see you match that Wilmer!

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 09 2019 06:56 PM
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    Edgy MD wrote:

    Wow, the Mets get baserunners after Alonso's homer.



    Again.


    Of course the four batters hitting in front of Pete -- in every inning except the 1st anyway -- are Nimmo, Rosario, deGrom, and McNeil, so there at least should be some baserunners on board for him.

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 09 2019 06:59 PM
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    Edgy MD wrote:

    What the bean is Wilmer doing wearing 41?


    Don't you collect Batman cards?



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    41Forever
    Sep 09 2019 07:27 PM
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    It's cool to see all the servicemen and servicewomen in their dress whites sitting together in right-centerfield.



    Nice hit by McNeil!

    nymr83
    Sep 09 2019 07:28 PM
    Re: IGT 9/9/19 - Snakes visit Mets

    What new and exciting ways will the bullpen find to lose this game? we can only wait and see!

    Edgy MD
    Sep 09 2019 07:42 PM
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    YGB, man. Loogie ain't been the problem.



    It's September ball, though. When you send up Panik! to hit, and the opposition counters with a lefty, you pull Joe for Haggerty or Frazier or Rajai or something.



    Additionally, after taking it in the ear from Philadelphia, I haven't really appreciated enough that this is a game against a rival for a post-season slot also.

    Edgy MD
    Sep 09 2019 07:50 PM
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    I realize Canó is running that way because he's playing with an injured hammy, but there would be no shame if he yielded to Guillorme for ninth-inning defense.

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 09 2019 07:51 PM
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    4th GiDP of the night for the home squad.

    It's like this team is part of a conspiracy to limit leads in those games where they're out-hitting the other side by a large margin (and ones where JdG is pitching).

    Edgy MD
    Sep 09 2019 07:53 PM
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    There must be a half dozen ways to resist double plays.



    Marte = K K K K

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 09 2019 07:54 PM
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    5 outs on 17 pitches for Lou Geaux

    Edgy MD
    Sep 09 2019 07:56 PM
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    Gay-gay-gay GAME!

    41Forever
    Sep 09 2019 07:56 PM
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    LUGO!!!!

    Frayed Knot
    Sep 09 2019 07:57 PM
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    Frayed Knot wrote:

    5 outs on 17 pitches for Lou Geaux


    6 on 21

    Edgy MD
    Sep 09 2019 07:59 PM
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    Hey, deGrom has a winning record!



    Really cool of the 7 Line Army to come all dressed as naval officers this evening. I think they should do that every one of deGromio's starts.

    Johnny Lunchbucket
    Sep 10 2019 05:16 AM
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    What's the deal with Merchant Marines anyway. Are they merchants, or marines? WTF

    batmagadanleadoff
    Sep 10 2019 05:28 AM
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    =batmagadanleadoff post_id=21345 time=1568058297 user_id=68]
    Old friend Wilmer Flores has five homers in his last 15 games.



    .... six in 16.

    Benjamin Grimm
    Sep 10 2019 07:47 AM
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