STILL Goin' for the Sweep - IGT 8/25/20, Mets/Marlins

[Frayed Knot]

Seeing as how we're still technically on a winning streak and this game is (sort of) the completion of the four-game set in south Florida.

I say 'sort of' because, for reasons as unknown as why this weekend's DH's are all being played in the Bronx, Game 1 today sees the

Mets as the home team which means Game 2 is more like the designated replacement for last Thursday's game in Miami while Game 1

is tonight's regularly scheduled game moved up by two hours.

Got all that?



Anyway, the [CROSSOUT]5:10[/CROSSOUT] 1710 start sees Rick Porcello going up against Daniel Castano. The lefty Castano made his

ML debut against the Mets back on 8/8 where he gave up 5R on 5H in 4.1 IP and took the loss.

Since then he had a good start vs the Braves [1R / 4H / 6 IP] and then he wound up pitching against the Nats the day after he was to

pitch in the canceled game last Thursday but got pulled after retiring just one of the first four hitters - although it wasn't like he was

getting smacked all over the park: Walk, K, Walk, WP, Infield Single, Shower

[G-Fafif]

[G-Fafif]

Lagares is wearing No. 87. That ain't right.



Mazeika is No. 76 and damn happy to be so.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Yeah that's pretty humiliating for Juan

[kcmets]

Gold Glove wide receiver, Juan Lagares!

[MFS62]

=kcmets post_id=44578 time=1598385373 user_id=53]
Gold Glove wide receiver, Juan Lagares!

[Edgy MD]

A minor league contract followed by one game of equity and a trip to the DL, and Eduardo Nuñez gets to squat #12?

[Lefty Specialist]

Edgy MD wrote: A minor league contract followed by one game of equity and a trip to the DL, and Eduardo Nuñez gets to squat #12?

Really? They didn't have a lower number? 31 was available.

[G-Fafif]

Lefty Specialist wrote: 31 was available.

And 41 is just sitting there.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Have they been doing seventh inning stretches this year, with no fans in the park? And if so, what do they do for seven inning games?

[Edgy MD]

Porky in a hole.

[Edgy MD]

Pork is also leaving it up a lot.

[MFS62]

The problem with "contact pitchers" is that a .158 hitting POS like Brinson can make contact.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Look at McNelt, batting eighth.

[Edgy MD]

I'm not liking falling behind through two and only having five innings to catch up instead of seven.

[Frayed Knot]

They get multiple two-out hits in multiple innings ... we have multiple failures in similar situations.

[Frayed Knot]

So what constitutes an official game?

[Lefty Specialist]

Okay, PORCELLO SUCKS.

[Frayed Knot]

Just what you wanted in a 5:10 start DH, over an hour just to get through 2-1/2 innings and then a rain delay on top of that.

I wonder if any of the 7-inning games so far this year have exceeded three hours. My guess is yes and, if not, probably will

be before tonight is over.

[ashie62]

Marlins 4 Mets 0. Porcello!!!!!!!

[Frayed Knot]

Hey Keith, how many hours are there in a "short" rain delay?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

That rain was something, but now it's over.



Skies never even darkened but a got about an hour of rain in 10 minutes

[Edgy MD]

The Mets are being very strandy again.

[Frayed Knot]

oh-fer-six w/RiSP ANNNNND we had a runner in scoring position erase himself

You have to try to suck that bad just in one game and they managed to do it in four innings!!

[Edgy MD]

It looks like the entire crowd waited out the rain delay.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cano really battled there.

[Edgy MD]

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51pXmdnF1aL.jpg>

[Frayed Knot]

This is just a pathetic display.

[Edgy MD]

I'm not sure Oswalt hasn't earned a start here.



I'm not so sure he has, either.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Here we go. Big rally