IGT 09/08 NYM@MIA Twice is a Blue Moon

[MFS62]

Rich Hill 6-6 3.92

Sandy Alcantara 8-13 3.36



When you score more runs than the other team, the wins take care of themselves.



Later

[Chad ochoseis]

Win this one, and five years from now I might even remember that Rich Hill was a Met.

[Frayed Knot]

Hill was more than decent last time around, but he also has socks older than Alcantara and this is one where the pitching matchup is decidedly against us.

At least on paper it is although, last time I checked anyway, they'll not be playing tonight's game on paper.

[roger_that]

Oh, boy, I get to watch this one in person!!!

[kcmets]

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Villar 3B

Lindor SS

Alonso 1B

Conforto RF

Baez 2B

McNeil LF

Pillar CF

McCann C

Hill P

[MFS62]

MIAMI



Rojas SS

Chisholm 2B

Alfaro LF

Sanchez RF

De La Cruz CF

Diaz 1B

Jackson C

Diaz 3B

Alcantara P



Later

[Edgy MD]

Hill's got skills.

[Edgy MD]

I've seen bigger crowds at the Orange Junius stand in Penn Station.

[Frayed Knot]

Stealing with two out and Pete at the plate??

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Stealing with two out and Pete at the plate??

That shows a baseball I.Q. lower than the probability of making it.

I wonder if he was sent, or he did it on his own.



Later

[Frayed Knot]

Down 1-0 end of 6th



At this time last night I think we were still in the 3rd inning

[kcmets]

Moving along fast, not going how I drew it up in my mind...

[roger_that]

They keep replaying Jeter's shovel pass down here, and I keep thinking "Giambi was safe!"



You'd almost think the fuckin' guy owned the team or something.

[kcmets]

Confortoboom hears it!!

[Edgy MD]

What a great cutoff by McNeil.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

McCann.

[bmfc1]

The worst. There are so many reasons to "part ways" with Sandy and McCann is one of them.

[Edgy MD]

Familia has really become a double-play machine.

[Fman99]

Edgy MD wrote: I've seen bigger crowds at the Orange Junius stand in Penn Station.

Paid attendance announced yesterday was like 5800 fans. Which would be a healthy sized crowd for a Syracuse games (we usually draw about 1/3 of that).

[Edgy MD]

Who'd have guessed that everybody was right in the 19th century when they were positioning the second baseman right next to second?

[Edgy MD]

Good for Mattingly for letting Alcantara do what he do.

[Chad ochoseis]

2 hours and we're in the 9th. Can't remember the last time I've seen that happen.

[Edgy MD]

O-and-2 is a great running count.

[Edgy MD]

But we go down chasing the back-foot slider.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Alcantara is pretty good tonight

[Frayed Knot]

Chad ochoseis wrote: 2 hours and we're in the 9th. Can't remember the last time I've seen that happen.

This was a 6:40 start so it's more like 2:30 to this point, but your point still works.



The Yanx/Jays, meanwhile, are 2 hours+ into their game and are in the top of the 5th. NYY starter Luis Gil took 91 pitches just to get thru 3.1 innings, walking 7 in the process.

3-0 Jays bottom 5

[Frayed Knot]

Don't like how this is shaping up.

[Edgy MD]

Mets pitchers getting squeezed and squeezed the last few innings.

[Fman99]

Like Rudy Stein, Panik up there hacking on 3-0.

[bmfc1]

It's Joe Panik, Seth. Underhand it.