IGT 04/24 - NYM @ ARI

[kcmets]

Megill (2-0, 2.20)

Bumgarner (0-1, 1.38)



4:10 ET start.

[Frayed Knot]

We're going to lose a series eventually ... but this would not be a good place to start.

[kcmets]

Right, especially with a side trip to St Lou coming tomorrow.



(I don't really know what the Mets record is in St Lou the last ten years

but I'm guessing it's generally not a cake walk)

[kcmets]

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CANHA LF

MARTE RF

LINDOR SS

ALONSO 1B

ESCOBAR 3B

DAVIS DH

GUILLORME 2B

McCANN C

JANKOWSKI CF

[Edgy MD]

Canha leading off, huh?

[Lefty Specialist]

Trying to get as righty as possible, I guess.

[Frayed Knot]

Buck's a genius!!

[Edgy MD]

So what do you think about what Bummy has left?

[Edgy MD]

Marte should be on third.

[Edgy MD]

And he hears me, steals third, and jogs home on the overthrow.

[Frayed Knot]

It's a Marte par-tay!

[bmfc1]

I misread the sign near home and thought that the Mother's Day Weekend giveaway was a "body bag".

[Edgy MD]

Seventy-eight pitches and 55 of them for strikes, and he's just put Walker behind him.



You'd send him out for the seventh, right?

[Frayed Knot]

Megill to Bumgarner: Suck it old man, I can go more than five!



Or at least that's what I think he said, I'm not a very good lip-reader.

[Edgy MD]

Guillorme is giving a Barry Corbin vibe now.

[kcmets]

Jankowski's first Mets rib-eye via a bases loaded walk.

[Edgy MD]

Great to have another run home with the bases loaded and one out, but I'm guessing the long layover is gonna get Megilla pulled.

[Edgy MD]

Canha should have been pulled for Nimmini.

[Frayed Knot]

I'm OK sticking with Jankowski there. Nimmo would be the logical choice if you were, but ...

- best shot at avoiding the GiDP

- Buck talked about Covid guys (Nimmo) needing extra rest first week back

- weaken your defense with a switch

- save Nimmo for maybe a more important AB later

[Frayed Knot]

The bags-loaded HBP ... a couple years ago that was our top offensive weapon.

[kcmets]

Marte HBP, it's almost funny.



But it nets another run.

[Edgy MD]

The Rudi Stein Strategy has it's ups and downs.



I was OK with Janky, too. Canha, not so much.

[Edgy MD]

Hey, Megilly is back out there!

[Edgy MD]

Lugo news.

[Lefty Specialist]

Okay, 2-run lead with 2 innings to go. Golf claps for Megill. Does Lugo go back out for the 8th? That's been Buck's pattern.

[kcmets]

Davisboom!

[Edgy MD]

J.D. Boomage!!

[Lefty Specialist]

Oppoboom! And it results in an Ollie Perez sighting.

[Lefty Specialist]

Breathing room tastes good. And yes, Buck sends Lugo back out, not afraid of the dreaded 'up-down'.

[kcmets]

1-2-3... really