IGT, Pads @ Mets WCS, 10/7

[Willets Point]

Well, if the Phillies can score 6 runs late in a game, so can the Mets. But let's not wait that long.

[ashie62]

Good luck with that

[kcmets]

Scherzer craps the bed, historically. Most HR's ever in a post-season

game ever against a Mets pitcher.



#lgm #ygb #ymdyf

[Edgy MD]

So, what's everybody reading?

[Fman99]

Seventh inning. Time to stretch (my mouth over the running car exhaust pipe)

[Edgy MD]

Canha is making a lot of contact and extending this trip to the plate, but a lot of balls here that he's making contact with.

[Edgy MD]

Second meeting of the inning here.



I mean, the coaches didn't show up for the last one, but still.



Hey, we don't have Naquin to pinch-hit here.

[Edgy MD]

I think this is actually a book club meeting happening on the mound.

[Willets Point]

Nido could've struck out on 3 pitches.

[Edgy MD]

Don't be so aggressive, Luis. We need six runs, not two.

[Edgy MD]

"Man, this Darvish guy works slow!"



— Steve Trachsel

[Willets Point]

Curse everyone not named Eduardo Escobar.

[kcmets]

They're locked into Canha through 2024 for like $11mil per.



Just wanted to wet everyone's blanket a little more before retiring.

[bmfc1]

That's some fight in the Mets, 7 pitches.

[Edgy MD]

Álvarez should be catching here. McCann has entered the game just to exit it if his turn at bat comes around.

[Ceetar]

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[TransMonk]

I've been watching the past two innings in silence because listening to Karl Ravech is insult to injury.

[Edgy MD]

No matter who you start on the bump and how he does, scoring only one run on a solo homer is a tough way to get it done.



Swinging at the first one down six in the ninth is no way to do anything.

[Edgy MD]

Canha swings at pitch #1 also.

[Willets Point]

The upside is that there's no longer a single elimination game and the Mets get another chance tomorrow.



The downside is that deGrom could be even more historically bad.

[Edgy MD]

So Álvarez enters for McCann anywutz.

[Edgy MD]

Splootz.

[Centerfield]

This has been a real shit end to five months of great baseball.

[metsmarathon]

It's not the end. We have tomorrow for that.



Nah. Fuck that. We're going into November goddamnit. Just gotta make it interesting first.

[The Hot Corner]

Well, that was about as bad as it could get. I didn't much from the offense, as Darvish has pretty much owned the Mets this season. I was hoping they could scrape together 3 runs and that classic Max would make that stand up. Alas, Darvish once again owned the Mets (other than Escobar) while Max was clearly not himself. The power deficient Padres put on a home run clinic.



Jake needs to have his "A game" tomorrow or it will likely be a very disappointing end to the season.

[Lefty Specialist]

Well that ate an IKEA bag full of dicks. Was Scherzer pitching hurt and if so, why?



Hate to say this, but I have no faith in Jake tonight. Prove me wrong, please.

[ashie62]

The magic number thread is the cause of all this suckiness

[ashie62]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Well that ate an IKEA bag full of dicks. Was Scherzer pitching hurt and if so, why? Hate to say this, but I have no faith in Jake tonight. Prove me wrong, please.

Mets bats are moribund also

[The Hot Corner]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Well that ate an IKEA bag full of dicks. Was Scherzer pitching hurt and if so, why? Hate to say this, but I have no faith in Jake tonight. Prove me wrong, please. Mets bats are moribund also

The Mets offense really needs to kick in and starting getting the hits with RISP. Too often they have been squandering their opportunities early in the games and letting the opposing pitcher settle in with minimal to know damage. I expected last nights game to be a low scoring affair (I was half right) with Scherzer and Darvish on the mound. Darvish continued his mastery of the Mets last night, while Max just did not have it.



The Mets anemic offense last night actually raised Darvish's ERA against them for the season. This was his third start against the Mets season and his overall line against them has been "deGrom-like". In three starts against the Mets he has gone 3-0 with 21 IP, 12 Hits, 2 runs allowed, 19 Ks & 1 walk. Thankfully, the Mets won't have to face him again.



They really need to get to Snell early tonight. Even deGrom has a hard time winning if the Mets don't score but 1 run.