IGT 5/7 Mets at Arizona - Time to Right The Ship

[MFS62]

Kodai Senga 3-2 1.38

Merrill Kelly 3-1 4.06



Afternoon Game



Later

[kcmets]

3:40 PM ET here... seven afternoon games today.

Twelve teams with the day off tomorrow.

[kcmets]

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Francisco Lindor (S) SS

Juan Soto (L) RF

Pete Alonso ® 1B

Brandon Nimmo (L) DH

Luis Torrens ® C

Brett Baty (L) 3B

Luisangel Acuña ® 2B

Jeff McNutty (L) LF

Tyrone Taylor ® CF



Kodai Senga (RH) P

(3-2, 1.38 ERA, 31 SO)

[kcmets]

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Corbin Carroll (L) RF

Geraldo Perdomo (S) SS

Pavin Smith (L) 1B

Josh Naylor (L) DH

Eugenio Suárez ® 3B

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ® LF

Alek Thomas (L) CF

Tim Tawa ® 2B

Jose Herrera (S) C



Merrill Kelly (RH) P

(3-1, 4.06 ERA, 27 SO)

[Benjamin Grimm]

This is the first time as a Met that Torrens has batted as high as fifth in the order. He's batted sixth five times this year and seven times last year.

[ashie62]

I'd like to see everyone taking their hacks like they intend to do damage, especially Baty.



Mauricio will be available soon, I assume to Syracuse for some period of time

[Cowtipper]

Mets team ERA is still just 2.94, only ERA below 3 in the NL now. NL league average is 4.14.



Their team BA is .250, slightly better than league average.



If the offense really gets cranking, this team actually could win 100+ games.

[kcmets]

=ashie62 post_id=191933 time=1746643254 user_id=90]I'd like to see everyone taking their hacks like they intend to do damage

[ashie62]

I want them to be aggressive, not chase



I'll take 7 runs at this point



Senga being squeezed

[ashie62]

[bIGPURPLE] LINDOR to TORRENS [/bIGPURPLE]

[Frayed Knot]

Good News (so far):

- Multiple hard-hit balls even if not always in the right places

- good defense



Not so good:

- Senga is wild (now 4 BBs thru 9 hitters) , and he needed almost 40 pitches to retire just four batters thru 2 (the defense retired the other two)

- two leadoff doubles (2nd & 3rd) but no hits followed and only one ball out of the infield (Pete's weak FO to left w/2 outs)

[ashie62]

Start squeezing out strikes

[Frayed Knot]

And now thru 3 innings Senga has retired just six hitters.

So he's getting the job done but how he's doing it is hardly a recipe for success.

[Frayed Knot]

Start squeezing out strikes

Or at least start squeezing out something!



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[MFS62]

He's thrown 51 pitches through three innings which while not great, isn't terrible - yet.

Later

[Edgy MD]

Shag Crawford, referenced during the broadcast, was fired for refusing to work the World Series.



It was an interesting matter of principle. The league had traditionally awarded the assignment by merit, but had switched to a rotational system, and even though the switch initially benefited him with the assignment, he apparently believed the World Series deserved the best.



Any mark against him was not visited on his sons, and they both became longtime officials, with Jerry following his father as an MLB umpire, and Joey working 39 NBA seasons as a ref, including every NBA final from 1986 to 2015 (save for 2007, when he was suspended).

[Edgy MD]

Crappy road trip for anybody named McNeil.

[Edgy MD]

Maybe Soto breaks through in this game?

[Edgy MD]

CALLED IT!!!



(Kinda.)

[MFS62]

He found his groove and is pitching more efficiently - 70 pitches through five innings.

Later

[kcmets]

Juan BOOM Bah!!

[Edgy MD]

No excuse for Senga getting caught watching the game, but Carroll probably beats that play to the bag anyhow.



But what a great stab by Alonso.

[Edgy MD]

Let's hear it for the bottom of the lineup.

[ashie62]

Acuna cares!

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

McNeil with a RBI trip

[Edgy MD]

Well, lookie like the monkey is off McNeil's back.

[ashie62]

Jeff looked like he was going to fall into third base



Well done

[ashie62]

=ashie62 post_id=191961 time=1746653205 user_id=90]
Jeff looked like he was going to fall into third base



Well done

[Frayed Knot]

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Jeff looked like he was going to fall into third base



Well done

[ashie62]

Soto no longer on the short list for Syracuse