Cubs (Cabrera) vs Mets (Senga): 6/23/26, 7:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

Alright, let's try this again. Will they get the game in tonight, what's the weather looking like in NYC?

	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TOT
Tobias Myers	0	0	41	0	0	41
Luke Weaver	14	0	0	0	0	14
Huascar Brazobán	20	0	0	0	0	20
Devin Williams	25	0	0	0	0	25
David Peterson	0	0	0	79	0	79
Cionel Pérez	0	0	32	0	0	32
Brooks Raley	0	0	0	21	0	21
Austin Warren	0	0	0	37	0	37
A.J. Minter	8	0	0	9	0	17

 

[MFS62]

Maybe the second time is a charm.

Later

[ashie62]

Rained out. Split doubleheader tomorrow 

[seawolf17]

3 minutes ago, ashie62 said:

Rained out. Split doubleheader tomorrow 

They already called tonight too?!?

[Edgy MD]

I think there was some confusion.  Ashie likely read a story from yestiddy and thought it referred to today.

[ashie62]

I thought today's game was cancelled

My mistake 

Dang happy they are playing. Senga does not lose a start

[ashie62]

Benge 9

Bichette 6

Soto 7

Young 3

Ewing 8 

Semien 4

Baty 5

Melendez DH

Alvarez 2

Senganotsuk 1

Cubs are a small -114 favorite 

[Cowtipper]

MJ Melendez, who has hit .111 in 72 at-bats since May 7, is ... the ... DH.

[seawolf17]

Then yeah, I'll take the Cubs laying 114 runs.

[Cowtipper]

A good game today could get Bo Bichette above .250! That would put the following Mets at or above .250 for the season:

Juan Soto (.301)
AJ Ewing (.266)
Carson Benge (.257)
Francisco Alvarez (.250)
Bo Bichette maybe (.248)

The season is THAT underwhelming that this is the sort of stuff I'm now "looking forward to."

*Jared Young could also get back above .250 if he gets a couple at-bats and a couple hits. All Eric Wagaman has to do is go 1-for-1 to get himself above the Wynn Line**.

**Named after Jimmy Wynn, who hit exactly .250 for his career.

And if Kodai Senga can go 6 scoreless innings tonight, he will shed nearly TWO points from his ERA, bringing him to 7.20 on the year, which is very respectable by Pecos League standards.

[Edgy MD]

it is actually interesting in that, in this period of low averages and high power, the Mets are recovering (too slowly, yes, but recovering) from early-season hitlessness not by chasing power but by making modestly better contact and raising batting averages.

This is mostly characterized by Carson Benge, who has raised his BA for eight weeks, but only recently re-discovered his power stroke.  May others follow his lead.

I don't know.  Maybe this trend is being felt across the league.

[ashie62]

Mendoza said Luis Robert Jr and Polanco were working out before the game

[Cowtipper]

That inning drops Senga's ERA to 8.64. He's getting there!

[ashie62]

One inning at a time

Stearns is a genius 

[Cowtipper]

Welp.

[Cowtipper]

That had the crack of a grand slam. 

[Cowtipper]

Well, Senga lost it. He's done. Cooked. Adios pal. Enjoy your trade. 

[ashie62]

He could go to Korea

[Frayed Knot]

NYM pitchers have allowed a solo HR, a 3R HR, a 2-RBI Triple, a 2R HR, and now another 3R HR -- ALL WITH TWO OUTS -- just in the last 20 innings.

So that's 11 runs that could have been prevented by retiring one batter but weren't.

[Edgy MD]

Alvarez can't hit into a DP here!

[Frayed Knot]

And a two out RBI hit of our own ... whoda thunk it?!?

[Cowtipper]

Senga's ERA is now up over 10, which still wouldn't be among the worst in the Pecos League. 

[Edgy MD]

Patience be a virtue.

[Edgy MD]

When dudes don't want to throw a strike, wait for your reward.

Cubs doing a better job than the Mets in that regard.  Cabrera was afraid to throw strikes to Young and Ewing last inning also, leaving the team to do all their work with two outs.

[Edgy MD]

Let the kid call the game, guys.

[Edgy MD]

That's what you get for not letting the kid kidcast.

[Cowtipper]

Kodai is still in there, huh. 

He's turning into Patrick Corbin really fast.

[Cowtipper]

Sheesh, if you didn't know Cionel Perez was Cuban, you'd think he was from the heart of Italy or something.

[seawolf17]

Told you they'd lose by 114.

[Frayed Knot]

Cubs have five now six walks plus a HBP. Four of those seven free passes have scored with one currently on base.