IGT 6/24 Mets vs Cubs Lucky Lindy Returns 7:10

[ashie62]

Can the Mets salvage Something Anything?

[The Hot Corner]

This team couldn't beat Charlie Brown and his friends.

They are hopeless.

[Cowtipper]

On the bright side, Bo Bichette's season average is now over .250. 

But as the team's hitting improves, their pitching is tanking. Over the past 7 days, they're hitting .261/.325/.420 and over the past 14 days, they're hitting .246/.325/.413. Which are both far better than their season totals (.231/.298/.372). 

However, their pitching over the past 7 days (excluding today)  has posted a 6.49 ERA; over the past 14 days, it is 5.78. Their mark on the year is 4.14

[Frayed Knot]

Cubs get two on in top 1 without getting a ball out of the infield. But two outs now., so can Manaea avoid the two-out NYM ins?

 

oe: And he does!! Took him a million pitches [three full counts in five batters] but he escaped unscathed otherwise.

[The Hot Corner]

Alvarez boom!  

Followed by a Ewing bomb 2 batters later and the Mets have a lead!

[Frayed Knot]

Two HRs/three RBIs in one inning!!

The Mets haven't lost a game where that happened since .... ummm, shortly after lunchtime

[Frayed Knot]

Nice shot by Ewing, btw, and he also drove two to the warning track in the early game. Just hope these aren't signs of him getting too HR happy.

[Frayed Knot]

It's gotten to the point where they can never make just ONE mistake, but instead wind up making two or three in a row. As a result there have been very few one run innings against and a while lotta crooked numbers.

 

And here the Cubs have three in, have knocked out the pitcher, still have no one out, and haven't hit a ball solidly all inning.

[Edgy MD]

Manaea is yanked in the fourth, but he is, like, fourth or fifth in line for what went wrong this inning.

[ashie62]

Mets baseball 2026

[Frayed Knot]

5 minutes ago, Frayed Knot said:

It's gotten to the point where they can never make just ONE mistake, but instead wind up making two or three in a row. As a result there have been very few one run innings against and a while lotta crooked numbers.

In the previous eight games [CIN x 3, PHI x 3, CHC x 2, so not including this ongoing contest] the Mets have given up runs in 24 different innings. 8 of those were one run innings (not surprisingly, these all came in the two NYM wins).

In the other 15 innings where the opposition scored they scored at least twice for a total of 60 runs. There were five 2 run innings, five 3 run innings, two 4 run innings, also one 5-spot, one 6-spot, and an eight run frame. 

[Edgy MD]

Don't let it get you down, Ewing.

Youse need to bat leadoff, and Imanaga needs to get dinged for that move.

[Edgy MD]

Wondering how Benge mis-judged his jump so badly before I realized it was Baty.

[Frayed Knot]

And yet another multi-run inning, this one on a bloop double followed by a misjudged fly and a non-turned DP

[Frayed Knot]

Where's Bob Davidson when we need him?

[Edgy MD]

Five runs from four homers.

 

[Frayed Knot]

Good news: Mets = 4 HRs tonight

Bad news: Mets = five hits tonight

[Edgy MD]

Semien needs a blow.

Boneheaded stuff all day.

[Frayed Knot]

I was just about to type 'and yet again another inning with two runners on despite nothing even resembling hard contact' when an inning-ending GiDP occurs.

[Edgy MD]

Milner really falls off the mound.

[Frayed Knot]

Torrens for Baty is interesting, but Luis does tend to make contact and he can't hit into a GiDP

... and he takes a walk.

[Edgy MD]

PInch-run for Torrens with McLean!

BOOO!  We get MJ!

[Frayed Knot]

5 minutes ago, Edgy MD said:

Milner really falls off the mound.

His delivery is a cross-fire hurricane.

[ashie62]

Uh huh

[ashie62]

Bichette is wearing shorts

[Frayed Knot]

It's like they invent a different way to screw up on a daily basis.

[Frayed Knot]

UNFUCKINGBELIEVEABLE!!!

 

And that error has got to be on Minter. The flip hit him in the glove.

 

[ashie62]

2 minutes ago, Frayed Knot said:

It's like they invent a different way to screw up on a daily basis.

5 errors 

Yes no one really gets help accountable 

Boo

[Edgy MD]

I guess this is them being tight.

[The Hot Corner]

Remember when improving the "run prevention" through improved defense was a primary objective last off season?  Not looking very good, particularly tonight.  

5 infield errors and a passed ball and they still have to play the 9th inning.