Game #117 IGT -- Mets at Pirates -- 8/7/26

[Frayed Knot]

 

Welcome to the Steel City where things get started at 6:40 Friday night as Zac (don't call me Zack) Thornton faces off against Carmen (don't call me Miranda) Mlodzinski [6 - 3, 3.15, 1.31 in 25 G tho just 9 starts]

Cribbing partly off Coob's KTE, we won't see Paul Skenes in this series (he pitched Wednesday), or IL'd #2 starter Mitch Keller. We also won't see O'Neil Cruz, or wunderkind Konnor Griffin, or the recently DFA'd Marcell Ozuna, or RF Ryan O'Hearn. We likely Will see Luke Weaver at some point depending on the status of games when they hit late-innings.

Pirates are a bunch of games ahead of us in the schedule though have hit the skids with 9 losses in their last 11 games as they've run into some tough competition lately: Yanx, Cubs, DBacks, Reds, Brewers

 

And now bonus points to the first person to name the duo (not shown in the video) who sang backup on the studio version of this song.

[Edgy MD]

You're thinking of Fleetwood Mac guitarist Stevie Buckingham, producer on the track, and his bandmate Lindsey Nicks singing backup (and also serving as inspiration for the track, I believe).

The real trivia I want an answer to is who did the hair and costumes for that clip.

[Frayed Knot]

It was, in fact, Stevie & Lindsey, back in the pre-FM days and before they took to screaming 'Go your own way' at each other.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I was gonna guess Melvin Tidewater.

[Edgy MD]

Carmen Mlodzinski = 36 Scrabble points.

Xzavion Curry = 36 Scrabble points.

I'm calling this game a tossup.

[ashie62]

LMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Edgy MD]

LET'S MIC GARY!

LET ME GRADUATE!

LET'S MEET GAYS!

 

[whippoorwill]

2 hours ago, Edgy MD said:

Carmen Mlodzinski = 36 Scrabble points.

Xzavion Curry = 36 Scrabble points.

I'm calling this game a tossup.

Don’t forget Jhostynxon Garcia  

[Edgy MD]

24 minutes ago, whippoorwill said:

Don’t forget Jhostynxon Garcia  

If we're allowing batters into this matchup, we're gonna get our asses kicked. 

OF Jhostynxon Garcia is good for 39 points.

IF Esmerlyn Valdez brings another 32.

Jacob Gonzalez brings the double-hammer of a pair of Z's on his way to a murderous 42 points.

Spencer Horwitz is not to be left behind with another 33.

By that math, the Mets (a puny 11 points from Luis Torrens — hah!) are doomed. 

[Edgy MD]

It'd take a more sophisticated UMDB dataquery than I know how to write in order to figure out the Mets' all-time winners and losers by this metric, but my money is on Dicky Gonzalez for the high and Al Leiter for the low.

[Edgy MD]

All that slugging this weekend, even with names like Wagaman and Pache bounced into the lineup.  But now Brett Baty and Jorge Polanco are back to get theirs.  AJ Ewing, too.

The notion of Brett Baty in left field seems to be shelved for the time being.

Beginning Thrower

Zac Thornton LHP 2-2, 2.88 ERA, 24 SO

Lineup

1. A.J. Ewing (L) CF
2. Francisco Lindor (S) SS
3. Bo Bichette (R) 3B
4. Carson Benge (L) LF
5. Jared Young (L) 1B
6. Marcus Semien (R) 2B
7. Brett Baty (L) RF
8. Jorge Polanco (S) DH
9. Luis Torrens (R) C

Introductory Slinger

Carmen Mlodzinski RHP 6-3, 3.15 ERA, 76 SO

Lineup

1. Jake Mangum (S) CF
2. Brandon Lowe (L) 2B
3. Bryan Reynolds (S) LF
4. Esmerlyn Valdez (R) RF
5. Spencer Horwitz (L) 1B
6. Nick Gonzales (R) 3B
7. Ronny Simon (S) DH
8. Jared Triolo (R) SS
9. Rafael Flores Jr. (R) C

[whippoorwill]

Just had a thunderstorm