Mets (McLean) vs White Sox (Newcomb): 08/23/26, 2:10 PM

[Brock Beauchamp]

McLean takes the ball for the Mets this afternoon at Rate Field as New York faces Newcomb and the White Sox.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	TOT
Nate Lavender	0	9	0	14	0	23
Kodai Senga	0	21	0	0	23	44
Jonathan Pintaro	0	13	0	0	20	33
Jefry Yan	8	0	0	11	0	19
Dedniel Núñez	17	0	0	0	10	27
Daniel Duarte	0	10	0	8	0	18
Austin Warren	0	17	0	0	32	49

[Edgy MD]

Day game after a night game with a lefty on the mound.  That means everybody who didn't start yesterday, starts today.

Oh, wait.  Sorry, Christian Pache, not you.

Hilltop Instigator

Nolan McLean RHP 9-8, 3.34 ERA, 162 SO

Lineup

1. Francisco Lindor (S) SS
2. Bo Bichette (R) 3B
3. Carson Benge (L) RF
4. Luis Robert Jr. (R) LF
5. Eric Wagaman (R) 1B
6. Christopher Morel (R) DH
7. Marcus Semien (R) 2B
8. A.J. Ewing (L) CF
9. Luis Torrens (R) C

Mounded Marksman

Sean Newcomb LHP 1-3, 2.44 ERA, 64 SO

Lineup

1. Sam Antonacci (L) LF
2. Munetaka Murakami (L) 1B
3. Miguel Vargas (R) 3B
4. Andrew Benintendi (L) DH
5. Braden Montgomery (S) RF
6. Colson Montgomery (L) SS
7. Chase Meidroth (R) 2B
8. Tristan Peters (L) CF
9. Jake Rogers (R) C

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

I’m here! My last chance to see the Mets in person this year. It didn’t go well in Pittsburgh. 

[ashie62]

Erick Fedde will be the primary thrower for the White Sox

Luis Robert Jr met my call for revenge yesterday and I hope he can do it again

[kcmets]

1 hour ago, Marshmallowmilkshake said:

I’m here!

Lookin' good, 4M! 

[Frayed Knot]

Do you want to tell him that there's only three Ms in MarsmallowMilkshake or should I?

 

 

Met bats rattle the Sox' opener ... but they didn't nuke 'im.

 

[Edgy MD]

4 minutes ago, Frayed Knot said:

Do you want to tell him that there's only three Ms in MarsmallowMilkshake or should I?

There are four, it's just that one of them is upside-down.

Also, Lindor's rip to right just tore a hole in the wall.

[Edgy MD]

The Mets strategy of load-'em-up-and-go-after-Benintendi may not be sustainable, but it's working for now.

[Edgy MD]

Ron speaking about Jim Crow Laws and The Great Migration.

Not the sort of frank talk that you tend to hear on a broadcast.

And as he does it, Luis Robert pulls one off the top of the fence.

And then Ron endorses The Warmth of Other Suns.

[kcmets]

This is a bit of a snore fest! The game, not the thread....

[Edgy MD]

Proceeding a lot more economically than last night anyhow.

And a lot cleaner than the last DGaaNG.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Thank you! 
 

Mets need some runs. The Hero of the Game is sitting near me. Really nice guy! 

[Edgy MD]

Leadoff double over Antonacci's headonacci, and now we can get McLoon a lead before pulling him.

[Edgy MD]

Lefty in to face Youngkin, and they probably have to leave him in.

[Edgy MD]

Young should have bunted, it seems.

Alvarez should have challenged.  Possibly multiple times.

[Edgy MD]

Well, Hagen Smith is good.

[Frayed Knot]

Met announcers -- All of them! -- need to stop citing RiSP stats as if they're a reliable indicator of future prowess.

[Frayed Knot]

A rare less-than-perfect throw to 2nd by Torrens allows the inning to continue.

[Edgy MD]

But Ded can shred.

[Edgy MD]

It's possible that all three called strikes to Alvarez were actually not in the zone, but then again, all three of them might have been.

The guy can paint.

[Edgy MD]

Then again, after 3-0 count, Lindor went chasing two very obvious balls with weak swings.

[Frayed Knot]

Yeah, that 3-0 hack by Lindor was both stupid and lame. He's slumping as much as Alvarez and Ewing lately (although probably not for as long).

 

In addition to over-citing RiSP stats, our announcers are over-doing the 'Mets offense has been great lately' idea. It's been great compared to where it had been all season, but has been merely somewhat above average for the month of August [90 RS in 19 games (not including this one) for a 4.7 RS/G avg]. So good, though hardly en Fuego.

[Edgy MD]

Damn, if Benge played that off the wall clean, that run doesn't score.

[Edgy MD]

Avenge Duarte!

[Edgy MD]

10 minutes ago, Frayed Knot said:

Yeah, that 3-0 hack by Lindor was both stupid and lame. He's slumping as much as Alvarez and Ewing lately (although probably not for as long).

With the red-hot Bichette on deck.

(And red-hot Bichette grounds out meekly on one pitch.)

[Edgy MD]

Robert's eye has been strong of late.

Strong!

[Edgy MD]

$$MUNNY$$

[metirish]

Forever Young 

[Edgy MD]

Who is next in the pen?