IGT, 9/13/2026 — NYM@NYY

[Edgy MD]

Time's a-runnin' out.  More importantly, the damned Padres have been relentless this week, winning six in a row and putting the Mets on notice, lowering the Amazin' elimination number to two, which means they can be mathematically eliminated by the close of play tomorrow.

All the more reason to go out with a blaze of glory, and rage against the dying of the light.  So much dying, so little light, but so much rage.  And who better to rage against than the New York Yankees, from whom the Mets have taken 3 out of 5 in the season series, making this game a clincher.

As I type, Cincinnati is down 13 to 5 to the great and powerful Brewers in the sixth, and if the Cerveceros TCB in Milwaukee, the Mets will have moved into a tie for 11th place, league-wide.  Whatever happens, post-season-wise, there are Reds to catch, and beyond that, Marlins and Cardinals and Pirates all begging to be overtaken.  And there are Yankees just waiting to be spanked.

I know just the team to do it, too.  The action starts at 1:35, with righthander Cam Schlittler on the hill for the Yankees and the Mets countering with Christian Scott.

Two CS-es.  Don't be late.

[MFS62]

Time to make the MFY pitcher Schlit the bed.

Scott pitching for the Mets

Later

[Edgy MD]

A lot of lefties in the order, but Morabito getting a rare start against a righty, at Semien's expense, with Brett Baty returning to the field at second base.

Ewing moving back up in the order, and Soto at DH, which is a comforting place to see him.

THE SHINING SUN OF QUEENS

LANZADOR

Christian Scott RHP 4-4, 3.81 ERA, 120 SO

ALENACIÓN

1. F Lindor (S) SS
2. J Soto (L) DH
3. B Bichette (R) 3B
4. C Benge (L) RF
5. J Young (L) 1B
6. A Ewing (L) CF
7. F Alvarez (R) C
8. B Baty (L) 2B
9. N Morabito (R) LF

THE DEEP DARK NIGHT OF THE BRONX

DER WERFER

Cam Schlittler RHP 13-6, 2.01 ERA, 220 SO

MANNSCHAFT

1. B Rice (L) DH
2. C Bellinger (L) LF
3. A Judge (R) RF
4. L García Jr. (L) 1B
5. S Jones (L) CF
6. A Volpe (R) 2B
7. R McMahon (L) 3B
8. A Wells (L) C
9. J Caballero (R) SS

[Centerfield]

Today is a big game. 
 

well. As big a game as a team playing out the string can have. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	TOT
Tobias Myers	0	11	0	0	25	36
Nate Lavender	21	15	0	0	0	36
Kodai Senga	19	0	0	0	0	19
Jonathan Pintaro	9	26	0	0	0	35
Jack Weisenburger	0	0	0	41	0	41
Dedniel Núñez	12	0	0	0	0	12
Daniel Duarte	0	33	0	0	0	33
Austin Warren	0	16	0	0	0	16

 

[Edgy MD]

Amazin'.  The Mets have only two relievers who have been used since that war of attrition on Wednesday in Miami.

[Frayed Knot]

1st pitch expected to be around 1:55

[Edgy MD]

Something wrong.  Lindor didn't hit a leadoff homer.

[Edgy MD]

Keith really thinks the name of the song is "Rock-a-Bye Baby with a Gypsy Melody"?

[Edgy MD]

7 minutes ago, Edgy MD said:

Something wrong.  Lindor didn't hit a leadoff homer.

Ben Rice, on the other hand ... .

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I used to believe in Alvy. I don't believe in Alvy anymore

[Edgy MD]

Baty is back, but he's missing a few gears from his box.

Running like Soto on that infield out.

[Edgy MD]

Happy to entertain a Met hit if anybody would obilige, thank you.

[Edgy MD]

Ryan McMahon, Yankee with a beard.

[Edgy MD]

Hey, Baty, a hit!

Slides into second, but he's kind of running like Vientos.

[Edgy MD]

PC Richard whistling starting to get to me.

[Edgy MD]

Even pinballing a shot off of Shlitty is an easy out.

Best thing they've done as a team is running some deep counts.  Hopefully he's done for the day.

[Frayed Knot]

In the game where Clay Holmes had his leg broke by a comeback (Spencer Jones) Schlittler also took a comeback off his leg via the bat of Luis Torrens so that's two now in two games vs the Mets.

Sometimes you're lucky and sometimes not.

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, the Mets played the Yanks pretty close to even in the first and third games but haven't gotten the breaks.

Outplayed the Yankees in game two, but that was the day they got all the breaks.

[Edgy MD]

1 hour ago, Johnny Lunchbucket said:

I used to believe in Alvy. I don't believe in Alvy anymore

When up against Blackburn, Alvy believes in hisself.

[Edgy MD]

"New York is challenging the safe call at first base."

They're both "New York," umps.

[Edgy MD]

Ninth inning.

Tyrone Taylor time!

[Edgy MD]

Bednar has the drop working against Soto.

This may be a tough time to be Tyroneless.

[Fman99]

That was the bloop. Let's get the blast

[Edgy MD]

4 minutes ago, Fman99 said:

That was the bloop. Let's get the blast

Nice to see you.

We could have used your power bat earlier in the game.

[Frayed Knot]

We got Schlittler'd upon again.

[Edgy MD]

Now it's only the Giants standing between the Mets and waking up eliminated tomorrow morning.

[Centerfield]

Looks like a crap game. But Scott pitching this well is a good sign.