Stay with the Mets in Phoenix with This 2026-05-09 IGT!

[Edgy MD]

The Mets and Diamondbacks confront each other over the bitter differences the two teams have with each other.  The time is 7:15 PM, and the place is FOX Sports.  (On your dial.  The actual place is Chase Field in Phoenix.)

Clay Holmes comes for the Mets on the hill.  Merrill Kelly brings his 9.95 ERA to defend for the Serpientes.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	MON	TUE	WED	THU	FRI	TOT
Tobias Myers	0	0	21	0	10	31
Sean Manaea	0	0	17	0	0	17
Luke Weaver	0	0	20	0	24	44
Huascar Brazobán	11	0	0	25	0	36
Devin Williams	8	0	9	0	8	25
David Peterson	69	0	0	0	0	69
Craig Kimbrel	15	0	0	29	0	44
Brooks Raley	0	0	14	0	11	25
Austin Warren	24	0	0	21	0	45

[Brock Beauchamp]

Well, the Mets are 6-4 over their last 10, and damn I hadn't noticed what the Marlins have been doing lately. The Mets are only 1.5 games out of fourth place now.

[Edgy MD]

More importantly, they remain tied for the much-sought-after 14th place in the league-wide standings.  The Rockies are playing the Phils, so whoever wins and whoever loses, hey, they gain on one of them.

This is, of course, true of nearly all matchups.  Fourteenth place is like that.

[Edgy MD]

METS

Starting Pitcher:

Clay Holmes (RHP) 4-2, 1.69 ERA

Lineup:

1. Juan Soto (L) LF
2. Bo Bichette (R) SS
3. MJ Melendez (L) DH
4. Mark Vientos (R) 1B
5. Carson Benge (L) RF
6. Marcus Semien (R) 2B
7. Brett Baty (L) 3B
8. Francisco Alvarez (R) C
9. Tyrone Taylor (R) CF

ARIZONA

Starting Pitcher:

Merrill Kelly (RHP) 1-3, 9.95 ERA

Lineup:

1. Ketel Marte (S) 2B
2. Corbin Carroll (L) RF
3. Geraldo Perdomo (S) SS
4. Adrian Del Castillo (L) DH
5. Ildemaro Vargas (S) 1B
6. Nolan Arenado (R) 3B
7. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (R) LF
8. Gabriel Moreno (R) C
9. Ryan Waldschmidt (R) CF

 

[Frayed Knot]

After this I'm out of Arizona-themed songs so someone else needs to pick up the slack tomorrow.

Instead of the more familiar Glen Campbell hit version I went with this one by Johnny Rivers which was actually an earlier recording. Rivers [John Henry Ramistella] was a terrific singer but also kind of the equivalent of the ballplayer who has a handful of good seasons but not a very long prime. He cranked out a string of hits -- some covers of previously released songs, many coming via professional writers, plus a couple self-written -- between about '64 through '67 but then seemed to get bypassed by the new generation of singer/songwriters. Sill hanging around at age 83 through retired from performing just in the last few years.

 

 

[Fman99]

Ugh a FOX broadcast combined with the post-mortem love fest of Bobby Cox.  Off to a roaring start, here, national broadcast

[Centerfield]

First base coach has done a terrible job of keeping baserunners heads in the game. 

[Centerfield]

Baty!  And there’s our one run for the day. 

[Frayed Knot]

Nice 2nd inning damage control by Holmes.

[Edgy MD]

Gurriel just had the weakest ABS challenge I've seen yet.  He figured that, if he bailed out, the pitch must be a ball — but his head was completely turned away when it crossed the plate.

Also the organist played "In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida" that inning for some reason.

[The Hot Corner]

Alvarez three for three on challenges today.  The last 2 being punch outs for Holmes with the reversal.

[ashie62]

At some point I believe managers will tap the breaks on challenges. Maybe something like not before the 8th inning

I do not stream Fox. SNY has a radio call

[ashie62]

1 minute ago, The Hot Corner said:

Alvarez three for three on challenges today.  The last 2 being punch outs for Holmes with the reversal.

This is something Francisco is good at

[The Hot Corner]

Holmes living dangerously this game.

[Centerfield]

Where’s the fucking SS. That’s right to the SS hole. Fucking annoying. 

[The Hot Corner]

Vargas with a groundball single to drive in 2 for Arizona.

1 minute ago, Centerfield said:

Where’s the fucking SS. That’s right to the SS hole. Fucking annoying. 

Now days a ball up the middle is generally out due to infields shifting toward the pull side.  The hole to the opposite side is what is often now a hit as happened there.

[Centerfield]

Way to give Clay a rest assholes. 

[Edgy MD]

It's Two-Out Baserunner Night at Chase Field.

[Centerfield]

Bo Bichette absolutely fucking sucks. 
 

[Edgy MD]

Bichette first-pitch swinging, and I find myself thinking, "I wish Semien were up."

[Centerfield]

Soto being intentionally walked because no one feared the guys behind him is something everyone foresaw except the dickhead that makes decisions. 
 

the same dickhead that refuses to make any adjustment now. 

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

If it's not a "manager problem," could it be a "batting coach problem?"

[Centerfield]

I think it goes deeper. I think the organization’s hitting philosophy is detrimental. But the one setting it refuses to adjust. 

[Fman99]

These announcers suck in the generic way that all national baseball broadcasters suck.   

[Edgy MD]

I don't know who this booth is, but they've been less intrusive than the typical Fox broadcast.

[Edgy MD]

Tonight, it's a slider away problem.

Last night, it was a high fastball problem.

[Fman99]

AJ Pierszynski is the jock and Ken Rosenthal is the big nerd in the bow tie in the Gelbs position.  I don't know who the PBP guy is, some other dud 

[Centerfield]

Assuming it’s still a 1 run game in the 8th you’d love to PH for Taylor leading off. Problem is there are no good options. 

[Edgy MD]

12 minutes ago, Fman99 said:

AJ Pierszynski is the jock and Ken Rosenthal is the big nerd in the bow tie in the Gelbs position.  I don't know who the PBP guy is, some other dud 

Network PBP guys tend to be in love with their voices.

Local PBP guys tend to like beer.

Anyhow, it would really be nice to see the top of the lineup break through this inning.