Reds @ Mets, Memorial Day IGT 5/25/26

[Frayed Knot]

A holiday 4:10 start will feature Nolan McLean vs Nick Lodolo in the battle of the big, round-headed mascots.

Lodolo didn't make his first start of the season until 5/8 and the three he's made so far haven't been pretty [7.20 ERA / 1.53 WHIP w/14 hits and 9 BBs in 15 innings]. But since when has such stuff mattered to Met bats? They'll go down weakly to anyone. Last July Lodolo held them to 2 runs / 4 hits thru 7 in an 8-4 Reds win.

Reds got rained out today in StL so are probably already in New York while the Mets won't get home until washing the stink off this game/series and flying 1,000 miles only to face a quick turn-around.

[Gwreck]

1 hour ago, Frayed Knot said:

Reds got rained out today in StL so are probably already in New York while the Mets won't get home until washing the stink off this game/series and flying 1,000 miles only to face a quick turn-around.

The Reds didn't leave Cincinnati until late afternoon and landed at Kennedy 10 minutes ago (6:43 PM).  Mets are scheduled to get in to LaGuardia at 9:47 PM.

[Brock Beauchamp]

	WED	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	TOT
Tobias Myers	0	0	20	0	0	20
Luke Weaver	0	17	0	0	11	28
Jonathan Pintaro	0	0	0	12	0	12
Jonah Tong	0	0	28	0	0	28
Huascar Brazobán	0	9	0	0	8	17
Devin Williams	0	12	0	0	14	26
Brooks Raley	0	14	0	0	13	27
Austin Warren	22	0	0	0	0	22

[Edgy MD]

Yeah, holiday Monday day games should be the tail end of a wraparound series — not something two teams just flew in for, but alas.

Still, it's a 4:10 start so freshness will probably not be the Mets biggest problem.

[whippoorwill]

Agree. 

[Frayed Knot]

17 hours ago, Gwreck said:

The Reds didn't leave Cincinnati until late afternoon and landed at Kennedy 10 minutes ago (6:43 PM).  Mets are scheduled to get in to LaGuardia at 9:47 PM.

I'm amazed that this knowledge is both knowable and findable. 

[Edgy MD]

Mark Vientos, who is in as deep a hole as anybody, is your new #3 hitter.

CINCINNATI

Starting Pitcher:

Nick Lodolo LHP 0-1, 7.20 ERA

Lineup:

1. Blake Dunn (R) CF
2. Elly De La Cruz (S) SS
3. JJ Bleday (L) LF
4. Sal Stewart (R) 3B
5. Eugenio Suárez (R) DH
6. Nathaniel Lowe (L) 1B
7. Spencer Steer (R) RF
8. Tyler Stephenson (R) C
9. Matt McLain (R) 2B

METS

Starting Pitcher:

Nolan McLean RHP 2-3, 3.57 ERA

Lineup:

1. Carson Benge (L) DH
2. Bo Bichette (R) SS
3. Mark Vientos (R) 1B
4. Marcus Semien (R) 2B
5. A.J. Ewing (L) CF
6. Tyrone Taylor (R) RF
7. Nick Morabito (R) LF
8. Brett Baty (L) 3B
9. Luis Torrens (R) C

[ashie62]

6 minutes ago, Edgy MD said:

Mark Vientos, who is in as deep a hole as anybody, is your new #3 hitter.

CINCINNATI

Starting Pitcher:

Nick Lodolo LHP 0-1, 7.20 ERA

Lineup:

1. Blake Dunn (R) CF
2. Elly De La Cruz (S) SS
3. JJ Bleday (L) LF
4. Sal Stewart (R) 3B
5. Eugenio Suárez (R) DH
6. Nathaniel Lowe (L) 1B
7. Spencer Steer (R) RF
8. Tyler Stephenson (R) C
9. Matt McLain (R) 2B

METS

Starting Pitcher:

Nolan McLean RHP 2-3, 3.57 ERA

Lineup:

1. Carson Benge (L) DH
2. Bo Bichette (R) SS
3. Mark Vientos (R) 1B
4. Marcus Semien (R) 2B
5. A.J. Ewing (L) CF
6. Tyrone Taylor (R) RF
7. Nick Morabito (R) LF
8. Brett Baty (L) 3B
9. Luis Torrens (R) C

Only Taylor is keep this from becoming an all Baby Mets outfield

If Mendoza makes the lineups he has show he will use just about anyone not named Soto anywhere. 

Nick Lodolo is almost perpetually coming back from an injury and I believe this would be his fourth game back. He has not been good

LGM!

 

[The Hot Corner]

21 minutes ago, ashie62 said:

Nick Lodolo is almost perpetually coming back from an injury and I believe this would be his fourth game back. He has not been good

LGM!

 

Well, now he gets to face the Mets line up, without Soto, which seems to help almost any opposing pitcher's numbers.

[Centerfield]

We don’t have one hitter with an OPS over .700

[Centerfield]

Sorry. I’m wrong. Tip of the cap to AJ Ewing. 

[whippoorwill]

Here we go 

[Centerfield]

Unfortunately that CS costs the Mets the chance to clear the cleanup hitter. 

[Edgy MD]

How about the overwhelming and unanticipated cost of lowballing Antoan Richardson?

In 2025, they stole 147 bases in 165 attempts, for an 89.1% success rate.

In 2026, they've stolen 29 bases in 43 attempts, for a 67.4% success rate.

[Edgy MD]

Ill-advised glove flip from Bichette, and a less-than-impressive stretch from Vientos at the other end, and a meaningful double-play opportunity falls through.

[Centerfield]

This team does nothing well. 

[The Hot Corner]

Well, this game is very quickly getting out of hand.  With this offense, 2 runs with 8 innings to play almost seems insurmountable.

[Frayed Knot]

Reds have two runs despite eight hitters putting just two balls in play [bloop 1B, GO] ... and now a second GO to end the inning.

So nine batters: 1 single, 2 GOs, 4 K's, 1 BB, 1 HBP + a passed ball

[The Hot Corner]

1 minute ago, Centerfield said:

This team does nothing well. 

Sad, but true.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

He has bigger problems probably but McLean's body language sucks.

[Radar]

Just now, Centerfield said:

This team does nothing well. 

Beating dead horse here. Genius said we need to improve our defense. So he decimated our offense, made our defense worst and didn't adequately improve our pitching. But other than that........good job, David.

[Edgy MD]

8 minutes ago, Edgy MD said:

How about the overwhelming and unanticipated cost of lowballing Antoan Richardson?

In 2025, they stole 147 bases in 165 attempts, for an 89.1% success rate.

In 2026, they've stolen 29 bases in 43 attempts, for a 67.4% success rate.

That damned plagiarist Gary Cohen just quoted my numbers.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Morabito needs to get back to the New York Penn League.

[The Hot Corner]

Morabito is hitless in 8 at bats with 7 strike outs.  Also 0-1 in stolen base attempts.  

[The Hot Corner]

Now a no doubter by Bleday and the Reds lead 3-0. 

Barring a miracle, that's game over.

[Radar]

11 minutes ago, Johnny Lunchbucket said:

Morabito needs to get back to the New York Penn League.

Can't blame him. Shouldn't be here to begin with. Actually feel bad for some of these guys. Our owner followed by the unGenius  he hired should apologize to the fans. Don't criticize the fans again Steve for not showing up again. Unless you think coming to watch Soto is all we should ask for.

[Edgy MD]

Salute to Matthew Pride, but maybe Veteran of the Day should take a day off on Memorial Day, and leave the focus on the folks who didn't come home.

[Radar]

10 minutes ago, Edgy MD said:

Salute to Matthew Pride, but maybe Veteran of the Day should take a day off on Memorial Day, and leave the focus on the folks who didn't come home.

As a veteran of the Vietnam era I totally agree. Most of us never came close to making the ultimate sacrifice.

[The Hot Corner]

Turn out the lights, the parties over..

[metirish]

Rock bottom yet?