IGT 6/2 Mets at Mariners - 9:40 pm

[MFS62]

Tong vs some putz.

C'mon, guys.

The Empire State Building is more iconic than the Space Needle

Chock Full O'Nuts is better than Starbucks

New York Harbor is better than Puget Sound.

The Mets have GOT to be better than the Mariners.

LGM!

Later

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

	THU	FRI	SAT	SUN	MON	TOT
Sean Manaea	0	0	0	0	63	63
Luke Weaver	0	14	0	0	15	29
Jonah Tong	0	0	0	0	0	0
Huascar Brazobán	0	12	16	0	0	28
Devin Williams	0	0	8	0	18	26
David Peterson	0	0	0	51	0	51
Cionel Pérez	0	0	12	0	0	12
Brooks Raley	0	5	0	0	19	24
Austin Warren	0	7	20	0	0	27
A.J. Minter	0	14	0	0	9	23

[Edgy MD]

Still no officially announced starter as far as I can see, so I imagine we are looking at Tong after an opener — which wasn't written to sound dirty, but now totally does.

[Edgy MD]

If you are looking for the Mets to try something/anything with the lineup to shake up Bo Bichette ... today isn't looking like your day.

If you like waiting until game time to find out who your pitcher is, though, you're totally in luck.

METS

STARTING PITCHER:

TBD Huascar Brazobán (RHP), 3-1, 1.86 ERA, 24 SO

LINEUP:

1. Carson Benge (L) RF
2. Bo Bichette (R) SS
3. Juan Soto (L) LF
4. Jared Young (L) DH
5. Mark Vientos (R) 1B
6. Brett Baty (L) 3B
7. Marcus Semien (R) 2B
8. A.J. Ewing (L) CF
9. Hayden Senger (R) C

SEATTLE

STARTING PITCHER:

Logan Gilbert (RHP) 3-4, 3.69 ERA, 69 SO

LINEUP:

1. J.P. Crawford (L) SS
2. Julio Rodríguez (R) CF
3. Randy Arozarena (R) LF
4. Luke Raley (L) RF
5. Cole Young (L) 2B
6. Dominic Canzone (L) DH
7. Patrick Wisdom (R) 1B
8. Jhonny Pereda (R) C
9. Colt Emerson (L) 3B

[seawolf17]

I kinda love the idea of a surprise pitcher. WHO WILL IT BE?!? No one knows. (ESPN has Brazoban in the slot with 40 minutes to first pitch, so that seems likely.)

The "opener" idea is as stupid as the Manfred Man, by the way.

[Edgy MD]

Looks like Operation Huascar is a go.

[Edgy MD]

Marlins eked ahead of the Mets by a half game last night, and they're winning in the ninth tonight, but hey, they're beating the Nats, and the Mets have to catch both of them.

[Edgy MD]

Gary and Murph doing the pre-game from The Pike Place Fish Market.

[Edgy MD]

Gilbert grips the ball outside of his glove.  You can pick up his pitches.

[Edgy MD]

A second-inning Wisdom bomb is the keynote.

[Edgy MD]

Tong comes out angry though.

[Centerfield]

Just a terrible 0-2 pitch to Wisdom. 
 

Tong in already down 2-0. Runner on 2nd. 

[Edgy MD]

Ewing and Benge will not stand for their buddy pitching with a deficit.

[Centerfield]

Nothing makes me quite as happy as Ewing and Benge trotting around the bases. 

[Edgy MD]

Tong pitching with intense purpose is also a happy thing.

[Edgy MD]

Hard gloves tonight.

[Frayed Knot]

It's a Dick Stuart inning!

[Centerfield]

Catch the ball guys. 

[Edgy MD]

More strikes, Tongman. 

[Centerfield]

Staying on the theme of unforced errors, I’d love to hear the logic behind Young at DH and Vientos at 1B. 

[Edgy MD]

Too much respect for Crawford.

[Edgy MD]

Doing an unusually large bit of testicle talk in the booth.

[Edgy MD]

Crushing blow.

[Edgy MD]

But nothing is out of reach when Carson Benge is on the prowl.

[Edgy MD]

Too late, sadly, to recommend Vientos take a pitch.

[Edgy MD]

Disappointing to see that Cionel Perez' beard isn't nearly as neat as it looks in his thumbnail photo.

[Fman99]

Very atypically for me I was up for a bit of this one.  Tuned in at 4-2 and watched Tong get taken yard and turned it right back off.  Saw maybe 2 batters.

[Edgy MD]

3 hours ago, Fman99 said:

Very atypically for me I was up for a bit of this one.  Tuned in at 4-2 and watched Tong get taken yard and turned it right back off.  Saw maybe 2 batters.

Tong was deceptively pretty good, but was nibbling himself into holes, ultimately finding the one he couldn't extricate himself from.  There definitely was a guy there who needed to trust his stuff.

Entering the game in a 2-0 hole probably had something to do with that.