IGT 6/30 - Phillies vs. Mets - Rubber Game - Lieber/Martinez

[Elster88]

Phillies
Lofton, CF
Chavez, LF
Abreu, RF
Thome, IB
Rollins, SS
Utley, 2B
Perez, 3B
Pratt, C
Lieber, P

=blue]Mets
Reyes, SS
Cameron, RF
Beltran, CF
Floyd, LF
Piazza, C
Anderson, 2B
Wright, 3B
Woodward, 1B
Martinez, P

[metirish]

Bottom 1ST
Jose Reyes flies out to left fielder Endy Chavez.

Bottom
Mike Cameron flies out to left fielder Endy Chavez.

Bottom
Carlos Beltran grounds out, second baseman Chase Utley to first baseman Jim Thome.

[seawolf17]

Rollins homers and Pedro's down 1-0.

[Elster88]

I feel like the majority of Pedro's ER come off of HR.

[Frayed Knot]

Pratt is the Phils' only RHB against Pedro today (prolly Leiber also) as Manuel stacks the lineup and sits Burrell

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

At least we know that Beltran will be hitting a homer today.

We do know that, don't we?

[Elster88]

Bottom 2ND B:2 S:2 O:0
Philadelphia Phillies catcher Todd Pratt ejected by HP umpire Alfonso Marquez.

Can someone explain?

[Gwreck]

Arguing checked-swing calls apparently. Manuel got tossed after argument too.

[metirish]

That wouldn't have happened back in the old days.....

[Guest Edgy DC]

Woodie puts the Mets ahead with a two-run single after being down 0-2.

Sweet stuff.

[metirish]

Woodie is a good hitter, goes up to bat with a clue.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Pedro batting, and on the second pitch the ball is put in play with no out recorded.

That's all I know at the present time.

[seawolf17]

That's weird. Sportsline says the first two pitches to Pedro were both balls, up and in.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

It looks like he reached base on a sacrifice bunt.

It was called a sacrifice, and not a hit, so maybe an error was made on the play.

Reyes up, bases loaded, one out, 2-1 Mets.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Reyes forces Wright at home.

Two out.

[seawolf17]

Come on, Cammy. Break this baby wide open.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

And Cameron strikes out to end the inning.

[seawolf17]

Or strike out. Whatever.

Could we deal Cameron before he wakes up and remembers he's a career .250 hitter?

[Elster88]

At what point is it okay to experiment with Woody as the full time first baseman?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Another time.

Is that a pullback by Floyd?

[seawolf17]

And just like that, Cliff Floyd is now the 41st-most-stealingest Met of all time, tied with Brett Butler, Chico Walker, and Ron Hunt at 21.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

As the fourth inning begins, Pedro's already thrown 55 pitches.

I think he usually has a higher pitch count in the earlier innings, and then moves swiftly through the middle innings.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Bottom of the 4th, Woodward doubles with none out and Wright on first (after a HBP.)

I think Woodward is due for some Schaefer.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

And Jose's ninth triple brings home Wright and Woody.

[seawolf17]

And Cameron brings home Jose.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

EVERYBODY hits!

[Frayed Knot]

Looks like both ends of the Philly battery is going to have themselves a short afternoon as Reyes hits his signature play (3-bagger) to knock in 2, and then gets singled in by Cammy.
Leiber is already up over 80 pitches w/only 1 out in the 4th and on the short end of a 5-1 game.

[Frayed Knot]

Or ... he can get Beltran to bang into a GiDP and get out of the inning quickly.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Everybody except Beltran, that is.

Inning-ending DP.

[Guest Edgy DC]

First person to call Carlos "Foster" is going to get such a pinch.