IGT 98 - 7-24-05 - Rubber Match vs Dodgers - Penny/Benson

[Elster88]

Benson perfect through 2.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Brooklyn 1) Robles, 3b 2) Izturis, ss 3) Bradley, cf 4) Kent, 2b 5) Werth, rf 6) Choi, 1b 7) Edwards, lf 8) Rose, c 9) Penny, p

=orange]Queens 1) Reyes, ss 2) Cameron, rf 3) Beltran, cf 4) Floyd, rf 5) Wright, 3b 6) Piazza, c -- KABOOM! 2-0 7) Mientkiewicz, 1b 8) Cairo, 2b 9) Benson, p

[Elster88]

Piazza with a two run line drive to the last row of the bleachers.

[Elster88]

Minky has clearly lost his mind. He tried to steal second. Luckily Cairo fouled the pitch off.

Cairo then singles to left. First and second, no out, two runs already in.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Solid blue caps and pinstripes today.

Brilliant.

[Elster88]

After Benson strikes out, Reyes grounds into a fielder's choice and then is thrown out (!?!?!?) trying to steal second.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Three errors by the Dodger announcer that half inning. Only two are coming to me now.

1) "Mike Piazza has homered to give the Dodgers a 2-0 lead"
2) "Mike Cameron throws out Jose Reyes trying to steal!"

[Elster88]

Benson perfect through 3.

[Elster88]

Apparently Wright's single in the second increased his streak to 11 games with a hit.

[Elster88]

Beltran is using his legs again! Instead of pulling up at second after a hit in the left-center gap, he took third. Slid in, but he could've gone standing.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Beltran with his second Met triple, climbing the all-time chart.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Come on Cliffy!

[Elster88]

Hitting Penny well so far, Floyd with a ball ten feet to the right of the pole, then hits one to straight center. Bradley got his glove on it, but couldn't catch it. ALmost looked to me like Bradley slowed up a little.

Maybe he's just slow. He looks a little chunky after his DL stint. 3-0 Mets.

Floyd steals third. This is a gosh-darn exciting team to watch.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Double for Cliffy.

Milton Bradley is not looking good in center.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Yes! 3-0 Mets! Cliff doubles home Beltran.

[Elster88]

Piazza's grounder is ruled a hit. Questionable. Hit fairly well, high hop had Kent for lunch. 4-0 Mets.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Mikey picks up Wright and plates Cliffy for the Mets fourth run.

[Elster88]

1-5-3 groundout off of Benson's foot. I thought Robles would beat it out but Wright had him by a couple of strides.

And a #$(*&#(*$& bunt single.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Great bunt by Izturis.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Piazza's ball ate Kent up, but I don't call that a base hit.

[Elster88]

Is Kent a hall of famer? The mustache certainly helps his case in my books.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Cammy bares his teeth and runs down the final out, jam ended.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Thank you, Cammie.

Everybody say, "Thank you, Cammie."

Holy lack of perspective. I was seeing the whole season in that at-bat.

[Elster88]

True. Gotta win today.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

We need Piazza to make something happen here with 2 outs.

Come on Mike!

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

A little help from someone actually seeing the game.

Gameday says that Piazza singled to the shortstop, but Floyd got thrown out at the plate trying to score from second base. Was this a freak play or did Floyd run himself into an inning ending play?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Well, Piazza did his job. Was Acta giving mixed signals?.

[Elster88]

Izturis dove and the ball hit his glove and rolled to the left. Floyd stopped from Acta's signal, then Acta started him again. Izturis popped up, got to the ball, and threw him out by 20 feet.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Edgy DC -"Was Acta giving mixed signals?"

Enquiring minds want to know.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Thanks for the explaination.

Could we trade Ishii for a new third base coach?