Special Edition ST IGT 03-02-06 Mets v. Evil Redbirds

[Guest Rotblatt]

Top of the second, Mets up 9-0. We scored 4 in the first without hitting a home run. In the second, Xavier Nady homered off Jeff Suppan.

Anyone with any more details than that?

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

The pitchers are always ahead of the hitters. If that weren't so, the Mets would be up 33-0.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Oh, at least 33-0.

Wasn't Trachs starting today? According to the Yahoo! box score, the Cards haven't had a hit yet &have committed 1 E.

[MFS62]

The major thing is that Willie had Beltran batting SECOND in the lineup.
Wright was in the #4 hole.

Maybe he is trainable.

Later

[Guest Rotblatt]

St. Louis is on the board with 1 run in the bottom of the second. No idea how they got it, but if I had to guess, I'd say that Pujols laid a bunt down the first base line. Delgado reached the ball and went to tag him out, but Pujols bitch-slapped the ball from Delgado's hand, then stomped on his toe. As Delgado crumpled to the ground, Pujols touched first, then ran straight back to home plate, hurdling Delgado's body, and bowled over the umpire, who, from the ground, called Pujols safe in a severe state of confusion.

[seawolf17]

Rotblatt wrote: St. Louis is on the board with 1 run in the bottom of the second. No idea how they got it, but if I had to guess, I'd say that Pujols laid a bunt down the first base line. Delgado reached the ball and went to tag him out, but Pujols bitch-slapped the ball from Delgado's hand, then stomped on his toe. As Delgado crumpled to the ground, Pujols touched first, then ran straight back to home plate, hurdling Delgado's body, and bowled over the umpire, who, from the ground, called Pujols safe in a severe state of confusion.

Yeah, that sounds about right.

[Guest Rotblatt]

]The major thing is that Willie had Beltran batting SECOND in the lineup. Wright was in the #4 hole. Maybe he is trainable.

Sweet. Let's hope he takes the fact that we scored 9 runs that way to heart.

Evil Redbirds scored another 3 in the bottom of the 2nd and cut the lead to 9-4. Y. Molina hit a dinger off Trachsel, who must have gotten a little wild--4 runs in one inning of only 2 hits.

[Elster88]

MFS62 wrote: The major thing is that Willie had Beltran batting SECOND in the lineup. Wright was in the #4 hole. Maybe he is trainable. Later

Not possible. What he showed in his first year can and should be the only evidence used to judge how he will manage for the rest of his career.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Nady's HR was a grand salami, btw.

[Willets Point]

Nothing warms the cockles of my heart more than seeing an IGT.

[Guest SI Metman]

It's now 9-7. Molina homered off of Trax in the second, Pujols took Juan Perez out in the 4th.

[nymr83]

Pujols homered to make it 9-7, bottom of the 4th.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Wow, the pitchers really are ahead of the hitters!

Another axiom shot to hell.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Mets get 2 scoreless inning from someone(s) getting one run back in the top of the 6th.

St. Louis with 7 runs on only 4 hits, and we've made one error.

Dare I ask, was Zambrano another pitcher today?

Meanwhile, we have 10 runs on 14 hits. Hopefully at least three of those runs belong to an officially 0-0 Jose. . .

[Centerfield]

Meaning Jose Reyes was HBP three times? Should he have gotten out of the way or not? Was he aware that he should have?

We need answers dammit.

[Guest Rotblatt]

I was thinking 3 walks, but maybe he's decided walking is too difficult and is crowding the plate . . .

Anyway, Mets pitching holds the Redbirds scoreless from the 5th through the 8th (although they do allow 2 more hits). Meanwhile, our offense scores 2 more in the top of the ninth to deny Billy his first save opportunity.

12-7 Mets in the bottom of the 9th.

[Guest Rotblatt]

And it's OVER! Mets win 12-7 in front of 5,867 evil Redbird fans.

Mitch Wylie (?) gets the win for the Amazin's and Suppan takes the loss. Mets wind up with 17 hits and 1 error, and the Cards with 7 hits and 2 errors.

Good times.

[Guest vtmet]

I take it that you folks are joking about Jose going 0 for 0...since he opened the game with a triple...not quite as good as a walk...but some day, he might lose his obsession with triples...

[Guest vtmet]

]METS 12, CARDINALS 7 at Jupiter, Fla. Thursday, March 2 Mets at the plate: A couple of the new Mets had big games. Xavier Nady racked up four base hits and six RBIs, including a grand slam, and Carlos Delgado went 3-for-3 with two runs scored. Jose Reyes and Prentice Redman each tripled

http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060302&content_id=1330856&vkey=spt2006gamer&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym

[Zvon]

="Willets Point"]Nothing warms the cockles of my heart more than seeing an IGT.

Its beginning to look alot like baseball.

]Mets at the plate: A couple of the new Mets had big games. Xavier Nady racked up four base hits and six RBIs, including a grand slam, and Carlos Delgado went 3-for-3 with two runs scored. Jose Reyes and Tike Redman each tripled. Mets on the mound: Steve Trachsel wasn't sharp, allowing four walks and four runs in an inning-plus. Mitch Wylie pitched two shutout innings for the win in relief. Billy Wagner's Mets debut went solidly; he pitched a shutout inning with one hit and one strikeout.

BRINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG IT!

[Guest vtmet]

I know this is only his first ST appearance...and I might have an exagerated opinion on Trax (Jekkyl & Hyde)...but IMO, this is typical Trax pitching...give him no/little run support, and the guy pitches like Tom Seaver...give him a good lead, and the guy forgets how to throw strikes and then finally gives up a gopher ball once he unnecessarily walks people...if you have a 6+ run lead, there in no excuse for walking 4 people...

[Elster88]

vtmet wrote: I know this is only his first ST appearance..

You should've stopped right there.

[nymr83]

i don't think theres ever an excuse for walking 4 people. is there a boxscore somewhere that you're seeing 4 walks? all i see are game summaries.

[Guest vtmet]

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/boxscore?gid=260302124

[Elster88]

Nymr83 wrote: i don't think theres ever an excuse for walking 4 people. is there a boxscore somewhere that you're seeing 4 walks? all i see are game summaries.

I don't care if it's the first live game he's pitched in in 6 months, he should have pinpoint accuracy and not walk any batters.

You guys are being ridiculous.

[nymr83]

Elster88 wrote: ="Nymr83"]i don't think theres ever an excuse for walking 4 people. is there a boxscore somewhere that you're seeing 4 walks? all i see are game summaries. I don't care if it's the first live game he's pitched in in 6 months, he should have pinpoint accuracy and not walk any batters. You guys are being ridiculous.

i dont give a shit about ST stats, i only said that in response to whoever posted that he shouldnt walk people with a big lead.