Ides of March IGT, vs. Houston

[Guest Edgy DC]

Mets up 2-0 in the second. Four hits to none.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Do you have this on radio or something?

I can only seem to get this mlb.com feed after lurking & ripping the url off from another website, but here it is. If anyone can find this stuff manually, I'd love to know how:

Mine says 1-0, only run on a homer by Diaz.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/y2006/gd.html?2006_03_15_nynmlb_wasmlb_1&brand=mlb

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yeah, I hit refresh and they corrected it, gum it.

Maybe they crossed the Yankee game data with the Mets one. it's like one poor guy runs the shop during spring training.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Nice grab (as Sandy Martinez looks at three strikes from John Rauch).

Diaz's homer was to the opposite field, huh?

[duan]

who in the name of jeebus is Sandy Martinez and when did he join the metskies?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sandy Martinez is the sort of journeyman catcher who always finds work in March. If he hustles his ass off he gets to this season's John Pachot, or Mike Difelice, or Joe DiPastino.

[MFS62]

duan wrote: who in the name of jeebus is Sandy Martinez and when did he join the metskies?

Career backup catcher. I beleive he was signed as aminor league free agent.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martisa01.shtml

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

A single by Marlon Anderson before Aaron Heilman racks up his second and third strikeout and cruises through the second.

If you believe Gameday, it was six pitches, all swinging.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

That HR by Diaz is still the only hit off Jon Rauchstar, who's whiffed 6 in 5 innings.

Heilman: 3 K, 3 H, 0 BB, 0 R thru 4.

1-0 Mets

[MFS62]

1-1 end of five.
No other details.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Rauch is the first guy I've seen go five this sprint.

Juan Perez comes in for Aaron Heilman. Everybody on your feet and clap for Heilman.

And Tyrell Goodwin ties it with a homer to right center. Everybody on your feet and boo Juan Perez.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Joey Eischen rises from his slab to pitch for Washington.

[MFS62]

Edgy DC wrote: Joey Eischen rises from his slab to pitch for Washington.

Do you have a stake in this?

Later

[Guest Rotblatt]

]Do you have a stake in this?

I would think a torch would be more effective than a stake when battling one of Frankenstein's monsters.

They don't like fire.

[MFS62]

Rotblatt wrote: ]Do you have a stake in this? I would think a torch would be more effective than a stake when battling one of Frankenstein's monsters. They don't like fire.

Sorry. Elvira flashback.

Now that I think of it, Edgy's "rising from the slab" could have been a great pun about the pitching rubber.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

This game is tied up on an exchange of runs in the seventh. Todd Self doubled and went to third on a wild pitch. Chris Woodward was hit by a pitch, then, after a whiff by Sandy Martinez, he stole second, and Self stole home on the throwdown.

Not much from Keppinger or Matsui today. Keppinger walked after the doulbe steal, but that's it.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The Mets just put up five in the eighth:

Top 8TH B:0 S:0 O:0
Lastings Milledge singles on a fly ball to left fielder Tyrell Godwin.

Top 8TH B:0 S:0 O:0
David Wright singles on a ground ball to center fielder Brandon Watson. Lastings Milledge to 2nd.

Top 8TH B:0 S:0 O:0
Chris Basak doubles (1) on a fly ball to left fielder Tyrell Godwin. Lastings Milledge scores. David Wright scores.

Top 8TH B:0 S:0 O:1
Victor Diaz grounds out, shortstop Ian Desmond to first baseman Daryle Ward. Chris Basak to 3rd.

Top 8TH B:4 S:0 O:1
Todd Self walks.

Top 8TH B:0 S:0 O:1
Offensive Substitution: Pinch hitter Corey Ragsdale replaces Chris Woodward.

Top 8TH B:0 S:0 O:2
Corey Ragsdale grounds into a force out, fielded by shortstop Ian Desmond. Chris Basak scores. Todd Self out at 2nd. Corey Ragsdale to 1st.

Top 8TH B:0 S:0 O:2
Sandy Martinez homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Corey Ragsdale scores.

Top 8TH B:0 S:0 O:3
Jeff Keppinger grounds out, shortstop Ian Desmond to first baseman Daryle Ward.

[Elster88]

A Basak double and Martinez home run do nothing for me. Only 19 days.