IGT 6 - 4/11/06 at Nationals - Bannister vs. Ortiz

[Elster88]

Mets					Nationals
		AVG	HR	RBI			AVG	HR	RBI
Reyes, Jose	SS	.348	1	5	Watson, Brandon	CF	.200	0	0
Lo Duca, Paul	C	.278	0	1	Vidro, Jose	2B	.406	2	9
Beltran, Carlos	CF	.176	1	5	Moron, Fucking	RF	.240	1	2
Delgado, Carlos	1B	.350	2	4	Johnson, Nick	1B	.304	2	6
Wright, David	3B	.474	2	9	Soriano, Alfonso	LF	.308	2	6
Floyd, Cliff	LF	.200	0	1	Zimmerman, Ryan	3B	.259	1	2
Nady, Xavier	RF	.474	1	2	Clayton, Royce	SS	.241	0	3
Hernandez, Anderson	2B	.158	0	0	Schneider, Brian	C	.174	0	0
Bannister, Brian	P	.000	0	0	Ortiz, Ramon	P	1.000	0	1
			(0-0)	4.50				(0-1)	10.80

[Guest Rotblatt]

v. Ortiz

Beltran: .556 OPS, 1 HR, 1 K, 23 AB
=red]Delgado: 1.560 OPS, 5 HR, 3 K, 30 AB
Cliff: .500 OPS, 0 HR, 1 K, 12 AB
LoDuca: .516 OPS, 0 HR, 1 K, 13 AB
Reyes: .400 OPS, 0 SB, 0 K, 10 AB
=red]Valentin: 1.367 OPS, 1 HR, 2 K, 12 AB
=orange]Woody: .800 OPS, 0 HR, 2 K, 10 AB

The rest have had under 10 AB against Ortiz. I'd have been tempted to put Valentin in there instead of Hernandez today given how much our regulars have struggled against him, but we'll see how it goes, I guess . . .

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wasn't Ortiz a Benson Buncher?

[Guest sharpie]

I think that was Russ Ortiz, this is Ramon.

[Guest Edgy DC]

You're right!

New rule. You can't joine the MLBPA unless you have a last name unique from all other active union members.

[Guest sharpie]

Or at least can't have the same last name and first initial. The other Pedro Martinez is the guy we really have to drum out.

[Frayed Knot]

VP Cheney to throw out the first pitch.
The scouting report lists him as having questionable control. In particular, there was
one notorious HBP* during the winter league.




* - Hit by Pellets

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Beltran lines to first, double play.

[Elster88]

I read somewhere that Bannister doesn't believe in giving up hits in the first inning.

[Diamond Dad]

What -- no first inning run today? What gives???

[Guest Rotblatt]

Is anyone actually watching? How's Bannister look? Is he pitching inside at all?

[Theoldmole]

Stolen base off LoDuca.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Piazza would've had him

[Diamond Dad]

Nick Johnson, that noted speedster

[Guest Rotblatt]

LoDuca couldn't throw out Nick Johnson?

That's a little embarassing.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Clayton grounds out to Reyes, and Bannister's out of the inning.

Top of the third.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Ortiz with 25 pitches thrown through 2. We've got to be more patient with him. Nat's pen is a bit overworked after the extra innings last night--if we can get to the pen early, we'll be setting ourselves up nicely for the rest of the series.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Just adding to my theory that our pitchers should bat ahead of Hernandez, Bannister collects a base hit.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Bannister's dad talked about what a good hitter Brian was in college in the last game. Of course, Bannister struck out both times that game, but maybe he was nervous.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I got MLB.tv working again.

Maybe it only works at work.

[seawolf17]

Rotblatt wrote: LoDuca couldn't throw out Nick Johnson? That's a little embarassing.

My grandma could throw out Nick Johnson. And she just had rotator cuff surgery.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Mets Pitchers:

.455 AVG/.417 OBP/.546 SLG/.962 OPS

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Mets starters: 5-10
A. Hernandez: 3-20

Edit: Rotty seems to have found fancier numbers

[Guest Rotblatt]

Bannister with another 1-2-3 inning.

[Guest Rotblatt]

OlerudOwned wrote: Edit: Rotty seems to have found fancier numbers

They're probably wrong. I tried to figure them out from the Yahoo! stat page, but they don't show sacs. I know Glavine had at least one . . .

Beltran singles to center.

Come on Carlos--Carlos wants to come home.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Cool, Beltran takes a pitch tailing to the outside and almost rips the pitcher's head off.

Not so cool, it's his first pitch batting lefthanded this season.

National color guy suggested that the Bannisters of the world (legacy rookies) come up with more poise because they've been around Major League clubhouses since they were children.

Now two on for Wright.

[Guest Rotblatt]

Carlos singles. Carloses at 1st & 2nd for Wright, who has ground into a number of DP's already this season . . .

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Wright RBI streak continues, he doubles home Beltran.

MVP

[Guest Edgy DC]

Double -- Mets on the board!

Delgado stops at third.

[Guest Rotblatt]

M!