IGT 6/6/06 - Mets (Pedro) at Dodgers (Lowe)

[Gwreck]

Mets
Reyes SS
LoDuca C
Beltran CF
Delgado 1B
Wright 3B
Floyd LF
Valentin 2B
Milledge RF
Pedro P

=blue]Dodgers
Rafeal Furcal SS
Kenny Lofton CF
Nomar Garciaparra 1B
JD Drew RF
Matt Kemp LF
Willy Aybar 3B
Ramon Martinez 2B
Russell Martin C
Derek Lowe P

[Gwreck]

I believe this is the first time the Mets have ever faced Lowe. Only the 2nd Benson Bunch pitcher we've faced this year.

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

Derek Lowe vs. the Mets:

http://www.leaptoad.com/mets/opponent.php?PlayerCode=5352

[metirish]

I was bored and decided to see if Willy Aybar was a brother to former Met Manny Aybar, although both were born in Bani ,Dominican Republic I never could find out if they are related, Willy has a younger brother in hte Angels system.

[Gwreck]

Yancy Street Gang wrote: Derek Lowe vs. the Mets: http://www.leaptoad.com/mets/opponent.php?PlayerCode=5352

Wow, I thought I knew the UMDB backwards and forwards but didn't know that feature existed.

I hereby amend my previous statement to "first time the Mets have faced Lowe as a starter."

[nymr83]

GWRECK, change the title, today is 6/6 not 6/5!

[Guest GYC]

Reyes scratched - Woodward leading off and playing SS

[Gwreck]

Nymr83 wrote: GWRECK, change the title, today is 6/6 not 6/5!

Whoops. Fixed it.

Any word on why Reyes is out?

[Zvon]

Gwreck wrote: Any word on why Reyes is out?

Wrist-day to day.

[Guest Johnny Dickshot]

Pedro has given up too many HRs this year.

[Zvon]

Nomahhh greets his old teamate Pedro with a 2 run homer.
Martinez is givin up alotta gophers this season.

[Zvon]

Back to back singles by Wright and Cliffy to lead off the 2nd and--
Valentin doubles in Wright and--

shit--Floyd is hurt.

[Zvon]

Looks like he turned his ankle pretty bad running to 3rd.
OUCH!

Chavez in for Floyd.

[nymr83]

it's 2-2 on the milledge SF.
I hope Floyd is ok

[nymr83]

Beltran with a diving catch....and he's hurting!

[Gwreck]

Appreciate the effort, but Carlos, you can't get hurt! We don't have anymore outfielders!

[nymr83]

Beltran will stay in the game, thank god with Reyes/Floyd hurt

[Gwreck]

Defensively, we wouldn't really hurt that badly if Chavez was in center, Valentin in left and Matsui at second.

Offensively, it'd suck. And no bench.

[The Big O]

Crazy pitch counts here. Both Lowe & Dro are in the mid-60s after 3.

[nymr83]

You'll be alone the rest of the way, as I'll be listening to the rest of this game as i fall asleep...

[Elster88]

*gulp*

When does Nady get back? Victor Diaz getting another shot?

[Elster88]

Showing the reply of Floyd getting hurt, he hit a dark patch of dirt as he was slowing up which caused him to twist his ankle. Must've been a divot.

Some good news from the Mets clubhouse: Negative X-rays for both Reyes and Floyd, they are listed as both having sprains, and are both day-to-day.

My question: So they have an X-ray machine back there?

[Elster88]

Ball off the wall for a double will clear the pitcher.

Beltran slowed up and watched it go over his head. I think he could have caught that. I think he should have caught that.

Pedro 3-0 to the pitcher. Not on his game today.

[Gwreck]

With 2 outs and a runner on, you shouldn't be pitching around Lowe, Pedro. I see you retired him on a flyball to center, but it was a 3-1 count. Seriously, you've thrown 70+ pitches in the 4th inning, how about you challenge him by throwing strikes? Muchos gracias.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Scores still knotted at 2 after 4 innings of play.

Goodnight all. These damn west coast road trips are too tiring. I'm calling it a night. I'll hope for news of another Mets win when I awake tomorrow morning.

[Zvon]

The Big O wrote: Crazy pitch counts here. Both Lowe & Dro are in the mid-60s after 3.

I thought this game was gonna be rediculously fast.
Like over before midnight, with those 2 pitching.

Beltran didnt show any signs of bein hurt on that double by Martin.
Or on the pop by Lowe.
We certainly dont need to lose two outfielders in one night.

After 4 tied 2-2.
Each team has 4 hits-Pedro had 5 strikeouts.

LETS GET SOME RUNS FOR PEDRO GUYS!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Vin Scully has told me as much personal stuff about Beltran as I learn in a full season from Met announcers.

(1) He used to own a monkey.
(2) He's friends with Chi Chi Rodriguez.
(3) He used to own a freakin' monkey.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Beltran: smart or dumb there?

Grady Little: what's the deal with going out to argue while wearing beach clothes?

[Zvon]

Awwwww

Beltran is hit by Wrights grounder! He's out.
Looked like a DP ball tho---so.....

Delgado and Wright on 1st and 2nd---

and are stranded there as Chavez grounds out.

[Frayed Knot]

I knew he was friends with Chi-Chi.



I suspect Grady was out there arguing that Beltran intentionally got hit with that grounder and therefore it should have been ruled a DP. The umps have the discretion to do that (otherwise runners would intentionally interfere all the time to make sure only 1 out was recorded) but Beltran clearly didn't plan that.
It was temporarily a good break for us but ultimately to no avail.