IGT 07/15/06 - Game Two @ The Cubbies

[TransMonk]

NY Mets:

Valentin 2B
LoDuca C
Beltran CF
Delgado 1B
Wright 3B
Floyd LF
Chavez RF
Woodward SS
Glavine P

Cubbies:

Pierre CF
Theriot 2B
Lee 1B
Ramirez 3B
Nevin RF
Murton LF
Perez SS
Blanco C
Zambrano P

88 degrees and sunny, wind left to right.

[TransMonk]

2B Ryan Theriot getting his first start of '06 today. He takes Mark Prior's spot on the roster.

Cool last name: The Riot!

[Zvon]

TransMonk wrote: Cool last name: The Riot!

lol.

0-0 after one-
Mets did nothing off Zambrano,...and he looks on his game today.

Cubs with a single and a walk off Glavine in the 1st.
Endy Chavez with the one out diving catch off Lee is big.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Chavez is great to watch in the field.

[Guest Iubitul]

"It's always an adventure with Buckner behind the plate. He is not one of the better umpires out there"

- Keith Hernandez on home plate umpire C.B. Buckner.


Gotta love it.

[Zvon]

Iubitul wrote: "It's always an adventure with Buckner behind the plate. He is not one of the better umpires out there" - Keith Hernandez on home plate umpire C.B. Buckner. Gotta love it.

Yea, I like that he said that too-
He's not giving Glavine the same plate he's giving Zambrano.

="OlerudOwned"]Chavez is great to watch in the field.

That was an excellent catch fighting off the sun.


0-0 after 2

[metirish]

Zambrano is some pithcher, wish we had him.

[Zvon]

Glavine is the 1st Met to reach, on an error by 3rd baseman Ramirez.

edit:my bad-Wright walked in the 2nd.

[stevejrogers]

metirish wrote: Zambrano is some pithcher, wish we had him.

On the night of the trade deadline in 2004 Gary Cohen in the postgame said "The Mets acquired Carlos... I wish... Victor Zambrano..."

[Zvon]

metirish wrote: Zambrano is some pithcher, wish we had him.

Today I wish any team but the Cubs had him.

0-0 thru 2 and a half.

[Zvon]

Glavine does get some calls this inning-
"Thats that C.B. Buckner floating strike zone."
lol.

0-0 after 4.
Mets are hitless.

[Zvon]

Zambrano with an infield single and a stolen base.
Cripes.
But he's stranded at 2nd.

0-0 after 5.

Top of the order for the Mets in the 6th.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Leadoff triple for Valentin.

Tremendous hit. He's a monster.

[Zvon]

Valentin breaks up the no hitter in style, with a triple to right leading off the 6th.

[metirish]

Teh way Glavine is pitching one run might do, looks like Zambrano pitched around Beltran to get to Delgado, make him pay Carlos.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Delgado finds a hole!

1-0 Mets.

[Zvon]

Cubs bring the infield in, and get an easy ground out to short from LoDuca- Val cant advance.

Zambrano gives beltran nothing to hit and he draws the walk.

Delgado up--gotta stay out of the DP here.
And the Mets really have to find a way to plate that run.

Delgado with a seeing eye single thru the hole into right!

Valentin scores!
Beltran to third.....

[Zvon]

OlerudOwned wrote: Delgado finds a hole! 1-0 Mets.

That was a tini hole he found too-
off the bat I thought NO!
A grounder to 1st!
DP ball!

But it squeaks thru.

Wrights rung up on one of those C.B. Buckner floating strikes.

Floyd with a chance to get the Mets another run-
Zambrano is suddenly looking erratic.
Walks Floyd.

[Zvon]

Bases juiced for Chavez--who pokes a line single past the pigeon in left.
Beltran scores!

Mets up 2-0

[Guest Yancy Street Gang]

I'm just checking in for the first time here. Nice to see that Beltran's able to play.

No Reyes yet, huh?

[metirish]

Reyes probably won't play till Tuesday says Gary.

[Zvon]

Zambranos body english screams: "Im done!"
(I hope so anyway--lets get into their pen)

Thats what you get for beating out grounders for hits and stealing bases, Zambi.

Mets could break it open here---but they dont as Woody hits a humpback groundout to 2nd that ends the inning.

[Zvon]

UGH--for all the nice plays Chavez has made today--he loses the leadoff fly in the sun and TheRiot ends up with a triple.

[TransMonk]

The Riot with a triple to start the Cubs 6th.

[metirish]

Peterson to the mound for a chat, he looks weird without the jacket.

[Zvon]

Glavine then gives up a walk and a single-

No out.

2-1, Mets still hold the lead.

And thatll be all for Glavine.
Bradford will take over.

[TransMonk]

Ramirez singles home The Riot.

Chadford in to try and keep a one run lead intact.

[Zvon]

Bradford gets a quick first out, a force at 2nd.

Cubs have 1st and 3rd, and the Mets really could use a DP here.

[metirish]

Nooooooooo....

[Zvon]

Im not used to seeing Bradford throw so many pitches to any one batter.
Murton works him like a rented mule.
Bradford does get a chopping grounder on about the 9th pitch of the at bat, but it threads the needle up the middle for an RBI single.

Tie game,2-2.

And Nafti Perez lines a ball past Wright and the Cubs take the lead.


Pigeonpoop.