IGT - Mets vs. Tigers 6/9/07

[TransMonk]

Mets
J. Reyes SS
J. Valentin 2B
C. Beltran CF
C. Delgado 1B
D. Wright 3B
P. Lo Duca DH
R. Ledee LF
R. Castro C
C. Gomez RF

=darkblue]Tigers
O. Infante CF
P. Polanco 2B
G. Sheffield DH
M. Ordonez RF
C. Guillen SS
I. Rodriguez C
S. Casey 1B
C. Monroe LF
B. Inge 3B

Paul LoDuca batting sixth...again. He was 2-4 last night, no runs, no RBI.

[TransMonk]

Mets steal a run...Beltran scores from first on the throw trying to get him out stealing second.

1-0 Good guys...top 1.

[Zvon]

Beltraan singles, steals 2nd, throw to 2nd hits off him and becomes a gapper into left center, and he ends up scoring!
Nice

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wow. Pudge.

[Zvon]

AWWWWW MAN.
Sheffs crazy swing almost chops Castros arm off.
He was shaken up a lil, but ok.

There oughta be a rule against a batter hitting a catcher with the bat if that catcher is on the Mets.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Guillen's got game.

[TransMonk]

Guillen with a 3 run bomb in the 1st...grrr.

3-1 Tigres...bottom of 1.

[Zvon]

Carlos Guillen crushes a 3 run homer to left.
That pitch was left out over the plate by Perez, who had 2 strikes on Guillen.

Pudge follows with a double but Perez gets out of that.

Perez has made some good pitches but seems he's not concentrating at 100% capacity.

Tigers-3 Mets -1

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Tiny strike zone. Perez probably trying to explode the umpire's head with his mind.

[TransMonk]

Coming into today's game the Mets had the exact same record and the exact same lead in the NL East as they had at this point last year. However, the 2006 Mets were just beginning their phenomenal stretch where they won 8 in a row during that west coast road trip.

We need some offense.

[Zvon]

Nice fast fact TransMonk.

Yes we do.
Wheres the lumber?

[Zvon]

Theres that warning track power referred to in a previous IGT.
Wright just gets under one.

After 3and1/2 its 3-1 Tiggers.

[Guest cooby]

How about those seagulls?

[TransMonk]

Second and third no outs in the top of the 5th.

Castro pops up to second.

[TransMonk]

Reyes with a 2 run single with 2 outs!

Tie ball game!

[Zvon]

Then he gets picked like a fish outta water.

He's been picked a bit lately.
I almost dont mind: just happy, seeing how he slipped, that he wasnt injured.

Score tied 3-3 (guess whose winning on my scorecard? Yes, even on the road the Met have the lead here)

[TransMonk]

Mets give the 2 runs right back.

5-3 Tigres, no outs in the bottom 5th.

[Zvon]

Im very concerned by Beltraans lack of aggression chasing down fly balls.
I dont care if hes not 100%. If he's out there he has to move it.
Is he hurtin worse than we know?

Tiggers take the lead right back on a Pudgy 2 RBI single.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

I think Beltran made the right play on that ground-rule double, laying low on it and waiting of a hop off the wall. Didn't seem to have a reasonable chance to make the catch, not worth the risk.

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Wow, a Bonds at-bat. Who gives a shit, is he gonna hit 11 homers at once?

In news more interesting than Barry Bonds, Dan Haren is lights-out awesome. That Mulder trade was highway robbery by Beane.

[Guest iramets]

OlerudOwned wrote: I think Beltran made the right play on that ground-rule double, laying low on it and waiting of a hop off the wall. Didn't seem to have a reasonable chance to make the catch, not worth the risk.

Be sure Beningo will cite this play as a basis for Beltran-hatin' by Mets' fans. "He doesnt have that passion, Evan."

[Guest iramets]

OlerudOwned wrote: Wow, a Bonds at-bat. Who gives a shit, is he gonna hit 11 homers at once? In news more interesting than Barry Bonds, Dan Haren is lights-out awesome. That Mulder trade was highway robbery by Beane.

And we cut from Bonds to Sheffield, (roid connection!!), who doubles, drives in a run, Ordonez knocks in two more, and this game is, I think, quite over. 8-3.

[TransMonk]

Tiger are blowing it open in the 6th.

I hat late afternoon Saturday starts...I'm going to fire up the grill.

[Frayed Knot]

* What's the number of pickoffs for Reyes this year? Gotta be at least 4 or 5.
Those should be considered when evaluating his Steals/CS numbers - currently at 35 & 8 - when figuring how much his baserunning is really helping.
Let's say it's 5 pickoffs, then he's stolen 35 bases at the expense of 13 caught (73%) ... only marginally helping really.


* I guess this ends our 'Quality Start' streak?



* Today's first 6 innings were longer than Friday's entire game.

[Guest iramets]

Bonderman knocked out by Ledee's RBI double. 2nd and 3rd, no out, 8-4. A comeback?

[Zvon]

[TransMonk]

Ledee's second double was almost exactly where his first one was, not bad for Rickey today...Mets need to cash in here for some hope.

[TransMonk]

Mets within 2...let's keep it going.

[Zvon]

Gotay gets a base"knock" off Tigger pitcher Bazardo and Ledee scores to make it 8-6.

We got game!

[Zvon]

REYES!
Look at a pitch or two!

Come-ooooon.

Pops out.