IGT 9/9/07 - Mets vs. Astros

[Valadius]

Houston Astros

H. Pence CF
C. Biggio 2B
L. Berkman 1B
C. Lee LF
M. Loretta SS
M. Lamb 3B
L. Scott RF
B. Ausmus C
R. Oswalt P

New York Mets

J. Reyes SS
L. Castillo 2B
C. Beltran CF
M. Alou LF
S. Green 1B
P. Lo Duca C
R. Gotay 3B
E. Chavez RF
P. Martinez P

[Valadius]

So today is David Wright's day off.

[Guest Edgy DC]

OH, put your proper pajamas on! Pedro's back.

[Valadius]

I'm gonna try to get WFAN streaming on my computer. I hope it works.

[Valadius]

What the hell?!?!?!?

My WFAN live stream all of a sudden just switched to coverage of the 2006 NFL Draft with Joe Benigno interviewing D'Brickashaw Ferguson.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Welcome to Hell.

[metirish]

Val,Mets games do not go out on the stream....no idea why.

[TransMonk]

Nothing of much importance is free in hell.

[Valadius]

Well, we quickly go up 1-0 as Castillo doubles and then Beltran singles to drive him home.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Who did the Bills take in round one?

Keith Hernandez: "Garvey never made any errors. He never got to any balls, either."

[Valadius]

Phew. We can all breathe now.

Pedro's gotta get his pitch count down. It would be a shame to have to pull him after 3 or 4 innings with that 75-pitch pitch count.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Apparently it's a DC-only thread, with all NYC-Poolers at the game.

Gary, Keith, and Ron in agreement that the umps blew it in giving Oswalt first, saying he did nothing to get out of the way, and in fact leaned into it.

[TransMonk]

I love DC. Go Skins.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Get's Bidge to start on the curve in the dirt, but Bidge takes first as it gets away. Then gets Berkman on the change. Then gets Lee on the change.

Pedro going for the record four-K inning.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Pedro has it going through three innings. He's thrown 67 pitches though and he needs a quick inning in the 4th so he can at least get through 5 innings.

Meanwhile, the Mets need to keep chipping away at Oswalt for a few more runs, which is no easy task.

[Valadius]

Pedro misses out on the 4-K inning, but still, 3 K's in the third. His pitch count is up to 67 now.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Holy role reversal, Batman. Pedro doubles to lead off the bottom of the third, then Jose Reyes sac bunts him to third.

Now Castillo walks to put men on the corners for the Astros' favorite son, Carlos Beltran. Show me something Carlos.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Met's threatening first-and-third as Pedro one-hops a double off the wall.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Sac fly deep to the left centerfield power ally plates Pedro and allows Castillo to advance to second with 2 outs.

[Valadius]

Well, a sac fly is something.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Alou doing his part to get Oswalts pitch count up by fouling off 6 pitches, but eventually he goes down swinging as he couldn't foul off a 7th strike.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

valadius - "Well, a sac fly is something."

Runs can be tough to come by against Oswalt, so I wasn't disappointed with the sac fly. He got Pedro home which was the most crucial thing.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Eight-pitch inning in the fourth, suckas.

[Valadius]

Pedro's pitch count is now exactly 75.

What to do, what to do...

[Guest Edgy DC]

Glad we got Castillo and not Loretta.

[Valadius]

So Pedro's gonna go out there past his pitch count and try to get through 5. I have faith in him.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Mota and Schoeneweis up in the pen.

Usually, you see 59 and 60 up in the pen, and you know it's September. That's right, but for the wrong reason.

[TransMonk]

That's right folks, 5 shutout innings.

I'll take it.

[Guest Edgy DC]

"Back in the New York Groove" plays.

Has five innings ever before seemed so much like a complete game?

[Valadius]

5 shutout innings. Pedro's getting there. The optimism increases.