IGT #150 - Mets at Nationals - 9/18/07

[Gwreck]

New York Mets
Reyes SS
Castillo 2B
Wright 3B
Beltran CF
Alou LF
Green 1B
LoDuca C
Chavez RF
Maine P

Washington Nationals
Nook Logan CF
Felipe Lopez SS
Ryan Zimmerman 3B
Willie Mo Pena LF
Austin Kearns RF
Ronnie Belliard 2B
Robert Fick 1B
Brian Schneider C
Joel Hanrahan P

[Gwreck]

Let's try this again...

="Gwreck"] Aw, come on. They're playing the Nationals and Marlins. They're going to go 6-1 over this week and we'll be in a position to clinch by Tuesday of next week...maybe Wednesday.

In pregame transactional news, Dave Williams was called up and Brian Lawrence was DFAed.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

Nook is a cool name.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm as wild about Dave Williams as I am about Brian Lawrence.

[TransMonk]

According to Metsblog.com, Tom Glavine suggested in an interview with WFAN today that the team would likely have a closed-door, players-only meeting before the game tonight. Glavine also stated it would be the first players-only meeting in the 5 years he's been a Met.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Yancy - "I'm as wild about Dave Williams as I am about Brian Lawrence."

At least Williams sucks from the left side.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

Confirming what 'Monk said, Burkhardt was on SNY before from the field
and said that they had a meeting. Willie left and came out to talk to the
media and do a session with them, and the team was left alone for a good
forty minutes. No word if anyone emerged injured or bloodied.

[Zvon]

Nice way to start.
Reyes walks and is forced out on Castillo's grounder.

Castillo comes all the way around on a deep double by Dave.

1-0 us.

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[Zvon]

Wowzers.

Beltran drives in Wright with a single.
2-0
Alou follows with a single.

The boys found their hittin sticks.

Green walks.
Bases all fulled up for Dookie.

[Frayed Knot]

4-0 early lead.
No way does this team blow one of those ... oh wait.

[Benjamin Grimm]

As each run scored, I'd note to myself:

Okay, that will make up for the one that Mota will give up.

And that run will make up for the run that Sosa will give up.

Oh! Now that one will make up for the run that Schoeneweis will give up!

[Zvon]

Paul sacs in a run, and Endy singles in another.

Maine flys out and as the dust settles, its
4-0 Mets.

[Zvon]

HA!
You guys are making me laugh.
No fair.
I must stay in touch with my doom and gloom.

[Zvon]

Maine gives up a grounds rule double to Zimmerman in the 1st, but the Nats cant plate him.

Can a guy who looks like this
ever look mean from the mound?

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Nationals haven't named their new stadium yet?

What's up with that?

[Zvon]

Castillo single is the only noise the Mets make in the 2nd.

[Guest Kid Carsey]

4-1 HR for Kearns ... I can only pop in here a little but a) how big does a lead
need to be safe and why do I feel like this is gonna be one of those AL type
almost four-hour games that I'll likely catch the end of on Fast Forward?

[Zvon]

[Benjamin Grimm]

Green negates Kearns.

[Zvon]

OUCH!
That hurt me.

[Zvon]

We are into the Nat pen

[Zvon]

Logan triples and scores on the Lopez sac fly.

5-2 Mets

Coming on to pitch for the Nats, ex Metropolitan Mike Bacsik.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Just getting here.

We're winning? What, did Willie turn over the clubhouse spread or something?

But seriously, I read that Paulie or Glavine or Delgado was talking about a team meeting.

[Zvon]

Yep, the old team meetin' went down.

] Mets manager Willie Randolph said that some of his players came to him and asked to address the team. Randolph said he talked to his team "briefly" on Tuesday, then left the players alone when he came out to speak to the media. Players declined to discuss the meeting when they took the field for pre-game warmups, but Tom Glavine said earlier in the day that he might ask a few veterans to talk to the team

[Zvon]

Nats score and threaten more but only come away with the one.

5-3 Mets.

Don't know how Maine looked that inning, but he didn't read well.

Anyone who can see: Can we get 2-3-4 more innings out of Maine?

Im loath to see any middle relievers tonight.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Milledge is on to pinch run for Alou at second base. Alou didn't hurt his leg again, did he?

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Meanwhile LoDuca doubles in Milledge. Endy will try to get LoDuca home. And he does with a single.

[Zvon]

Thats a big run there.

And there as Chavez drives in LoDuca.

7-3 Mets.

[Zvon]

Rockin' Doc wrote: Milledge is on to pinch run for Alou at second base. Alou didn't hurt his leg again, did he?

I hope not.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Now there's a surprise, Reyes pops up to the shortstop in shallow left field to end the rally.

Mets lead 7-3 going to the bottom of the 5th.