IGT Braves @ Mets, 09/12/08

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New York Mets
Jose Reyes, SS
Ryan Church, RF
David Wright, 3B
Carlos Beltran, CF
Carlos Delgado, 1B
Fernando Tatis, LF
Damion Easley, 2B
Robinson Cancel, C
Johan Santana, P

Atlanta Braves
O. Infante LF
K. Johnson 2B
M. Prado 3B
B. McCann C
Y. Escobar SS
C. Kotchman 1B
J. Francoeur RF
J. Anderson CF
M. Hampton P

Brian Schneider has been scratched from the lineup tonight with bursitis in his left knee. Schneider said he has a little extra fluid in the bursa sac in the top of the knee, but he indicated it�s not serious and he expects
�Catchers get it at the top of the knee because of the pounding,� Schneider said. �I never had it as bad as it is � not that it�s terrible. But when I go down to block a ball, you feel it.
�They recommended to take a day and let it calm down,� said Schneider who said he could have played if this was Game 1 of the playoffs.
Robinson Cancel will catch tonight. Ramon Castro was activated from the disabled list.

LHP Johan Santana (13-7, 2.70) vs. LHP Mike Hampton (2-2, 5.60)

Santana vs. Braves (lifetime, 0-3, 2.81):
Chipper Jones .455, 11 AB
Kelly Johnson .400, 10 AB
Brian McCann .333, HR, 9 AB
Yunel Escobar .333, 6 AB
Casey Kotchman .333, 3 AB
Jeff Francoeur .100, 10 AB
Omar Infante .050, 20 AB
Greg Norton .000, 4 AB
Ruben Gotay .000, 3 AB

Hampton vs. Mets (lifetime, 10-10, 3.20):
Carlos Delgado .667, HR, 12 AB
Brian Schneider .667, 3 AB
Carlos Beltran .500, HR, 16 AB
Jose Reyes .421, HR, 19 AB
Fernando Tatis .400, 15 AB
Luis Castillo .364, 44 AB
David Wright .273, HR, 11 AB
Ramon Martinez .273, 11 AB
Damion Easley .133, 15 AB
Endy Chavez .000, 3 AB
Nick Evans .000, 3 AB

Edited September 12, 2008 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Mets sure are facing a lot of left-handed starters lately, aren't they? I just hope it doesn't cause Daniel Murphy to cool off. He's been seeing a lot of bench time lately.

Hopefully they'll knock Hampton all around the ballpark today. This game really looks like a "should win."

[HahnSolo]

I can't remember the last time I had as much start-to-start confidence in a Met starting pitcher as I do in Santana now. He's almost automatic with 7 quality innings.

[Centerfield]

Pretty big game tonight. It would do a lot for the psyche to win tonight, with 17 games left to play.

[bmfc1]

Revised lineup, above.

[Guest KC]

Showing replay of a nice sit down hosted by Darling with Seaver and Santana.

It's nice to see these three generation Mets chewing the fat if you get a chance
to watch it or if you're out of town maybe SNY website has or will have a link.

Speaking of fat, just how fat has Seaver gotten?

[Guest cooby]

Helloooo? Anybody reporting?

[stevejrogers]

I haven't heard anything yet.

[Guest cooby]

Well, what's going on?

[Guest themetfairy]

Keith and Gary are killing time in the booth.

[Guest themetfairy]

They're taking calls in the booth.

[TransMonk]

I'm not optimistic.

[Guest cooby]

Ah, so it's raining there too....

[TransMonk]

Hah, actually no, just overcast here.

But the radar doesn't look promising.

[Guest themetfairy]

There are people with umbrellas sitting in the field level seats. Earlier everyone was in the causeways. I'm hoping that it's a sign that there's a gap in the rain in NY.

[Guest themetfairy]

The tarp is still on the field.

[Guest themetfairy]

They just announced at Shea that tonight's game is postponed and will be made up tomorrow night as a separate admission doubleheader.

[metirish]

SNY showed the Piazza home run from September 21 and Keith and Gary start talking about 9/11 in general baseball terms when Keith says that that day has a special place in his house , his wife Kai lost her husband that day , he was with Cantor Fitzgerald.

I never knew that.

[Guest themetfairy]

I take it back - it's a single admission doubleheader tomorrow. Only people with tickets for Saturday's game will be admitted to tomorrow's doubleheader.

[TransMonk]

Postponed.

Dammit.

[bmfc1]

We've only had Mets baseball for 4 of the last 9 days.

[Guest cooby]

It's okay. I'm sitting here working on a jigsaw puzzle. Join me...

[TransMonk]

Look at us. We usually don't get to page 2 on a Friday until the 5th inning or so.

The Mets are like heroin. I need a fix.

[Fman99]

Rainouts suck.

Back-to-back doubleheaders and 6-7 hours of continuous Mets baseball is good though.

[stevejrogers]

Yeah but, with no more regularly scheduled off days, the pitching staff will be taxed, even with the September callups. Might see Niese get his second start, and another go-round for Knight.

[Gwreck]

I'd bet on Figueroa getting that extra start instead of Knight.

Niese getting a start is already a given.

[G-Fafif]

As part of my go to every game until Shea dies or it kills me program, I sat there with no genuine hope of playing until it was called. They showed "Look Who's No. 1" and "A Year to Remember". Then they slapped a logo on DiamondVision because there is an official sponsor of rain delays at Shea, no kidding.

According to the scoreboard, both Robinson Cancel and Johan Santana were going to catch. I was looking forward to some awesome plays at the plate.