IGT 9/13, Game 2. Braves at Mets, Jon vs. Jo-Jo

[Benjamin Grimm]

A bit of pressure on young Jonathon Niese this evening.

Let's see him step up and pitch a game we'll be talking about (positively!) for years to come.

[Guest holychicken]

Niese?

And then Perez who looked like he just didn't care last game for tomorrow.

All of a sudden I have a terrible feeling about this series.

[bmfc1]

Castillo looked so good in that AB that he deserves a start--that was sarcastic.

Edited September 13, 2008 by Guest

[Benjamin Grimm]

Me too.

Atlanta
G. Blanco cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .255
M. Prado 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
K. Johnson 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281
O. Infante lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .307
C. Kotchman 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208
J. Francoeur rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .232
B. Lillibridge ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .193
C. Sammons c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .175
J. Reyes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111


NY Mets
J. Reyes ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .297
R. Church rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
D. Wright 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .296
C. Beltran cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .282
C. Delgado 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266
F. Tatis lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .294
L. Castillo 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .256
R. Cancel c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225
J. Niese p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[Guest themetfairy]

I love that boy!

2-0 Mets on Wright's first inning homer

[Guest themetfairy]

Keith isn't going to be at tomorrow's game because he's going to be in DC.

Is he going to Edgy's wedding?

[Guest themetfairy]

Reyes' homer gives the Mets a 4-0 lead!

[duan]

can anyone get this on mlb.tv i can't figure out how.

[Guest themetfairy]

Hey - I went to high school with that doctor Kevin Burkhart was interviewing in the top of the inning!

[bmfc1]

The mlb.tv feed isn't working. I waited for 15 minutes to find out that "there's an issue" and "they are working on it."

[Guest themetfairy]

The bottom of the third continues because the rookie relief pitcher fails to cover first base for what should have been the third out.

[Guest themetfairy]

But the inning ends on Castillo's grounder of Carlyle's foot

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

I take it that Niese is not as nervous as he was in his debut!

Nice game, kid! (So far)

[Fman99]

Big K there to end the top of the 7th.

Niese has been great. I like the big sweeping curveball.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Niese with seven shut out innings thus far.

Heart of the order coming up. Time for some tack on runs so to put this game out of reach.

[Theoldmole]

Niese does the job.

[Theoldmole]

Why would you suppose that Niese wouldn't understand the full import of what he did tonight? I understand it.

[Theoldmole]

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

http://www.chezmike.net/pictures/fireworks/Fireworks%2005.jpg

Beltran says, "There's a tack on run for you."

[stevejrogers]

Niese was being born the date the Mets won the 1986 World Series.

Neat for Niese!

Okay, I'll supply my own crickets for this one

[stevejrogers]

TheOldMole wrote: Why would you suppose that Niese wouldn't understand the full import of what he did tonight? I understand it.

Who said that he wouldn't?

[Fman99]

[Theoldmole]

The kid finishes eight shutout innings.

[Theoldmole]

I forget now -- one of the guys in the booth.

[Guest themetfairy]

Why is SNY running ads encouraging people to buy tickets for today's game?

If people haven't bought them by now, they ain't gonna be leaving their TVs to buy them now.

[stevejrogers]

I'm just glad that they don't have any cheesy marketing campaign for postseason tickets this year.

[Fman99]

themetfairy wrote: Why is SNY running ads encouraging people to buy tickets for today's game? If people haven't bought them by now, they ain't gonna be leaving their TVs to buy them now.

This is the makeup of last night's rainout. I suppose all of the commercial breaks are prearranged and those ads would've aired last night instead of today.

Only thing I can think of.

[stevejrogers]

Is Larry available to pinch hit in this game?

Nice job by Murph.

[stevejrogers]

I wonder if poor Greg is still at Shea, almost 6 hours now since the first pitch of Game 1.

[Theoldmole]

Yes!