IGT--Nationals @ Mets, 05/27/09

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Nationals:
Guzman -- 6
Johnson -- 3
Zimmerman -- 5
Dunn -- 9
Willingham -- 7
Belliard -- 4
Maxwell -- 8
Nieves -- 2
Zimmermann -- 1
(lineup from sports lover Chico Harlan)

METS:
Angel Pagan CF
Luis Castillo 2B
David Wright 3B
Gary Sheffield LF
Daniel Murphy 1B
Ramon Castro C
Fernando Martinez RF
Ramon Martinez SS
Johan Santana LHP (6-2, 1.50)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We Want Wilson!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Beltraaaaaaaaaaaan! BELTRAAAAAAAAAAN!

[G-Fafif]

bmfc sticking it to Chico on his own turf...burn!

Chico uses position numbers instead of abbreviations because he loves baseball that much.

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And to his credit, Harlan replies.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

good pitched gets me stoked too. good hitted gets me stokeder.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Lovely inning - Castillo lines a single into left, Wright hit & run single moves him to third, and Sheffield cranks one 390 feet into RCF for a double, plating two. Murphy with an RBI chance against a shaky pitcher.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Murph gets Iassognaed on a check swing. Castro lugs his huge cranium to the dish to try to cash in Sheff.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Santana fans for the third out, and Nieves tosses to Johnson as the pitch was in the dirt. If it was 1970 Johnson would have flipped the ball to Santana to take to the mound for his warmups. I miss that.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Jeez, Santana looks good. One hit through three, and that was on a scoop that Murphy might/could/should have made.

If that's the only one Santana allows Murphy is going to want to hide in a laundry hamper.

[Elster88]

I'm dreaming of a lineup with Wright, a healthy Reyes, Beltran and Delgado, and Sheffield hitting like he is now.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Elster88 wrote: I'm dreaming of a lineup with Wright, a healthy Reyes, Beltran and Delgado, and Sheffield hitting like he is now.

Throw in Castillo getting on base like he has been and that's just scary.

[Elster88]

Sheffield's hard grounder bounces off Zimmerman so they can't turn two to end the inning.

Then. Murphy's weak chopper gets by Johnson because he was holding the runner. 3-0 Mets.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Two out runs batted in make the creepy sun baby grin!

[Elster88]

Jay-zus.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Dunn is country-strong. I think I have whiplash.

[Elster88]

Ok please let Santana work his way through this.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

This is like watching your straight-arrow uncle getting drunk and telling a dirty joke.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

What'd you guys do with Santana?

[Elster88]

Four walks this inning. Maybe he [u:21adc4fabf]is[/u:21adc4fabf] drunk.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

"We've replaced their regular starter with Ollie-brand crystals. Let's see if they notice."

[Elster88]

Fartinez with the nice catch.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Nice wrangling, junior. (Baby's first tricky catch!)

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Neither pitcher's too happy with the strike zone, it seems. Who's got home plate tonight?

[Elster88]

What the hell just happened? I think Gary was right, it looks like it hit the Subway sign.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Isn't front-of-Pepsi-Porch in-play?

(Christ, is there something wrong with a jutless, weird-recess-free outfield wall?)

[Frayed Knot]

I can't tell.

What I do know is that Sheff should have been held at 3rd.

[bmfc1]

Even Nationals TV says it's a HR. Using the opportunity to rag on the "crazy dimensions."

[Willets Point]

They should cover the Subway sign with shoe polish.

[nymr83]

its a homer!!