IGT - Cardinals @ NY Mets 3/15/10

[metirish]

Albert comes to town �
BY ANTHONY MCCARRON

For those of you coming to the Mets' tilt with the Cardinals today at Tradition Field, good news: Albert Pujols is listed as batting third in the Cards' lineup. He's a sight to see live, frankly. Whether that's good or bad news for Jon Niese and Fernando Nieve, who are pitching today in their battle for the fifth spot in the rotation, I guess we'll see. Here's the whole Cardinals' lineup:

Skip Schumaker, 2b
Felipe Lopez, ss
Albert Pujols, 1b
Colby Rasmus, cf
Ryan Ludwick, rf
Allen Craig, lf
Yadier Molina, c
David Freese, 3b
Brad Penny, p

[Guest Edgy DC]

Francisco Rodriguez expected to debut today.

[MFS62]

Spring training is for learning new things, right?
Maybe they can learn how to get out Ryan Ludwick in a key spot.
Or how to make a voodoo doll of Yadier Molina.

Later

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

As per MetsBlog, today's starters:

Luis Castillo, 2B
Ruben Tejada, SS (I like their #2 better.)
David Wright, 3B
Mike Jacobs, 1B (Really?)
Jason Bay, LF
Fernando Martinez, CF
Jeff Francoeur, RF
Rod Barajas, C

Fernando Nieve will start for the Mets, and also scheduled to pitch are Jon Niese, Francisco Rodriguez, Pat Misch, Sean Green, Tobi Stoner, and Elmer Dessens.

[Guest Edgy DC]

The two teams trade four-hit-two-run rallies in the first.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Always satisfying to humiliate Brad Penny.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Knee-yebbe settles down in the secong and pitches a scoreless one.

Niese poised to outpitch him, but then there's that whole Pujols hurdle.

[Guest Edgy DC]

A fourth-inning RBI-single by Jeff Francoeur puts the Mets ahead 3-2.

After a shutout third, Neive yielded the mound (or the fourth letter of his name) to Niese, who has held the Redlegs hitless through 1 1/3.

[Guest Edgy DC]

And Niese gives up a two-run rally in the sixth.

Hey, Nelson Figueroa, it's your job to lose.

[ashie62]

Angel Pagan with a 2 run walk off HR

Jocularity!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Green, Misch, and Rodriguez each toss a scoreless inning.

Undercover Angel, answer to my prayer!

Green walked two, Misch walked one, and Rodriguez struck out reserve Cardinal centerifielder Jon Jay (College of Law). Francisco walks off with the win.

[metirish]

Angel Pagan with a 2 run walk off HR

Jocularity![/quote:1y5jmo97]


Pujols is great but I ain't swapping Pagan for him...

[MFS62]

Well, there are no reports in today's papers of anyone having seen Yadier Molina writhing on the ground in agony.
So I guess they went 0-2 in learning stuff yesterday.

Later