IGT Thursday June 10th Mets/Pads Gay Dame (1st of 2)

[Fman99]

Two games in one day! I approve.

[Ceetar]

Two games in one day! I approve.[/quote:1kkrpyon]

If Santana blows 'em away in the first game on like 27 pitches, can he come back out for the second?

[ashie62]

Two games in one day! I approve.

[bmfc1]

METS:
Reyes-SS
Pagan-CF
Bay-LF
Davis-1B
Wright-3B
Francoeur-RF
Cora-2B
Blanco-C
Santana-P

Padres:
Eckstein 4
Headley 5
Gonzalez 3
S. Hairston 7
Hundley 2
J. Hairston 6
Denorfia 9
Gwynn 8
Latos 1

Edited June 10, 2010 by Guest

[Centerfield]

Two games in one day! I approve.[/quote:3hyhp3j9]

If Santana blows 'em away in the first game on like 27 pitches, can he come back out for the second?[/quote:3hyhp3j9]

This is Johan we're talking about. He should be able to do it in less.

[Ceetar]

METS:
Reyes-SS
Pagan-CF
Bay-LF
Davis-1B
Wright-3B
Francoeur-RF
Cora-2B
Blanco-C
Santana-P

changes. odd.

[Gwreck]

Stronger hitters (ie. Barajas) saved for second game, where Padres stronger pitcher and Mets weaker pitcher is going. Makes sense, no?

[Ceetar]

Stronger hitters (ie. Barajas) saved for second game, where Padres stronger pitcher and Mets weaker pitcher is going. Makes sense, no?[/quote:2cfbu4r6]


and Tejada can't play both games?

regardless, it's not like Barajas _just now_ became the stronger hitter right? They knew that last night, or earlier when they made the first lineup.

[Gwreck]

Maybe they were slow to realize that.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yesterday wasn't a doubleheader. If it hadn't been a rainout, maybe Barajas would have started both Wednesday's and Thursday's games.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Seems logical to me.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Yesterday wasn't a doubleheader. If it hadn't been a rainout, maybe Barajas would have started both Wednesday's and Thursday's games.[/quote:17xvpxsh]

Same catcher, day game after night game?

[duan]

traditionally you're giving the catcher the day off the day game after a night game. that's now out the window so you giggle things around as you see fit.

don't see why blanco's hitting in the 8 slot though.

[duan]

latos is pretty good at holding the runner.

[Guest Edgy DC]

David, over his last 10 games, has hit .417.

Laying off the slider away, brotha.

[Guest Edgy DC]

David reaches, and Frenchy is 19 of his last 20.

Nope. Lines out this time. Hitting it hard, though.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Laying off the slider away, brotha.[/quote:3a7p84yc]

Yet staying on the outside-corner fastballs... at least enough to foul them off.

What is that, five straight games without a strikeout?

And how about Hank making the Latos kid work for the third out here?

[Guest OlerudOwned]

Ka-Blanco!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Hey, which one of you suckers didn't want Blanco to start?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

HANK WHITE!

Good things happen to batters who can foul a lotta stuff off.

TRUE FACT THAT SOUNDS GOOD, BUT IS IN FACT USELESS: The Mets are undefeated this season in games where Blanco homers.

Edited June 10, 2010 by Guest

[Gwreck]

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

great turn ab by henry there

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Mets seeing a lot more pitches than usual against Latos, it seems. He's up to 61 after 4, and took 15 pitches to work through a no-muss, 1-2-3 inning in the 4th.

Johan's cruising... although he's without a single K as yet.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Johan's cruising... [/quote:y1emv0k5]

Shut up

[Guest Edgy DC]

No, he's not any more. He's wild and they're loaded.

He doesn't have the heat to throw it when they know it's coming.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Fuck. Me. And my mouth.

Seems to be getting squeezed a bit, though, as per Gameday.

Edited June 10, 2010 by Guest

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Whew. Got out with only 1.

[TransMonk]

Pitcher's best friend.

[Guest Edgy DC]

JOHAN OUT OF TROUBLE DOT COM!
COMING BACK FROM THE BE-HEST!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

HE GOT TWO OUTS UNDER ONE P-ITCH!
WHAAAA THROW ANYONE ELSE?

Either Howie or Wayne said something earlier this week along the lines of enjoying Johan's work most when he gets in situations like this last one.

It does seem like the b'ar is eating him a lot more often these days, though.