IGT 5/25/2011: NYM @ CHI -- Gee, It's Supposed to Rain

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Quade going apepoop. Has a manager ever been tossed for arguing a rain delay?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Frayed Knot wrote: Philly loads the bases in the bottom of the 9th w/one out ... but then fails to score (Domonic Brown - pop out; Polanco - hard ground out) and it's on to the 10th.

... where Jay Bruce clocks a Bastardo offering into the 220-foot right-center porch.

[Frayed Knot]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Quade going apepoop. Has a manager ever been tossed for arguing a rain delay?

Considering that there's an ark about to go by, Quade's on very shaky grounds here.

[Frayed Knot]

And Ryan Howard returns the favor leading off bottom 10

[Ceetar]

And the Mets notch their first CG of the season. Go Gee!

[Frayed Knot]

JC Romero in for the 11th hits a batter and walks three straight ... but Cincy still hasn't scored yet because Brandon Phillips gets picked off of 2nd in the middle of that whole thing.
Bases loaded, 2 outs ... Philly changing pitchers. Herndon in to face Ramon Hernandez

[Frayed Knot]

Ceetar wrote: And the Mets notch their first CG of the season. Go Gee!

And there was much rejoicing yaaaaaay



Phils get out of the jam ... again!

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: Ceetar wrote: And the Mets notch their first CG of the season. Go Gee! And there was much rejoicing yaaaaaay Phils get out of the jam ... again!

Thanks to the freaking PO and the infuriating change pitchers constantly tactic.

They play tomorrow too. Let's hope they beat their bullpen to a bloody pulp for us.

Halladay went 7, but they've used 6 other pitchers. Hendon in with only Baez in reserve.

[Gwreck]

Reds-Phillies now going to 15. I hope they play another 15.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

With a gay dame tomorrow, no less.

[Gwreck]

Bottom of the 16th now and the Phillies still have a backup catcher on the bench but they left Baez, their last reliever, in to hit. He strikes out leading off the inning.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Christ on a cracker.

Exxon Valdez comes in, pitches a scoreless 19th, and the Phils win 5-4 in the bottom of the inning.

[Frayed Knot]

After loading the bases but failing to score in the 11th (which is where I checked out) the Reds only got one hit for the remainder of the game - a 2-out single in the 15th. Also managed one walk and a HBP (Valdez's only base-runner allowed).
Not that the Phils did much better (2 singles and a double between inning 12 & 18) until finally scoring in the 19th on a single, walk, bunt, IW, and Sac Fly


Phils were going to re-activate Jose Contreras off the DL for today's game anyway so that'll give them an extra arm both for today's Day game and for our series.

[Frayed Knot]

Looks like the Marlins also won in extras while most of us were examining the insides of our eyelids.
Giants scored 4 in the 9th to tie the game 6-6, only to go on and lose in 12 (thanx G. Mota).

So of the 5 games involving NL East teams yesterday only one went regulation innings as the Braves, Fish & Phils all won in extras while the Mets took the shorter route to victory. Nats lost to Milwaukee in standard fashion. That's six straight wins for the slow-starting but suddenly-hot 2nd place Brew Crew and seven losses in eight games for the last place and sinking Nati'nals.

[Guest Edgy DC]

You're never as good as you look when you're winning, but the Brews are looking beastly since their seven-game losing streak to start May. Damn good for a team carrying Carlos Gomez's bat in the lineup in order to have him cover the vast amount of open space in the outfield between Ryan Braun and Corey Hart.

If Casey McGehee is able to get his bat going, this could be the juggernaut of summer. I think the Cards are only renting first place.

[TransMonk]

Going from 6 games under .500 to 4 games over in 17 days must be fun for Milwaukee.

I hope we beat the crap out of them in a couple of weeks.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Frayed Knot wrote: Looks like the Marlins also won in extras while most of us were examining the insides of our eyelids. Giants scored 4 in the 9th to tie the game 6-6, only to go on and lose in 12 (thanx G. Mota).

With the winning run crossing the plate in violent fashion, as Scott Cousins decked a plate-blocking Buster Posey on a sac fly.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Looked like Cousin's shoulder got him in the face.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Left foot got caught underneath as his body got knocked backward... that's apparently going to sideline him for a bit.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ouch. They say leg injury for Posey.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Busted leg.