IGT 8/10/11 Padres at Mets

[Ceetar]

This will be the last night game the Padres play at Citi this year.

David Wright needs two total bases to tie Eddie for the club lead.

This is the lineup

Angel Pagan - CF
Justin Turner - 2B
David Wright - 3B
Lucas Duda - 1B
Jason Bay - LF
Mike Baxter - RF
Josh Thole - C
Ruben Tejada - SS
R.A. Dickey - RHP

[Guest Edgy DC]

Whitestone Wonder Mike Baxter with his first career start in the biggies.

[Ceetar]

FollowthePadres wrote: Venable 9, Bartlett 6, Maybin 8, Guzman 3, Blanks 7, Forsythe 5, Gonzalez 4, Martinez 2, Harang 1.

[Ceetar]

Bay vs. Harang (17-46, 5HR)
Wright - .667 (8-12, HR)


Here's another good milestone to keep an eye on. David Wright needs 33 RBI to tie Strawberry for the club record. Achievable this year.

[G-Fafif]

BAX TO THE WALL
Hometown Boy Toast of Citi
After Robbing Padres of HR

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bases jammed.against this Harang guy.

[Frayed Knot]

So evidently it's Dickey's turn to put us in a big hole to dig out of in the late innings.


Meanwhile on the bat front:
- 1st inning, two on/none out
- 2nd inning, three on/none out
And the only batter who came up in those situations who even got the ball out of the infield was Dickey and his wasn't far enough to do anything about it.
Wright = weak grounder which should have been a GiDP
Duda - K looking
Bay = weak grounder
Pagan = K looking
Turner = weak grounder

Nice showing guys.

[ashie62]

Did I hear comeback?

[Frayed Knot]

We're snuffing out potential comebacks with great regularity here.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Let's drive this former-Red-pitcher from the game and take a bite out of the pen.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Safe and secure at second.

We need a knockout punch.

[Frayed Knot]

We made him throw enough pitches over the first 4 innings - just didn't do enough with them.
Two potential Sac Flys and two hits w/RiSP produced a grand total of one run.

[ashie62]

Too bad he is hurt but I'd like to see this guy in Pagan's place.

[Frayed Knot]

3 RBIs by the 6th inning but none by anyone in the starting eight (Dickey, Evans, Pridie)
That's got to be a fairly unusual occurrence.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Kinda wish we had pinch-hit for Dickey when we had the bases loaded. What an opportunity we had then.

Then? NOW!! Two on and two out! Come on, Thole! Or Paulino! Or whoever!

[Fman99]

It's the 8th inning, let the magic commence.

Leadoff 2B for Ruben.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Oh, let it continue...

[Fman99]

I fucking told you! Willie Harris, RBI single.

[Guest Edgy DC]

WILLAY!

[Gwreck]

Ok, I guess we just still it to Heath Bell again.l

[Guest Edgy DC]

Once you ring a bell, it can't be unrung.

[bmfc1]

Anybody still think that Parnell is the Mets closer for '12? Another pathetic outing by Parnell. Good for Terry for leaving Parnell in. It's his mess. The offense got 'em within 2 but that's a distant memory thanks to a AAAA pitcher.

[Gwreck]

So, I take it you're thinking Beato instead?

[Fman99]

That sucked some horse cock.

[bmfc1]

MLB.tv didn't cut the sound out after the top of the 9th so we heard Keith ask: "are they going to bring in the big cheeseburger?"

[Gwreck]

Still need one more before we get the trying run to the plate.

[Gwreck]

Error by Forsythe brings us Willie Harris as the tying run. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th, I'd be tempted to PH Hairston to see if he can crack one out.

[Guest Edgy DC]

How about this?

[Guest Edgy DC]

Oh, gloob...

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Well, that sucked. Our inability to keep the Padres off the scoreboard this week has certainly made things difficult, as have some idiotic plays (Pagan's dumb throw, Tejada's failure to slide). Bottom line, Dickey and Parnell can't be giving up that much to the Padres.

Great seats tonight too.