Late IGT - 9/18 Mets @ Braves

[Frayed Knot]

I figured a Mets/Braves game in September needs an IGT ... even when one team is out of it, and even during a depressing losing streak, and even on a football Sunday.

* Gee got down 1-0 - on an RBI hit by Chipper natch.

* Beachy, hurling for 'Lanta, was striking out a ton but the Mets touched him for 4 in the 4th anyway. They IW'd Turner hitting 8th to load the bases w/2 outs ... then UNintentionally walked Gee for one run before Tejada sent 'em all home with a double.

* Then the NYM defense decided to give some back as questionable plays by Turner, Tejada, and Pridie in CF (only Pridie's was an error) followed an Alex Gonzalez HR and helped re-tie the game.


4-4 Top 5 - although as I type this a couple of singles tacked on to a high pitch-count just chased Beachy.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sloppy defense sure seems contagious, doesn't it?

Justin Turner makes a misplay as I type.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Walks all over today. Herrera just inherited a batter 0-2 and walked him.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Howie with the day off, too much Wayne for my likin'

[Guest Edgy DC]

Wayne Hagin: "The last screwball pitcher I can recall who threw it with any success was Mike Norris with the A's in 1980."

There was that Valenzuela guy.

[MFS62]

This was the guy who announced "coming into the game is ex-Detroit Tiger Octavio Dotel".
No Mets soul.

Later

[Guest Edgy DC]

Down by one, first and third, two outs, after a groundout by Reyes.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Bases loaded now for Paulino.

[Guest Edgy DC]

S'moly crap. He walks him.

The Mets have a new offensive weapon: the bases-loaded walk.

[metirish]

Best AB of the year for Paulino, he didn't move his bar of his shoulder , tied game, Vinters can't throw a strike.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Mets take the lead on a single by Tejada, but now we go to the bottom of the inning after Turner gets tagged at the plate.

When was our last save situation?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Tejada's really had a great game. Even his outs were thoughtfully made.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Parnell gets the eighth inning.

And they get the first out on a nice play by Tejada as I'm wondering why Reyes wasn't kept in for defense.

Why wasn't Reyes wasn't kept in for defense?

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm Bobby Parnell. I dig holes.

[metirish]

Gary with some faint praise of Parnell's fastball , "it's not an electric fastball even though it's 100mph", " not intimidating", not going over the plate now either.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Homina, homina.

[metirish]

If the Braves had moved the fences in that was a goner..idiots

[Guest Edgy DC]

Yet we escape behind Acosta.

Leave him in to start the ninth.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

DooDoo!

[Guest Edgy DC]

Homer to center by Duda.

Hope this second half by Lucas isn't a flukas.

[Frayed Knot]

EFF You Kimbrel !!

[Frayed Knot]

Heyward has three hits today and all of them are pieces de shit.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Seventeenth walk of the game.

[Frayed Knot]

That's at least the third Bang-Bang call at 1st and we haven't gotten any of them.
Deserved at least one.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Strange game. The Braves half gave it to the Mets, but the Mets had the wherewithal to take it.

[Frayed Knot]

The Prado wears Devil (horns, that is, as he makes the last out)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Nice.

I've said this before but for a team that's having a relatively easy route to the playoffs I am not much impressed with the Braves. We split the season series 9-9 and ought to have done better than that.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy DC wrote: Strange game. They half gave it to us, but we had the wherewithal to take it.

And we half handed it back. Just not all the way.

[Gwreck]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I've said this before but for a team that's having a relatively easy route to the playoffs I am not much impressed with the Braves.

Agreed. I see Milwaukee pounding them in the first round of the playoffs.