IGT 4/20/2012 SFG @ NYM Zito @ Niese 7:10 pm

[ashie62]

Back home again, in Citi-fi-eld

Suck it up Bay

[Benjamin Grimm]

Who is that? I'm pretty sure it's not Barry Zito.

[TransMonk]

Zito in 2012: 2 Starts, 1-0, 1.13 ERA, 1 complete game shutout, 8 K, 1 BB, 16 IP

Still, the Mets should be capable of slapping him around.

[ashie62]

Barry preparing for his ERA to expand.

[Ceetar]

6 runs in 5.1 or less would triple Zito's 1.125 ERA.

if they only score five they'd have to do it in 2.1 innings to triple it.

4 runs in 8 or less innings would double it.

If they only score 3, they'd have to chase him in 4 innings to double his ERA.

For his ERA to dip under 1, he only needs 2.1 scoreless innings, but if the Mets score once he'd need to go 11.

[TransMonk]

I have no ill will towards Zito's ERA, I just want them to score enough runs to get the W.

[Ceetar]

TransMonk wrote: I have no ill will towards Zito's ERA, I just want them to score enough runs to get the W.

I was just bored and wanted to run the numbers.

[G-Fafif]

Ruben Tejada � SS
Daniel Murphy � 2B
David Wright � 3B
Ike Davis � 1B
Jason Bay � LF
Scott Hairston � RF
Kirk Nieuwenhuis � CF
Mike Nickeas � C
Jonathon Niese � LHP

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Doodoo on the bench, he'll be the guy they spring Affeldt on.

[G-Fafif]

Pagan CF
Cabrera RF
Sandoval 3B
Posey1B
Pill LF
Sanchez C
Burriss 2B
Crawford SS
Zito P

[Benjamin Grimm]

Seeing Pagan's name makes me feel apathetic.

[TransMonk]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Seeing Pagan's name makes me feel apathetic.

Where as I just don't care.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Melky Cabrera, working the "This Keeps My Hair On" chinstrap beard. That's definitely A look.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

As per GKR, the Giants are leading the league in errors (16 in 12 games). So, between this and the .700 team OPS, they're the total package, lineup-wise.

Wright walks, giving us a two-on/one-out sorta stew goin'.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Nothing comes of the Met first, but Niese defuses a bases-loaded/one-out jam with some help from a nimble-ish Kirk and a not-tagging Posey.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Zito inducing a LOT of weak contact.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Fart. I'm not applauding THAT.

Y'know, out of apathy.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Jesus. You'd think Niese wrote a book or something.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Maybe the Mets should just let the first guy in each inning advance to third.

[Guest themetfairy]

Thank goodness - Bay's homer breaks up the no hitter.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

BAY.

This constant notation of whether home runs at Citi would have been out last year will NEVER EVER get old!

[metirish]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: BAY. This constant notation of whether home runs at Citi would have been out last year will NEVER EVER get old!

true, but this homer wold have EVEN been a homer in yankee stadium.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Tiffany Simons, Met fans.

Tiffany Simons.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

[metirish]

Now that's the kind of black little number I like.....

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

The Giants are now 0-7 on the night (with one run scored via WP) with runners at third... 0-4 with runners on third and less than two out.

[Frayed Knot]

metirish wrote: Now that's the kind of black little number I like.....

You mean the type with the easy-access zipper?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

[Guest themetfairy]

Captain Kirk's homer would have been out at any park!

[Frayed Knot]

Newhouse makes his first ML hit against a LHP count.
One of the cautions against him in the minors was his troubles vs LHPs - although that's something certainly not unusual for young'uns.