IGT 7/10/13 NYM@SFG - The Unwatchable Lightness of Sweeping

[Guest Swan Swan H]

The Mets, winners of 15 of their last 24, go for the sweep in a day game vs. the San Francisco Giants. Game time is 3:45 EDT, with Zach Wheeler facing the team that traded him away nearly two years ago.

Today's Giants starter is Matt Cain, who beaned David Wright in 2009 and deserves to suffer for it until the end of his days. Cain is having the sort of year I wish on him every year - 5-5, 4.85, and an unsightly ERA+ of 70.

[Zvon]

We haven't swept the Giants since 1994, says Garr. Thats anti-amazin'.

[ashie62]

Ike has the start..poop

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Mets
Eric Young Jr., lf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Ike Davis, 1b
Marlon Byrd, rf
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, cf
John Buck, c
Omar Quintanilla, ss
Zack Wheeler, rhp

Giants
Gregor Blanco, cf
Kensuke Tanaka, lf
Buster Posey, c
Pablo Sandoval, 3b
Hunter Pence, rf
Brandon Belt, 1b
Tony Abreu, 2b
Brandon Crawford, ss
Matt Cain, rhp

[Zvon]

Young makes stuff happen. Walk, SB,error on C, gets to third base. No out.

[Zvon]

And Muffy floats a liner to right center for a single and we actually plate a run. Ya know, one of those runs where you get a guy in scoring position and no outs. One of those kinda runs. Remember them?

Edited July 10, 2013 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

So, like, Eric Young has totally failed in the stinking department.

[Edgy MD]

Not getting with the suck agenda at all, Ike Davis walks and raises his post-recall OBP to, like, .500.

[Zvon]

Score a bunch off Cain early. Go Buck.

[Zvon]

Thank you my good man.
3-0 METS

[Zvon]

Cains done? Thats weird.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Zvon wrote: And Muffy floats a liner to right center for a single and we actually plate a run. Ya know, one of those runs where you get a guy in scoring position and no outs. One of those kinda runs. Remember them?

Remember them? Hell, that's how this club has won 15 of their last 24. Honest Injun.

Edited July 10, 2013 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: Cains done? Thats weird.

Cain was unAbel to complete the 1st.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Frayed Knot wrote: Zvon wrote: Cains done? Thats weird. Cain was unAbel to complete the 1st.

Oh brother.

[smg58]

You get the sense that the Giants saw something in Cain's mechanics that they really didn't like. There's an MRI in his immediate future.

[Frayed Knot]

It's also not like this was the first bad start from Cain this season.

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Wheeler goes 1-2-3. Feeling good so far.

[smg58]

Edgy MD wrote: Not getting with the suck agenda at all, Ike Davis walks and raises his post-recall OBP to, like, .500.

It's pretty much how his stint in Vegas went. He started out by drawing a lot of walks, and eventually he got better pitches to hit and the home runs followed. I'm encouraged.

[Frayed Knot]

Swan Swan H wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Zvon wrote: Cains done? Thats weird. Cain was unAbel to complete the 1st. Oh brother.

Where art thou sense of humor?

[Zvon]

smg58 wrote: You get the sense that the Giants saw something in Cain's mechanics that they really didn't like. There's an MRI in his immediate future.

Shouldn't that require a mound visit before a hook? Yea, there's something going on that we are not aware of. He threw 36 pitches.

[seawolf17]

Actual conversation I had with myself on Monday morning: "Well, Cain's facing us this week, so I'm not putting him in my lineup." SCORE.

[Edgy MD]

Frayed Knot wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Zvon wrote: Cains done? Thats weird. Cain was unAbel to complete the 1st. Oh brother. Where art thou sense of humor?

Is Swanny his sense of humor's keeper?

[Guest Swan Swan H]

Come on men, Kickham when they're down.

[Edgy MD]

Word of Wheeler being a bust = premature

Quintanilla = major league shortstop.

[Zvon]

OH Q! awesome play. Two guys I dont miss in the least. Tejeda and Duda.

[Frayed Knot]

Best sign from Wheeler today (in addition to the whole shut-out/one-hitter thing): only 50 pitches through 4 innings.
12.5 per/inning is a good rate from anyone much less a rookie who's been taking a lot more than that over his short run.

[Frayed Knot]

A hit for Ike off an LHP - even if not a pretty one.

[Zvon]

wowzers

[Guest Swan Swan H]

[Edgy MD]

Sheesh. Suddenly, we have two catchers who are hitting.