IGT #6, 4/6/14, Reds @ Mets: The other side of the broom

[Ceetar]

Simon says Alfredo Simon is pronounced like "Simon Says" (sorry, I stole that from Josh Lewin. supposedly he changed how his name was pronounced recently) and will face off against

Jon "2 MRI" Niese making his season debut.

[Edgy MD]

That's "Jon Nee-AY-say."

[Guest d'Kong76]

Quest-for-.500 Sunday!!

[ashie62]

Eric Young Jr., lf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Curtis Granderson, rf
Ike Davis, 1b
Juan Lagares, cf
Travis d'Arnaud, c
Ruben Tejada, ss
Jonathon Niese, lhp


Chris Heisey, cf
Brandon Phillips, 2b
Joey Votto, 1b
Ryan Ludwick, lf
Jay Bruce, rf
Todd Frazier, 3b
Zack Cozart, ss
Brayan Pena, c
Alfredo Simon, rhp

[Zvon]

OOO, a new regular first baseman.

PLAYBALL!

[Theoldmole]

Davis and Lagares -- the Mets questionable hitters answering questions.

[Edgy MD]

Not so sure I hold Nee-AY-say if I'm Teufel there.

[Edgy MD]

And they strand two.

[Edgy MD]

Come on, d'Arnaud-for-14. Get off the schneid.

[Edgy MD]

Knees giving up a string of sixth-inning singles. Down 2-1 and German coming in to prove you're all wrong about the pen.

[Edgy MD]

German ROOLZZ!!

[Edgy MD]

d'Arnaud slams one but park holds it and I feel sad.

[Edgy MD]

OK, six outs to get one run. Can't be that hard.

[Edgy MD]

Man, you don't use Lucas as a leadoff pinch-hitter. You go with Satin or Brown or Q. Now they'll just go with the lefty.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Here we go men. Let's win it in the 9th again.

[Gwreck]

I know Davis was yesterday's hero but I'd still be using Satin to hit here.

[Edgy MD]

Do it again, Ike.

[Edgy MD]

Blub.

Nice job, Parra.

But blub. Alfredo Simon, my ass.

[ashie62]

I am concerned about d'Arnaud but have no answers beyond Recker/Teagarden is this keeps up...

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

PSST! IT'S BEEN A WEEK!

[Frayed Knot]

The back-to-back Ks by Muffy & Wright w/runners on 2nd & 3rd were the obvious wet blankets today.
As soon as the ball was hit I thought Niese had a decent shot of scoring on Young's double but, with just one out and those two coming up, stopping him at 3rd was probably the smart move, even if it didn't end up that way.

Other than that, just the usual assortment of too many Ks and Niese having his hits allowed all bunched up in that one inning - starting with the one by the pitcher leading off.

Not a lot of suds to spread around today.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: d'Arnaud slams one but park holds it and I feel sad.

I thought, off the bat, that was 100% gone and 12 rows deep. WTF?

[Edgy MD]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: PSST! IT'S BEEN A WEEK!

Ashie has quit on people a lot faster than that.

No time for whispering. STOP IT ASHCROFT!

Zvon wrote: Edgy MD wrote: d'Arnaud slams one but park holds it and I feel sad. I thought, off the bat, that was 100% gone and 12 rows deep. WTF?

Sure seemed to hit a wall of air or something, but it was a high pitch that he kind of tomahowked, so maybe it had just a little topspin bite.

[Fman99]

Heard the early RBI single in the car and then came home and slept and missed the rest.