IGT 05/28 - Buccos at Metsies

[Guest d'Kong76]

Didn't realize this was a gay dame!

Pittsburgh at NY Mets
When: 1:10 PM ET, Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
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Changing hitting coaches did not produce a noticeable jolt for the New York Mets' offense, but a bullpen shuffle has the team in position for its first series win since April 25-27. Vic Black, promoted from Triple-A when Jose Valverde was released after Monday's loss to Pittsburgh, stifled a pair of rallies with inning-ending strikeouts as the Mets evened the series with a 4-2 win Tuesday. New York sends out Bartolo Colon to face the Pirates in Wednesday's rubber match.

Pittsburgh is tied with Miami for the fewest road wins (seven) in the majors but has a chance to win its first series away from home since taking two of three from the Chicago Cubs on April 8-10. Reigning National League MVP Andrew McCutchen is 3-for-6 with four walks in the first two games and is batting 29-for-86 in May. Sinkerballer Charlie Morton, coming off his first win of the season, will oppose Colon as the Pirates seek their sixth win in eight games.

TV:
1:10 p.m. ET, ROOT (Pittsburgh), SNY (New York)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Pirates RH Charlie Morton (1-6, 3.29 ERA) vs. Mets LH Bartolo Colon (3-5, 5.34)

Morton finally earned his elusive first victory and halted a 14-start winless drought in the process by holding the Washington Nationals to one run and five hits over 5 2/3 innings. Morton still struggled with his control, allowing four walks and throwing 108 pitches, but the bullpen managed to preserve his first win since Sept. 2. Morton is seeking his first win away from home, going 0-3 with a 4.62 ERA in four road starts.

Rain wiped out Colon's last start after four innings but he went a season-high eight innings in his previous outing, giving up two runs on five hits in a win over the Nationals. That ended a three-start winless stretch in which Colon was knocked around for 16 earned runs and 28 hits in a span of 17 1/3 innings. The 41-year-old Colon will be making only his fourth start of the season at Citi Field and first since April 24.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Mets C Travis d'Arnaud, sidelined since May 13 with a concussion, is expected to be activated for Wednesday's game.
2. Morton has never beaten the Mets in six appearances (five starts), logging an 0-2 mark and allowing New York to bat .322 against him.
3. Mets RHP Dillon Gee had a setback in his recovery from a strained right lat muscle and is headed to the team's complex in Florida to get healthy.

[Edgy MD]

Chris Young escapes the bench, but not den Dekker.

[*:3fzfejng]Lagares, cf[/*:m:3fzfejng]
[*:3fzfejng]Murphy, 2b[/*:m:3fzfejng]
[*:3fzfejng]Wright, 3b[/*:m:3fzfejng]
[*:3fzfejng]Granderson, rf'[/*:m:3fzfejng]
[*:3fzfejng]C. Young, lf[/*:m:3fzfejng]
[*:3fzfejng]Duda, 1b[/*:m:3fzfejng]
[*:3fzfejng]Tejada, ss[/*:m:3fzfejng]
[*:3fzfejng]Centeno, c[/*:m:3fzfejng]
[*:3fzfejng]Colon, sp[/*:m:3fzfejng][/list:o:3fzfejng]

[Benjamin Grimm]

Looks like Travis isn't back yet.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Looks like Travis isn't back yet.

driving from Binghamton. Maybe there's traffic on i91.

[Edgy MD]

If Centeno is in the lineup, it suggests d'Arnaud won't be active for the game in any capacity.

[Frayed Knot]

He won't be.
Read something this morning saying that he would join the team today but not be activated.

[Edgy MD]

Mets get two ducks on in the first, but Chris Young whiffs.

[Edgy MD]

Maybe it's some sort of master class in stranding dudes, and Chris Young is visiting professor.

Anytuckles, Shumcas Duda opens the second with a walk. And it's Ruben Tejada, promoted to the seventh spot in the order.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Doodoo walks and scores thanks to a wild pitch, a groundout, and a wild pitch

[Edgy MD]

My kind of rally. One that involves almost no bat-to-ball contact.

[Frayed Knot]

McCutcheon flies to deep RF in the 2nd but, as Hawk Harrelson would describe it on a ChiSox broadcast, 'We got a man there'

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Muffy with a Little League triple (reaches 1st on throwing error, and 3rd on a different throwing error).

[Zvon]

Funniest
triple

eveh

[Frayed Knot]

Didn't realize this game was being played in Williamsport, PA

[Zvon]

Wow, looks like he missed second, but ump says he got it. Replay made it look like he stepped on the 2nd basemans glove.

No review.

Wright drives Murphy home!

2-0

[Frayed Knot]

K2K for Bartolo - and Ike is the victim.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Party City for David Wright.

[Zvon]

WRIGHT POWER!

[Edgy MD]

Lamar GENIUS!

[Frayed Knot]

Wright's HR makes Laggy's ill-advised steal attempt of 3rd for the 3rd out the previous inning even more inexcusable.
And, yeah, the pre-determined outcome fallacy and all that, but it was still dumb and, with at least four of those pre-pitch steal attempts gone wrong this year, it's time to abandon this strategy.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Looks like we got thrown out at 3rd again.

[Zvon]

FIRE THE RUNNING COACH!

[Benjamin Grimm]

They should totally fire the second-base coach.

[Frayed Knot]

Pitt pitchers retired TWO Met batters in a seven batter sequence and we managed just one run out of it and wound up with only two LOBs

[Benjamin Grimm]

Outs on the basepaths provide players with a much-needed chance to catch their breath before they take the field again in the next half inning.

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Outs on the basepaths provide players with a much-needed chance to catch their breath before they take the field again in the next half inning.

Plus there's all that energy you save by running only to 3rd instead of all the way home.
Not sure why they didn't think of this earlier.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Familia ends the 8th on a 1-pitch DP. sweet.

[Ceetar]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Familia ends the 8th on a 1-pitch DP. sweet.

Everyone's a good 90 seconds ahead of me.

[Zvon]

Colon's done after throwing a fat amount of pitches. GJ Bartolo.

Familia+1 pitch=DP (Ike Davis 4-6-3)

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I'm on a radio at my cube, pretending to work.

Radio has been way ahead of TV broadcast recently, but at least once earlier this year, it was a second or two behind the TV.