IGT 06/02 - Mets at Phils

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at Philadelphia
When: 7:05 PM ET, Monday, June 2, 2014
Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Bartolo Colon turned 41 years old nine days ago, but the right-hander has done his part to solidify the New York Mets� shaky starting rotation. Colon takes the mound Monday as the Mets wrap up an extended five-game series in Philadelphia that has featured a pair of 14-inning games having won his past two starts, allowing only two earned runs in 15 1/3 innings. The two teams have played 39 innings in the past three days, New York winning the past two contests.

Philadelphia has lost eight of its past 12 to fall into last place in the National League East, six games behind first-place Atlanta, and is 12-18 at home. The Mets have won seven of their past 11 games and are 14-12 away from home entering the series finale. New York�s bullpen has allowed nine earned runs in 43 1/3 innings in the Mets� past 12 games.

TV:
7:05 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), CSN (Philadelphia)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Mets RH Bartolo Colon (4-5, 4.73 ERA) vs. Phillies RH Roberto Hernandez (2-2, 3.76)

Colon has defeated the Nationals and Pirates during his winning streak, firing eight innings of two-run ball against Washington before pitching 7 1/3 shutout innings with a season-high nine strikeouts Wednesday against Pittsburgh. He is pitching to contact � opponents are hitting .286 against him, but the veteran has walked only seven hitters in 64 2/3 innings. Colon owns a 1-2 record and 4.65 ERA in five career starts against the Phillies.

Hernandez has made two appearances against the Mets this season, surrendering one run on six hits in five innings May 9 and pitching two-third of an inning of scoreless relief two days later. He got a no-decision against the Rockies on Wednesday, allowing two runs on six hits with five walks in 5 2/3 innings. Hernandez has made three career appearances against New York, posting a 1.50 ERA.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Colon�s nine-strikeout effort on Wednesday gave him 2,002 for his career.
2. The Phillies are in the midst of playing 41 games in 41 days, through June 29.
3. Mets 1B Lucas Duda hit the game-winning homer in the 11th inning Sunday, extending his hitting streak to five games.

[Edgy MD]

d'Kong76 wrote: Bartolo Colon turned 41 years old nine days ago, but the right-hander has done his part to solidify the New York Mets� shaky starting rotation.

Hmmm... It seems to me that an equally valid perspective is that hes done his part to shakify the New York Mets' solid rotation.

[Edgy MD]

The post-Lagares era begins with dD getting the leadoff call.

[*:3flkdbhx]den Dekker, cf[/*:m:3flkdbhx]
[*:3flkdbhx]Murphy, 2b[/*:m:3flkdbhx]
[*:3flkdbhx]Wright, 3b[/*:m:3flkdbhx]
[*:3flkdbhx]Granderson, lf[/*:m:3flkdbhx]
[*:3flkdbhx]Abreu, rf[/*:m:3flkdbhx]
[*:3flkdbhx]Duda, 1b[/*:m:3flkdbhx]
[*:3flkdbhx]Flores, ss[/*:m:3flkdbhx]
[*:3flkdbhx]d'Arnaud, c[/*:m:3flkdbhx]
[*:3flkdbhx]Colon, sp[/*:m:3flkdbhx][/list:o:3flkdbhx]

One day closer to the first triple-little-d lineup.

[Edgy MD]

Rollins taking a powder (or possibly traded to Mets, I don't know).

[*:36zkpma4]Revere, cf[/*:m:36zkpma4]
[*:36zkpma4]C. Hernandez, ss[/*:m:36zkpma4]
[*:36zkpma4]Utley, 2b[/*:m:36zkpma4]
[*:36zkpma4]Howard, 1b[/*:m:36zkpma4]
[*:36zkpma4]Byrd, rf[/*:m:36zkpma4]
[*:36zkpma4]Ruiz, c[/*:m:36zkpma4]
[*:36zkpma4]Brown, lf[/*:m:36zkpma4]
[*:36zkpma4]Brignac, 3b[/*:m:36zkpma4]
[*:36zkpma4]R. Hernandez, sp[/*:m:36zkpma4][/list:o:36zkpma4]

[Frayed Knot]

4 out of 5 sounds (and is) a helluva lot better than 3 out of 5.
Will stay ahead of Philly no matter what, can catch Washington with a win tonight.

I'd flop MdD and Abreu in the lineup. Not for all time maybe, but for right now I would.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Too bad ABs like that are #unsustainable

[Guest themetfairy]

den Dekker made a Lagares-esque catch to take a home run away from Ryan Howard.

[Guest d'Kong76]

denD putting on a show!

[Edgy MD]

I've seen enough overshifting to last me for a long while.

[Zvon]

Who is Lagares?

[Zvon]

Matt Stairs made up a word : perfeck.

[Edgy MD]

Phillies announcers wondering out loud if bats are still made of ash, and scratching their heads for an answer.

"They were popular for a time..."

Yeah, for a time starting with the dawn of time. Matt Stairs doesn't know if bats are still made of ash?

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Matt Stairs doesn't know if bats are still made of ash?

He is so awful in the booth I almost feel sorry for him. I never thought I'd pine for Sarge, who now would sound good to me.

[Zvon]

You just know that someday Colons gonna run into one (and keep it fair).

[Frayed Knot]

Stairs is Canadian so he probably thinks all bats are made of maple.
Hell, he probably thinks that all wood is maple.

[Edgy MD]

Close. He was singing the praises of northern birch.

den Dekker is having a day.

[Edgy MD]

That's the fruit of the Mets philosophical regime right there.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Stairs is Canadian

I didn't know that. He does give that away on certain words, like "out" and "about".

denD, Lagares, and--who was the Philly guy who made that catch and ate wall?
They would'a caught that. Wright drives in 2 with a boooooming double!

[Edgy MD]

So the Phillies broadcast just showed a heartwarming gesture by Bobby Abreu presenting a fan with a bat, leading to a huge celebration from the fan and the section.

The booth didn't say it but the fan was apparently mentally handicapped, and as they're talking about how heartwarming it was to see the young man so delighted, the young man starts expresses his excitement by repeatedly pointing to his crotch.

Abreu walks and asks how you like his sample size now!

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Stairs is Canadian I didn't know that. He does give that away on certain words, like "out" and "about".

If he starts talking about the Phillies or-gan-I-zation then it'll really be a dead give-away -- although I tend to think of that sort of accent as more middle-Canada (Ontario or west) while Stairs is from New Brunswick in 'The Maritimes'
The odd part about Stairs when he was playing (for part of his career at least) is that he made his off-season home in ... Bangor, Maine*!
Think about that for a minute, Choosing Bangor as the home you're going to live in for only October through January! Was kind of cool though in that he'd spend that time coaching youth hockey.




* he left his home in the Maritimes and headed down the turnpike for New England -- sweet New England
Name that tune if you know ^^^

Edited June 2, 2014 by Guest

[Zvon]

Utley sucks!

[Edgy MD]

Funny thing Stairs admitted yesterday. He hated pinch hitting. It's not just that he preferred starting (who wouldn't?) but he couldn't handle sitting on the bench all game worrying that his only trip to the plate would be with the game on the line.

Makes perfect sense, but who admits that?

[Fman99]

Oh, Wilmer!

[Frayed Knot]

Reach out and dink someone.

[Edgy MD]

Flores lets the juciest pitch of the game go by for strike two and then serves a pitch off the plate into right for a two-run double.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, sweet, we're gonna get Colon with the sacks juiced.

[ashie62]

But said Colon is pitching a gem...

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

And den Dekker is playing like a guy who never again wants a return flight to Vegas!

[Zvon]

UTLEY!!

5-1 Mets

[Zvon]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: And den Dekker is playing like a guy who never again wants a return flight to Vegas!

mmm, really.