IGT 06/16 - Mets at Redbirds

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at St. Louis
When: 8:10 PM ET, Monday, June 16, 2014
Where: Busch Stadium, St. Louis, Missouri
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The St. Louis Cardinals' pitching staff has turned in a string of spectacular performances but will turn to a young right-hander as a stop-gap solution when they continue a 10-game homestand against the New York Mets on Monday. Reliever Carlos Martinez will fill in for ailing ace Adam Wainwright as the Cardinals seek their seventh win in eight games. Matt Adams returned from the disabled list with a bang, homering in all three games in a sweep of Washington.

New York won two of three from San Diego over the weekend but is only 3-9 in its last 12 games and is in the midst of playing 18 of 24 contests away from home. Captain David Wright is battling through a nightmarish slump, going 2-for-39 - both singles - with one RBI in over the last 12 games to drop his batting average more than 30 points to .262. The Mets won three of four at home versus St. Louis in April, but the teams combined for a mere 15 runs in the series.

TV:
8:10 p.m. ET, ESPN, SNY (New York), FSN Midwest (St. Louis)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Mets RH Jacob deGrom (0-3, 3.44 ERA) vs. Cardinals RH Carlos Martinez (0-3, 4.67)

DeGrom remains in search of his first major-league victory as he prepares to make his seventh career start since he was called up from Triple-A Las Vegas in mid-May. He endured some hard luck in his first four starts, pitching at least six innings in each and permitting a combined seven runs. The soon-to-be 26-year-old has regressed in his last two outings, giving up seven runs and 14 hits in 10 2/3 innings.

The 22-year-old Martinez will make his second career start and first since Aug. 8, when he was knocked around for four runs and seven hits in 4 2/3 innings by the Los Angeles Dodgers. He was one of St. Louis' top prospects at the Double-A and Triple-A but that success hasn't translated to the major-league level. Martinez was 2-1 with a 5.08 ERA in 21 appearances in 2013 and has blown all five saves chances this season.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Cardinals LF Matt Holliday needs one RBI to reach 1,000 for his career.
2. Mets RF Curtis Granderson, who returned from a calf strain Sunday, is 7-for-14 with three homers in his last six games.
3. During St. Louis' 6-1 stretch, its pitching staff allowed a total of three runs in the six victories.

[Edgy MD]

Shouldn't we have a lineup by now?

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: Shouldn't we have a lineup by now?

Soon. You're forgetting it's Central Time and we're off by an hour.

[seawolf17]

Plus the writers have to wait for Terry to stop pleasuring himself over the joy of writing Eric Young's .315 OBP into the leadoff spot tonight. THOSE BALLS AREN'T GOING TO GROUND THEMSELVES OUT TO SECOND BASE, YOU KNOW.

[Ceetar]

seawolf17 wrote: Plus the writers have to wait for Terry to stop pleasuring himself over the joy of writing Eric Young's .315 OBP into the leadoff spot tonight. THOSE BALLS AREN'T GOING TO GROUND THEMSELVES OUT TO SECOND BASE, YOU KNOW.

and the writers themselves are busy pleasuring themselves over the joy that is St. Louis and the best team/fans/uniform/etc/etc/etc in the Majors.

Or they're all at the bowling hall of fame. Neat place.

[G-Fafif]

PITCHER BATTING EIGHTH!

Granderson CF
Murphy 2B
Wright 3B
Abreu RF
Duda 1B
Teagarden C
Tejada SS
deGrom P
EYoung LF

[Frayed Knot]

KEWL!!!!!!!!

[Ceetar]

G-Fafif wrote: PITCHER BATTING EIGHTH! Granderson CF Murphy 2B Wright 3B Abreu RF Duda 1B Teagarden C Tejada SS deGrom P EYoung LF

FIRST TIME IN TEAM HISTORY SAYS MY EMAIL

also, whee, not EY leading off.

[Benjamin Grimm]

DeGrom might be the fifth best hitter in this lineup.

[Edgy MD]

And ceetar gets the cruel and guilty pleasure of Young batting ninth --- which is exactly where you want the guy who does everything a leadoff man should do, but not enough.

Wait a minute... this just in... TERRY HAS BEEN NAMED TIME'S MAN OF THE YEAR!!!

With half the year still, to go, they're calling the race now. GOOD JOB, TERRY!!

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: And ceetar gets the cruel and guilty pleasure of Young batting ninth --- which is exactly where you want the guy who does everything a leadoff man should do, but not enough. Wait a minute... this just in... TERRY HAS BEEN NAMED TIME'S MAN OF THE YEAR!!! With half the year still, to go, they're calling the race now. GOOD JOB, TERRY!!

And it somewhat mitigates the power-hitter leadoff guy problem by putting a non-pitcher in front of him in subsequent innings.

[Edgy MD]

Ceetar wrote: Edgy MD wrote: And ceetar gets the cruel and guilty pleasure of Young batting ninth --- which is exactly where you want the guy who does everything a leadoff man should do, but not enough. Wait a minute... this just in... TERRY HAS BEEN NAMED TIME'S MAN OF THE YEAR!!! With half the year still, to go, they're calling the race now. GOOD JOB, TERRY!! And it somewhat mitigates the power-hitter leadoff guy problem by putting a non-pitcher in front of him in subsequent innings.

That factor was cited by TIME when they announced their decision.

What a wonderful tribute to Tony LaRussa.

[Ceetar]

Carpenter 3B
Jay CF
Holliday LF
Craig RF
Adams 1B
Molina C
Peralta SS
Wong 2B
Martinez P

[Edgy MD]

HAH! Look at backwards-thinking St. Louis, batting the pitcher ninth, getting left behind the forward-looking world.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Who knew Terry was a genius ... pretty damn funny

[ashie62]

I was hoping Flores would start to be at SS everyday...

[Edgy MD]

I like the early deficit. No lead for the team to blow for deGrom.

[nymr83]

Did they hold this game for the USA game? I thought t was 810 start

[Edgy MD]

It seems umps call more checked swings every year. Young barely started and got called for strike one.

[Edgy MD]

Whoo! Glad we didn't sign Peralta!

[Zvon]

EYoung, making things happen.
1-1 Mets

[Edgy MD]

The pitcher batting eighth/slugger batting leadoff thing worked out a bit for us there.

[Zvon]

I'm not seeing movment on deGrom's pitches. I mean, not even on the curve ball.

[Zvon]

EYoung, not allowing other things to happen . Decent throw but I think anyone coulda got that guy.


OE: not all settled in yet. its 2-1 THEM!

[Zvon]

Make em pay deGrom.

[Frayed Knot]

If this is 2nd & 3rd / no-outs -- it must be a pop-out
More dependable than clockwork

[Zvon]

Wow. He hit that hard. Damn.

[Zvon]

11 for 69 with bases loaded. That's pretty shitty.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, like I couldn't have had 1,000 RBI if I wanted it.

[ashie62]

Goodnight Jacob and board....

Give Wright a crack batting 9th...