We Hate Stupid Tom Koehler IGT 6/21/14

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

deGrom v. that guy with a second-rate education

[seawolf17]

Bah. Knew I should have gotten to this IGT first.

[G-Fafif]

This IGT title made me LOL.

[ashie62]

Whats wrong with Stony Point?

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at Miami
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, June 21, 2014
Where: Marlins Park, Miami, Florida
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Scoring continues to be a problem for the New York Mets, particularly when visiting the Miami Marlins. The Mets have scored only six runs in five games in Miami following a galling 3-2 loss on Friday night in which they had the tying run thrown out at the plate in the eighth and ninth innings. New York, which has failed to score more than three runs in its last seven games overall, looks to break out of the funk Saturday in the third of a four-game series.

Left fielder Marcell Ozuna made sure Miami didn't fall below the .500 mark for the first time since April 30 by gunning down two runners at the plate, including the final out on a fairly deep sacrifice fly in the ninth. "At first I didn't think I had a chance, but I said, 'No, I'm going to throw it. You never know what can happen,'" Ozuna said. Ozuna is 0-for-13 in his last four contests but became the first Marlins outfielder with multiple assists at home plate in one game since 1996.

TV:
4:10 p.m. ET, WPIX (New York), FSN Florida (Miami)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Mets RH Jacob deGrom (0-4, 4.39 ERA) vs. Marlins RH Tom Koehler (5-5, 3.84)

After turning in quality starts in his first four major-league outings, deGrom has regressed over his last three turns. The 26-year-old from Florida lasted a season-low 4 1/3 innings and was tagged for six runs and 12 hits - both season highs - in a 6-2 loss at St. Louis last time out. DeGrom fanned 11 in a no-decision at Philadelphia on May 31 but has only nine strikeouts in three subsequent starts.

Koehler is also in a bit of a rut, logging a 1-2 mark over his last five starts and allowing a total of 22 runs in that stretch. Koehler will be making his third start of the season against the Mets, tossing eight scoreless innings of two-hit ball on May 7 after giving up four runs in five frames 10 days earlier. He has to be wary of Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy, who is 4-for-11 with a homer against him.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Marlins 3B Casey McGehee has hit safely in 14 of 15 games.
2. Mets 3B David Wright owns a five-game hitting streak and four-game RBI streak.
3. Marlins CF Jake Marisnick is 6-for-19 with four stolen bases since being promoted from Triple-A New Orleans.

[Frayed Knot]

Granderson - RF
Murphy - 2B
Wright - 3B
Duda - 1B
CYoung - CF
Flores - SS
Teagarden - C
deGrom - P
EYoung - LF

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Good lineup

[Frayed Knot]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Good lineup

A good lineup that actually went Single - Walk - RBI Single after two were out and none on.
Not sure we've done that yet this year ... get a two-out hit I mean.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Suck - it - Koehler (clap-clap, clap-clap-clap)

[Guest d'Kong76]

Anyone feel they'll blow a 2-run lead in the middle
of the 7th ... raise your hands!

[Zvon]

d'Kong76 wrote: Anyone feel they'll blow a 2-run lead in the middle of the 7th ... raise your hands!

[Guest d'Kong76]

deGrom telling me to shut my yap!

[Zvon]

Lets get deGrom a win guys.

[Zvon]

DAMMITT DUDA! Great play by Wright wasted. Not a good throw but..

Duda, you could have reached that w/o the dramatization.

[Zvon]

The replay shows he was not overacting. He was just sucking.

[Zvon]

Saved by the DP. Might be reviewed. Nope, DP stands. 2-0 Mets, 9th inning coming up.

[Zvon]

Wright doubles, Duda goes yard. 4-0 Mets.

I think I can relax.

[Zvon]

deGrom with his first win! Yay!!!!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Never a doubt!

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

See, Jacob. That's how you get a win with this team -- a shutout!

Nice to see him have a great start after struggling. I like this guy!

[Frayed Knot]

Would be nice if we were sitting on a three games to none lead heading into tomorrow's finale after giving up a total of just three runs so far in the series ... but whatyagonnado?

[Edgy MD]

You see, Koehler?! You see what you get when you mess with the Mets?!!

[ashie62]

Congrats to DeGrom...

[seawolf17]

Two runs and eight Ks in seven innings AND a Mets win? I'll take that every time.

[Guest themetfairy]

Woot!

[Fman99]

Missed most attending a wedding in Troy, NY, but caught innings 7-9 on our way home via Sirius XM. Good win for the good guys.

[Ceetar]

Fman99 wrote: Missed most attending a wedding in Troy, NY, but caught innings 7-9 on our way home via Sirius XM. Good win for the good guys.

did you meet Helen?

[Guest d'Kong76]

Lunchy, post a new IGT NOW!!!
Who do we hate today?