IGT 6/28 Mets @ Pirates Niese v. Cole

[ashie62]

Cole has been off of late but the Mets don't score much anyway..

[ashie62]

Mets wearing 1942 Royal Giants Negro league unis today..

[MFS62]

Ashie62 wrote: Mets wearing 1942 Royal Giants Negro league unis today..

Freddy didn't lobby for them to wear Brooklyn Eagles unis?

Later

[Guest d'Kong76]

Cole has been off of late but the Mets don't score much anyway..

He's been off all month?

NY Mets at Pittsburgh
When: 4:05 PM ET, Saturday, June 28, 2014
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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The Pittsburgh Pirates have persevered without the ace of their pitching staff for 3 1/2 weeks and will welcome back right-hander Gerrit Cole when they host the New York Mets on Saturday in the third of a four-game series. Cole has been sidelined since June 3 due to shoulder fatigue but the Pirates have gone 13-9 in his absence and have won six of their last seven. A victory Saturday will push Pittsburgh three games over .500 for the first time since April 10.

The Mets have dropped three straight following a three-game winning streak but a potentially bigger problem could be looming on the horizon. Captain David Wright, who has hit safely in 10 straight, was scratched from the lineup Friday and sent back to New York to undergo an MRI exam on his left shoulder. Mets left-hander Jonathon Niese carries an impressive streak into the matchup with Cole, limiting the opposition to three runs or fewer in 19 straight starts dating to last season.

TV:
4:05 p.m. ET, WPIX (New York), ROOT (Pittsburgh)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Mets LH Jonathon Niese (4-4, 2.78 ERA) vs. Pirates RH Gerrit Cole (6-3, 3.64)

Niese capitalized on some rare run support to win for the first time in a month last time out, allowing three runs in six innings of an 11-5 victory at Miami. That ended a five-start winless drought for Niese, a span in which New York managed 13 runs. Niese had a no-decision against the Pirates on May 27 after permitting two runs on four hits over 5 2/3 innings - the only time in his last seven starts he has failed to pitch six innings.

Cole went 3-0 over his four previous starts before going on the disabled list, capped by an outing at San Diego in which he yielded one run over 5 2/3 innings. Cole, who is 2-0 in five home starts this season, has allowed three runs or fewer in six straight outings and eight of his last nine. The former No. 1 overall pick made his only start against the Mets last year and took the loss, giving up three runs in five innings.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Pirates CF Andrew McCutchen has hit safely in seven straight games.
2. Mets 1B Lucas Duda has eight RBIs during a five-game hitting streak.
3. Pittsburgh traded former All-Star closer Jason Grilli to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for RHP Ernesto Frieri, who, like Grilli, lost his closer's job this season.

[Frayed Knot]

EYJ hitting 'pre-leadoff' again

1. Curtis Granderson � RF
2. Ruben Tejada � SS
3. Daniel Murphy � 2B
4. Lucas Duda � 1B
5. Eric Campbell- 3B
6. Kirk Nieuwenhuis � CF
7. Anthony Recker � C
8. Jon Niese- RHP
9. Eric Young Jr, � LF

[MFS62]

Gerrit Cole is greedily anticipating pitching to that lineup.
As is Gary Cole
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Cole

and every person in the world named Cole (first or last).
In fact, I'm thinking of changing my name to Cole so I could pitch to that lineup, too.

Later

[Lefty Specialist]

Cole pitching like MFS62, apparently.

[MFS62]

Hey, if this reverse jinx works, I'll offer to change my name to every opponent's starter's name, too.

Later

[Lefty Specialist]

Won't the neighbors be surprised when they find 'Volquez' on your maibox.

[MFS62]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Won't the neighbors be surprised when they find 'Volquez' on your maibox.

I'm going stealth. Only the house number.

Later

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Niese is self-destructing out there. He suddenly can't find the plate and has walked in two runs!

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Struck out Marte -- one more to get out of this!

[Frayed Knot]

Niese was the beneficiary of a couple of favorable ball/strike calls in that inning too otherwise things could have been worse.
Of course he also got a bit UNlucky with some infield hits so maybe it all evened out.

[Frayed Knot]

Seems to me that Recker hasn't had a hit in a while ... be a nice time for it now.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Familia!! Gimme some sips tomorrow!!

[bmfc1]

I wish that Gary hadn't said that.

[Frayed Knot]

Once again trying to win a game while being shutout from inning 3 on.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Well, they suck. But we knew that.

[ashie62]

The Brooklyn Royal Giants look good!

[Frayed Knot]

I'd REALLY like to end this prior to McCutcheon coming to bat

[Frayed Knot]

Ashie62 wrote: The Brooklyn Royal Giants look good!

AAAAANNNNND they're undefeated in 2014

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Ashie62 wrote: The Brooklyn Royal Giants look good!

Sure do! I hope they get to wear those uniforms again!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Woo-hoodle

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

They likes it the same way, FK.

Books.

[Edgy MD]

Not sure I had ever heard of the Royal Giants before today. A lot of Negro League teams had a variation on "Giants."

Grandy really rocked his kit. He looks like a ballplayer in any uniform. Pirates really got upstaged, hosting the Mets on a throwback uniform day, with the Mets wearing customized helmets, but not the Yanks.

Mets sure benefited in the late innings from having Lagares in center with his go-get-it skills.

Would be a nice little mercy to escape with a split.

[Guest themetfairy]

Were the uniforms as loud on TV as they were in person?

I took this shot for you guys -




A celebration is a celebration, even when they're wearing odd unis -