Minor Threat iGt 7/7/14

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Beatable Lefty Mike Minor goes for the Braves tonight, there really is no alternative but to start winning a lot.
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[Edgy MD]

It's a good day to leak a rumor of Chris Young's impending release, and then drop him into the lineup and watch him reap destruction.

That can't work twice, can it?

[seawolf17]

Didn't we just play the Braves? Shit.

Let's win some fuckin' games, fellas.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Atlanta at NY Mets
When: 7:10 PM ET, Monday, July 7, 2014
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
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The New York Mets got star third baseman David Wright back into the lineup this weekend, only to lose a member of their starting rotation. The Mets host the Atlanta Braves on Monday for the first of four games, but placed Jonathan Niese on the disabled list with a strained left shoulder. Atlanta�s Mike Minor and New York�s Daisuke Matsuzaka start the series opener, six days after the two pitchers met in Atlanta, a game the Braves won 5-4.

New York won two of three from Texas over the weekend after losing six of its previous seven, including dropping three in a row last week at Atlanta. The Braves were held to one run in Sunday�s 3-1 loss to Arizona after scoring four runs or more seven times during a nine-game winning streak. Atlanta leads the season series 6-3.

TV:
7:10 p.m. ET, SportSouth (Atlanta), SNY (New York)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Braves LH Mike Minor (2-5, 4.73 ERA) vs. Mets RH Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-3, 3.72)

Minor has not won since beating the Brewers on May 19, and did not pitch particularly well against the Mets Tuesday. Staked to a 5-2 lead after four innings, Minor did not make it out of the fifth, finishing with four runs allowed on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings. Minor gave up two homers against New York and has surrendered eight long balls in his past eight games, going 0-3 with a 5.21 ERA.

Matsuzaka allowed five runs on seven hits in five innings while losing against the Braves last week. He�s given up 10 runs on 12 hits with 12 walks in 11 innings in his past two starts, and has lost his past three outings. Matsuzaka has made seven starts this season and 17 relief appearances.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Wright is 1-for-8 with a double in his first two games back after missing seven games with a sore left rotator cuff.
2. Atlanta SS Andrelton Simmons is hitting .429 during his current seven-game hitting streak.
3. The Mets have hit 19 homers since June 17, tops in the National League during that stretch.

[Edgy MD]

That last one comes as a surprise. Hope it carries.

[G-Fafif]

Curtis Granderson � RF
Daniel Murphy � 2B
David Wright � 3B
Eric Campbell � 1B
Juan Lagares � CF
Chris Young � LF
Travis d�Arnaud � C
Ruben Tejada � SS
Daisuke Matsuzaka � RHP

[Edgy MD]

Would have been interesting to do the pitcher-batting-eight thing, with Granderson leading off and all.

[G-Fafif]

Four of top six hitters are former or current All-Stars.

[Edgy MD]

No ASGs for the ninth guy though.

Time to Matsusack up.

[G-Fafif]

Kaz Matsui separates Daisuke Matsuzaka from sitting next to Jon Matlack on the all-time alphabetical roster and soaking up some All-Star pitching wisdom.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Dice-K's been pitching like a guy who's about to lose his job again. Maybe Niese's alleged injury gives him the motivation to reclaim something.

If this whole Niese thing doesn't sound like another John Maine deal I don't know what. Did we discuss that? Niese insists he's not hurt but Mets yanked him with concerns about his velocity after the leadoff HR.

[G-Fafif]

Terry said something to the effect of "we put him on the DL in the middle of last year and he came back strong, so let's him hit over the head and he'll regain his memory again!"

[Edgy MD]

That summary d'Kong posted failed to tell me it was Stupid Uniform Night.

[Guest themetfairy]

The camo unis are hurting my eyes.

[Guest themetfairy]

Captain KaBoom extends the Mets lead to 2-0!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Nice shot David

[Frayed Knot]

Dice-K, given the opportunity to have a 1-2-3/low-pitch count inning and start the next with the pitcher leading off, says; "NAAAAAAH!"

[Guest d'Kong76]

Edgy MD wrote: That summary d'Kong posted failed to tell me it was Stupid Uniform Night.

Yeah, not a fan of that look.. but I guess they
all do it.

[Edgy MD]

Upton runs with his fist balled up around his gloves like Wright.

[Zvon]

I like that song in the open. Thanks for that JCL.

They should have gone with blue and orange camo, so the Mets could,..ya know,..

hide from themselves.

[Zvon]

I believe they are wrong. That hit the back wall. There's a perspective issue there.

[Edgy MD]

Mets hanging tight. d'Arnaud looking more like a pro these days. Strange to see Matsuzaka pitching this deep with the shutout when he's been in trouble most innings.

Minor, though, is now at 13 in a row. Got to dream up some tack-ons, Mets.

[Frayed Knot]

Do you suppose prior to settling on 'and the News' that Huey Lewis considered 'and the Post-Dispatch' or and the Gazette'?

[Zvon]

Jeez CYoung. You're useless.

fuck you freedy freeperson

[Frayed Knot]

And I was just about to remark about how useful Josh Edgin had become this year.

The kicker is, a better bounce and Freddie would have been meat at the plate.

Edited July 7, 2014 by Guest

[Zvon]

Ugh Edgin...you fail already. Yikes.

2-1 Mets

[Edgy MD]

Somebody's going to get hit tomorrow for the Mets.

[Zvon]

OOO, going to Mejia in the 8th.

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: OOO, going to Mejia in the 8th.

It's the right move, IMO. Familia just hasn't been as sharp lately.

[bmfc1]

3 pitchers in one inning. I wish that someone would tie Terry's little legs to the bench so he couldn't make these pitching changes. Let Black get 3 outs. Once again, he's burned through the bullpen instead of showing confidence in his players.