IGT 7/22 Mets at Seadogs DeGrom day

[ashie62]

Cmon Jacob...we really really need this one!

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at Seattle
When: 10:10 PM ET, Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
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The New York Mets attempt to halt their three-game losing streak when they visit the Seattle Mariners for the middle contest of their three-game interleague series on Tuesday. New York picked up where it left off at the All-Star break, starting the second half by defeating the Padres in San Diego on Friday for its ninth victory in 11 contests. But the Mets have scored a total of three runs in three losses since, dropping a 5-2 decision in Monday's series opener as David Wright collected two hits and an RBI on the 10th anniversary of his major-league debut.

Willie Bloomquist and Dustin Ackley each registered three hits and an RBI while All-Star Kyle Seager recorded a pair of run-scoring singles as Seattle kicked off its seven-game homestand with its second win in three contests. The Mariners received no rest after dropping two of three at Los Angeles in a series that took 37 innings. Seattle is 8-2 all-time against New York, including a perfect 4-0 mark at home.

TV:
10:10 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), ROOT (Seattle)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Mets RH Jacob deGrom (3-5, 3.18 ERA) vs. Mariners RH Erasmo Ramirez (1-4, 4.58)

DeGrom was superb over his last two starts, striking out 11 in seven scoreless innings of a win against Atlanta on July 8 before limiting Miami to one run over seven frames in a triumph five days later. The 26-year-old has allowed a total of six runs in his last five outings after yielding six in a loss at St. Louis on June 16. DeGrom has been less successful on the road than at home during his first major-league season, posting a 4.72 ERA as opposed to a 1.83 mark at Citi Field.

Ramirez is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Tacoma to make his 12th start this year for the Mariners. The 24-year-old Nicaraguan won his 2014 debut in Los Angeles on April 1, limiting the Angels to two runs over a season-high seven innings, but lost four of his next five outings. Ramirez, who never has faced New York, is riding a string of five straight no-decisions and has allowed a total of two runs in 20 innings over his last four turns.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Mets RF Curtis Granderson went 0-for-5 with four strikeouts Monday, putting him seven away from reaching the century mark for the eighth time in nine seasons.
2. Seager has produced two hits in three straight games and five of his last six.
3. New York C Travis d'Arnaud, who was robbed of a homer by Ackley, went 2-for-4 in the series opener and has hit safely in 17 of 20 games since returning from a stint in the minor leagues.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Chavez, RF
Jones, CF
Cano, 2B
Seager, 3B
Hart, DH
Morrison, 1B
Bloomquist, SS
Ackley, LF
Zunino, C

[ashie62]

Eric Young Jr., lf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Lucas Duda, 1b
Bobby Abreu, dh
Travis d'Arnaud, c
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, rf
Juan Lagares, cf
Ruben Tejada, ss

[Edgy MD]

deGrom gets over on the Mariners tonight and he may pitch his way into the Rookie of the Year conversation, which had been looking like a one-man party for Sliding Billy Hamilton.

[Edgy MD]

Ashie62 wrote: Eric Young Jr., lf Daniel Murphy, 2b David Wright, 3b Lucas Duda, 1b Bobby Abreu, dh Travis d'Arnaud, c Kirk Nieuwenhuis, rf Juan Lagares, cf Ruben Tejada, ss

Granderson is Grandersick and CY is coming up with a barking calf. That knocks two guys off of our five-man bench, and the DH knocks a third down. We don't need to pinch-hit for any pitchers, but we're left with Campbell and Recker.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

I don't know how I missed it, but I didn't realize deGrom was 26. For some reason I thought he was much younger.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I would have guessed younger, but looks like he went
to school for a full four years before drafted.

[ashie62]

Nice to see an athlete put his education first...

[Guest d'Kong76]

More likely he wasn't on much of anyone's baseball
radar until he got older.

[ashie62]

Could be... don't know how he was in high school....

[Zvon]

deGrom having a deIfficult 1st.

OO, big K there.

[Zvon]

Wow, Jones didn't even touch it. Triple for Travis.

1-0 Mets

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

dArnaud used to be the kind of guy whose at-bats I didn't even want to watch. Now, its the opposite

[Zvon]

Niiiice. I love cheap RBI bloop singles.

[Zvon]

deGrom seems to have settled down. Get that man more runs!

[Edgy MD]

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That's the intersection of what you watch the Mets for.

[Gwreck]

Good trivia question on SNY:

Who are the only 3 players to play in 200 games each for the Mariners and the Mets?

[Zvon]

Olerud would be one. The easy one I guess.

[Edgy MD]

Len Randle would be another.

[Edgy MD]

Steve Henderson.

[Edgy MD]

Whoop. We be whiffin'.

[Zvon]

Ricky didn't play that many games with Seattle, did he?

[Gwreck]

I had Mike Cameron and Olerud. Steve Henderson was the tough one. Endy needs about 10 more games with Seattle .

[Edgy MD]

We may need another shortstop after all.

[Zvon]

Gwreck wrote: I had Mike Cameron and Olerud. Steve Henderson was the tough one. Endy needs about 10 more games with Seattle .

Oh yea, Cameron.

Muffy with the cheap hit. I like.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Awful execution by Muff on the relay likely to tie the game.

[Gwreck]

Asshole in Piazza shirt interferes with a Young attempt to catch a pop-up.

Yes, the ball was in the seats. But that's still idiotic

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Thankfully EY's good karma counteracted the Muffy muffing.

[Zvon]

Gwreck wrote: Asshole in Piazza shirt interferes with a Young attempt to catch a pop-up. Yes, the ball was in the seats. But that's still idiotic

EYoung plowed into that guy in the yellow shirt. The guy actually shielded the kid.

EYoung gave the kids baseballs. Pretty kool.