Lunchtime IGT - Giants @ Mets, 8/4/14

[Frayed Knot]

Tim Hudson vs Gee

Hudson: 8-8, but with a tidy 2.71 ERA and 1.12 WHiP. Nice numbers for a 39 y/o coming off having EYJ stomp on his ankle last August and grind it into tinker-toys.
This will be the second time we've faced him since then, he pitched the middle of the three games in SF back in June, giving up 3 runs on 9 hits over 5 IP and leaving on the short side of a game that the Giants later won when Mejia allowed two in the 9th

Gee still looking to find his pre-injury form, has been pretty shaky in three of his four games since coming off the DL


Keith Hernandez was a surprise inclusion in the lineup yesterday, making a rare DGANG appearance. Look for Bill Webb to put him in again despite the early start or any impending conflicts with Hamptons traffic, dinner reservations, or travel plans afterward.

[Guest d'Kong76]

San Francisco at NY Mets
When: 12:10 PM ET, Monday, August 4, 2014
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
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The San Francisco Giants look to continue their dominance over the New York Mets and claim three of four on the road when the teams wrap up their series Monday afternoon. The Giants have won five of six meetings this season, outscoring the Mets 31-15. New York starter Dillon Gee will have to contend with Giants outfielder Hunter Pence, who has seven RBIs in the series but is 2-for-16 with five strikeouts in his career versus Gee.

Pence homered twice while Brandon Belt and Buster Posey also went deep in Sunday's 9-0 win for the Giants, whose four home runs doubled their total from the previous 10 games. The Mets hope to get the offense back on track after being blanked for the 10th time this season in Madison Bumgarner's two-hitter. Giants right-hander Tim Hudson is 17-10 with a 3.52 ERA in 31 starts against the Mets and didn't get a decision in their earlier meeting this year while yielding three runs over five innings in a 5-4 win June 7 in San Francisco.

TV:
12:10 p.m. ET, MLB Network, CSN Bay Area (San Francisco), SNY (New York)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Giants RH Tim Hudson (8-8, 2.71 ERA) vs. Mets RH Dillon Gee (4-4, 3.77)

Hudson has lost two straight starts and six of his last seven decisions, but poor run support has played a big role. The 39-year-old recorded his third quality start Tuesday against Pittsburgh, allowing three runs over seven innings, but took the loss in a 3-1 defeat. Hudson has faced especially tough luck on the road, where he is 3-4 despite a 2.13 ERA in 10 starts.

Gee was strong in his return from the disabled list July 9 but has struggled mightily in three outings since. The 28-year-old has been tagged for 15 runs in 16 2/3 innings while losing three straight starts and watching his ERA balloon from 2.56 to 3.77. Gee is 0-1 with a 6.75 ERA in four games (two starts) against the Giants.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Mets 3B David Wright, who is hitting .186 since the All-Star break, is a career .238 hitter in 89 plate appearances against Hudson.
2. Hudson's 17 wins against the Mets are tied for his most against any opponent (Washington).
3. New York 1B Lucas Duda, who was not in the starting lineup against a left-handed starter Sunday, is 11-for-28 with two doubles and a homer versus Hudson.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Granderson-9
Murphy-4
Wright-5
Duda-3
d�Arnaud-2
CYoung-7
Lagares-8
Tejada-6
Gee-1

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Could this be Chris Young's swan song? If the reports that den Dekker is headed back are true, CY or Abreu would be the logical choices to bid farewell.

[Edgy MD]

It's no like Eric Young's roster spot is locked down either.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Why is den dekker coming back?

I missed a lot

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

He's second in the PCL in batting, per MetsBlog

http://metsblog.com/metsblog/mets-may-bring-back-den-dekker/

Recognizing that the PCL is hitter friendly, and he hasn't done that well in New York. But at this point, I'd rather see him get a prolonged shot in NY. CYoung's not part of the future, though we're not sure denDekekr is, either, I suppose.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Pence, RF
Blanco, CF
Posey, C
Sandoval, 3B
Belt, 1B
Crawford, SS
Panik, 2B
Perez, LF
Hudson, P

[Guest d'Kong76]

Moiphy KABOOMIN'!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Mets Guy in Michigan wrote: He's second in the PCL in batting, per MetsBlog http://metsblog.com/metsblog/mets-may-bring-back-den-dekker/ Recognizing that the PCL is hitter friendly, and he hasn't done that well in New York. But at this point, I'd rather see him get a prolonged shot in NY. CYoung's not part of the future, though we're not sure denDekekr is, either, I suppose.

Now's the time to find out-- he's walking quite a bit more, too. If that plate approach and the medium-pop accompany him eastward, well... he'll be useful, at least.

[Frayed Knot]

Hudson threw, just in the 1st inning, nearly 30% of the number of pitches that Bumgarner threw all game yesterday. 27 vs 94
So there's that.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I'd like to throw one at Pence's ear flap!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

If those three ABs in the third are any indication, Hudson is carving up the plate in Bumgarnering fashion now.

SugarPants was not sweet on the call, though.

[Frayed Knot]

One lengthy, trying, high pitch-count, half-inning out of three for each pitcher so far.

[Guest d'Kong76]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: SugarPants was not sweet on the call, though.

It's kind of amusing seeing him try to get mad.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I picture his cursing as somewhere between a cartoon gold-prospector and Old MacDonald in the GEICO commercials-- all "dagnabbit" or "cheese and CRACKERS."

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

THAT was quite the dapper inning-ending Lord Charles.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Savvy play by Sandoval on first-and-third grounder to get d'Arnaud tentatively coming home.

Missed opportunity for ChrisYoungDos to move up on the lil'-d rundown?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I did not enjoy our baserunning/plate-control skills in that inning.

On the plus side, I am enjoying these beyond measure.

[Zvon]

Maybe that gets Wright out of his funk.

RBI infield single. 3-2 NY.

Hunter Pence picks his nose and eats it.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Zvon wrote: Hunter Pence picks his nose and eats it.

The things that spur memories...
In Little League, we had a second baseman who instead
doing the no batter thing or other conventional chatter
he'd sing:

Every batter's doin' it doin' it doin' it
Pickin' their nose and chewin' it chewin' it chewin' it

[Guest d'Kong76]

Lagares is human after all!

[Zvon]

d'Kong76 wrote: Lagares is human after all!

Damn. I wanted him to reach that one. I like that an opposing hitter can hit it anywhere out to center and I figure it's an out until it drops.

Hunter Pence won't eat Wheaties until he is pictured on the box.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Pence is just plain insane this series.

[Zvon]

Whoa, shades of Mays and Bonds.

Hunter Pence's socks go all the way up to his buttocks.

[Zvon]

Jeeze 'd, your killin us back there.



OE: Hunter Pence is the current president of the Spastic Society.

Edited August 4, 2014 by Guest

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Young was there, but didn't have it. (Held up a little because of peripheral JohnnyLags, mebbe?)

No need to stop by that awesome new lunch spot-- Hunter Pence brought you an extra terrible-luncheon-meat sandwich, and INSISTS you take it.

[Zvon]

Of course Familia is out of sorts. Every time he looks down he thinks he just puked on his jersey.


Hunter Pence rips the crust off his bread.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Chris Young should learn from that throw: you should ALWAYS yield to Johnny Lags.

[Guest d'Kong76]

When he's not flashin' leather, he's flashing the gun!