IGT 08/14 -- Nationals at Metropolitans

[Guest d'Kong76]

Washington at NY Mets
When: 7:10 PM ET, Thursday, August 14, 2014
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
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The Washington Nationals attempt to set a franchise record as they vie for their 11th consecutive road victory against the New York Mets on Thursday. The Nationals continued to make themselves at home at Citi Field, belting four homers in a series-opening win before Asdrubal Cabrera went deep in a 3-2 triumph on Wednesday. Washington, which has won 24 of 28 in Queens, sits five games ahead of second-place Atlanta in the National League East.

The Nationals have won five of seven overall and nine of their 11 meetings with the Mets. David Wright collected two singles in each of the first two contests of the series and is riding a 12-game hitting streak. The veteran has struggled versus Thursday starter Stephen Strasburg, going 3-for-12 with five strikeouts in his career.

TV:
7:10 p.m. ET, MLBN, MASN (Washington), SNY (New York)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Nationals RH Stephen Strasburg (8-10, 3.68 ERA) vs. Mets RH Dillon Gee (4-4, 3.54)

Strasburg suffered his fourth loss in five outings on Friday after tying a career high by allowing seven runs on as many hits in five innings in a 7-6 setback to the Braves. The 26-year-old served up four homers to match his sum total of the previous seven games. Strasburg, who owns a 2-1 career mark versus New York, struck out 10 but walked away with a no-decision after yielding four runs in six innings against the club on March 31.

Gee pitched well in a pair of no-decisions after dropping his previous three contests. The 28-year-old deserved a better fate in his last outing, allowing one solo homer and two other hits in seven innings against Philadelphia on Saturday. Gee owns a 7-3 career mark versus Washington but also yielded four runs on as many hits in 6 2/3 innings to earn a no-decision on March 31.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Washington has belted 10 homers at Citi Field this season - the most by any visiting team.
2. New York C Travis d'Arnaud is 9-for-27 (.333) with three homers and seven runs scored in his last eight games.
3. The Nationals, who then were known as the Montreal Expos, also won 10 in a row at the Chicago Cubs from 1982-83.

[Frayed Knot]

Curtis Granderson, rf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Lucas Duda, 1b
Travis d'Arnaud, c
Matt den Dekker, lf
Juan Lagares, cf
Wilmer Flores, ss
Dillon Gee, rhp


Denard Span, cf
Asdrubal Cabrera, 2b
Anthony Rendon, 3b
Adam LaRoche, 1b
Ian Desmond, ss
Bryce Harper, lf
Jose Lobaton, c
Michael Taylor, rf
Stephen Strasburg, rhp

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

In media res: two innings in, two runs down. LAROCHE! [shakes fist]

In-game interview with Recker? Kind of a "deep cut" for in-game i'view fodder, innit?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

CLOWNBRO! [shakes fist]

Nice catch by my rubber-faced progeny on Lobaton, though, right afterward.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

After getting a bit lucky in getting the infield-single-plus-a-base, Murph got VERY lucky with the furshluggineh third-base-stealing business.

How about earning some run-age here, Dude?

[Edgy MD]

It's about pride here, boys. Show some of it.

[Zvon]

Anyone here listening to Josh on the radio?

He brought up a Met game vs the Cards that he said was a very important game and that's it's underrated by fans. He was talking about Matlack at the time, but also Gil Hodges. The reception was going in and out--was he referring to a game in 1969 or 1973? Or another year?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Gee's night is done (after, really, 3-4 bad pitches). Nice pinch-hit job from Young.

Even when the other guys mess up (Harper's stumble, e.g.), they recover to limit damage (Harper's excellent throw to make Young earn the double at second).

[Edgy MD]

Anyone here listening to Josh on the radio?

He brought up a Met game vs the Cards that he said was a very important game and that's it's underrated by fans. He was talking about Matlack at the time, but also Gil Hodges. The reception was going in and out--was he referring to a game in 1969 or 1973? Or another year?
Anyone here listening to Josh on the radio?

He brought up a Met game vs the Cards that he said was a very important game and that's it's underrated by fans. He was talking about Matlack at the time, but also Gil Hodges. The reception was going in and out--was he referring to a game in 1969 or 1973? Or another year?

On the radio now, but missed that conversation.

Well, there was no Matlack in 1969, and no Hodges in 1973. The only time their careers overlapped was during 1971, during which Matlack went 0-3.

Unless he was talking about Ron Hodges.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

First walk in something like 26 innings for Metsie.

Edited August 14, 2014 by Guest

[ashie62]

Last nights cockpunch loss kinda took the wind of out the Mets... or at least me...

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

ggggg

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Anyone here listening to Josh on the radio? He brought up a Met game vs the Cards that he said was a very important game and that's it's underrated by fans. He was talking about Matlack at the time, but also Gil Hodges. The reception was going in and out--was he referring to a game in 1969 or 1973? Or another year? Anyone here listening to Josh on the radio? He brought up a Met game vs the Cards that he said was a very important game and that's it's underrated by fans. He was talking about Matlack at the time, but also Gil Hodges. The reception was going in and out--was he referring to a game in 1969 or 1973? Or another year? On the radio now, but missed that conversation. Well, there was no Matlack in 1969, and no Hodges in 1973. The only time their careers overlapped was during 1971, during which Matlack went 0-3. Unless he was talking about Ron Hodges.

No, it was definitely Gil. And Matlack said if he saw Gil coming he'd avoid him because he was intimidated. Whatever Cardinal game he was referring to might have nothing to do with both being together for that game. The radio would turn to fuzz while he was giving details.

I got the impression it was a game that had something to do with the Mets making the post? But I can't say for sure.

Hey, maybe later I'll replay the radio feed thru MLBtv and hear it clear.

I did up that '73 Pirate series on the cardblogthing and if I can find out what he was talking about I'd do up that game (series?).

I heard something about a Matlack 2-hitter. Maybe it was a Matlack game during '73. It was not his playoff game-2..whatever game it was it was vs the Cards. I'll look on the UMDB too.

[Zvon]

This must be it. I did hear Wayne Garretts name mentioned too. He homered in this Matlack 4 hit shutout vs the Cards.

http://www.ultimatemets.com/gamedetail.php?gameno=1941

[Edgy MD]

We got that elusive walk. Baby steps. At this rate, we'll totally beat these guys by 2017.

[Guest themetfairy]

Gotta love inherited runners stranded!

[batmagadanleadoff]

Zvon wrote: Anyone here listening to Josh on the radio? He brought up a Met game vs the Cards that he said was a very important game and that's it's underrated by fans. He was talking about Matlack at the time, but also Gil Hodges. The reception was going in and out--was he referring to a game in 1969 or 1973? Or another year?

I'm not watching or listening to this game. Since deGrom went down, I'm getting all my Mets info exclusively from this forum and Google. But Matlack played under Gil only in his pre-rookie season of 1971. I checked the google and Matlack pitched against the Cards twice that season -- 10 days apart -- on the 18th and 28th of July.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN197107180.shtml

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197107280.shtml

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Hey! Two walks!

[blows party horn]
[Throws confetti]

[Zvon]

I love that denD's walkup song is Santeria.

[Edgy MD]

Let's hear what den Dekker's home run song is.

[Guest d'Kong76]

This game is kinda suckin' ... no IGT starts again for
me until a five game winning streak is ended.

[Edgy MD]

This WEEK is kinda suckin'.

[Frayed Knot]

Doesn't it seem like one team is swinging with wooden objects while the other is using rolled-up magazines?
Our (very few) hits go for singles, theirs are for extra bases.
The outs the Nats are making are often hard, while most of our outs are soft.
And while our best shots are dying on the warning track, theirs wind up 15 rows deep.

[Frayed Knot]

I'm not sure that I've ever seen Anthony Rendon NOT hit a ball squarely.

[Frayed Knot]

Time now to follow through on the ass-kicking that we should have given Soriano last night.

[Zvon]

2 hits by Murph tonight would pacify me.

[Zvon]

Gah! This game sucks.

[Zvon]

Hmm. A challenge. It hit him, pretty sure. I guess it's worth the shot.

Hmm, maybe not.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

This is so pathetic.

[Zvon]

I think it skimmed his toe, then hit dirt.