IGT 08/24 -- NYM @ LAD

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at LA Dodgers
When: 4:10 PM ET, Sunday, August 24, 2014
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
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Hanley Ramirez is expected to return to the starting lineup Sunday when the Los Angeles Dodgers aim for a three-game sweep of the visiting New York Mets. Ramirez has missed the last 13 games due to a right oblique strain for the Dodgers, who have won three straight to move 4 1/2 games ahead of the San Francisco Giants in the National League West. The Mets have lost six in a row in Los Angeles and 13 of their last 15 games overall against the Dodgers.

The Dodgers� Adrian Gonzalez snapped a 4-for-24 slump in Saturday�s 7-4 win with a homer and five RBIs, but New York�s David Wright's season-long struggles reached a low point. Wright went 0-for-5 and hit into two double plays, and is hitting .211 with eight RBIs in 34 games since the All-Star break. The Mets� third baseman and team captain has been bothered by a sore left shoulder for much of the season, but insists that injuries aren�t behind his lack of production.

TV:
4:10 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), SportsNet LA (Los Angeles)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Mets RH Bartolo Colon (11-10, 3.85 ERA) vs. Dodgers RH Kevin Correia (7-13, 4.87)

Colon takes the mound with a heavy heart following the death of his mother Monday. The 41-year-old, who has allowed a total of two earned runs over his last two outings covering 15 innings, will head to the Dominican Republic following the game for his mother�s funeral. Adrian Gonzalez is 6-for-18 with two homers against Colon, who is 1-4 with a 6.61 ERA in five career starts against the Dodgers.

Correia is set to make his third start for the Dodgers since being acquired from Minnesota on Aug. 9. The 33-year-old has won his first two outings, including last Tuesday when he allowed four runs over five innings against San Diego. Wright is 13-for-17 with three home runs against Correia, who is 2-5 with a 4.01 ERA in 13 career games (seven starts) against the Mets.

WALK-OFFS:
1. The Dodgers can move a season-high 18 games over .500 with a win in Sunday�s series finale.
2. 1B Lucas Duda has two homers in his last five games for the Mets, who have lost five of their last six.
3. Los Angeles OF Yasiel Puig is expected back in the lineup Sunday after receiving a scheduled day off Saturday.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Granderson, RF
Murphy, 2B
Wright, 3B
Duda, 1B
d'Arnaud, C
Lagares, CF
Tejada, SS
Young, LF
Colon, P

[Guest d'Kong76]

Gordon, 2B
Puig, CF
Gonzalez, 1B
Kemp, RF
Ramirez, SS
Ethier, LF
Turner, 3B
Ellis, C
Correia, P

[Guest themetfairy]

little d homers to tie the score 1-1.

[Guest d'Kong76]

DudaBOOM!!

[Frayed Knot]

Met odds of winning this game just jumped to 19% with Tejada's HR

[Benjamin Grimm]

Why was Wright wremoved? Was he hurt, or is Terry resting him because of the big lead?

[MFS62]

Frayed Knot wrote: Met odds of winning this game just jumped to 19% with Tejada's HR

I quickly hit refresh to see if that was a typo.

Later

[Zvon]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Why was Wright wremoved? Was he hurt, or is Terry resting him because of the big lead?

Also curious. The DooBoo was way outta there. I'll be pretty thrilled if Duda hits 30. That would be sweet. I shouldn't get ahead of myself, but for next season I'm putting him down for 40+.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Why was Wright wremoved? Was he hurt, or is Terry resting him because of the big lead?

Neck spasms. Howie (on air with CJ Nitkowski today) suggested the uncomfortable beds at the Mets' hotel on this trip. Terry as recently as this morning insisted Wright's shoulder was ok.

[Zvon]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Benjamin Grimm wrote: Why was Wright wremoved? Was he hurt, or is Terry resting him because of the big lead? Neck spasms. Howie (on air with CJ Nitkowski today) suggested the uncomfortable beds at the Mets' hotel on this trip. Terry as recently as this morning insisted Wright's shoulder was ok.

Mucho gracias.

Looking at a replay of EYoungs triple. Holy crapoli, it was a grounder through 2nd that went all the way to the wall. Glad it was called a hit but come on, one step to the 2nd basemans right. Was a freakin rocket tho.

[Zvon]

Wow, well I'll be damned. Triple play.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

[bigpurple:r63jrnlf]TRIPLE PLAY!!!!![/bigpurple:r63jrnlf]

[Frayed Knot]

MFS62 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: Met odds of winning this game just jumped to 19% with Tejada's HR I quickly hit refresh to see if that was a typo.

Well if you want to check for typos later on, check on the 6th inning-ending 5-4-3-2 Triple Play

Thank you Yasiel Puig for being such a chowderhead.
I mean, seriously dude? That's a dumb move if you were UP by 5 runs. Down by 5 it's positively moronic.

[Frayed Knot]

A five-run lead was on the verge of becoming 2 or 3 (or worse) just a few minutes ago.
But now, thanks in large part to Puig, it's a seven run lead that's looking a whole lot like it could be nine real soon.

NYM win pct odds just nudged themselves about 60% for this game.

[Edgy MD]

Yasiel Puig is a force of nature. You can flee from it, you can submit to it, or maybe you can try to channel it for brief instants. But it's folly to think you can control it.

Duda going through the 5-6 hole and then d'Arnaud going the other way later in the inning thrills me even more than the homer surge.

[Zvon]

Soupy leather.

[Edgy MD]

First hit since 2008 for Buddy Carlyle.

[Edgy MD]

Speaking of firsts, Miguel Rojas' MLB debut as an outfielder.

[Edgy MD]

EY steals bases and, occasionally, homers.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Nice D by EY

[Zvon]

Wow. EYoung goin all leathery. Thought that was a goner. Didn't think he had a chance to even touch it. Niiiice.

[Guest themetfairy]

We were out to dinner when I saw the triple play - it was the first triple play that I ever saw live!

[Zvon]

DooBooTwo!

[Guest d'Kong76]

That's called a DudaBOOM!!

[Edgy MD]

Does Duda have a brother?

[Guest themetfairy]

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[Zvon]

That made for a nice Sunday evening. What was Gary saying at the end about Murph and a muscle?

26 Homers for The Doo Bird. That's encouraging.

[Edgy MD]

How can Du-wop be having this awesome second half and the rest of the team coming up craps?

He's had good second acts before, hasn't he?