IGT 08/27 -- Braves at Mets

[Guest d'Kong76]

Atlanta at NY Mets
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
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The Atlanta Braves look to crawl their way out of another offensive funk when they continue a three-game series at the New York Mets on Wednesday. The Braves managed eight hits but hit into four double plays in a 3-2 loss in Tuesday's series opener for their third straight setback, falling 1 1/2 games behind San Francisco in the race for the second wild-card spot in the National League. They have managed five runs during the slide after averaging nearly six per game during a recent 7-1 surge.

Justin Upton remains the constant for up-and-down Atlanta, going 3-for-3 with an RBI double in Tuesday's loss. He is hitting .316 since the start of July and has 24 RBIs in his last 20 games, including 12 in his last seven contests. The Mets won Tuesday without the services of third baseman David Wright (shoulder) and second baseman Daniel Murphy (calf) due to injuries.

TV:
7:10 p.m. ET, SportSouth (Atlanta), PIX11 (New York)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Braves RH Julio Teheran (12-9, 2.96 ERA) vs. Mets RH Zack Wheeler (9-8, 3.48)

Teheran has rebounded from a personal three-game losing streak to win consecutive starts, including a victory at Cincinnati on Thursday in which he spun six scoreless innings. He has lasted at least six innings in each of his last four road starts since surrendering five runs and a career-high 11 hits in only 3 1/3 frames at the Mets on July 8. Excluding that rocky outing, the 23-year-old has a 1.50 ERA in his other three career outings at New York.

Wheeler gave up four runs (two earned) in 5 2/3 innings at Oakland on Wednesday, snapping a string of nine straight starts in which he had lasted at least six innings. He has yielded only 28 hits in 38 1/3 innings over his last six appearances. The Georgia native has surrendered eight runs on 18 hits and eight walks in 17 1/3 innings spread over three starts against Atlanta this season.

WALK-OFFS:
1. The Mets have won five of the last six meetings at home.
2. Braves 1B Freddie Freeman had at least one walk and at least one strikeout in nine straight games before recording neither in the series opener.
3. New York 1B Lucas Duda is 4-for-11 with a home run, a double and two walks versus Teheran.

[Edgy MD]

Wheeler taking down Teheran would be sweet. It'd be like that time that Mike Pelfrey outdueled Cole Hamels, and the Mets and Pelfrey went on to a five-year run as the class of the division while the Phillies and Hamels faded in denial and dysfunction.

That totally happened, right?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I feel like the Mets have handled the Braves pretty well this year, and just looking at our games it's hard to understand why their overall results are so much better. Unless its, they make fewer dumb-ass game-losing execution errors than us in the rest of their contests.

[G-Fafif]

Curtis Granderson � RF
Juan Lagares � CF
Lucas Duda � 1B
Travis d�Arnaud � C
Eric Campbell � 3B
Matt den Dekker � LF
Wilmer Flores � 2B
Ruben Tejada � SS
Zack Wheeler � RHP

As Travis d'Arnaud becomes Mike Piazza in full.

[Edgy MD]

That's some weird, wild stuff right there.

[Edgy MD]

Daniel Murphy (calf), David Wright (neck/shoulder), Vic Black (neck) and Josh Edgin (elbow), all questionable.

Mets may be working with a 21-man roster tonight.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

What is a Phil Gosselin, exactly? I don't much like it, whatever it is.

[Frayed Knot]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: What is a Phil Gosselin, exactly? I don't much like it, whatever it is.

Isn't he the guy with the attention-whore wife and like eight kids?

[Guest d'Kong76]

Edgy MD wrote: Daniel Murphy (calf), David Wright (neck/shoulder), Vic Black (neck) and Josh Edgin (elbow), all questionable.

Guess the front office couldn't keep Wright on any longer
to control attendance and concessions!

[Zvon]

Wheeler to start the 7th. 106 pitches. Drumroll please as he goes to complete 8.

[Edgy MD]

Hey, Wheels completes eight.

Let's get them runzzz back!

[Zvon]

7 complete for Zack.


3-1, not the Mets-7th.

[Edgy MD]

Seemed like a good pitch that Campbell just hit.

See what we can do in the late innings with a Nieuwenhuis/Young/Recker bench.

[Edgy MD]

Tejada get to swing this inning? Got to let him, right?

[Edgy MD]

Blurb.

[Edgy MD]

Now, the double switch that makes sense, if they are going to go for a double switch, would be to put EY at second in the leadoff spot, and the pitcher in the eight-hole. Flores to short.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Tejada get to swing this inning? Got to let him, right?

Prefaced by that story from Gary how could you not? Yep, blurb.

[Edgy MD]

My name is Curtis Granderson and I'm your tying run.

[Edgy MD]

My name is Juan Lagares and I'm your go-ahead run.

[Zvon]

Ha. Grandy walks. Walden cheats.


LETS GO METS!!!

[Frayed Knot]

Fuckin' A we're not bunting!

[Edgy MD]

Let's Go, Mets!![/bigpurple]

Glugh! Double play.

[Zvon]

Ugh. Doodle play.


OMG. uhggggggggggwhataplay

[Edgy MD]

I hate Andrelton Simmons' backhand.

Hate it.

HATE IT!!

[Guest d'Kong76]

He fuckin' Jeter'd us, only it was a great play!

[Zvon]

Damn. And d' can move a bit. Didn't think there was any way he'd get him.

Edited August 27, 2014 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Glugh! Double play.

Shoulda bunted (only kidding)

[Edgy MD]

Back atcha, Andrelton.

[Zvon]

Laggariffic!

[Edgy MD]

That weird arm pose. Kimbrell, cut that out!