IGT #137 - Phillies at Mets, 8/31/14

[Gwreck]

Phillies:
Ben Revere CF
Jimmy Rollins SS
Chase Utley 2B
Ryan Howard 1B
Grady Sizemore RF
Domonic Brown LF
Wil Nieves C
Cody Asche 3B
AJ Burnett P

[Guest d'Kong76]

Philadelphia at NY Mets
When: 1:10 PM ET, Sunday, August 31, 2014
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
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Coming off perhaps his best start of the season, A.J. Burnett takes aim at the New York Mets - a team that has given him plenty of trouble this season - when the Philadelphia Phillies wrap up their three-game road set on Sunday. Burnett has given up at least five runs in all three of his starts against the Mets in 2014. Among the players who have given him trouble this year are New York catcher Travis d'Arnaud (5-for-9, two homers, five RBIs) and second baseman Daniel Murphy, who has three walks, a single and two doubles in three games against Burnett.

The teams have split the first two games of the weekend series with the Mets winning 4-1 on Friday and dropping a 7-2 decision on Saturday. Ryan Howard drove in three runs in the latter contest, while Marlon Byrd set a career high with his 25th homer. Philadelphia, which has won five of its last six games, will aim to continue its resurgence against New York right-hander Dillon Gee, who has a 6.53 ERA in 13 career appearances (12 starts) against the Phillies.

TV:
1:10 p.m. ET, CSN Philadelphia, SNY (New York)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Phillies RH A.J. Burnett (7-14, 4.30 ERA) vs. Mets RH Dillon Gee (5-6, 3.77)

Burnett is coming off a 3-2 win over Washington in which he struck out a season-high 12 over seven innings, allowing one run and three hits. The 15-year veteran had gone 0-5 with a 7.52 ERA over his previous five outings, including a pair of losses to the Mets. Overall this season, Burnett is 0-2 with an 8.50 ERA and a .320 opponents batting average against New York.

Gee has not been great since the All-Star break, posting a 1-5 record and a 5.29 ERA in eight starts since mid-July. However, his best start of the second half came against Philadelphia - a 2-1 triumph on Aug. 9 in which he yielded one run and three hits over seven frames. Howard has owned Gee throughout his career, going 9-for-23 (.391) with six homers and 14 RBIs against him.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Mets 3B David Wright is just 4-for-31 (.129) with a dozen strikeouts against Burnett.
2. Burnett is one loss away from matching his career high of 15, set with the 2010 Yankees.
3. New York OF Matt den Dekker, who had two hits in Saturday's loss, is aiming to notch multiple hits in back-to-back games for the first time in his two-year career.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Juan Lagares � CF
Matt den Dekker � LF
David Wright � 3B
Lucas Duda � 1B
Wilmer Flores � SS
Kirk Nieuwenhuis � RF
Dilson Herrera � 2B
Anthony Recker � C
Dillon Gee � RHP

[ashie62]

The battle of Philly and Trenton all in one... rain?

[Guest d'Kong76]

What is the Trenton connection?

[Guest d'Kong76]

I apologize to Wright, I thought he'd kill the rally.

[Lefty Specialist]

Is Gee screwing Howard's wife or something? Because, dayum.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Lagares! Again!

[Guest d'Kong76]

ReckerBOOM!

[Gwreck]

Recker has only 5 homers this year, but this was the third consecutive homer with two runners on. Four of his five homers also came with the score tied or the Mets behind.

[Gwreck]

Dillon, you've just been given a three run lead. The Phillies have Freddy freakin Galvis leading off the next inning. You cannot walk him on four pitches.

[Frayed Knot]

Gwreck wrote: Dillon, you've just been given a three run lead. The Phillies have Freddy freakin Galvis leading off the next inning. You cannot walk him on four pitches.

Yeah Dillon, it's Galvis, son ... Fred Galvis, son.

[Frayed Knot]

Good Eveland!

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[Gwreck]

Of course Dillon's leadoff four-pitch walk of the guy hitting .085 results in a run. Nice job by Eveland though, retiring Utley, Howard and Sizemore.

[Guest d'Kong76]

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[Edgy MD]

Really surprised to see the team still getting meaningful outs out of Dana and Buddy.

[Frayed Knot]

Eveland's the last lefty standing out there as he's outlasted Rice, Lannan, and, at least temporarily, Edgin who appears to be at least temporarily unavailable.
Sounds maybe like an early September call-up for Johnny Leathersich.

[Edgy MD]

Groundout 5-3, but it may be the best at-bat I've seen Wright pull off in a month.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Dominic[crossout:2csiqv18]k[/crossout:2csiqv18] dominatin'!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Wilma flashin' the leather!!

[Edgy MD]

Wilmer Flores, today you become a man.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Nieuwey with an almostBOOM and then thieves third!

[Edgy MD]

Wow, has any RBI single ever threaded the needle so delicately?

[Guest d'Kong76]

Pouring here, work fast!

[Edgy MD]

Steal that base, Dilson.

[Frayed Knot]

Ryan Howard and young Dilson standing over there next to each other on 1st look like a bear and its cub.

[Frayed Knot]

Mejia has to earn his keep with this one: Rollins, Utley, Howard, Brown due up.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Wow, has any RBI single ever threaded the needle so delicately?

Yes, or pretty close. Think World Series vs Skanks.

Ugh. He hits Utley.

[Edgy MD]

Triple play time.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Sweet DP, that's a long awkward throw for Dilson.