Better Dead than Red IGT 9/6/14

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Gee draws Johnny Cueto, who kind of reminds me of Mejia. We're about as hot as we've been since early July, and it's almost like it doesn't matter who's going for the bad guys.

Rafael Montero has been recalled for the good guys, just in case.

[Edgy MD]

Las Vegas one game from elimination and they don't give a shit. Send the Mets Montero. We'll still kick ass.

[Edgy MD]

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[*:2oeijpez]Duda, 1b[/*:m:2oeijpez]
[*:2oeijpez]d'Arnaud, c[/*:m:2oeijpez]
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[*:2oeijpez]Herrera, 2b[/*:m:2oeijpez]
[*:2oeijpez]Flores, ss[/*:m:2oeijpez]
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Mesaraco, their top threat right now, gets the DGaaNG off. That "Lutz" is Donald Lutz, not our old buddy Zach or a brother or anything. Donald actually grew up in Germany. So Teutonic Heritage Night is gonna be right up his alley.

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at Cincinnati
When: 4:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 6, 2014
Where: Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati, Ohio
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The New York Mets look to build upon their best offensive output of the season when they continue a three-game series against the Reds in Cincinnati on Saturday. The Mets matched a season high with 18 hits in a 14-5 victory to open the set, hammering five home runs for the first time in nearly eight years. Travis d'Arnaud remained hot with a three-run homer and an RBI single as he improved to 9-for-16 over his last four games.

While New York has averaged 8.7 runs during its three-game winning streak, Cincinnati has given up an average of 8.5 during its four-game slide. The Reds are 15-31 since the All-Star break while falling eight games behind Milwaukee for the second wild card in the National League, one game behind the Mets. New York has won eight of the last 11 meetings on the road.

TV:
4:10 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), FSN Ohio (Cincinnati)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Mets RH Dillon Gee (6-6, 3.81 ERA) vs. Reds RH Johnny Cueto (16-8, 2.26)

Gee has won back-to-back starts, allowing five runs in 12 2/3 innings in the process. He struck out seven - one shy of a season high - in six frames of a win over Philadelphia on Sunday, which gave him consecutive quality starts for the first time since coming off the disabled list in the beginning of July. Gee allowed three runs in a season-high 7 1/3 innings against the Reds at home on April 5, which was just his second all-time meeting with Cincinnati.

Cueto bounced back from a pair of bumpy outings, relative to the rest of his phenomenal campaign, to spin eight solid innings in a win at Pittsburgh on Sunday. He gave up two runs in eight frames, the fourth time in six August starts that he has lasted that long. Cueto yielded two runs and five hits in seven innings with nine strikeouts opposite Gee in April, lowering his ERA in nine career starts versus New York to 4.50.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Mets 3B David Wright is 10-for-23 with seven RBIs in his last five games.
2. Reds 2B Brandon Phillips has two home runs in seven at-bats against Gee.
3. New York SS Wilmer Flores is 10-for-25 with six runs scored during his six-game hitting streak.

[Guest Trachsel My Tears]

Edgy MD wrote: Donald actually grew up in Germany.

German citizen, nicht besser. First one ever to play MLB. Achtung!

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Donald actually grew up in Germany. So Teutonic Heritage Night is gonna be right up his alley.

What color will those uniforms be?

[Guest d'Kong76]

Black, red, and bier colored?

[Benjamin Grimm]

UMDB Facebook Page wrote: The Mets have never played a game where they scored in all nine innings, but they came close last night in Cincinnati, scoring in eight of the nine innings. That was the fourth time in their history that the Mets scored at least one run in eight different innings, and the first time they did so outside of New York City. The previous three times this happened were in a 16-4 win over the Braves at Shea Stadium on July 20, 1985; in an 11-2 win at Yankee Stadium on June 29, 2002, and on September 29, 2007 at Shea, a 13-0 shutout of the Marlins on the second-to-last day of the season. This was a must-win game that briefly revived the Mets' flagging hopes for the 2007 playoffs, which were quickly dashed in the first inning of the following day.

[A Boy Named Seo]

The young bloods are rakin' again today. Would be such a nice problem to have if both Wilmer and Dilson become real weapons with the bat.

[Zvon]

I saw the beginning of the game, and at a point when I really wanted to pay attention, I got company.

Gary had just said he spoke to TC about Herrera playing short, and I really wanted to hear this, but then DING DONG and I'm just getting back to the game now.

Does anyone know what Gary said about the possibility of Dilson playing short?

Still 1-0 us.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Gee, those fireworks are obnoxious.

[Zvon]

Jeeze, I can't leave this team alone for a minute. Tied 1-1.

Ugh, Frazier. Stupid guy hits stupid homer.

[Zvon]

I'll have to play the game back later and catch Gary's comments about Dilson at short. I need to know if that's a possibility. And if not what the reasoning is.

1-1 Mets. We need to knock Cueto outta there. He's at 115 pitches in the 7th.

[Zvon]

Or just let him walk off quietly. Looks like he's done after 7.

This is an important inning. Hold 'em Gee-man.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Granderson flashin' some foul ball D.
Next pitch ... uh oh.

[Zvon]

Oh crapcycles Gee! Wtf? That was a pretty fat pitch.

2-1 Cincinnatians

A pinch hit homer no less. Could net Cueto the win. Unfortunately for him we are slated to win 5 in a row. I already etched it in stone. So how are we going to make a comeback?

[Zvon]

Lets make this inning the lowlight of Jumbo's long and shitty career guyz.

denDekker overpowered.

[Zvon]

Wow. Diaz does the opposite, makes idiots out of Den and Wright who K effortlessly, and then they bring in Chapman for a four out save. Interesting. And bad news.

[Zvon]

Chapman is bringin' it. Gah!
BooBoo Doo!

[Edgy MD]

Jacked up Cubans. The new brand of MLB monsters.

[Edgy MD]

Willing to send Soup up for Granderson to face that guy?

[Guest d'Kong76]

This game must be won. Some way, some how.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Willing to send Soup up for Granderson to face that guy?

That would take balls.

[Edgy MD]

Agreed. Trying to figure out how.

[Edgy MD]

Woot!

Grandy hits the hardest lefty in the league.

[Ceetar]

please don't bunt.

also, remember that offense from yesterday?

[Zvon]

Grandy pokes a single! EYoung in to run and he's gotta take 2nd ASAP.

[Edgy MD]

Wow. 3-0 and Young on second.

[Zvon]

Niiiice. EYoung steals second with no throw. And Dildon walks.

1st & 2nd, 1 out in the 9th.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, man. 2-0 and tying run on third. Let's do this!