IGT 09/12 -- Gnats at Mets

[Guest d'Kong76]

Washington at NY Mets
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, September 12, 2014
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
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The Washington Nationals haven't just made themselves at home at Citi Field - they may as well collect their mail, meet the neighbors and build a white picket fence to boot. Washington vies for its 13th consecutive victory and 27th in 31 visits to Queens when it plays the second contest of its four-game series versus the New York Mets on Friday. Adam LaRoche continued his sizzling stretch by joining Anthony Rendon with a two-run homer as the Nationals cruised to a 6-2 triumph in the opener.

LaRoche is 11-for-28 with five homers, 15 RBIs and eight runs scored in his last eight games for Washington, which has outscored New York by an 80-23 margin at Citi Field since June 30, 2013. The Nationals moved 8 1/2 games ahead of second-place Atlanta in the National League East and reduced their magic number to nine for clinching their second division title in three years. The Mets saw their four-game winning streak come to a halt and reside 6 1/2 games behind Pittsburgh in the race for the second wild card with 17 contests remaining on their schedule.

TV:
7:10 p.m. ET, MASN2 (Washington), SNY (New York)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Nationals LH Gio Gonzalez (8-9, 3.78 ERA) vs. Mets RH Dillon Gee (6-7, 3.74)

Gonzalez won his second straight start after allowing two runs on five hits in six innings of a 3-2 victory over Philadelphia on Sunday. The 28-year-old remained in control of the contest and did not issue a walk for the first time this season. Gonzalez owns a 6-3 career mark versus the Mets but permitted four runs on six hits over as many frames in a 6-1 setback in his last meeting on Aug. 5.

Gee saw his two-start winning streak come to an end after yielding two runs on seven hits in as many innings of a 2-1 setback to Cincinnati on Saturday. The 28-year-old has fared well versus Washington, although he allowed four runs on as many hits over six frames in a 4-1 loss on Aug. 14. Although Gee has dropped six of his last eight decisions, he has worked at least five innings in each of his starts this season.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Washington has belted 31 homers in its last 12 road games versus New York. Conversely, the Mets have six in that span.
2. New York 3B Daniel Murphy suffered a contusion on his left wrist on Thursday. X-rays were negative, but his availability for Friday's contest was unknown.
3. Rendon had three hits on Thursday but is 2-for-20 versus Gee in his career.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Young, LF
Lagares, CF
Campbell, 3B
Duda, 1B
d'Arnaud, C
Granderson, RF
Herrera, 2B
Tejada, SS
Gee, P

[Guest d'Kong76]

Span, CF
Cabrera, 2B
Rendon, 3B
LaRoche, 1B
Desmond, SS
Harper, LF
Ramos, C
Schierholtz, RF
Gonzalez, P

[ashie62]

Flip d'Arnaud and Campbell.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I dunno... d'Arnaud seems to be fine just about where he is, doesn't he?

And Lucky-ass Duda makes three.

[Guest themetfairy]

A lead! An actual lead!

[Frayed Knot]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: And Lucky-ass Duda makes three.

Lucky, yes, but the feet-first slide does have its advantages every now and then.




Maybe Los Mets can beat the Nationals cuz god knows The Mets can't.

[Guest themetfairy]

Some non-alcoholic beer goes to Dilson Herrera for that catch!

[Guest Carnac the Metnificent]

A: Just Tall Enough





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Q: So just how tall is Dilson Herrera?

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I'm going to go out on an outstretched, twisting limb here and conject that the Irish Hammer doesn't quite make that one.

[Frayed Knot]

Gee has faced 17 hitters so far tonight and has retired 8 of them.
He's lucky to have only allowed two runs to this point.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Yeah, that was gone. It'll be amended.

This season, the Gee stands for "gopher."

OE: And there it is.

[Zvon]

If this was Shea that ball would have hit the top of the wall. There is no magic at Citi Field.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Replay rule fails again.

[Zvon]

d'Kong76 wrote: Replay rule fails again.

I don't understand that. How could they "miss it"? Its a freakin video that shows his foot not there yet.

[Frayed Knot]

Desmond's been out at both bases he's stood on this inning.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Yeah, second was less close but he certainly looked out again.

[Zvon]

I like what Ronnie was saying. I'll go further.

Use the replay thing but just let the umps call on it for assistance. Fuck the challenge shit.

Whip up a set of google type glasses that you can view video on, equip the crew chief with it (flip down google glasses?), and he can review any close call in seconds and confirm or reverse.

Boom. Done and done *wipes hands

[Zvon]

Where have I seen this EYoung getting on and scoring business?

Oh yea, in the beginning of the season when we were winning.


He don't sound stupid.

[Guest themetfairy]

I love stranding inherited runners!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

First out Rendon's made tonight, no?

Good Lord, what a Freeman-sized pain he's getting to be.

[Frayed Knot]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: First out Rendon's made tonight, no?

First one this season I believe.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Call me an old fuddy-duddy, but Lord, do I love the Familiar.

[Edgy MD]

I'd like to get re-Familiarized with the two-inning save, myself.

[Edgy MD]

Assuming that first inning works out, of course.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Oh, we're good. (As opposed to that slider, which is naughty.)

[Guest d'Kong76]

When Granderson looks lost at the plate, he looks
like he'll never be found again. Ugly inning.

[Frayed Knot]

Eh, we've got Mejia in against the top of their order ... we don't need any insurance runs.

[Edgy MD]

Contact would have been nice.

Focus, [crossout:v50vt2ag]Hank[/crossout:v50vt2ag] Jank.

[Edgy MD]

Is Josh Edgy up? Because I'm not thrilled about this game coming down to Mejia vs. LaRoche.