9/21/14 IGT - NYM @ ATL - The Drive for Five (Hundred) Cont.

[Frayed Knot]

Your [u:2c5fwv4f]3rd place[/u:2c5fwv4f] New York Mets take on the 1.5 games in front of them Atlanta Braves at 1:35 EDT
deGrom vs Ervin Santana

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at Atlanta
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, September 21, 2014
Where: Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia
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Jacob deGrom has two starts left to state his case for National League Rookie of the Year, but the right-hander will be hard-pressed to top his last effort when his New York Mets visit the Atlanta Braves on Sunday. The 26-year-old deGrom struck out the first eight hitters he faced � tying Jim Deshaies� modern day major-league record set in 1986 � in racking up 13 strikeouts against Miami on Monday, and he aims to lead the Mets to a three-game sweep of the fading Braves. Atlanta lost for the seventh time in eight games Saturday, falling 4-2 to remain seven games out of the final NL wild-card spot with only eight games remaining.

The Braves are limping to the finish in more ways than one, as right fielder Jason Heyward missed his second consecutive game Saturday with a bruised left thumb and starter Mike Minor exited after just one inning with left shoulder discomfort. Atlanta has scored 13 runs in its past eight games and has been shut out in 64 of its past 73 innings. New York hopes rookie Dilson Herrera can play after he strained his right quadriceps in the sixth inning Saturday.

TV:
1:35 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), FSN South (Atlanta)

PITCHING MATCHUP:
Mets RH Jacob deGrom (8-6, 2.68 ERA) vs. Braves RH Ervin Santana (14-9, 3.74)

In the last 14 games, deGrom has been dominant while going 8-2 with a 1.93 ERA and he recorded 11-plus strikeouts three times in his first 21 career starts. One of those 11-strikeout efforts came against the Braves at home on July 8 with deGrom getting the victory by tossing seven shutout innings. The Florida native did not allow an earned run in three consecutive starts, a streak that ended when he gave up three against Miami while receiving a no-decision Monday.

Santana has lost his past two starts but deserved a far better fate Monday against Washington after allowing only two runs on three hits in six innings. He went 6-0 in a seven-start stretch from July 18-Aug. 18, but is 1-3 with a no-decision in his past five outings. Santana is 2-1 in three starts against the Mets this season with a 2.05 ERA, only four walks and 17 strikeouts in 22 innings.

WALK-OFFS:
1. New York INF Wilmer Flores is batting .393 during his seven-game hitting streak.
2. The Braves are 4-13 in September, and any combination of Pittsburgh victories and Atlanta losses equaling two eliminates the Braves from the wild-card race.
3. New York closer Jenrry Mejia is 27-for-30 in save opportunities.

[Frayed Knot]

d'Kong76 wrote: 2. The Braves are 4-13 in September, and any combination of Pittsburgh victories and Atlanta losses equaling two eliminates the Braves from the wild-card race.

2-10 over their last 12 games, and have managed to score in just 13 of the 108 innings over that time (24 runs total) while putting up 'a bagel' in the other 95.
So far in this series they've scored in just 1 of the 18 innings in which they've batted (scoring twice in Saturday night's 8th inning).
Talk about your 'Noffense'

[Guest d'Kong76]

[u:35d57d9l]ATL[/u:35d57d9l]
Bonifacio, RF
Gosselin, 2B
Freeman, 1B
Upton, LF
Johnson, 3B
Simmons, SS
Bethancourt, C
Upton, CF
Santana, P
[u:35d57d9l]NYM[/u:35d57d9l]
den Dekker, LF
Flores, 2B
Murphy, 3B
Duda, 1B
Granderson, RF
Nieuwenhuis, CF
Recker, C
Tejada, SS
deGrom, P

[Zvon]

All the players I want to see are going down one by one. I suppose that Herrera ending strong with a HR can be seen as a good thing.

Newy's in.Yay!

denD Doubles and scores on Murphs ground out.

1-0 deGroms.

[Edgy MD]

deGrom off to the races in the first again.

[ashie62]

I've gotten my wish seeing d'Arnaud bat third and am still hoping Flores gets that chance once.

[Lefty Specialist]

Jeez, deGrom was just toying with them that inning.

[Zvon]

deGrom K's the side in the first. Boooooring.

Ha, I kid. This is wacky stuff.

[Zvon]

Newy, did you really need to be wearing sunglasses at the plate?

[Edgy MD]

Keep throwing like that, BJ.

[ashie62]

We have a few, like, really good starting pitchers.

[Edgy MD]

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[nymr83]

Attention Giants fans: your team sucks, you should watch deGrom instead.

[Edgy MD]

Braves announcers being COCKS toward statistical analysis.

Making sweeping judgements toward the "sabermetric society." Using shitty terms like "those people."

[Edgy MD]

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[nymr83]

Edgy MD wrote: Braves announcers being COCKS toward statistical analysis. Making sweeping judgements toward the "sabermetric society." Using shitty terms like "those people."

They'd just bitter about the Braves sucking lately

[Zvon]

WOW!! one of my cards!!!! WOOT!

[Edgy MD]

This guy is a revelation to watch.

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[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: Keep throwing like that, BJ.

Bless you, BJ.

And BLESS YOU, RUBEN!!

[bmfc1]

"Bless you, BJ"... religion/porn crossover?

[Guest d'Kong76]

4-0 was a pleasant halftime surprise, as is now 5-0!

[Zvon]

Shit. I had to step off and make some calls. Missed that half.

Did Newy have his sunglasses on at the plate with that double?

Some small ball and T homers? We've been doing the small ball well lately.

5-0 MeGroms

[Frayed Knot]

5 runs & 5 hits, but only one of those runs was scored via a hit -- Tejada's HR obviously.
Other than that, two came in via Sac Flys, one on an RBI groundout, and one a Wild Pitch
Beats the hell out of all those games with lots of hits but also lots of runners stranded.

[Zvon]

This was the card they used during the '69 playoff talk, and that was a trip to see.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Zvon wrote: Missed that half.

I meant of the Giants game lol.

[Zvon]

Offensively, we suddenly we have a well oiled machine.

[Frayed Knot]

Oh well, no no-no.

[Frayed Knot]

THAT's an error (on MdD) but not the ones on Murphy or Bonifacio earlier this series?!?!?!?

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: THAT's an error (on MdD) but not the ones on Murphy or Bonifacio earlier this series?!?!?!?

That was a bad bounce on denD. No fair. But the T error is big & real.