IGT 4/10/15 at Atlanta, Game #4

[Frayed Knot]

Nice to break the HR-drought and am grateful for them tying up the game ... but innings with 5 hits including 2 HRs plus a walk should yield more than 3 runs.
Muffy's GiDP was certainly ill-timed.

[Edgy MD]

Marlins lost an 8-1 lead and are now tied with the Rays at home, 8-8.

Why yes, I am scoreboard watching by game four. Why do you ask?

[Fman99]

That's a good time for Niese to have a 1-2-3, right after the bats even things up.

[Fman99]

Wilmer's a mess out there in the field.

[Guest d'Kong76]

IGT comes to a crashing halt... 3-3, middle of seven.

[Edgy MD]

There's that damn tomahawk song.

[Fman99]

That's some nice lefty-lefty work by, uh, that dude, to get Markakis and [crossout:qgbdhnj5]Private Pyle[/crossout:qgbdhnj5] Freeman there.

[Gwreck]

Nice Mets debut for Gilmartin.

[Theoldmole]

That strikeout pitch by Montero was wicked.

[Edgy MD]

My naked eye said it dropped below the knee, but Gameday agrees with the ump. Steeerike three.

[Edgy MD]

Was guessing they'd pinch-hit Duda if Wright got on, but nope.

[Edgy MD]

Kyle Johnson's right about Chris Johnson being right about Jim Johnson being good.

[Fman99]

Ugh

[Edgy MD]

Out of the base path.

[Gwreck]

Going to Need a strikeout here.

[Fman99]

That's a nice job to get Maybin there.

[Gwreck]

Very nice, Rafael. One more.

[Fman99]

Dang.

[Frayed Knot]

Montego threw real well that whole inning - not just on the ABs that turned out well. He deserved better right up to that last pitch.
Bad defense all night, even where there weren't errors.

[Gwreck]

Gary called it a "shocking mental error" by David.

Going to need another homer from you, David.

[Frayed Knot]

Now we just need a 2-run comeback off of Kimbrel ... oh wait!!

[Gwreck]

Riiiiiiight. About 200% more optimistic than I would have been the last few years.

[Frayed Knot]

Gwreck wrote: Gary called it a "shocking mental error" by David.

Could probably say the same thing about Lagares's dive too. You hate to suggest that he curb his aggressiveness but he really never got all that close to that ball and by diving wound up turning it into a double.
And how did Wright not get an error charged on that earlier play? And then of course there's Wilmer's night.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Sloppy game. Muffy seeing a bunch of pitches here that is a good sign.

[Gwreck]

I guess you use Duda to hit for Flores now?

[Fman99]

Poop

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

well, we deserved that

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

The Wright misplay: your Acme Fulcrum Turning Point of the Day.

[ashie62]

Glad I missed this.

[Edgy MD]

As much as I loved putting Maybone in for Duda, a real opportunity was lost not starting Tejada, which would have done exactly what Terry speculated it would have, gotten a better glove in there for Niese, who pitches to groundouts. Alternatively, it could have gotten a right-handed bat in there for Murphy. Or it could have possibly done both, if Tejada starts at short and Flores at second.

As it is, this game certainly can give fuel to the doubters. I'd hate to see Flores have his Melvin Mora game in April, leading fans to lose confidence in him before the home opener.