IGT #6 4/12/15: Braves Aren't Actually Good

[Ceetar]

Mets won't accept a sweep. Colon will save us.

Today's lineup:

@juanlagares2 CF
#DavidWright 3B
Duda 1B
@mcuddy23 LF
@Jmayberryjr44 RF
@Anthony_Recker C
Flores SS
Tejada 2B
Colon P

Braves
EYJ CF
J-Pete 2B
Nick RF
Freddie 1B
AJ C
Gomes LF
Albert 3B
Simba SS
Woody P

[Guest d'Kong76]

Beat me by that much!

[Ceetar]

think the Mets get 86, or 99 wins this season?

[ashie62]

Better days are coming.

[Frayed Knot]

Ceetar wrote: think the Mets get 86, or 99 wins this season?

It's a secret ... and one that's out of your control.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

LGM and stuff.

Predicting Lagares gets a coupla hits and everyone concludes its the spot in batting order that makes the difference.

Also liking that Muffy gets the day off, he's absolutely killing the Mets.

Would like to see Flores get in a few licks today. And Cuddyer. And Recker, sure. Why not.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Most Mets at bats without any RBI's:

1. Doug Saunders - 67
2. Eric Hillman - 65
3. Bartolo Colon - 64
4. Ray Burris - 57
5. Chris Capuano - 56
6. Anthony Young - 55
7T. Bob L. Miller - 50
7T. Charlie Puleo - 50
9. Neil Allen - 49
10. Randy Jones - 44

[Zvon]

CuddBOOM!

2-0 Metsies

[Edgy MD]

Braves tie it up on a rally began by a failed DP that Flores couldn't turn.

On the other hand, he just led off the inning with the sort of double into the gap that seems to be his specialty.

[Edgy MD]

Colon with an RBI chance!

[Edgy MD]

HOLY CRAP!!!

[Zvon]

Colon with the RBI single!

You hear Ronnie?
"He almost became undressed on his way down to first."

3-2 BoFat

[Edgy MD]

Bartolo doesn't wind himself running off the field after the inning either.

[Edgy MD]

W?d is not so g?d, and we sh?d have about six runs by now.

[Edgy MD]

Braves booth waxing eulogiac about the great Jim Beauchamp.

[Zvon]

Ronnie talking about Wrights positioning. I wonder if David could tip pitches doing stuff like that.

Whew. FFF almost goes yard. But his smash goes to where flyballs go to die.

[Edgy MD]

Braves have gotten some low strikes today.

Hey, Michael Cuddyer, save some pine tar for everybody else.

[Edgy MD]

Lead lost again.

The Braves bullpen has yielded no runs in 18 innings this season.

Due.

[Edgy MD]

Bunt two men over to set up Tejada.

Murphy pinch-hitting not for Tejada, but for Colon. And they walk (?!) Tejaddy.

Goin' to the lefty specialist to face Murphy. Like our chances... I think. Who is this guy coming in?

[Edgy MD]

Andrew McKirahan. Big league debut.

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Does Bob Apodaca know you're using his hair?

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: The Braves bullpen has yielded no runs in 18 innings this season.

Mind boggling, isn't it? But this is what makes baseball the great game that it is.

Yea, the intentional walk of Mr T was interesting.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Andrew McKirahan. Big league debut. Does Bob Apodaca know you're using his hair?

Hopefully he re-creates Apodaca's debut.

[Edgy MD]

And the go ahead sac fly breaks the bullpen streak.

[Zvon]

Good nuff job Muffy. After it looked like McKirahan was going to pwn him, Da Murph delivers a sac fly to give the Mets the lead.

4-3

[Edgy MD]

In a better world, Murphy stays in the game at second and Tejada is our new shortstop.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: In a better world, Murphy stays in the game at second and Tejada is our new shortstop.

Or simply a more logical world.

Ugh. FFF up with a man on. Blevins picks off the runner, but he makes it to 2nd due to a little wildness to Blevs pick off throw.

BLEVINS Ks FFF!

[Frayed Knot]

I don't care what MdD does for the rest of this season, that inning makes the Blevins trade already worth it.

[Edgy MD]

Don't Stop B-Levins.

Meanwhile, Duda is suddenly a lefty-killer.

[Edgy MD]

Happy to see Blevins stay in, no matter how this turns out.

[Zvon]

A.J. Pierzynski is built like Foghorn Leghorn.

1 out.