IGT 5/3/15 WAS @ NYM: Gee, If You Don't Mind

[G-Fafif]

Must-ish, if not a "must win". Don't let the fourth-place Nationals leave with any kind of head-to-head upper hand.

Gee vs. Fister, speaking of body parts.

[Zvon]

A split would make my Sunday. You're big Gee!

[Benjamin Grimm]

[Guest d'Kong76]

Washington at NY Mets
When: 1:10 PM ET, Sunday, May 3, 2015
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
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The Washington Nationals continue to make themselves feel at home at Citi Field and can send the host New York Mets to a third straight series loss on Sunday, when the National League East rivals wrap up their four-game set. The Nationals handed the Mets their first shutout defeat of the season with a 1-0 victory on Saturday to improve to 16-2 in their last 18 games in New York.

Ian Desmond scored the lone run in Saturday's triumph after breaking an 0-for-29 slump and was among three players with two hits for Washington. The Mets, meanwhile, have dropped six of their last nine since ripping off a franchise record-tying 11-game winning streak. Ace Matt Harvey was responsible for two of the three victories in that span while the third win resulted from a strong outing by Dillon Gee, who will make the start in the series finale. Gee will oppose Doug Fister, who has won all four of his career starts against New York.

TV: 1:10 p.m. ET, MASN (Washington), SNY (New York)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Nationals RH Doug Fister? Ibkh!� (1-1, 3.28 ERA) vs. Mets RH Dillon Gee (0-1, 4.26)

Fister is coming off his second straight sub-par outing, giving up five runs (four earned) on a season-high 10 hits over 5 2/3 innings in a loss at Atlanta. Fister has excelled at keeping the ball in the park for most of his career but has been victimized by three homers in his last two outings. He yielded two earned runs in winning all three starts against the Mets last season, including both turns at Citi Field.

Gee was knocked around for nine runs over 10 2/3 innings in his first two starts of the season but has rebounded with a pair of strong efforts. He limited Miami to one run over 7 2/3 frames last time out after going seven innings and permitting two runs versus Atlanta in his previous turn. Bryce Harper is 7-for-19 with two homers off Gee, who is 8-4 with a 3.69 ERA in 16 career starts against the Nationals.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Harper drew his major league-leading 24th walk to extend his on-base streak to a career-best 18 games.
2. Gee has served up 16 homers in 100 innings versus Washington.
3. Nationals CF Denard Span, who exited the series opener due to abdominal soreness, is expected to return to the lineup Sunday.

[G-Fafif]

Curtis Granderson � RF
Juan Lagares � CF
Lucas Duda � 1B
Michael Cuddyer � LF
Daniel Murphy � 3B
Kevin Plawecki � C
Ruben Tejada � SS
Dilson Herrera � 2B
Dillon Gee � RHP

[G-Fafif]

Denard Span, CF
Yunel Escobar, 3B
Jayson Werth, LF
Bryce Harper, RF
Ryan Zimmerman, 1B
Ian Desmond, SS
Danny Espinosa, 2B
Jose Lobaton, C
Doug Fister, RHP

[Edgy MD]

Falling behind 1-0 after uncharacteristically walking the leadoff batter, then failing twice to turn a potential double play = not part of a winning game plan.

[Edgy MD]

Cuddtheft!!

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Cuddtheft!!

Wow, that was nice.

[Zvon]

Beautiful day for some hitting. I mean, if you want to do that.

[Edgy MD]

Excellent escape act by Geestring (first and third with no outs), but Edgy needs runs.

[Edgy MD]

Gee completes fifth but pulled in the sixthxth with the bags juiced.

[Zvon]

I thought the 1st walk of the 6th was a big red flag.

[Edgy MD]

Pitcher coming up with the bags juiced. Do you try to whiff him or pitch to contact, knowing he's your best hope for a 1-2-3?

[Edgy MD]

Drink up, �lex!

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[Guest themetfairy]

Edgy MD wrote: Drink up, �lex! [fimg=450]http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/34/42/40/7481407/5/628x471.jpg[/fimg]

Word!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Dahnananananah .. HAT-MAN!!!!

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Pitcher coming up with the bags juiced. Do you try to whiff him or pitch to contact, knowing he's your best hope for a 1-2-3?

Alex, I'll take Alex for the K's.



We need the BIG hit little Luke.
Gah. Where are the bats,man.

[Edgy MD]

OK, Murph/Plaweck/Tejad/Herrer coming up. Who's going to get it done and end this madness?

MADNESS!

[Zvon]

Harper makes the catch, yet he still sucks. That's the wonder of baseball.

Plawecki doubles, one out in the 7th. It's now or never....(or the 8th or the 9th)

That one the Nats put up looks awfully lonely.

[Zvon]

cheeeeeze. That was ball 4 Mr.T.
Was a wicked pitch tho

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

That was a terrible turn at the plate for Tejada. I get that Fgiving Flores has earned a few days off but we just don't have the option to be carrying a weak as hitter at ss.

[Zvon]

Maybeery, lead off walk in the 8th.

[Zvon]

That was no swing! Comeon!

[Zvon]

1-0 Wash., Mets on 2nd & 3rd, 2 out. Cuddyer.

It's now or never (or the 9th).

[Zvon]

Well, that was more of a swing than Duda's. Still-rippoff-ump sucks.

[Edgy MD]

Tejadissima due up third this inning. HMMMM...

[Zvon]

1-0 Them, New York up in the 9th. It's now or never.

[Zvon]

During the streak we won a few we shouldn't have. Even after, but the last few we should have won. You get pitching like we have, you gotta win these games or in the long run you will not be a winning team.

[Frayed Knot]

Would have been nice if maybe one or two of the NYM hitters had forced any of the Nats pitchers to actually throw a ball over the plate during those last three innings.