IGT 05/10 - Mets at Phillies

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at Philadelphia
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, May 10, 2015
Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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New York and Philadelphia both have struggled to score runs of late, but the Mets are getting enough pitching to get by. The Phillies will try to be the first to three runs and steal a series win when they host New York for the finale of their three-game set on Sunday.

The Phillies took the opener 3-1 on Friday but could not manage even that meager amount of offense in Saturday�s 3-2 loss. The Mets have scored three runs or fewer in nine of their last 11 games but own five wins in that span thanks to stellar pitching. Juan Lagares, who has been one of the few consistent sources of offense for New York, snapped a three-game hitless streak with a two-run homer on Saturday. The Phillies� offense got an emotional lift when Chase Utley came off the bench and delivered a pinch-hit single on Saturday, lifting his batting average to .109.

TV: 1:35 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), CSN Philadelphia

PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Bartolo Colon (5-1, 2.90 ERA) vs. Phillies RH Chad Billingsley (0-1, 9.00)

Colon bounced back from his first loss by striking out nine and holding the Baltimore Orioles to one run on six hits in 7 2/3 innings on Tuesday. The hefty veteran has not walked a batter since Opening Day - his only free pass on the season to go with 34 strikeouts. Colon went 3-1 with a 3.21 ERA in four starts against Philadelphia last season.

Billingsley made his first major-league start in more than two years at Atlanta on Tuesday after dealing with multiple elbow issues and was rudely welcomed back. The 30-year-old was reached for six runs (five earned) on eight hits and a walk over five innings to absorb the loss. Billingsley has not faced the Mets since May 19, 2009, when he was with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Mets top prospect RHP Noah Syndergaard is with the team and will make his major-league debut against the Cubs in Chicago on Tuesday.
2. Philadelphia 3B Cody Asche has been taking fly balls in the outfield in advance of a position switch to make room for prospect Maikel Franco.
3. New York 1B Lucas Duda is 1-for-18 in his last five games.

[Guest d'Kong76]

@cgrand3 RF
@juanlagares2 CF
Murphy 3B
Duda 1B
Flores SS
Nieuwenhuis LF
@Anthony_Recker C
Tejada 2B
Colon P

@kcmets #cpftoocool

[Guest d'Kong76]

Revere CF
Galvis SS
Utley 2B
Howard 1B
Ruf LF
Sizemore RF
Asche 3B
Rupp C
Billingsley P

[Edgy MD]

It's Pink Chest Protector Day!!

Hey, look, Bartolo has a breaking pitch.

[Edgy MD]

Kirk, man, try bunting. It's the answer.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Kirk, man, try bunting. It's the answer.

Kirk should try the transporter. Maybe his evil twin can hit.

[Edgy MD]

There he goes!

Welcome to the season, Kirk!

[Edgy MD]

All-the-time �lex Torres not finding plate these days.

[Edgy MD]

Man, AT really burning his bridges here.

[Edgy MD]

Way to cover the line, Doo.

I'm... all alone.

[Frayed Knot]

But he survives the inning, however ugly it was.
And he kept the lead which hopefully keeps the Phils two hard-throwers, Giles & Papelbon, safely ensconced in the pen.

[Edgy MD]

A Nieuwie hit and a Recker hit in the same game. Money.

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: A Nieuwie hit and a Recker hit in the same game. Money.

And Mo-nell!

[Frayed Knot]

Monell: Two ABs / involved in two DPs ... but also 2 RBIs so that helps to balance the scales.

[Edgy MD]

Tejada is getting silly.

[Edgy MD]

Gorgeous game you Mothers Day revelers missed here.

[Frayed Knot]

Edgy MD wrote: Gorgeous game you Mothers Day revelers missed here.

Aside from the first six innings taking about 1-1/2 hours and then the next three taking about the same ... but that's nitpicking.

Losing the Harvey start was disappointing but for about a week there we won nothing but Harvey starts so best not to depend on him too much. And it's still 2-of-3 which keeps pace with the surging Nats who were doing to same to the Braves, and at worst the same with the Marlins who are playing their rubber game at SF, and of course put more ground between us and the Braves and Phils.

And now it's a trip away from the Eastern time zone for the first time all season.

[MFS62]

At least the game didn't hinge on an awful call by Angel Hernandez. (Why is that incompetent fool still umpiring in the majors?)

Later

[Edgy MD]

Not a lot of umpires get fired.