IGT #52: Mets at Padres, 6/1/15

[Gwreck]

First of a seven-game road trip. San Diego and Arizona are sub-.500 clubs, they play sub-.500 at home, and I don't want to hear any of the stupid self-fulfilling prophecies about how hard it is to win during west-coast road trips. Mets need to go ?5-2 on this stretch.

[ashie62]

Pissing rain here but I am sure San Diego is perfect.

[Gwreck]

The Padres had a rain delay in May. It was their fifth...

...in the history of Petco Park (which opened in 2004).

[Lefty Specialist]

Looks like it'll be sunny.

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at San Diego
When: 10:10 PM ET, Monday, June 1, 2015
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
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The New York Mets kick off a seven-game road trip Monday when they visit the San Diego Padres for the opener of a three-game series. New York has not fared well away from home this season, winning only seven of its 22 road contests.

The Mets have lost seven consecutive games as the visitors, including three at Pittsburgh from May 22-24 in which they scored a total of four runs. New York avoided being swept by Miami at home on Sunday as Ruben Tejada's RBI double in the seventh inning snapped a 3-3 tie and made Bartolo Colon the first eight-game winner in the National League. San Diego earned a split of its four-game home set versus Pittsburgh with a 7-1 triumph on Sunday as Will Middlebrooks homered and drove in three runs while former Pirate Clint Barmes went 3-for-4 with an RBI. Andrew Cashner hopes his team can duplicate the offensive output Monday as the Padres have scored fewer than two runs in five of his last seven starts.

TV: 10:10 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), FSN San Diego

PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Jacob deGrom (5-4, 2.71 ERA) vs. Padres RH Andrew Cashner (2-7, 3.00)

DeGrom delivered his third straight strong performance Tuesday but came away empty-handed, settling for a no-decision against Philadelphia despite allowing only two runs in 7 1/3 innings while striking out nine. It marked the seventh time in 10 starts this season the 26-year-old reigning NL Rookie of the Year yielded fewer than three runs. DeGrom - who never has faced San Diego - has struggled on the road this year, going 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA in three outings.

Cashner snapped his six-start winless streak Wednesday, allowing three runs and eight hits over seven innings at the Los Angeles Angels. The 28-year-old pitched well during his drought, surrendering more than three earned runs only once while working at least six frames each time. Cashner has posted an 0-1 record and 4.26 ERA in six career appearances (one start) versus New York.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Tejada has hit well since being moved to third base, going 5-for-12 with four RBIs in three starts at the position.
2. San Diego RHP Josh Johnson, who underwent Tommy John surgery in April 2014, played long toss on Sunday but is not yet scheduled to begin a rehab assignment.
3. New York OF Michael Cuddyer is 4-for-14 with a double, a homer and three RBIs versus Cashner.

[Centerfield]

WE ARE GOING TO GO 44-0 IN JUNE.

[Fman99]

Ugh, stupid 10 PM starting times. I'm in a coma by the 4th inning.

I am not a great fan of the unbalanced schedule -- I mean, I don't need to see 19 Marlins games every year -- but the biggest benefit to it is the minimal amount of PST games that are on too late for me.

[Edgy MD]

Tonight is also Nohan Night.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I can't stay up on weekdays any more to catch these late ones.
DVR set for Mets Fast Forward at 6am on SNY is best for me.

[Ceetar]

The Mets righthander has not allowed an extra-base hit in his last 25.1 innings...DeGrom has 20 strikeouts over his last two starts.

Mets are 229-234 against the Padres. can get to .500 this season with some good work.

STRIKEOUTS: DeGrom�s 207 strikeouts are the third-most for a Mets pitcher after their first 32 games...Dwight Gooden (282) and Matt Harvey (242) are the only pitchers in team history with more strikeouts through their first 32 games...

[ashie62]

When I was younger I used to consider these late night games a kind of "treat". Now, its' a struggle with the toothpicks in my eyes.

[Frayed Knot]

And way back in the day, these west coast games were at 11:00 PM.
Of course there were only two WC teams for a while ('62-'68) and then three ('69-'92) although, unlike today, you made two trips to each (usually all three teams in one trip).

Now we have the MDT Rockies, the DBacks starting in '97 who are technically are in Mountain time but effectively PT since they don't do DST in Arizona, plus the occasional interleague games in OAK, SEA, or ANA

[ashie62]

I did have a transistor radio under the pillow for that sixties 24 inning game against Don Wilson and the Astros I believe.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Venable CF
Spangenberg 2B
Upton LF
Kemp RF
Solarte 1B
Middlebrooks 3B
Barmes SS
Hedges C
Cashner P

[Edgy MD]

Steve Gelbs reporting Duda will be out of the lineup.

[Guest d'Kong76]

@cgrand3 RF
Tejada 3B
Murphy 2B
@mcuddy23 1B
Flores SS
Ceciliani LF
@juanlagares2 CF
@kplawecki26 C
@JdeGrom19 P

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Edgy MD wrote: Steve Gelbs reporting Duda will be out of the lineup.

FU, Gelbs.

[TransMonk]

Per Rubin: Duda has "right knee stiffness after getting hit by a pitch Sunday."

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

The Mets need to go on a winning streak, but I think CF may have eaten some bad mushrooms or something.

[Guest d'Kong76]

TransMonk wrote: Per Rubin: Duda has "right knee stiffness after getting hit by a pitch Sunday."

Nothing like a 5-6 hours on a plane for that.

[Edgy MD]

We've got baseball.

[Edgy MD]

Ruben Tejada, gentlemen.

Nice "Shut up!" for Marc Carig.

[Edgy MD]

An early attack has been a rare thing. I think I like.

[Fman99]

Mets strike first against the "wet mullet."

[Edgy MD]

Murphy passing on two (hardly anything like certain) chances to take an extra base this trip around the diamond.

[Edgy MD]

BUT HE TOOK THE EXTRA BASE THAT TIME!!

[nymr83]

Everbody hustling there!

[Ceetar]

Edgy MD wrote: Murphy passing on two (hardly anything like certain) chances to take an extra base this trip around the diamond.

but takes the extra one when it matters.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Matt Harvey is so not the best pitcher on the Mets.

[Edgy MD]

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