IGT 6/26/15 CIN @ NYM: Greet, The Mets

[Guest d'Kong76]

And in case anyone didn't know, The Steve Miller Band will be
playing after Saturday's game.

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[Ceetar]

d'Kong76 wrote: And in case anyone didn't know, The Steve Miller Band will be playing after Saturday's game. This message brought to you by Kars4Kids.

never heard of them.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ceetar wrote: And in case anyone didn't know, The Steve Miller Band will be playing after Saturday's game. This message brought to you by Kars4Kids. never heard of them.

Sing along with me:

I'm Matt Ginter
Dyer Miller
I'm a Foster
And I'm a Staiger
I play Met baseball in the sun
I'm a Bogar
Jorge Toca
I'm Tobi Stoner
I sure don't want to hurt no one

[Edgy MD]

Big ol' Jeff D'Amico
Don't pitch Todd Helton away-ay
Oh-oh-oh Big ol' Jeff D'Amico
Because there goes your ERA!

[Fman99]

I bet they play "Take the Money and Run" and the Wilpons get all pissy about it.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Dan Heep up, just one run down
You know they're winnin'
Ground and pound
'Round and 'round, 'round he goes
When he scores, ol' Shea explodes

Cincinnati at NY Mets
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, June 26, 2015
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
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The New York Mets will try to erase the memory of a disastrous road trip when they kick off a three-game series against the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Friday night. The Mets managed to snap a seven-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory at Milwaukee on Thursday, but were outscored 31-11 on their eight-game trek.

No team has a great discrepancy between its home and away records than New York, which is 15 games above .500 (26-11) at Citi Field and 15 games below (11-26) on the road. Rookie Noah Syndergaard is set to make his ninth career start for the Mets, who are expected to promote prospect Steven Matz on Friday and go to a six-man rotation. Cincinnati opened its six-game road trip by banging out 43 hits in winning two of three in Pittsburgh, capping the series in dramatic fashion on Brandon Phillips' tiebreaking homer in the 13th inning. Third baseman Todd Frazier has hit safely in four straight games and has six homers and 13 RBIs in his last eight contests.

TV: 7:10 p.m. ET, FSN Ohio (Cincinnati), SNY (New York)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Reds RH Johnny Cueto (4-4, 2.98 ERA) vs. Mets RH Noah Syndergaard (2-4, 4.03)

Cueto skipped his last start due to elbow stiffness and will pitch for the first time since June 17, when he gave up three runs over 5 1/3 innings in a no-decision versus Detroit. Cueto, who also missed a turn late last month with the same ailment, is 1-1 over his last six starts while allowing 13 earned runs. Cueto is 3-3 with a 4.12 ERA lifetime versus the Mets, but held them to three earned runs in two starts last season.

Syndergaard lasted only four innings and was charged with four runs (three earned) on six hits in a 6-4 setback at Atlanta on Saturday that stretched his winless drought to four starts. The 22-year-old Texan was overpowering in his previous turn, striking out 11 while yielding one run and two hits over six innings in a no-decision versus Toronto. He has been much better at home with a 2-1 mark and 2.13 ERA in four starts.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Reds 2B Phillips has hit safely in all 29 career road games against the Mets.
2. Mets RF Curtis Granderson has homered three times during a five-game hitting streak.
3. Reds RF Jay Bruce is 14-for-31 with three homers and nine RBIs in his last eight games.

[Lefty Specialist]

I met you in Yaphank, Long Island
You thought you had known me before
I gave you Doug Flynn and Dan Norman
They waited all night by your door
You probably wouldn't remember
I probably couldn't forget
Forty-One gave no hits in a Redlegs game
Couldn�t do that with the Mets

Forty-One! That Red uniform!
It's making me crazy! (Crazy!)
Forty-One! That Red uniform!
It's making me crazy! (Crazy!)

[Edgy MD]

I bet they play "Take the Money and Run" and the Wilpons get all pissy about it.

Here's a story 'bout Jos� Reyes 'n' Dae-Sung Koo
Dae-Sung dug in and-and Randy Johnson threw
It was a tough time for his batting debut
He slugged the first pitch and he just fuckin' flew

Randy Johnson, a former D-Back and Astro
Signed with the Yankees to reveal his inner asshole
Jos� bunted, because of Willie's manifesto
Dae-Sung scored the funniest run

Dae-Sung scored the funniest run!
Dae-Sung scored the funniest run!
Koo! Koo-Koo!
Dae-Sung scored the funniest run!
Dae-Sung scored the funniest run!

Miguel Cairo seemed to have come here to hex us
I thought he still slept with his... Yankee exes
But he batted next and hit one halfway to Texas
I laughed so hard that I hurt my solar plexus

But Dae-Sung scored the funniest run!
Dae-Sung scored the funniest run!
Koo! Koo-Koo!
Dae-Sung scored the funniest run!
Dae-Sung scored the funniest run!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Mr. Koo inspires the best art.

[ashie62]

I believe the Mets had to pay some decent money to get Steve Miller. I'm guessing 50K?

[Guest d'Kong76]

@cgrand3 RF
Tejada 3B
Duda 1B
@mcuddy23 LF
Flores SS
@juanlagares2 CF
@kplawecki26 C
@Noahsyndergaard P
@Dilson_H 2B

@kcmets #cpftoocool

[Guest d'Kong76]

Phillips 2B
Votto 1B
Frazier 3B
Bruce RF
Pe�a C
Suarez SS
Dominguez LF
Cueto P
Hamilton CF

[Lefty Specialist]

Ashie62 wrote: I believe the Mets had to pay some decent money to get Steve Miller. I'm guessing 50K?

Can he hit?

[Edgy MD]

Double moment of silence expected tonight, for Nelson Doubleday and Darryl Hamilton.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Maybe for Hamilton, the other is sadly doubted.

[Guest d'Kong76]

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[bigpurple:1v6nkfu5]Hello Mr. Granderbooomm![/bigpurple:1v6nkfu5]

[Zvon]

That's the way to start a ballgame

[Zvon]

Thor's gonna have to work not to give that run right back.
2 on, no out in the 2nd.

[Edgy MD]

Gotta drop Granderson to the middle of the lineup, man.

[Edgy MD]

Strange that Syndergaard didn't pick that up off the bat.

[Zvon]

gah. 1-1 Mets

[Zvon]

Youch. U hear that road trip stat?

[Edgy MD]

I always liked that the Reds had the biggest font on the back for the players' names. Nothing like that now. Can't even see a letter of Cueto's name.

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[Zvon]

Votto's a good guy. He knew the ump blew that strike call so next pitch he swung at shit.

[Edgy MD]

Let a guy steal without looking and then not realize you just got the third out. Syndergaard is haven't some attention issues today.

Keith, on the other hand, is back out on the make with his old dark mustache.

[Guest d'Kong76]

ROSE 14 � �

[ashie62]

BOC.

[Zvon]

Edgy MD wrote: Keith, on the other hand, is back out on the make with his old dark mustache.

He washed away all the gray. On his head too. Looks strange now. He looked okay goin' gray. Distinguished. Now he looks like "Throwback Keith".

[Lefty Specialist]

Well, looks like they've scored their run for the day and are ready to go back to sleep.

[Zvon]

We have got to make a real muppett of Gelbs and do a comedy skit.