I.G.T. 8/1/15 deFeat the Nats Wash @ Mets deGrom v. Ross

[ashie62]

7:10 p.m.

Break out the lumber Metsies, Jacob has you covered.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Washington at NY Mets
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, August 1, 2015
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
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New York Mets shortstop Wilmer Flores has run the gamut of emotions in a two-day span, crying on the field Wednesday after he thought he had been traded before turning those tears to thunderous cheers 48 hours later. Flores belted a walk-off homer in the 12th inning to cap a 2-1 victory for the Mets, who try to make it two straight wins over the visiting Washington Nationals on Saturday.

"This kid can't ever forget this night," New York manager Terry Collins said of Flores after he cut the first-place Nationals' lead to two games atop the National League East. The Mets made another bold move with the acquisition of power-hitter outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, who is expected to make his New York debut Saturday night. Washington, which dropped to 3-5 on its 10-game road trip, has been limited to one run in four of its last five contests. The Nationals could be in for another rough night at the plate when they face 10-game winner Jacob deGrom, who will be opposed by rookie Joe Ross.

TV: 7:10 p.m. ET, MASN (Washington), SNY (New York)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Nationals RH Joe Ross (2-3, 3.03 ERA) vs. Mets RH Jacob deGrom (10-6, 2.05)

Ross has turned a pair of quality starts since his recall from Triple-A Syracuse but wound up taking the loss in both as the Nationals managed a total of three runs. He gave up three runs and five hits while striking out seven at Pittsburgh last time out after limiting the Mets to two earned runs over 6 1/3 innings in his previous turn. Making his sixth career start, Ross has 34 strikeouts with three walks and one homer allowed.

DeGrom is coming off another superb performance but had to settle for a no-decision despite blanking the Los Angeles Dodgers on two hits over 7 2/3 innings. He beat the Nationals for the first time in three starts this season in his previous turn, giving up two runs on three hits in six innings. The 22-year-old deGrom is 5-2 with a 1.48 ERA while holding teams to a .207 batting average against in 10 starts at Citi Field.

WALK-OFFS:
1. DeGrom has permitted two earned runs or fewer in 11 of his last 12 starts.
2. Nationals RF Bryce Harper was hitless in five at-bats Friday, snapping his eight-game hitting streak.
3. Flores notched his third walk-off hit of the season, tying Toronto's Josh Donaldson and Starlin Castro of the Cubs for the major-league lead.

[metirish]

Can't wait , huge swing for a possible 4 back to 2 back . Love that this is a night game too.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Granderson - CF
Murphy - 3B
Cespedes - LF
Duda - 1B
Flores - 2B
Johnson - RF
d'Arnaud - C
deGrom - RHP
Tejada - SS

[Edgy MD]

Riding the Flores Train for one more day, starting him over Conforto and Nieuwenhuis against the righty.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Rendon 2B
Escobar 3B
Harper RF
Zimmerman 1B
Werth LF
Desmond SS
Ramos C
Taylor CF
Ross RHP

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Who is heading out to make room for Cespedes?

[Edgy MD]

Roster move is being held up a pinched nerve in Kirk Nieuwenhuis' back (likely why we didn't see him yesterday.

He's being treated, and the Mets are considering a DL move.

[Edgy MD]

Jonathan Weissman in the house.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Bad timing for Kirk.

[TransMonk]

Edgy MD wrote: Jonathan Weissman in the house.

Hilarious!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

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[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

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[Lefty Specialist]

Well, that first inning was not optimal, Jacob.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Whatever happened to young Jonathan?

Is he the Jon Weisman writing the Dodger Insider MLBblog? http://dodgers.mlblogs.com/

[Zvon]

These Nat batters really know how to wear down a pitcher. Yesterday making Harvey work so hard every at-bat, today making deGrom throw 42 pitches in the first 2 frames.

[Ceetar]

Zvon wrote: These Nat batters really know how to wear down a pitcher. Yesterday making Harvey work so hard every at-bat, today making deGrom throw 42 pitches in the first 2 frames.

Harvey cruised through 6? with like 4 pitches.

[Zvon]

Ceetar wrote: Zvon wrote: These Nat batters really know how to wear down a pitcher. Yesterday making Harvey work so hard every at-bat, today making deGrom throw 42 pitches in the first 2 frames. Harvey cruised through 6? with like 4 pitches.

I thought he threw a lot. Maybe I'm thinking of that Torres at-bat with the Nat.

Wow, Flores missed one by >< that much.

2-0 Washington.

[Zvon]

The ball is not carrying there tonight.

[metirish]

Looks like a hard nights work for deGROM

[Lefty Specialist]

Cespedes sucks. Fire Sandy.

[Edgy MD]

Light up that apple, suckas.

[Frayed Knot]

I was just about to say that no only were we getting no-hit in the early innings (again!) but that we had racked up all of 6 hits (now 7) over 16 innings in this series.
That's not going to cut it here and we have neither the starter length going our way tonight but our bullpen (at least the good parts) are less rested than theirs.

[metirish]

That was a hell of a shot from Duda, since getting his own IG account(run by Granderson) he's been hot

[Edgy MD]

Got both of the Ross brothers on one homestand.

[Zvon]

That one carried

^ha, I said that after Duda's homer. Didn't notice it was left in the Q.

Grilling up some hot dogs

[Lefty Specialist]

Is it me or are Gary and Keith kind of hard to hear tonight? Someone call the truck and turn up their volume.

[Edgy MD]

deBunt is successful.

Don't like Norman Seabrook's name worked into the conversation so commitedly by Howie.

[Zvon]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Is it me or are Gary and Keith kind of hard to hear tonight? Someone call the truck and turn up their volume.

Might be the crowd noise is louder than usual. Its absorbing the booth.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Is it me or are Gary and Keith kind of hard to hear tonight? Someone call the truck and turn up their volume.

I've had audio issues tonight. I flip to the digital rock station
during commercials and it blows my hair back!