I.G.T 8/8/15 Mets @ Sub Fish 6:10 p.m. Syndergaard day

[ashie62]

Our Flame thrower vs. some guy named Karns.

A 6:10 start.

Noah should have some fun against a team that has not seen him.

LETS GO METS!

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at Tampa Bay
When: 6:10 PM ET, Saturday, August 8, 2015
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
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The rapid development of rookie Noah Syndergaard is a prime reason why the New York Mets are being touted as having the best pitching staff in baseball. Syndergaard looks to win his third straight start and the visiting New York Mets go for their eighth consecutive victory Saturday in the second of a three-game series versus the Tampa Bay Rays.

Although he is coming off a pair of dominating victories, Syndergaard is seeking his first win away from home - he's 0-4 with a 4.34 ERA in seven road starts. Rookie outfielder Michael Conforto, a candidate to return to the minors when Michael Cuddyer comes off the disabled list, doubled home the tying run in the ninth before scoring on Wilmer Flores' single in New York's 4-3 victory. The Rays absorbed their second straight one-run defeat, wasting solo homers by Grady Sizemore, James Loney and Evan Longoria. Tampa Bay dropped to 27-31 at Tropicana Field this season after its fourth loss in a row against the Mets.

TV: 6:10 p.m. ET, WPIX (New York), Sun Sports (Tampa Bay)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Noah Syndergaard (6-5, 2.66 ERA) vs. Rays RH Nathan Karns (6-5, 3.37)

In winning his last two starts, Syndergaard joined Dwight Gooden and Pedro Martinez as the only Met pitchers with consecutive outings of at least eight innings pitched with nine strikeouts and zero walks. He allowed a pair of solo homers to beat Washington last time out and blanked San Diego on three hits in his previous turn. Despite the winless mark away from home, he has permitted four runs combined in his last three road starts.

Karns gave up two runs on three hits over 5 1/3 innings in a no-decision at the Chicago White Sox - the eighth time in nine starts he has yielded two runs or fewer. He won his previous two turns. limiting Detroit to one run and third hits over six innings and blanking Philadelphia on three hits over five innings. The 27-year-old Karns, who has gone beyond six innings once in his last 14 starts is 3-4 with a 3.52 ERA at Tropicana Field.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Syndergaard is the first pitcher in franchise history to not walk a batter in six of his first 15 starts.
2. Longoria extended his hitting streak to seven games.
3. Mets 3B Juan Uribe has homered in back-to-back games and has gone deep three times in the last seven contests.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Jaso, DH
Sizemore, LF
Longoria, 3B
Loney, 1B
Forsythe, 2B
Cabrera, SS
Nava, RF
Kiermaier, CF
Casali, C

[TransMonk]

I'm no expert on the AL...do teams use a DH to lead off all that often?

[Guest d'Kong76]

That caught my eye too, I'd guess it's unusual...

@cgrand3 RF
Murphy 3B
@ynscspds CF
Duda 1B
Uribe DH
@mconforto8 LF
@TdArnaud C
Johnson 2B
Tejada SS

@kcmets #cpftoocool

[Zvon]

CurtBOOM!!

1-0 after one batter.

[Guest themetfairy]

Blink and it's 3-0 Mets!

[Zvon]

....amazin'

It's been like batting practice so far.

3-0 , no outs.

[Guest d'Kong76]

themetfairy wrote: Blink and it's 3-0 Mets!

I left the room to make a salad and phwameroonie!

Edited August 8, 2015 by Guest

[Zvon]

I like how they jumped Karns, who has a rep for shaky first innings. He might settle down and find a groove after the 1st.

Thor takes the mound with a 3 run lead.

[ashie62]

Wow! Keep Conforto. Don't change anything.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Buckle up, the ball is flyin' tonight!

[Zvon]

Ugh, come on Noah! We got u a nice lead!

Freakin' Sizemore again.

3-2 Mets


^old post-didnt notice it was Q'd


This is gonna be one a those games isn't it? Another one of those games.

[Zvon]

Bases full, 2 out, Thor at 33 pitches in the 1st.

3-2 Mets

[ashie62]

'gaard apparently doesn't have much tonight.

He has to pitch better on the road.

[Zvon]

4-3 rays

Gilmartin up in the pen.

Edited August 8, 2015 by Guest

[ashie62]

4-3 Slum Rays.

[Zvon]

Oy. 37 pitches in the first for Noah. Can we get 6 from him?

[Zvon]

They put a shift on for Tejada. Ha!

[Zvon]

CurtBOOM-II

[Guest d'Kong76]

Zvon wrote: Can we get 6 from him?

Be lucky to get 3.

[Zvon]

Four innings for Syndergaard so far.

Cespedes with a lead off single in the 5th.

LETS GO METS!!!

5-4 TBR

[Zvon]

Yoenis on 3rd, 2 out.

Drive him in Conforto!!

[Zvon]

Conforto works hard to draw a walk.

d'Arnaud..

[Zvon]

Gah! Bad pitch Trav.


5-4 HellRays

[Guest themetfairy]

It's a good thing that this game started at 6 because at this rate it's still going to last until midnight....

[Zvon]

I'm surprised TB didnt challenge that play at first. Wasn't watching 100% and I don't think I saw all the replays. No talk about it so I guess there was no question about it.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I thought he was safe, but I guess they thought wasn't worth
wasting the challenge in a close and slow ballgame.

[Ceetar]

only one run. We got this right?

[Zvon]

Ceetar wrote: only one run. We got this right?

Hope so. This game went from exciting to flat. And suddenly we are swinging at shit again and when we're not, they are making good pitches.

I could always take out my shit-list...