I.G.T. 8/19/15 Mets @ Birds Noah build a lead.

[ashie62]

Lets get Noah untracked on the road.

LETS GO METS!

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at Baltimore
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
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The New York Mets look to continue their dominance over the host Baltimore Orioles and complete a sweep of the two-game interleague series Wednesday night at Camden Yards. Curtis Granderson swatted a pair of solo home runs as the Mets eased to a 5-3 victory Tuesday to extend their winning streak against Baltimore to nine games.

New York halted a three-game skid to open its nine-game road trip, surviving a pair of bases-loaded walks in the ninth inning by closer Jeurys Familia. Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy has hit safely in 12 of the last 13 games, including seven multi-hit contests. Catcher Matt Wieters returned to the lineup for the first time since Aug. 11 and collected a pair of hits for the Orioles, who had their four-game winning streak snapped. Baltimore sends Ubaldo Jimenez to the mound to oppose rookie Noah Syndergaard, who is seeking his first victory away from home.

TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), MASN (Baltimore)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Noah Syndergaard (7-6, 3.07 ERA) vs. Orioles RH Ubaldo Jim�nez (9-7, 3.92)

Syndergaard earned the victory by working seven strong innings last time out, permitting three runs on four hits to the Colorado Rockies to boost his home record to 7-1. His road woes continued in his previous turn, when he lasted only four innings and was reached for five runs on eight hits in a loss at Tampa Bay. Syndergaard has surrendered five homers over the last three starts, matching the total allowed in his previous 13 outings.

Jimenez again failed in his bid to put together consecutive strong starts following the All-Star break, giving up four runs on nine hits over five innings in a no-decision against Oakland. He had turned in a magnificent performance in his previous start, blanking the Los Angeles Angels on two hits over eight innings. Jimenez allowed three runs over four innings in a loss to the Mets on May 6, dropping to 2-4 against them in his career.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Granderson set a franchise record with his seventh leadoff homer of the season Tuesday.
2. Orioles SS J.J. Hardy is in a 4-for-37 slump but ended a nine-game RBI drought by drawing a bases-loaded walk.
3. The Mets placed Bobby Parnell on 15-day disabled list and recalled fellow RHP Logan Verrett from Triple-A Las Vegas.

[Edgy MD]

Same section for me tonight, this time accompanied by my fair wife.

I don't know how much of it was me seating near the 7LA, but the park was seriously Metty last night. Lots of mixed marriages, too. All I spoke to agreed that the Yankees are a bunch of turds.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Seemed like 2/3's Met fans even without the BI's.

[Frayed Knot]

I went to one of the first (think it was THE first actually) NYM/Balt inter-league series weekend at Camden a bunch of years back. Two games back to back IIRC.
The locals -- not just at the park but also waitresses, cabbies, hotel folk, etc. -- seemed both surprised and a bit overwhelmed by the number of Met fans in for the weekend but also agreed we were much better "invaders" than were Yanqui fans.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Mets fans don't grunt and snort as much in public places!

[Ceetar]

Frayed Knot wrote: I went to one of the first (think it was THE first actually) NYM/Balt inter-league series weekend at Camden a bunch of years back. Two games back to back IIRC. The locals -- not just at the park but also waitresses, cabbies, hotel folk, etc. -- seemed both surprised and a bit overwhelmed by the number of Met fans in for the weekend but also agreed we were much better "invaders" than were Yanqui fans.

Me too. Think it was two times ago for me when I was there. It was part of a week where the Yankees and Red Sox also visiting and the Mets scored a billion runs and it felt like tons of Mets fans. I imagine CY felt weird for the home team that whole week.

[Edgy MD]

Worth noting is that the Mets are sitting on a nine-game win streak over the Orioles. I think they're 22-9 lifetime over the Birds. That's 26-10 if you count post-season.

You're welcome, Yankees.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Granderson, RF
Murphy, 2B
Cespedes, DH
Duda, 1B
Uribe, 3B
d'Arnaud, C
Conforto, LF
Flores, SS
Lagares, CF

Machado, 3B
Parra, RF
Jones, CF
Davis, 1B
Schoop, 2B
Clevenger, DH
Hardy, SS
Urrutia, LF
Joseph, C

[Edgy MD]

It took two batters today for a KABOOM!

[Lefty Specialist]

Whoa. Nice Houdini act by Noah.

[Guest themetfairy]

Whew!

[Frayed Knot]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Whoa. Nice Houdini act by Noah.

And a good thing he missed that 'kick-save' attempt on that eventual GiDP

[Edgy MD]

Consensus here in section 72 is that first inning got the road monkey off Syndergaard's back.

Ruben, by the way, appears to be getting the series off after whiffing on that DP ball.

[Lefty Specialist]

[Benjamin Grimm]

Nice to see them get one back immediately.

[Lefty Specialist]

Well, fuck.

[Guest themetfairy]

[bigpurple:uouo4rcz]Wilmer!!!!![/bigpurple:uouo4rcz]

[Benjamin Grimm]

Lefty Specialist wrote:

[Ceetar]

hey, I hope the Mets win this one!

[Fman99]

Leadoff knock for Coach Cruddy. C'mon, Wilmer.

[Fman99]

Poop

[Zvon]

I can't watch the bottom innings from here on out.



Oh shit, no need.

Edited August 19, 2015 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

Especially with the day off tomorrow, I think this is definitely a case where Terry is cycling through his relievers too quickly.
No reason why Verrett, Clip-art, and now Robles couldn't have worked a second inning.


And as I'm typing we pay the price.

[Fman99]

Stupid tiny ballpark.

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: Especially with the day off tomorrow, I think this is definitely a case where Terry is cycling through his relievers too quickly. No reason why Verrett, Clip-art, and now Robles couldn't have worked a second inning.

Verrett - 1 inning (3 outs) 6 pitches
Robles - 3 outs, 20 pitches
Clippard - 3 outs, 13 pitches

Really only Robles had a tough inning (and gave up a run).

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: Ruben, by the way, appears to be getting the series off after whiffing on that DP ball.

A pair of bouncers ended up sneaking through the middle that Ruben might have gotten to, one for a double play. Starting Uribe against righties isn't paying off of late.

Got to see one classic Lagares play, but I ended up cutting out before the bottom of the ninth. Long day at work tomorrow. You want to put that loss on me, I understand.

But yeah, the one-inning-reliever thing is murder. Pointless under American League rules, certainly.

[Zvon]

I'd like to thank Mike Viccaro. As the rest of the POST shit on CTorres, Mike pointed out that the W.O.H.R was a F-7 anywhere else.

[Frayed Knot]

On the other hand, so were Murph's & Wilmer's HRs

[Benjamin Grimm]

Edgy MD wrote: But yeah, the one-inning-reliever thing is murder.

It's one of the things I find most irritating about the modern version of the game. I understand limiting Verrett if he's going to start on Sunday, but the other guys should have each gotten more innings. Why burn through your bullpen like that when the game could go into extra innings? And why save Familia for a "save situation" which may mean something in the stats column but means nothing in the standings? I can only think of two statistical rules that affect a manager's decisions. One of them, the rule that a starter needs five innings to get a win, rarely comes into play so it's less irritating. But the save rule has a frequent impact on the game and it's absurd. I want the Mets to hire the manager, whoever he (or she) is who is smart enough to see that.