IGT 9/21 Bravos @ Los Mets "Get Back"

[Fman99]

Niese vs hard luck Shelby Miller. The Braves are 60-90 and generally suck a great big garbage bag full of dicks these days.

I'm hoping my recent IGT lucky streak can once again kick in here and get this thing moving. Hopefully in the next two weeks the Mets can win four games and the Nats can lose four. That doesn't seem so unreasonable, does it?

[Fman99]

OK, so the Braves actually have won three straight but that's against a bunch of AAA hacks, er, I mean, the Phillies.

[Guest d'Kong76]

GAME: Atlanta Braves (60-90) at New York Mets (84-65)
DATE/TIME: Monday, September 21 - 7:10 PM EST
WHERE: Citi Field, New York City, New York
LINE: N/A TOTAL: N/A
Covers Media Group, Ltd.

The trick for the New York Mets this week will be finding a way to keep the momentum going with three losing teams coming up on the schedule. The Mets, who finished an emotional Subway Series against the New York Yankees on Sunday, will continue the business of wrapping up the National League East when they host the Atlanta Braves in the opener of a three-game series on Monday.

The Mets enter the week six games ahead of second-place Washington with 13 games to play and would like to take care of clinching the division against the likes of Atlanta, Cincinnati and Philadelphia before closing the regular season against the Nationals. The Mets will have to recover quickly after watching the bullpen implode following an early exit by ace Matt Harvey in Sunday night�s 11-2 loss to the Yankees. Atlanta assured itself of another week out of the division basement by taking three straight 2-1 decisions from the Phillies over the weekend. The Braves will try to keep up that run of strong pitching performances behind Shelby Miller, while New York turns to Jon Niese on Monday.

TV: 7:10 p.m. ET, SportSouth (Atlanta), SNY (New York)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Braves RH Shelby Miller (5-15, 3.00 ERA) vs. Mets LH Jon Niese (8-10, 4.31)

Miller can make an easy claim as the unluckiest pitcher in the majors at this point as he leads the league with 15 losses. The 24-year-old Texan is 0-14 with a 3.68 ERA in 22 starts since securing his last win on May 17 and finally appears to be slowing down with 13 earned runs allowed in 14 innings this month. Miller�s lone quality start in September came against the Mets on Sept. 10, when he held the club to three runs in six frames but still suffered a loss.

Niese bounced back from a string of terrible outings by limiting Atlanta to three runs � two earned � and eight hits in six innings without factoring in the decision on Sept. 13. The 28-year-old was rocked for a total of 23 runs in 19 2/3 frames over his previous four outings. Niese is 8-6 with a 3.23 ERA in 21 career starts against the Braves.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Mets OF Yoenis Cespedes is 1-for-19 with seven strikeouts over his last five games.
2. Braves RH Mike Foltynewicz spent the weekend hospitalized due to blood clots in his right arm and is undergoing further evaluation.
3. Atlanta�s next loss will be its 91st, marking the most for the franchise since the 1990 squad went 65-97.

[Lefty Specialist]

Okay, Mets, you have 10 games against softies. This is when you put the hammer down. No more screwing around.

This is a little gut-check for Niese, too. Nats are playing the O's, who won't be complete pushovers. So get 'r done.

[MFS62]

Oh, terrific, relying on Niese to stop a skid.
At least I'll be working, so I won't be able to watch.

Later

[Ceetar]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Okay, Mets, you have 10 games against softies. This is when you put the hammer down. No more screwing around. This is a little gut-check for Niese, too. Nats are playing the O's, who won't be complete pushovers. So get 'r done.

Okay Mets, you have 13 games against softies to get everyone healthy and on track for the playoffs. use it wisely.

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

You know what to do.

[ashie62]

The MFY's are out of the way. Get it done.

[Centerfield]

KILL KILL KILL!

(sounds much better than "Stop fucking around and win some fucking games you assholes."

[Guest themetfairy]

Kill KILL KILL!!!

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

Fman99 wrote: I'm hoping my recent IGT lucky streak can once again kick in here and get this thing moving. Hopefully in the next two weeks the Mets can win four games and the Nats can lose four. That doesn't seem so unreasonable, does it?

I'm hoping you're starting IGTs until at least one day after the Mets' clinch.

[TransMonk]

Lefty Specialist wrote: This is a little gut-check for Niese, too.

Agreed. A lot was made of his last Nationals start being the biggest of his career. I think this one trumps that one as he is needed to stop a little skid against another formidable pitching opponent.

[Guest d'Kong76]

@cgrand3 RF
Murphy 3B
@ynscspds CF
Duda 1B
d�Arnaud C
Johnson 2B
@mconforto8 LF
Flores SS
Niese P

@kcmets #cpftoocool

[Guest d'Kong76]

Bourn RF
Castro 2B
Freeman 1B
Garcia 3B
Pierzynski C
Swisher LF
Maybin CF
Simmons SS
Miller P

[Guest sharpie]

Murphy being punished for his bonehead throw yesterday?

[Edgy MD]

Third basemen got to throw balls too, though.

[Zvon]

You know what to do.

Classic

[Zvon]

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& Kill KILL KILL!

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

You know what to do. Classic

Screenshot from "The Magician's Apprentice." As soon as I saw it I was thinking of the Mets rather than Davros.

[Guest sharpie]

Third basemen got to throw balls too, though.

Wright being punished for his bonehead drop.

[Edgy MD]

That's more my speed.

[ashie62]

Somebody wake Cespedes up.

[Gwreck]

He did have a good-looking double last night.

[Edgy MD]

But enough about Fman.

[TransMonk]

Edgy with the BOC!

[Lefty Specialist]

Q. OK kids, what do we do if Freddie F Freeman is up with a chance to drive in a run?

A.

[Lefty Specialist]

Holy shit, Murph. That's a benchable offense.

[ashie62]

This game is on Muffy. Pull him now.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Remind me again why we call him "Muffy"?

[Edgy MD]

I'm not sure what he was concluding. He clearly knew something good happened, but still seemed to think he was out.