IGT - NLDS Game 2 - Mets at Dodgers, 10/10/15, 9:07 PM EDT

[Gwreck]

Let's Go Mets!

[Frayed Knot]

Greinke's going to be tough.
Now if only we had a 6-1/2 foot tall Viking who throws 100 mph to counteract him. Oh wait ... we do!!

[Fman99]

In Gwreck we trust! Keep the postseason IGT mojo going!

[Benjamin Grimm]

Oh, the butcher and the baker and the people on the streets...

[Ceetar]

going prep for this one by day drinking at the vineyards out on the Island. seems appropriate.

or maybe it's my anniversary. one of those. Probably the Mets one.

[ashie62]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Oh, the butcher and the baker and the people on the streets...

This is the joy I feel.

[Guest El Segundo Escupidor]

[Lefty Specialist]

One down, ten to go.

While getting to the postseason is fun, winning in the postseason is funner.

[Centerfield]

I've said all along I'd be happy with a split coming out of LA...



....is what fans say if their team has lost game 1.

KILL KILL KILL!!!!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Greinke's going to be tough. Now if only we had a 6-1/2 foot tall Viking who throws 100 mph to counteract him. Oh wait ... we do!!

Drepa DREPA DREPA!

GAME: New York Mets (91-72) at Los Angeles Dodgers (92-71)
DATE/TIME: Saturday, October 10 - 9:00 PM EST
WHERE: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
LINE: N/A TOTAL: N/A
Playoff Series: Divisional Playoff; NY Mets leads 1-0
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The New York Mets defeated Los Angeles ace Clayton Kershaw in the opener and look to take a 2-0 lead when they visit the Dodgers for Game 2 of their National League Division Series on Saturday. Jacob deGrom was scintillating with 13 strikeouts in seven scoreless innings as New York recorded a 3-1 victory in Game 1.

Los Angeles standout Zack Greinke will look to even the best-of-five series and keep his club from heading to New York on the brink of elimination. The Game 1 defeat reminds the Dodgers of their postseason struggles as they have lost their last eight series in which they've dropped the opening game. Daniel Murphy's solo homer and David Wright's two-run single provided the Mets with the offense they needed on a night in which they recorded just five hits. New York manager Terry Collins, 66, won his postseason debut and sends rookie Noah Syndergaard to the mound against Greinke.

TV: 9:07 p.m. ET, TBS

PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Noah Syndergaard (9-7, 3.24 ERA) vs. Dodgers RH Zack Greinke (19-3, 1.66)

Syndergaard gave the rotation a big boost with his emergence as he held opposing hitters to a .225 average. The 23-year-old was just 2-5 with a 4.23 ERA in 12 road starts, but he went 2-0 with a 2.29 ERA in his last three outings away from home. "To me, it's just all about getting comfortable out there on the mound on the road," Syndergaard said in his press conference. "I feel like in the last couple starts I had on the road, I had a lot of success, lot of comfort."

Greinke posted the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher since Atlanta's Greg Maddux (1.63) in 1995 and it was under 2.00 the entire season. He allowed two or fewer runs in 26 of his 32 starts and is one of three candidates for the NL Cy Young Award - Kershaw and Chicago's Jake Arrieta being the others. "I've probably stopped trying to trick guys as much as I used to," Greinke said, "and try to make my pitches as good as possible."

WALK-OFFS:
1. Dodgers 1B Adrian Gonzalez struck out in all three of his at-bats against deGrom before singling in the club's lone run in the eighth.
2. Mets OF Yoenis Cespedes hasn't homered since Sept. 14 and went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in Game 1.
3. Los Angeles RF Andre Ethier struck out twice in four at-bats in the opener and is 4-for-31 with 11 strikeouts over the last three postseasons.

[ashie62]

Hoping for Conforto in left and Cuddy in the dugout tonight.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm pretty sure that's been the plan.

[TransMonk]

I'm hoping the Dodgers feel the pressure tonight. It may not be an elimination game, but it has to feel like a must-win for them.

Also, ABNS has the mojo. He needs to find a way to get to the Stadium again tonight.

[Guest themetfairy]

Kill KILL KILL!!!

[Gwreck]

You can get a seat at tonight's game on Stubhub for under $50. It might not be a great seat, but still, it's a playoff game.

Compare to Monday, where it'll cost you $350 on StubHub to get in the door, standing room only.

[Piggiestomatoes]

Good guys win tonight and with the Dark Night on the mound, Monday will be bedlam in Gotham.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Ceetar wrote: going prep for this one by day drinking at the vineyards out on the Island. seems appropriate. or maybe it's my anniversary. one of those. Probably the Mets one.

It's my anniversary, too!


Just before we got married 28 years ago, one of my coworkers said, "Why did you pick this month? Whenever the Mets are in the playoffs you'll have issues.

Sadly, it hasn't been an issue too often...

[Lefty Specialist]

Hey, it's my anniversary this year, too!

The tray of baked ziti arrives at 7 PM. Libations are at the ready. The David Wright toys are on display, the blue and orange plates and the Mets tablecloth are laid out. The dozen or so Piazza bobbleheads look on anxiously.

Don't ruin my party, you big hairy Norse god, you. Come with thunder.

[ashie62]

It may be your anniversary but you still have to wait til 9:07 like so rest of us,

so there is that.

MARRY MARRY MARRY

[Guest d'Kong76]

Granderson, RF
Wright, 3B
Murphy, 2B
Cespedes, CF
Duda, 1B
d'Arnaud, C
Conforto, LF
Tejada, SS
Syndergaard, P

[Guest d'Kong76]

Kendrick, 2B
Seager, SS
Gonzalez, 1B
Turner, 3B
Ethier, RF
Crawford, LF
Grandal, C
Hernandez, CF
Greinke, P

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I like the nervous lineup fiddling/sorta-platoon subs, as if it's the order that kept them from touching Dutch Boy last night.

[Elster88]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Hey, it's my anniversary this year, too! The tray of baked ziti arrives at 7 PM. Libations are at the ready. The David Wright toys are on display, the blue and orange plates and the Mets tablecloth are laid out. The dozen or so Piazza bobbleheads look on anxiously. Don't ruin my party, you big hairy Norse god, you. Come with thunder.

Baked ziti?? I'm running a bit late be there soon.

[Zvon]

I had a dream last night. Flores ran into one with the head of his bat, he dropped the barrell right on it full force, and it went so far over the left field pavilion that all the fans in the stadium were crying. There was a close up of Mattingly and he was crying. Justine Turner tried to cover it up, but he was crying. Everyone was crying except Wilmer Flores.

Awwww, he's not in the line-up. Never mind.

kill KILL KILL

[Farmer Ted]

I hat the trolley dodgers. KILL KILL KILL!

[Elster88]

Who is R2-D2's evil cousin there Zvon?

[Zvon]

Elster88 wrote: Who is R2-D2's evil cousin there Zvon?

That's a bad Dalek (there's a little squibbly alien inside that casing) from Doctor Who, which I will have to forgo tonight to witness this postseason game live. The things I do for this team...

[Elster88]

I've been meaning to watch that show on Netflix. Started on the first episode of the "modern era(?)" but that's it so far.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Pedro doing THOR!! THOR!!

[Zvon]

Elster88 wrote: I've been meaning to watch that show on Netflix. Started on the first episode of the "modern era(?)" but that's it so far.

Enjoy. He's a Mets fan....




...I'm guessing.

Edited October 10, 2015 by Guest