IGT 4/18/16 NYM @ PHI: Noah Moon on Monday

[G-Fafif]

Winning streak ahead. Next stop Philly. Thor vs. Eickhoff.

Let's Go Mets!

[batmagadanleadoff]

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[Gwreck]

Have I ever asked why you keep posting that image? If not, why do you keep posting that image?

[batmagadanleadoff]

I only post it close in time to the first game of a Mets series at Philly.

[Zvon]

It has become tradition!

[G-Fafif]

Zvon wrote: It has become tradition!

I like that something attached to a relatively unstoried year in Mets history (not that there weren't stories) lives on in a corner of the Metsian imagination.

[Guest cooby classic]

Goody; maybe I can watch

[Lefty Specialist]

If I were a rich man.......I would go down there and buy tickets. All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at Philadelphia
When: 7:05 PM ET, Monday, April 18, 2016
Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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After dominating the Phillies last season, Noah Syndergaard takes aim at Philadelphia again Monday when his New York Mets visit for the first of three games. Syndergaard not only owned the Phillies in 2015 but has been New York's best starter to this point in the current campaign.

Syndergaard biddy biddy bummed twice against Philadelphia last year, posting a 1.46 ERA with a 15-to-2 strikeout-to-walk ratio in two victories. He has a 0.69 ERA to start this season and will be looking to lead New York to its fourth win in five games following the team's successful weekend series against Cleveland. The Phillies dropped two straight against the Nationals over the weekend before avoiding a sweep with a 3-2 comeback victory on Sunday. Philadelphia will turn to Jerad Eickhoff, who allowed three runs (two earned) in five innings against New York on April 8.

TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), TCN (Philadelphia)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Noah Syndergaard (1-0, 0.69 ERA) vs. Phillies RH Jerad Eickhoff (1-1, 1.50)

Syndergaard's two starts against the Phillies last season were highlighted by a 7 1/3-inning scoreless performance on May 27. Freddy Galvis and Ryan Howard homered against him in 2015, but Odubel Herrera was 0-for-6 and Cesar Hernandez was 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. Syndergaard has begun 2016 by holding Kansas City and Miami to a combined one run in 13 innings with 21 strikeouts and only two walks.

Eickhoff bounced back nicely from his decent start against the Mets by holding the Padres to four hits over seven scoreless innings. He struck out nine without a walk in that performance and continued to shine against right-handed batters, who are 3-for-23 against him this season. New York certainly is getting familiar with Eickhoff, who has made 10 career starts - four against the Mets - and is 1-3 in those outings despite a respectable 2.88 ERA.

WALK-OFFS:
1. The Phillies have scored three runs or fewer in 11 of their 13 games, including seven straight.
2. Philadelphia won two of three at New York from April 8-10 with Jacob deGrom outdueling Eickhoff in the Mets' only victory.
3. Mets OF Michael Conforto went 5-for-12 with three doubles and a home run in the series at Cleveland.

[Ceetar]

Lefty Specialist wrote: If I were a rich man.......I would go down there and buy tickets. All day long I'd biddy biddy bum.

agreed, pick up the daughter from daycare on this nice day, head down to Philly..

instead I'll back up databases.

[G-Fafif]

Team People Like

Grandy RF
David 3B
Conforto LF
Yo CF
Duda 1B
Walker 2B
A Strudel Cabrera, Brought to you by Entemann's SS
Plawecki C
Thor P

[G-Fafif]

Team People Can't Stand

Galvis SS
Herrera CF
Franco 3B
Very Old Ryan Howard 1B
Rupp C
Louche Lough LF
Hernandez 2B
Bourgeois Bourjos RF
Iko Iko Eickhoff RHP

[Edgy MD]

Mets up 1-0 after one and there's like 17 fans in the park.

What a tough time for Philly sports. Professional sports anyhow. Question for your consideration: could Villanova beat the Sixers?

[Guest cooby classic]

Trying to figure out this thread title all day, Duh, cooby

[ashie62]

Thor is a monster.

[Zvon]

Just getting to the game. I saw Wrights boom on fb (alot of his HRs are gonna be just like that-shots to right center) just now. I didn't see the Phils score. How did that steal of third go down? I see double, steals 3rd, and Herrera's RBI single. I guess it don't really matter but was there a chance of getting him @ 3rd?

[Frayed Knot]

Nah, even a perfect throw doesn't get him there.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Nah, even a perfect throw doesn't get him there.

Grrr. I'll have to review later.

I asked Wright for two things for my birthday and they both were home runs. So he's gonna have to hit another tonight. I want more than 2 runs though. So....

[crossout]LETS GO[/crossout] COME ON METS!

[Zvon]

OOO, I like Duda going the other way. Doubles in Cespedes who triBOOMED.

2-1 Mets

[ashie62]

How does Duda not get to third????????????

[Zvon]

7 Ks for Thor in the 6. Howie doesn't know what to tell us. That's a first.

[Guest cooby classic]

In bed, doing a NYTimes crossword, listening online. Couldn't be happier!

[Zvon]

cooby wrote: In bed, doing a NYTimes crossword, listening online. Couldn't be happier!

Niiiice.

Plawecki! There was this tiny little hole in Plawecki and the ball found it.

Gotta get the big guy, big guy.

[Frayed Knot]

Ashie62 wrote: How does Duda not get to third????????????

Because the throw would have been coming from medium LF - not deep RF like with Cespedes.

[Guest cooby classic]

Some horse's ass yelling is annoying me

[Frayed Knot]

cooby wrote: In bed, doing a NYTimes crossword,

Sunday's or Monday's?

[Guest cooby classic]

Actually it's in a collection of Sunday puzzles, like a workbook. Volume 38, 50 NYT Sunday Crosswords

[Guest cooby classic]

cooby wrote: Some horse's ass yelling is annoying me

Hey the announcers noticed him too!

[Zvon]

This Eickhoff guy is quietly pitching a nice game. 9 Ks for him. Of course, this could be the Mets/Koufax Syndrome happening again. That curve ain't all that. He's throwing that too much not to just sit on one.

..Gimme a bat!


Yea, I just heard him. He wanted them to walk Wright,lol.

[Guest cooby classic]

Yep, that's the guy!