Friday the 13th IGT: Mets @ Rockies 5/13/16

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

8:40 pm start. Strong possibility Harvey will need intravenous fluids prior to the game since the thin air can exacerbate effects of four consecutive nights of drinking in Hollywood bars.

LGM, YGB, YYYBBB

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at Colorado
When: 8:40 PM ET, Friday, May 13, 2016
Where: Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
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Matt Harvey has dominated the Colorado Rockies in three career starts, but he's never faced them at Coors Field. Harvey gets his first opportunity to pitch in the mile-high altitude when the New York Mets open a three-game series at Colorado on Friday.

Harvey is 2-0 with a 0.39 ERA in 23 innings against Colorado, allowing just 11 hits and two walks while recording 19 strikeouts. Facing the Rockies at home has been a good thing for opposing teams as Colorado is just 5-10 at Coors Field and lost seven straight home contests prior to Wednesday's 8-7 victory over Arizona. Nolan Arenado has belted seven shots at home for the Rockies and leads the majors with 13 homers. New York is 4-4 during its 11-game road trip and has been blanked twice on the trek, including a 3-0 setback against Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday.

TV: 8:40 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), ROOT (Colorado)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Matt Harvey (3-4, 4.50 ERA) vs. Rockies RH Jon Gray (0-1, 5.40)

Harvey has won three of his last four starts but hasn't located the form that saw him go 13-8 with a 2.71 ERA last season. He struck out a season-best 10 batters over six innings in his last outing, when he gave up two runs and four hits in six frames against San Diego. Harvey has shut down Colorado's Charlie Blackmon (1-for-10) and DJ LeMahieu (1-for-8).

Gray is winless in 13 major-league starts but is coming off a superb outing in which he allowed just one hit over seven scoreless innings while receiving a no-decision versus San Francisco. He has struggled at Coors Field, going 0-1 with a 9.20 ERA in seven career outings. Gray has posted a 9.39 ERA in two no-decisions against New York and has struggled versus Yoenis Cespedes (2-for-5, one homer, four RBIs).

WALK-OFFS:
1. Mets 2B Neil Walker is 1-for-26 over his last nine games.
2. Colorado LF Gerardo Parra has gone 14-for-33 in his last eight contests.
3. New York placed INF Wilmer Flores (hamstring) on the 15-day disabled list and recalled LHP Sean Gilmartin, who pitched three scoreless innings on Thursday, from Triple-A Las Vegas.

[TransMonk]

Harvey showed improvement in his last start...I'm looking for even more tonight. This is his last tune-up before facing WAS next week.

[ashie62]

LGM Destroy Colorocky Harveydude.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

[Guest d'Kong76]

Blackmon, CF
Story, SS
Gonzalez, RF
Arenado, 3B
Parra, LF
Reynolds, 1B
LeMahieu, 2B
Wolters, C
Gray, P

[soupcan]

In all my years of scoring games I never once thought to write righties and lefties with different color inks.

It's like a whole new world has been opened up for me.

[soupcan]

2-0 Good Guys on a Plawecki 2 out double in the 2nd.

[Zvon]

I hear tell Harvey is dealing.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Confortoboot!

[Zvon]

Lead off single in the fourth. Their 4th hit. 93mph?

Ha, twitter is funny.

OUCH! Conforto with the flub.
2-1 Mets

[soupcan]

2-2. Thanks Conforto.

[Zvon]

Shit. Should I go out and come back in?

2-2 Mets

[Zvon]

Good report by Gelbs. *salute.

And then Ronnie outsmarts him. ha

[Guest cooby classic]

Zvon wrote: I hear tell Harvey is dealing.

Huh?

[Zvon]

cooby wrote: Zvon wrote: I hear tell Harvey is dealing. Huh?

As in throwing a great game. Which he isn't. Not a bad game tho. I just tuned in.

[Ceetar]

cooby wrote: Zvon wrote: I hear tell Harvey is dealing. Huh?

he begged out of the start and is playing cards with Bobby Bonilla in the dugout.

[Guest cooby classic]

LOL

[Zvon]

Ceetar wrote: cooby wrote: Zvon wrote: I hear tell Harvey is dealing. Huh? he begged out of the start and is playing cards with Bobby Bonilla in the dugout.

He's also providing the spleef for dugout celebrations.

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[Zvon]

Ugh, the Mets, the team to play against when you've never had a hit.

[Zvon]

So that's Trevor Story. I heard tell about him. Hat him.

[Frayed Knot]

This game could get out of hand in a hurry.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

cmon Harv. Strap one on.

[Zvon]

Cabrera is so solid at short. Niiiiice play. He's kinda like Buddy in that he looks like he has instantly choreographed the play in his head as soon as the ball is hit and then does his dance.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Zvon wrote: Cabrera is so solid at short.

I have to go look, but I probably have some goat poop to eat from
what I posted in the Cabrera soothsayin' thread.

[Frayed Knot]

Nationals just won - as did the Phils earlier.

[Fman99]

C'mon, Harv.

[Zvon]

I didn't expect Cabrera to be anything but adequate.

Damn. Two decent throws too.

4-2 Flintstones

[Edgy MD]

Ronnie: "I played against Barry Bonds his first year, and I tell ya, he was one of the best players in the league as soon as he arrived."

Not quite, Ron.

[Centerfield]

Someone give Harvey roids so we can rest him for 80 games.