IGT 5/28 - Dodgers at Mets

[Frayed Knot]

7:10 PM - or whenever the pre-game hoopla ends. Hopefully the 16'ers will give the visiting 86'ers a good show.

Noah Syndergaard vs the 28 y/o Japanese rookie Kenta Maeda - the only RHP we'll see for a four game span.
Maeda yielded just 1 run combined over his first five starts in MLB, but has allowed 4 runs in four of his most recent five including 3 losses and 2 NDs. Doesn't tend to last too long in games either so we may be testing their bullpen depth again tonight.

[Guest d'Kong76]

LA Dodgers at NY Mets
When: 7:15 PM ET, Saturday, May 28, 2016
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
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New York Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard has dominated the opposition with a blistering fastball, but the Los Angeles Dodgers have every right to be wary of his bat as well. After jolting the Dodgers with a pair of homers two weeks ago, Syndergaard looks to keep them on their heels again on Saturday when the clubs play the second contest of their three-game series at Citi Field.

Right-hander Kenta Maeda, who served up both blasts to Syndergaard in the May 11 tilt, will provide the opposition as Los Angeles attempts to rebound from a heartbreaking 6-5 loss in the series opener. Syndergaard's abilities at the plate notwithstanding, Maeda also needs to keep a keen eye on David Wright as the Mets captain has overcome a pronounced slump to homer in three consecutive contests. Curtis Granderson led off the ninth inning for his second career walk-off blast and Juan Lagares also went deep in Friday's triumph for New York, which has 13 homers en route to winning six of its last seven. Chase Utley's bases-clearing double with two outs in the ninth capped a four-RBI performance, but the Mets nemesis is 0-for-7 in his career versus Syndergaard.

TV: 7:15 p.m. ET, MLB Network, FOX, Sportsnet Los Angeles

PITCHING MATCHUP: Dodgers RH Kenta Maeda (3-3, 3.29 ERA) at Mets RH Noah Syndergaard (5-2, 1.94)

Maeda has struggled mightily over the last month, posting an 0-3 mark after allowing four runs in four of his last five starts. The 28-year-old Japanese star carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning of his last outing before coming undone in a no-decision versus San Diego. Maeda also yielded four runs - including a pair of homers - in just five frames of a 4-3 setback to the Mets.

Syndergaard began his three-game winning streak with a dazzling performance versus the Dodgers on May 11, allowing just two runs in a career high-tying eight strong innings of a 4-3 win. The 23-year-old upped the ante in his next two outings, permitting zero earned runs and striking out 21 without issuing a walk in dominating victories over Washington and Milwaukee. Syndergaard etched his name next to elite company following those two outings, joining Nolan Ryan, Jose Fernandez and Clayton Kershaw as the lone pitchers since 1913 to post consecutive double-digit strikeout games without yielding a walk or an earned run.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Los Angeles CF Joc Pederson, who went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts on Friday, is 1-for-14 (.071) versus New York this season.
2. Mets 2B Neil Walker is 9-for-23 (.391) during his six-game hitting streak.
3. Members of the 1986 World Series champion Mets team will attend a pregame ceremony prior to Saturday's tilt.

[ashie62]

Looking forward to the hoopla and Thor.

[ashie62]

Lenny Dykstra is in the House

[Zvon]

I see Lenny all over twitter and fb lately. Do I want to be opening a line to him? The ultimate loose cannon. Obviously seeking attention, but aren't we all on twitter? Don't know that I'd want him for a "friend", but I would like to show him that portrait drawing of him I did in 1993.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Utley, 2B
Seager, SS
Turner, 3B
Gonzalez, 1B
Thompson, RF
Pederson, CF
Kendrick, LF
Grandal, C
Maeda, P

[Zvon]

Kevin Mitchell: still a rebel.

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[Zvon]

'86 celebration shown here live, I think. Just got there.

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[Zvon]

Wow. Niiiiice.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Granderson, RF
Cabrera, SS
Conforto, LF
Cespedes, CF
Walker, 2B
Campbell, 1B
Kelly, 3B
Rivera, C
Syndergaard, P

[Zvon]

They are doing this up right. I like

I pay tribute to the tribute.

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[batmagadanleadoff]

I can't believe this isn't being televised in NYC. If it is, you need a top secret decoder ring which I ain't got to figure out on which freakin' channel this is on.

[ashie62]

Not televised.

Pissing rain 30 miles from citi

[Zvon]

[Zvon]

Wow, Glenn Close still kicks azz.

[stevejrogers]

Along with Braves pitching coach Roger McDowell, Kevin Elster, Doug Sisk and John Gibbons were the only guys from the World Series player roster not there/represented.

[ashie62]

[Zvon]

Well, that decides it. Lose the stache Lenny. It looks like an old rash.

OOO, L.A. pitcher hit by a liner. YOUUUCH

[Zvon]

Oh, shit, that might have hit him in the pitching hand. I don't even wish that on the enemy.

He's gonna try and pitch.

[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: OOO, L.A. pitcher hit by a liner. YOUUUCH

L.A. Trainer to Maeda: 'Kenta, where did that hit you?'
Kenta: 'Right in my aeda'

[Zvon]

Wow, didn't think there was a chance of him staying in. He will continue.

Cespedes.....

[ashie62]

I thought it hit him in the ass. Casey Weems warming.

[Zvon]

OMG, how could any lefty lay off that slider! Niiiiice.

[Zvon]

Game pic

[Frayed Knot]

You have GOT to be kidding me!!!!

[Zvon]

this is un fuckin believeable fucked up. THEY CANNOT DO THIS!!!!!!

[Zvon]

omg, that ump should be arrested.

Edited May 28, 2016 by Guest

[Zvon]

There is no reason or logic in this. we are in a fuckin pennant race. No one was thrown at yet. He didnt hit him!

This
is
wrong.

[Fman99]

How do you not get a warning first?

[Zvon]

Damn, Thor may as well have cracked him in the cranium. I say fuck this game, next time Utley's up drill him hard in the ribs!

And I wasn't a fan of beaning Chase, but I AM PISSED.