IGT 6/8 Mets @ Pirates Noah v. Taillon.

[ashie62]

Lets get one and hop on an airplane.

LGM

[Vic Sage]

i had Taillon stashed on my fantasy team roster since the start of the season, so of course he's making his major league debut against the Mets! Oh well, at least i know he'll put up some good numbers. Cold comfort for the sweep we're about to endure, I know, but it's what i got.

[Ceetar]

Ashie62 wrote: Lets get one and hop on an airplane. LGM

Long flight to New York to play the Braves tomorrow.

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at Pittsburgh
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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The Pittsburgh Pirates were stuck in a 2-7 slump before a rainout on Monday and a doubleheader on Tuesday changed the momentum entirely. The Pirates have a chance to earn a sweep in the compressed three-game series when they give right-hander Jameson Taillon his major-league debut and welcome the New York Mets for the finale on Wednesday.

Pittsburgh earned twin 3-1 victories in the doubleheader and did just enough on offense to get past Steven Matz and Jacob deGrom while getting solid efforts from the back end of its own rotation � Jon Niese and Juan Nicasio. The Pirates will give Francisco Liriano an extra day of rest on Wednesday and line up the rest of the rotation following the doubleheader by promoting Taillon, who was the No. 2 overall draft pick in 2010 between Bryce Harper and Manny Machado. Taillon will be taking on a New York offense that totaled two runs in its last three games and has dropped seven of its last 10 contests. The Mets managed 10 runs in those seven losses and slugger Yoenis Cespedes went 0-for-7 in the doubleheader while dealing with a hip ailment.

TV: 7:05 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), ROOT (Pittsburgh)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Noah Syndergaard (6-2, 1.91 ERA) vs. Pirates RH Jameson Taillon (NA)

Syndergaard, who went 38th overall to the Toronto Blue Jays in that same 2010 draft, is already well-established in the majors and is quickly becoming the ace of a strong New York staff. The Texas native allowed two runs and struck out nine in seven innings to earn a win at Miami on Friday and has 90 strikeouts in 70 2/3 frames overall this season. Syndergaard made one start against Pittsburgh in his 2015 rookie campaign and allowed four runs � one earned � over six innings in a loss.

Taillon was on a fast track to the majors before Tommy John surgery and a second surgery to repair a hernia robbed him of the 2014 and 2015 campaigns. "I feel like I'm in a position to say I put in the work for it. I wasn't just given this," Taillon told reporters. "It's definitely sweet to be here." The 24-year-old earned his way to the majors by going 4-2 with a 2.04 ERA in 10 starts for Triple-A Indianapolis this season.

WALK-OFFS:
1. The Pirates have won nine straight against the Mets.
2. New York SS Asdrubal Cabrera is 0-for-12 with five strikeouts in the last three games.
3. Pittsburgh LF Starling Marte (ankle) left the first game of Tuesday�s doubleheader and did not play in the nightcap.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Ceetar wrote: Long flight to New York to play the Braves tomorrow.

I think they're going to Milwaukee, and they're not the Braves anymore.

[Guest cooby]

I'm hoping to watch this one bbbyyy


Yeah I've said that three days in a row but Monday it rained and yesterday I had a three year old with me at home

Hopefully tonight the gods will be on my side

[Ceetar]

d'Kong76 wrote: Ceetar wrote: Long flight to New York to play the Braves tomorrow. I think they're going to Milwaukee, and they're not the Braves anymore.

I looked at the wrong week on my calendar.

[Guest themetfairy]

cooby wrote: Hopefully tonight the gods will be on my side

There will be a Norse god on the mound, for starters

[Guest d'Kong76]

Ceetar wrote: I looked at the wrong week on my calendar.

I did a double take myself when checking, just razzin' ya...

[ashie62]

Ceetar wrote: Ashie62 wrote: Lets get one and hop on an airplane. LGM Long flight to New York to play the Braves tomorrow.

Look again bubble boy.

[Guest d'Kong76]

De Aza RF
Conforto LF
Cespedes CF
Walker 2B
Loney 1B
Cabrera SS
Kelly 3B
Rivera C
Syndergaard P

[Edgy MD]

Color me surprised Kelly is in uniform, much less in the lineup.

Much love, Ty!

[Lefty Specialist]

I'm guessing this is Kelly's last chance to do something of significance before he's replaced by, um, Kelly.

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[Edgy MD]

I heard the Mets only got Kelly after he first hustled Tatum O'Neal into going to the Stones concert with him.

[Vic Sage]

d'Kong76 wrote: De Aza RF Conforto LF Cespedes CF Walker 2B Loney 1B Cabrera SS Kelly 3B Rivera C Syndergaard P

now THERE'S a lineup that'll strike fear into the hearts of Mets fans everywhere.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Yeah, we're shaking in our boots!

Jaso 1B
McCutchen CF
Polanco LF
Kang 3B
Harrison 2B
Cervelli C
Joyce RF
Rodriguez SS
Taillon P

[Frayed Knot]

And so it begins:
- the guy who never makes an error makes an error
- the staff who leads the league in fewest walks follows the error with a walk
- Pirate hits, whether hard or soft, are placed where they just elude fielders
- even slow runners steal uncontested
- the NYM pitcher requires 2+ inning's worth of pitches to get through the 1st so as to ensure that 5 or 6 is the maximum tonight
- and Met bats continue their tradition of one -- but no more than one -- hit per inning and if more than one hit does happen then a GiDP is mixed in between so as to cut down on any potential runs created


And, as our history vs the Pirates indicates, 2 runs against is almost enough already to mean we have little chance of winning if the staff shuts them down for the rest of the game

[bmfc1]

Maybe it's the possible sweep talking but my God, the Pirates are annoying:
Shut up Cervelli. Once a MFY, always a MFY. Your team is winning. You suck.
John Jaso just seems like a jerk. That hair, that stance. You suck.
The vendor with the handle-bar mustache who pauses by the screen and watches the game. You suck.
And that terrible organist. Stop playing Hava Naglia every inning. You suck.

Edited June 8, 2016 by Guest

[ashie62]

This is deflating.

[ashie62]

And poof. DP

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: ... and if more than one hit does happen then a GiDP is mixed in between so as to cut down on any potential runs created

We actually tried to hit into TWO GiDPs in that inning but were prevented by a decision not to go to replay as well as by the minor inconvenience of it being not possible.
But if any team can do it ...

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: And that terrible organist. Stop playing Hava Naglia every inning. You suck.

I don't mind organ music, but I noticed last night that they play it there between pitches!!
That, unfortunately, is part of the modern philosophy that us sports fans are so completely ADD that we can't be allowed even five seconds without outside stimulation of some sort. Hockey arenas are the biggest culprit (am I really more entertained by hearing 12 seconds of 'Born to Run' while they line up for a face-off?) and God knows the pyrotechnics going on during NBA & NFL games.
Baseball is just too stupid not to think they have to copy it.

[Edgy MD]

This is going to be a hard play to rule correctly on.

[Edgy MD]

Hey, a double!

Do we hit those?

[Edgy MD]

[Guest themetfairy]

Ty Kelly says, "Wait - Don't send me down!"

[Frayed Knot]

Frayed Knot wrote: ... and if more than one hit does happen then a GiDP is mixed in between so as to cut down on any potential runs created

And now even in an inning with a 2R HR, the runs scored in an inning with a walk plus 2 XBHs is held down due to a GiDP mixed in.
Even when we don't suck we suck.

[Edgy MD]

Not the most graceful of routes from home to second on that double, but well struck, Syndergaard.

[Frayed Knot]

If Syndergaard's hair doesn't cross the plate until three seconds after he does, can the Pirates appeal that he left 3rd too early?

[Guest themetfairy]

Can we leave Neil Walker in Pittsburgh? It's obviousl that he still thinks that he's playing for the Pirates....