IGT 06/14 - Pirates at Mets - Home Cookin' (l)

[Guest d'Kong76]

Probables: Juan Nicasio (5-5, 5.34) vs. Jacob deGrom (3-2, 2.80)

[Fman99]

Off days blow.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Especially after a disappointing series, hopefully a day off in their
own beds will be just what the doctor ordered.

[ashie62]

Hope so, we have quite a few ailing bodies.

I see Neil Walker and the phrase back issues and cringe.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Pittsburgh at NY Mets
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, June 14, 2016
Where: Citi Field, New York City, New York
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The Pittsburgh Pirates have not won a game since opening last week with a doubleheader sweep of the New York Mets at home. The Pirates will try to end their five-game slide when they begin a tough six-game road trip with the first of three against the Mets on Tuesday.

Pittsburgh began a stretch of six straight series against teams with winning records by losing three in a row at home to the St. Louis Cardinals over the weekend and will travel to face the major league-leading Chicago Cubs starting on Friday before heading home to host a pair of National League West contenders -- Los Angeles and San Francisco. The Pirates are surrendering an average of 7.8 runs during the five-game losing streak and managed only seven runs of their own over the weekend against St. Louis. The Mets wrapped up a 5-5 road trip with a pair of losses at Milwaukee and share Pittsburgh�s trouble scoring runs. Injuries to regulars David Wright and Lucas Duda are creating constant change in the middle of the lineup, and recent acquisitions Kelly Johnson and James Loney were occupying the Nos. 4 and 5 spots in the order in Sunday's 5-3 loss.

TV: 7:10 p.m. ET, ROOT (Pittsburgh), SNY (New York)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Pirates RH Juan Nicasio (5-5, 5.34 ERA) vs. Mets RH Jacob deGrom (3-2, 2.80)

Nicasio is the most likely candidate to get the ball on Tuesday but the Pittsburgh rotation is in a bit of a holding pattern with ace Gerrit Cole dealing with tightness in his triceps. The 29-year-old Dominican came on in relief in the 12th inning on Friday against the Cardinals and was ripped for six runs in the single frame to suffer the loss. Nicasio made his last start against the Mets on June 7 and earned the win by allowing one run on three hits while striking out seven in five innings.

DeGrom went up against Nicasio in that June 7 meeting and absorbed the loss despite yielding only three runs in six innings while striking out nine. The Stetson product recorded 19 strikeouts in 13 innings over his last two outings while walking two. DeGrom has yet to earn a win against the Pirates in his career, owning a 0-1 mark with a 2.33 ERA in three chances.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Mets manager Terry Collins did not make the trip back with the team on Sunday and remained hospitalized in Milwaukee after feeling ill prior to the series finale.
2. Pittsburgh LF Starling Marte is 8-for-16 over his last four games to lift his batting average to .332.
3. Mets LF Michael Conforto (wrist) was limited to pinch hitting on Sunday and will be further examined in New York.

[Guest cooby]

Sat down to watch this last night. Obviously I got my dates wrong, or did not read Fman's comment closely

[Guest d'Kong76]

DE AZA LF
CABRERA SS
GRANDERSON RF
CESPEDES CF
JOHNSON 2B
FLORES 3B
LONEY 1B
PLAWECKI C
deGROM P

[TransMonk]

The Pirates have shuffled the decks by putting Cole on the DL.

Jameson Taillon will be on the hill for Pittsburgh tonight. His only other ML start came last week via the Mets (Ty Kelly took him deep).

The Pirates have TBA scheduled to pitch for both Wed and Thurs nights.

[Benjamin Grimm]

The Pirates' starter's last name reminds me of an adjective that can be used to describe shrimp.

[Frayed Knot]

d'Kong76 wrote: DE AZA LF CABRERA SS GRANDERSON RF CESPEDES CF JOHNSON 2B FLORES 3B LONEY 1B PLAWECKI C deGROM P

So other than no Wright, no Duda, no Lagares, no Conforto, no d'Arnaud, and no Walker, we've pretty much got our 'A' lineup out there tonight. LGM!!

[ashie62]

Pretty much. That made me laugh.

[Guest d'Kong76]

JASO 1B
McCUTCHEN CF
POLANCO RF
MARTE LF
KANG 3B
HARRISON 2B
MERCER SS
STEWART C
TAILLON P

[Guest themetfairy]

Kelly Johnson's walk up music is Money For Nothing?

Doesn't bode well....

[Edgy MD]

Remember, Mets pitchers and defense, just do everything perfectly until the other team trips over itself and gifts you a run or two. STRATEGY!

[Edgy MD]

So much for that strategy.

#TheKangShow

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Getting a bad feeling about this game.

[ashie62]

No home cookin tonight.

We bite it.

[Frayed Knot]

At this point you're not even thinking of tying or winning the game as much as you are just not being embarrassed.

[Lefty Specialist]

Wonder what John Mayberry Jr. is doing these days.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Grandy!

[Frayed Knot]

I suppose one of those grounders had to find a hole eventually.
Second ball that got out of the infield so far tonight.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Thank you, Curtis.

[Frayed Knot]

Aaaaaand, that didn't take long.

[Frayed Knot]

Grounder - Grounder - Grounder
That inning was better, but not really.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Oh those GIDP's...

[Edgy MD]

Flurgh.

Bats. We needs the bats.

[Frayed Knot]

Well, the odds of getting two runs tonight were sitting at about 4%.
The odds of getting at least four in the remaining two innings is too low to calculate.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

I think the Henderson experiment might be coming to an end soon.

[Frayed Knot]

That's our new strategy: hit a ball too shitty to be turned into a DP.

[Frayed Knot]

The only real question with Conforto was a three-pitch K or a four.