IGT - Phils @ Mets - Aug 28 - Game #130

[bmfc1]

Robles has been shit lately so of course use him with the bases loaded. Terry is a fucking idiot. Use Reed or anyone else.

[Edgy MD]

The thing is the Phils have played a pretty bad game, but the Mets, suddenly without their big bats ... again ... find themselves again behind the eight ball.

But, hey, Phillies bullpen coming.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Oooops, time to stretch...
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[ashie62]

What a mess. It looks like an exhibition football game but longer.

We need/needed this one.

THEY CAN'T LOSE TO THE PHILLIES.

[Edgy MD]

Do more bunting. That was fun.

[ashie62]

The Phillies are really really bad.

[metirish]

First game I am seeing in over a week,come on #Mets

[Guest d'Kong76]

[Guest d'Kong76]

Put the lettuce in the dumpster with the books!

[Guest cooby]

The game I am watching is 1-1. I was expecting a blowout when I read this before I tuned in

[Frayed Knot]

They blew some chances early, but then again the Phils might have blown even more.


I was thinking of proactively pulling Gsellman after six innings even though he was sailing at that point, and probably would have had advocated for it ahead of time if Robles and, to a lesser extent, Reed been their pre-August selves.
BMFC wanted to fire Terry when he did bring in Robles; two days ago CF wanted him fired for NOT bringing him in. Sometimes you just can't win.
Of course it the rules of baseball allowed managers to bring in closers in the 7th inning if that's where the biggest fire occurs then maybe TC would have been able to go to a different choice.

But the bottom line is they totaled one walk today despite a ton of full counts plus a whopping seven hits, all of them singles and most of them in the early innings.
Can't win 'em all but they've put themselves in a position where they have to win most and, going into Miami then Washington with unproven pitchers and Jose Fernandez starting off, this would have been a nice one to have.


Pitt won, SF is winning, Dodgers in a scoreless tie mid-game.
Wash, Miami, & StL lost so the day isn't a total disaster.

[bmfc1]

Frayed Knot wrote: I was thinking of proactively pulling Gsellman after six innings even though he was sailing at that point....

If d'Arnaud gets on, Cespedes pinch-hits and Gsellman never starts the 7th.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Frayed Knot wrote: But the bottom line is they totaled one walk today despite a ton of full counts

It was like a dozen full counts, the booth mentioned that late... a dozen?
That struck me as odd at the time but didn't post.

[Guest cooby]

I've been watching a replay haven't I? Damn Phillies making me look like an idiot in front of my friends

[ashie62]

bmfc1 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I was thinking of proactively pulling Gsellman after six innings even though he was sailing at that point.... If d'Arnaud gets on, Cespedes pinch-hits and Gsellman never starts the 7th.

I was thinking the exact same thing.

[Frayed Knot]

bmfc1 wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I was thinking of proactively pulling Gsellman after six innings even though he was sailing at that point.... If d'Arnaud gets on, Cespedes pinch-hits and Gsellman never starts the 7th.

Yup. But even after d'Arnaud ended the inning I was thisclose to calling for him to not start the 7th anyway - and had the bench not been short today and Robles not been lost at sea lately I would have.
I don't normally advocate for pulling a guy pitching well in favor of one who may or may not have his good stuff that day but in this case -- between being Gs's first ML start, pitch count getting up there, third time through the lineup, etc. -- I thought giving him the 7th was tempting fate.

[Edgy MD]

And if not, well, you might be tempted to immediately pull him after the first hit, or the second, rather than the third.

Granderson was chasing a lot of balls out there in the seventh inning.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Benjamin Grimm]