IGT 09/07-NYM @ CIN-Another Day, Another Matinee

[Guest d'Kong76]

RH Noah Syndergaard (12-8, 2.56 ERA) vs. RH Anthony DeSclafani (8-2, 2.93)

[Guest d'Kong76]

Reyes 3B
Cabrera SS
Cespedes LF
Granderson RF
Johnson 2B
De Aza CF
Loney 1B
Rivera C
Syndergaard P

Peraza SS
Suarez 3B
Votto 1B
Duvall LF
Phillips 2B
Schebler RF
Holt CF
Barnhart C
DeSclafani P

[Centerfield]

Surprised to see Cespedes in today. Day game after a night game. Would have loved to get Conforto a start, but all three of those OF's smoked the ball last night.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Pre-Game Kwiz.

As we know, Mets are on a 14-game win streak vs. CIN.

The Reds last beat the Mets nearly two years ago this week.

Name me:

a-the Mets starting + losing pitcher
b-the Mets' big RBI man that day - they scored 1 run
c-the reliever (1 scoreless inning) who it turns out was making his final Mets appearance

[Ceetar]

a. Bartolo Colon
b. Granderson
c. Carlos Torres

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

no, no and no

[Frayed Knot]

I know that Gary gave the other side to the story on the last Cincy win during Tuesday night's game, noting that a bunch of guys no longer with the Reds were the main actors: Johnny Cueto with the win, save to Aroldis Chapman, HRs by Todd Frazier & Chris Heisey.
The really sad part from a Reds viewpoint is that I don't think they got very much in return for dealing away all those guys - although Finnegan and some others may pay off down the road.

[Guest sharpie]

I'll go

a. Zack Wheeler
b. Kirk Nieuwenhuis
c. Daisuke Matsuzaka

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I know that Gary gave the other side to the story on the last Cincy win during Tuesday night's game, noting that a bunch of guys no longer with the Reds were the main actors: Johnny Cueto with the win, save to Aroldis Chapman, HRs by Todd Frazier & Chris Heisey. The really sad part from a Reds viewpoint is that I don't think they got very much in return for dealing away all those guys - although Finnegan and some others may pay off down the road.

Yup, if it helps all 3 Met answers are no longer Mets.

[Guest sharpie]

With your last bit of info, I'll change to:

a. Dillon Gee
b. Kirk Nieuwenhuis
c. Daisuke Matsuzaka

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

We have one-third of a winner:

a-starter + loser was Dillon Gee
Still looking for the RBI man and the reliever making his final Met appearance

[TransMonk]

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First pitch [bigpurple:bhw31rty]KABOOM[/bigpurple:bhw31rty] from Jose.

1-0 good guys.

[Zvon]

my whole day is on delay Never too late to kaBOOM tho. From 2007:

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[Guest d'Kong76]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Still looking for the RBI man and the reliever making his final Met appearance

Does the RBI guy's first name have the same first three letters as Dillon's
and he's now a Red?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

d'Kong76 wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Still looking for the RBI man and the reliever making his final Met appearance Does the RBI guy's first name have the same first three letters as Dillon's and he's now a Red?

Yes!

Now we need the reliever. For me he's one of those guys on the "He was a Met?" team.

[TransMonk]

The Reds are playing some really bad baseball today.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Did you say that before they got caught stealing home with Votto at the plate?

[A Boy Named Seo]

Haven't heard Keith be so crotchety and angsty in a long time. It's hilarious.

[TransMonk]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Did you say that before they got caught stealing home with Votto at the plate?

Yes.

I have to agree with Keith. I can't remember a team playing this badly in a long time.

That said, there are still six innings left to play in this one. Plenty of time for Cincy to make up for their poor play...so let's score 11 runs in the 4th, Metsies!

[Zvon]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Did you say that before they got caught stealing home with Votto at the plate?

I missed this. I'm gonna have to replay the inning.

DeAza is now batting .200+

2-0 Mets

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

TransMonk wrote: John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Did you say that before they got caught stealing home with Votto at the plate? Yes. I have to agree with Keith. I can't remember a team playing this badly in a long time. That said, there are still six innings left to play in this one. Plenty of time for Cincy to make up for their poor play...so let's score 11 runs in the 4th, Metsies!

Reds are sucking but its good all the same to the Mets beating the sucky teams a little more convincingly lately

[Zvon]

Ahh, not a straight steal. lol. Wow, I don't think I've ever seen a team so out of it.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Yeah but this game is giving me bad feels. The Mets are struggling to be up 2-0. They gotta have a big inning and put these turds away.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Good Grandy. The Mets have to lead the majors in solo HR's right? I looked up before the game and they were 4th in all of baseball in homers and 27th in RBIs. Good lawd.

[Zvon]

twitshit:

The Mets have 26 home runs in their last 13 games and 191 on the season.

Curtis Granderson becomes the first Mets outfielder since Carlos Beltran (2006-2008) to hit at least 25 homeruns in two consecutive seasons.

Curtis Granderson now has 5 home runs in his last 24 at bats.

Race is on for Granderson now with 25 HR. Fewest RBI in a 25-HR season belongs to Joc Pederson and Ron Gant with 54. Grandy has 45.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Damn, Jose, just chill at 2nd, bro. Give Grandy a shot at an actual RBI.

[nymr83]

real bonehead play making the last out like that

[A Boy Named Seo]

Wilmer will be there for you.

[Edgy MD]

And Terry somehow moved Grandson to the middle of the lineup at just the right time.

The Mets are Kings of the Pinch Homer, aren't they?

[Frayed Knot]

So between the HBP,
the Reds checking their video guy to check on the HBP,
manager Price going to the umps to talk them into a crew review so it'll be a challenge while not really being a challenge,
the umpires convening to decide whether they want to go to the headphones,
the umps going to the headphones and waiting to hear from headquarters in NYC to decided whether the HBP actually was HBP,
the confirming of the call which led to the Reds changing pitchers (which likely would have happened anyway but, for some reason, wasn't done simultaneously with the review),
and finally the warming up of the new pitcher (who should have be warm already),
... we're looking at, what, maybe seven, eight, Ten?, minutes between pitches thrown?

So, just like it's not the heat but the humidity, it's not necessarily the length of the game but the pace of that length.