IGT - Mets @ Nats - Game #146 - 9/14/16

[Frayed Knot]

Gsellman vs Tanner Roark. Remember that it's a 4:05 start, last weekday day game of the year.

Same matchup as eleven days ago. Mets won that one 3-1 with Gsellman giving up just 1 run over 6, Roark 2 runs over 5.
Chance for the second straight series win vs these dudes even if none of it involved Strasburg or Scherzer (not that I saw them facing Harvey or deGrom either).

t'would be nice if we could make Muffy go hitless for [u:22lyywhe]ONE[/u:22lyywhe] game this season, something we haven't been able to do for the first 18.

[Frayed Knot]

Also lots of daytime scoreboard watching this afternoon.

Cubs - Cards gets going at 1:45 EDT

Padres vs Giants at 3:45

Dodgers @ Yanx at 4:05

[Lefty Specialist]

What's amazing is that depending on how things go, at the end of the day they could be the first wild card, second wild card, or on the outside looking in.

Meaningful Gseptember baseball.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Another crack at 10 over! Win and I'm ALL IN.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Lefty Specialist wrote: What's amazing is that depending on how things go, at the end of the day they could be the first wild card, second wild card, or on the outside looking in.

at the end of the day they could be the first wild card, [crossout]second wild card, or on the outside looking in[/crossout]
There, second and third option eliminated!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Reyes 3B
Cabrera SS
Cespedes LF
Granderson CF
Bruce RF
T.J. Rivera 2B
Loney 1B
R. Rivera C
Gsellman P

[Lefty Specialist]

Rene getting the day game after the night game. Interesting.

[ashie62]

Mr. Mojo Risin!

[Guest d'Kong76]

Turner CF
Werth LF
Murphy 2B
Harper RF
Rendon 3B
Ramos C
Zimmerman 1B
Espinosa SS
Roark P

[Frayed Knot]

^ Must be nice to write the same lineup in day after day after day. We're Met fans, we don't know what that's like.
^
^
^

Rene getting the day game after the night game. Interesting.

Meanwhile, Kevin Plawecki was recalled nearly two weeks ago but you'd never know it because he's yet to have even as much as a pinch-hit appearance much less a start.
Not that I'm suggesting he should be getting a start anytime soon, but it's quite a reversal from early in the season when he was starter 1A and Rivera was Rene Who?

[Guest d'Kong76]

We can't really complain, Gnats were pretty banged up last year.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Bruce, bases jammed with one out. K's looking. Thanks.

[Guest d'Kong76]

They leave the bases loaded. The funny thing is if like just 3-4 of
these situations over the course of the season went well the Mets
would be sitting pretty wild card wise...

[Lefty Specialist]

Boy, I wonder what's taking Jay Bruce so long to arrive from Cincinnati. Plane trouble? Maternity leave? Bad maps from AAA? Stuck in the back of one of those Uber self-driving cars in Pittsburgh, doing endless circles in the PNC parking lot?

Hope he gets here soon. 'Cuz it's more like Lenny Bruce these days.

[Guest themetfairy]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Boy, I wonder what's taking Jay Bruce so long to arrive from Cincinnati. Plane trouble? Maternity leave? Bad maps from AAA? Stuck in the back of one of those Uber self-driving cars in Pittsburgh, doing endless circles in the PNC parking lot? Hope he gets here soon. 'Cuz it's more like Lenny Bruce these days.

He's definitely playing like he's not alive at the present time!

[Edgy MD]

Got a hit that inning, though.

T.J., meanwhile, must've been listening to Roxy Music last night, because he's doing the Strand.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Moiph hurtin' us with the DP leather...

[Zvon]

That's all for Gsellman. GJ kid.

0-0 Mets, bottom 6, one on, two out.

Smoker.

[Frayed Knot]

Right move IMO pulling Gsellman here with Murph and Harper coming up.
Now let's see if it works out.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I forgot I paused before, I need to catch up.

[Edgy MD]

Intentionally walking the Murph to get to Harper?

Collect your million dollars if you predicted before this season seeing that ever happening.

[Edgy MD]

Smoly crap.

Way to go, Smokey.

[Frayed Knot]

Seven baserunners allowed over 5-2/3 for Gsellman but none scored largely thanks to three being erased via DP, 1 GiDP plus the two K/CS type.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Why not let Gs'man walk Moiph? Bring in Smoker and his first duty is IBB? Weird.

[Edgy MD]

Who gets to do the intentional walk has long been a curiosity to me. Maybe the idea is to help Smokes get four more warmup pitches.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Edgy MD wrote: Intentionally walking the Murph to get to Harper? Collect your million dollars if you predicted before this season seeing that ever happening.

A topsy-turvy world we live in. And 1000% the right call!

[Guest d'Kong76]

It worked!

[Zvon]

[Zvon]

I stepped off.


So what's I miss?

[Zvon]

whoa, something going on here