IGT 5/15/17 Mets @ Dbags: Just Deserts

[Fman99]

Zack Wheeler vs Zack Godfrey, and a 9:40 PM start, which means, you know, get a nap in today. Gonna be a late one.

[Frayed Knot]

At least it's not like games regularly last 3-1/2 hours or more these days ... oh wait, that's exactly what they do.
7 of the 17 games played yesterday (two DH's) ran north of 3-1/2 including two that were 4-plus (one needed 10 innings). By contrast only 5 of the 17 clocked in at under 3 hours.

IOW, we could be in for some late ones over the next two nights.

[ashie62]

Double Zacks pitching.

[Fman99]

I'll be happy to get to the 4th or 5th inning today. I am working from home so I will at least be getting a 1-2 PM nap in. That'll help a smidge.

[Frayed Knot]

Fman99 wrote: I'll be happy to get to the 4th or 5th inning today.

Funny, that's what the Mets' starters usually say

[Edgy MD]

Wheeler has emerged, to me as The Most Important MetTM.

[Lefty Specialist]

Not gonna watch until they win.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I know what you mean. I'm kinda glad for the late start because it means I'll be less tempted to tune in.

[TransMonk]

Yesterday's game was the first one I've missed this year and it was by choice. I'm tempted to say I am out until they win, too...but the Mets are kind of like a drug for me. Even though I know it could lead to continued disappointment, I imagine that I'll still tune in.

[Lefty Specialist]

Wasn't going to watch yesterday either but after gardening I came in to see them with a 7-1 lead. So I sat down and watched in horror.

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at Arizona
When: 9:40 PM ET, Monday, May 15, 2017
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
By Gracenote

The New York Mets hope to put a disastrous weekend behind them when they visit the vastly improved Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday for the opener of their three-game series. The Mets have allowed a total of 35 runs in four straight defeats and were swept of a three-game set at Milwaukee after coughing up a six-run lead over the final four innings on Sunday en route to a demoralizing 11-9 loss.

New York has scored 22 runs during its losing streak and Neil Walker is having a strong month of May, going 18-for-50 with six doubles, two homers, 10 runs scored and 12 RBIs in 12 contests. Zack Wheeler will try to stop the bleeding for the Mets when he takes the mound against Zack Godley of Arizona, which took five of six in the season series last year. The Diamondbacks (21-18), who finished with 69 wins last season, have lost two straight after leaving the bases loaded in a 6-4, 10-inning setback against Pittsburgh on Sunday. Paul Goldschmidt has homered three times in his last two contests to continue a 23-game stretch during which he has registered eight blasts and 26 RBIs while batting .366.

TV: 9:40 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), FSN Arizona

PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Zack Wheeler (2-2, 4.18 ERA) vs. Diamondbacks RH Zack Godley (1-0, 2.25)

Wheeler notched his second victory of the season last time out by limiting San Francisco to one run and two hits over six innings, but he walked four batters for the second straight contest to drive up his pitch count. The 26-year-old Georgia native has allowed just one earned run in three of his last four starts and is holding opponents to a .210 batting average overall. Chris Owings is 2-for-6 versus Wheeler, who is 2-1 with a 2.33 ERA in three career turns against the Diamondbacks.

Godley has been solid in his two starts this season, including a victory over Detroit on Wednesday in which he permitted just one run on four hits and one walk with six strikeouts over seven innings. The 23-year-old Tennessee product, who went 5-4 with a 6.39 ERA last year, held San Diego to two runs on four hits and three walks over five frames in a no-decision on April 26. T.J. Rivera has recorded a double in three at-bats against Godley, who is 1-0 with a 2.16 ERA in two career appearances (one start) versus the Mets.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Arizona C Chris Iannetta was placed on the 7-day concussion disabled list and RHP Silvino Bracho was recalled from Triple-A Reno.
2. New York C Rene Rivera has hit safely in eight straight games, going 14-for-33 with eight RBIs in that span.
3. Diamondbacks CF A.J. Pollock suffered a groin injury in the late stages of Sunday’s game and is day-to-day.

[Frayed Knot]

LF - CONFORTO
3B - TJ RIVERA
RF - BRUCE
2B - WALKER
1B - DUDA
SS - REYES
CF - GRANDERSON
C - R. RIVERA
P - WHEELER



CF - REYMOND FUENTES (Carlos Beltran's cousin - replacing AJ Pollack as he's been DL'd)
RF - CHRIS OWINGS (came up as in infielder)
1B - PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT
3B - JAKE LAMB
LF - YASMANY TOMAS
2B - BRANDON DRURY
SS - NICK AHMED
C - JEFF MATHIS
P - ZACK GODLEY

Edited May 15, 2017 by Guest

[Guest cooby]

Going to bed soon... First thing I will do in the morning is check this. I hope Mets win and Zvon is back

[Edgy MD]

So many bad ideas in one uniform here.

[Edgy MD]

Yes, I'd bunt all day long against this alignment.

[Edgy MD]

Clean-shaven Neil Walker.

[Edgy MD]

Man that inside sider against the lefty suddenly doesn't seem so unhittable.

[Fman99]

1-0 good guys! Rene keeps hitting and d'Arnaud keeps on not being missed.

[Frayed Knot]

Amazing how Godley is the one who's issued five walks (one of the no-pitch intentional variety) and yet it's Wheeler with the high pitch count despite hurling a shutout so far.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Wheelie is our best pitcher this year. Which of us predicted that?

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I should say I admire the way Godley runs to and from the dugout

[Frayed Knot]

So tonight we're getting good starting pitching for the first time in a while ... but are getting one-hit.
And we're going to need the bullpen to cover at least three innings.

[Frayed Knot]

Yup, three full innings needed from the pen, plus they're starting out with a runner on.
And that's all if this doesn't go extras.

[Frayed Knot]

A rare sighting of the Curtis Granderson assist. Big Foot or Jimmy Hoffa may be next.
Now we just have to avoid the increasingly less rare sighting, the Hansel Robles first-pitch XBH.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Fuuuuck

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Maybe time to get Sewald, huh Terry?

[Centerfield]

Robles keeps pointing to the sky on those bombs as if to signal a pop up.

I think if he started circling that finger it would be more accurate.

I can't remember a tougher stretch as a Mets fan.

[Centerfield]

I've never seen anything like this.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Hmm. 31/2 home runs this inning.

[Frayed Knot]

Anyone else want to come out of the stands maybe to hit a HR?
The beer vendor? Ball Boy? Ticket Takers?