IGT 06/03 - PIT @ NYM - Wheels Are Off

[Chad ochoseis]

For them: Tyler Glasnow, who we beat last week
For us: Robert Gsellman, who has lately been almost competent

7:15 start

My first IGT of the season...let's make it a good one!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

The Lunch Family will be catching home runs in section 134 tonight, hopefully ours.

[Guest cooby]

Good luck with that. Have fun!

[Edgy MD]

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[*:2r697w5t]Adam Frazier, lf[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Josh Harrison, 2b[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Gregory Polanco, rf[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]David Freese, 3b[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Josh Bell, 1b[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Andrew McCutchen, cf[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Jordy Mercer, ss[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Elias Diaz, c[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Tyler Glasnow, sp[/*:m:2r697w5t][/list:o:2r697w5t][/td:2r697w5t][td:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Michael Conforto, lf[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Asdrubal Cabrera, ss[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Jay Bruce, rf[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Neil Walker, 2b[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Lucas Duda, 1b[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Wilmer Flores, 3b[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Curtis Granderson, cf[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Rene Rivera, c[/*:m:2r697w5t]
[*:2r697w5t]Robert 65ellman, sp[/*:m:2r697w5t][/list:o:2r697w5t][/td:2r697w5t][/tr:2r697w5t][/table:2r697w5t]

[ashie62]

We gotta win sooner or later?

[Edgy MD]

A three-hit game by Flores will chain Reyes to the bench.

MLB.tv is being kind to offer me the Fox pictures but with WOR audio overlaid in synch.

[Edgy MD]

Ads on the uniforms?

[ashie62]

What channel is this on,I'm lost.

[Guest cooby]

Stupid ROOT TV has on kick boxing. Off to mow.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

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Walker Kaboom gives the Mets a 2-1 lead.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Suddenly the Mets lead is cut in half. Gsellman can't avoid the "give back" inning as he gives up a 1 out home run to Bell.

[Edgy MD]

Well, he only gave half back in the end.

Of course, it's not the end. POUR IT ON, OFFENSE!

[Edgy MD]

Conforto looking rather chasey of late.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Jay Bruce homers while I was doing some quick yard work. Mets back out front 3-2.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Duda strikes out with Walker running. Throw beats Walker by quite a bit, but the tag missed Walker the first time and got his left knee just as his right foot hit the bag. Walker wanted Terry to challenge, but Terry decided not to do so. Walker might have had a case that the tag was too late by the time it actually got on him, but too close to overturn the call of out.

Now can Gsellman shut the Pirates down and hold on to the lead.

[ashie62]

FOX IN NY

[Guest cooby]

Cervelli is on my fantasy team. He seems to be off more than he plays. Tonight's report:

Francisco Cervelli (illness) remains out of the Pirates' lineup on Saturday.
Advice: Cervelli was scratched from Friday's game with sinus issues. Elias Diaz, who drove in six runs Friday night, will get another start behind the plate for the Pirates.

Makes some of our guys seem suddenly a little less mambly pambly

[Edgy MD]

You always goes for a good Italian name, even a Venezuelan Italian name.

[Edgy MD]

Wilmer just gave a seven-year-old moppet a baseball. 4-2 Mets with all runs scored on homers.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Flores goes deep to left for a solo shot. Mets lead 4-2.

[Edgy MD]

Finishes the fifth at 96 pitches. I imagine Terry is praying he can get one more inning out of him.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

It takes 96 pitches, but Gsellman safely gets through 5 innings. Hopefully the Mets can tack on a few insurance runs in the home half of the 5th.

I let Gsellman go back out to start the 6th. Every out he can give the team is important. The less outs the bullpen has to get, the better it is for the Mets.

[Edgy MD]

You and me are posting past each other, Doc.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

I see that I keep mirroring your posts. At least we are both thinking the same way during the game. Hopefully terry feels the same.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Hopefully, Gsellman can get a quick 1-2-3 inning.

There's one.

[Edgy MD]

Any idea what's with the PLAYBALL ads?

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

A walk of McCutcheon on a full count is not helping the pith count. Need a ground ball for a double play.

Oh well, so much for that hope as Mercer singles to put runners at the corners.

[ashie62]

Salas get his share of work for sure.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Edgy MD wrote: Any idea what's with the PLAYBALL ads?

I haven't seen them. Of course I'm don't pay much attention to commercials. Are you watching on TV or on the computer? I'm on the computer.

[Edgy MD]

I'm remembering the year that Fernando Nieve pitched every day the first month of the season—the radio booth was calling him "Nightly Nieve"—and then rapidly declined and never really found himself. He got hurt and never found his way back.

Looking him up, he's still active, but has been pitching mostly in foreign leagues ever since.

Don't be Fernando Nieve, Fernando Salas.