IGT 6/25/17 - NYM@SFG - All This Winning is Terrible

[Chad ochoseis]

The Mets are at risk of sweeping their first series since April 12, when they completed a three game sweep at CBP to go to 6-3 on the year, raising some concerns that the team might finish above .500 and possibly even make a run at the NL East. Rafael Montero, who has given up one run in his last two appearances in relief, totaling 6 2/3* innings, goes up against Matt Moore.

4:05 start.

*Remember when people used to refer to that as "6.2 innings"? That would drive me bonkers.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Chad Ochoseis wrote: *Remember when people used to refer to that as "6.2 innings"? That would drive me bonkers.

That's still a thing. You see 6.2 in stats and box scores. For the UMDB, I had to invent a new kind of "innings math" in order to properly add up player stats. I had to make it so that 1.2 + 2.2 = 4.1 instead of 3.4.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

All this winning sucks bhmc.

[RealityChuck]

Not-so-fun-fact: Montero has a worse WHIP this year than Kevin Plawecki.

[ashie62]

The Mets are going to win!

[Edgy MD]

Céspedes docks it for a day game after an early evening game. Matt Moore is one lucky lefthander.

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[*:hpsev7al]Curtis Granderson, cf[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Asdrubal Cabrera, ss[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Jay Bruce, rf[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Wilmer Flores, 3b[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Lucas Duda, 1b[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]T.J. Rivera, 2b[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Michael Conforto, lf[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Rene Rivera, c[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Rafael Montero, sp[/*:m:hpsev7al][/list:o:hpsev7al][/td:hpsev7al][td:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Denard Span, cf[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Joe Panik, 2b[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Hunter Pence, rf[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Buster Posey, c[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Brandon Belt, 1b[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Brandon Crawford, ss[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Ryder Jones, 3b[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Austin Slater, lf[/*:m:hpsev7al]
[*:hpsev7al]Matt Moore, sp[/*:m:hpsev7al][/list:o:hpsev7al][/td:hpsev7al][/tr:hpsev7al][/table:hpsev7al]

[Guest d'Kong76]

Let's GO Mets!

[bmfc1]

This one has all the makings of a bad game: last game of a road trip, it's Sunday afternoon, Montero pitching, Yo out... but it's already 1-0 Mets (even without a hit)!

[Edgy MD]

Sunday afternoon debacles usually happen at home, but I hear you.

On the other hand, we've got René Rivera acting like the Willie Mays of catchers.

[Edgy MD]

Whoever is telling this Slater guy where to position himself is owed a raise. Mets tattooing the ball but Slater making the catches.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

That two-run home run from Rene Rivera really bit the big one. We're going to totally regret it.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Conforto batting seventh against the lefty... but Bruce is third?

Slater in left field makes things... um... interesting with that route-efficiency.

[Edgy MD]

Catch THAT ONE, Slatey!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Was bound to happen, prolly. Even the outs have been loud.

[Edgy MD]

Brandon Belt does what everybody should be doing against the shift.

Everybody.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

This error allowing for two guys in scoring position with nobody out and the heart of the order due up is about the worst thing that's happened to this club in weeks.

[Edgy MD]

Make 'em pay, Lukie.

[Edgy MD]

Wow, three sliders away.

[Edgy MD]

Oh, dear, show some heart, Raffy.

[Edgy MD]

You know, as crazy as this sequence of pitches has been for Montero, Rivera has been setting up his target off the plate on almost everything.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Stupid Hunter Pence is ruining this whole season for the Mets by getting caught stealing for the third out.

[Frayed Knot]

HUNTER PENCE ATTEMPTS STOLEN
BASES IN CRAZY SITUATIONS

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Thanks A LOT, Rene Rivera, for having the best game of your career today. Now what are we going to do?

[Edgy MD]

Mets are really getting good cuts against this guy.

Besides Duda, that is.

[Frayed Knot]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Thanks A LOT, Rene Rivera, for having the best game of your career today. Now what are we going to do?

HE'S COSTING US DRAFT PICKS AND HE'S GOING TO FOOL THE WILPONS INTO THINKING WE'RE ACTUALLY GOOD!!!!

[Edgy MD]

Either Montero is trying to fool the Wilps too, or we just witnessed his most growed-up inning ever.

[Edgy MD]

Span looked like crap on that double by Wilmer, like he either lost sight of it or he just doesn't have the extra gear he used too.

[Edgy MD]

Conforto fans, time to worry.

[Chad ochoseis]

The Penn State linebacker's son shakes it off and goes to first.

[Edgy MD]

This whole series I've been seeing the sign behind the plate advertising the SAMARDZIJA SHARK SNOWGLOBE. Had to go looking for what that might be.



Poor drowning Jeff Samardzija.