Edgy MD

Wild pitches, catcher's interference, baserunner interference. This game is going to produce an interesting scorecard.

Man, this team is so tight that they're struggling even to let Javier beat himself.

Disaster.

Stay within your bad self, Alonso.

I find that players that get hit in the hand stay in the game to run the bases, but get pulled an inning or two later when the hand starts to swell.

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José Abreu getting the day-game-after-a-night-game treatment. I'm happy with Tommy Pham's productivity, but I'm not particularly down with him being an every-day-in-the-middle-of-the-lineup presence.

A third seemingly all-star bound pitcher faces the Mets as Tyler Megill takes on the seven-and-one Christian Javier. [TABLE][TR][TH][/TH][TH][FIMG=250]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/new-york-mets-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG][/TH][TH][/TH][TH][/TH][TH][FIMG=250]https://cdn.freebiesupply.com/images/large/2x/houston-astros-logo-transparent.png[/FIMG][/TH][TH][/TH][/TR] [TR][TH]#[/TH][TH]Player[/TH][TH]Pos.[/TH][TH]#[/TH][TH]Player[/TH][TH]Pos.[/TH][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]1[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Brandon Nimmo (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]cf[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]1[/TD][TD]=#002D62]Jose Altuve (R)[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]2b[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]2[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Starling Marte (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]rf[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]2[/TD][TD]=#002D62]Mauricio Dubon (R)[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]1b[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]3[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Francisco Lindor (S)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]ss[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]3[/TD][TD]=#002D62]Kyle Tucker (L)[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]rf[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]4[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Pete Alonso (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]1b[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]4[/TD][TD]=#002D62]Alex Bregman (R)[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]3b[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]5[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Tommy Pham (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]lf[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]5[/TD][TD]=#002D62]Yainer Diaz (R)[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]dh[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]6[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Jeff McNeil (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]2b[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]6[/TD][TD]=#002D62]Corey Julks (R)[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]lf[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]7[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Daniel Vogelbach (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]dh[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]7[/TD][TD]=#002D62]Jeremy Pena (R)[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]ss[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]8[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Brett Baty (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]3b[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]8[/TD][TD]=#002D62]Chas McCormick (R)[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]cf[/TD][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910]9[/TD][TD]=#002D72]Omar Narváez (L)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]c[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]9[/TD][TD]=#002D62]Martin Maldonado (R)[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]c[/TD][/TR] [TR][TH][/TH][TH]Pitcher[/TH][TH][/TH][TH][/TH][TH]Pitcher[/TH][TH][/TH][/TR] [TR][TD]=#FF5910][/TD][TD]=#002D72]Tylor Megill (R)[/TD][TD]=#FF5910]sp[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F][/TD][TD]=#002D62]Christian Javier (R)[/TD][TD]=#EB6E1F]sp[/TD][/TR][/TABLE]

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=129344 time=1687324193 user_id=68]Okay. You don't preach. You write, like practically every game, that some Met should automatically take the first pitch, sight unseen. Write. Not preach. Happy?

=batmagadanleadoff post_id=129342 time=1687316547 user_id=68]It isn't even remotely like what you preach every single game --- deciding and then committing to taking a pitch before that pitch is even thrown -- even if that pitch turns out to be a 70MPH meatball right down the middle of the plate.

Dat's baseball.

Alonso shows why you take when down in the ninth.

Swinging at the first strike here = bad.

OK, within reach in the ninth.

This hole Brig has dug for himself looming pretty large too.

NOW the tying run reaches the plate. And its name is Nimmo.

Well, they break through, but, the Mets drives are having trouble finding the grass.

T.R.o.D.i.t.P.o. Mark Canha!!

And that's not going to pass for a rally. This guy was signed at 21. Way to find a diamond in the rough, Astros.

Tying run escapes the hole and is now on deck in the person of Tommy Pham.

Tying run in the hole in the person of Tomasino Pham.

Tying run in the hole in the person of Pete Alonso.

Tying run in the hole in the person of Francisco Lindor.

Escobar not cooperating. Avoid double-plays by all means, friends.

=kcmets post_id=129309 time=1687310239 user_id=53] Good quick 5th for Verlander. Time to even things up!!