NFT: Nats at Mets Doubleheader

early.

by Thor in the third -- TDA muffed that strike 3 with runner on 2nd, no out to make it 1st and 3rd no outs. Thor just worked Rendon for the 2nd out with a pretty heater outside black. Got Escobar then to fly out lazily -- really nice stuff.

Great to see Cespedes back in there. I must have missed him being good to go, because I was pleasantly surprised to see him in there. He was scuffling a bit before the hand issue (since getting drilled in the side by the Marlins) so I'd love to see him hit a ball or two hard today or tomorrow.

robbed by the howling wind taking that ball foul.

But good AB. Let's cash some chips, fellas!

play by den dekker

cmon cespedes. Get hot.

advantage when the P has control issues

and why are they possibly going to affect the broadcast?

looks in pain. Even in the on deck circle he's smarting

All that "rest" seems to have had the opposite effect of what was intended.

Gotta get it going.

has been dominating the past 2 starts. More importantly, he seems to have better command of his breaking ball, which pretty much makes him unhittable.

really looking sharp.

Hope there isn't an answer from the Nats. Rather not lose anyone else to this sort of thing.

right time.

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Makes sense to avoid the double play, just didn't work out.

ugggghhhh

JFC!!!!

I wouldn't even pitch Harvey tonight. The Pads are running out a AAA lineup. And have no interest in beating the Dodgers. They blew home field when they were swept by the shitty Phils

Juan

Tie game 1-1

So strange.

In comment 12521783 Rflairr said:

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I wouldn't even pitch Harvey tonight. The Pads are running out a AAA lineup. And have no interest in beating the Dodgers. They blew home field when they were swept by the shitty Phils

If Harvey feels more comfortable going a few innings tonight versus going two weeks between starts you go with him.

In comment 12521796 schabadoo said:

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So strange.

With Conforto, Nieuwenhuis and Johnson on the bench it was a choice of Grace vs. Lagares or Martin vs. one of those 3

He'll be throwing sides if he doesn't get his work tonight. Give him his 5 innings and call it a night.

In comment 12521796 schabadoo said:

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So strange.

If he brings in a righty, Conforto is going to pinch hit. You much rather have Lagares up than Conforto.

why not?

and harper on cue hits a 2 run bomb

Also they should have had Niese warming up

Hanging slider. Knee high. Just where Harper likes it.

Teammates have to pick each other up.

was as much on Tejada's shitty throw as it was on Murphy's bobble.

I haven't felt we were getting home field for days now. Not overly worried about it. We may even play looser on the road to open things up.

have gone cold at the wrong time as well. Lets hope not.

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In comment 12521817 ZGiants98 said:

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was as much on Tejada's shitty throw as it was on Murphy's bobble.

Tejadas throw was rushed because of the murphy bobble.

nothing much to play for( I really don't care about home field,I kind of prefer opening on the road, but that's another conversation) What I would like us 1 more win to get to 90. These games don't carry over to next Friday, the important thing is for deGrom, Harvey & Syndergaard to get their work in. Period, end of story for me

A dozen yet?

not gonna get it done... especially on the road in the playoffs. Need to get these bats to wake up!

But if I was Collins starting lineup for game 2. This team is way too happy making the playoffs

At least Thor pitched well...

Left Handed pitchers. Cuddyer is such a big step down from Conforto IMO, and lefties neutralize Granderson as well. Sure, Wright hits better against Lefties, but its not discernable enough to make up for the production lost from Conforto/Granderson.

we're only going to face one right handed starter this series, and that's greinke. If I'm the dogers, I'm starting Kershaw twice, and Alex Wood in game 3.

he will bat 6th tonight. He has missed so much time I doubt he'll bring his A game to the Mets series.
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against lefties i go:


granderson
Murphy
Cespedes
wright
D'Arnaud/Duda
Duda/D"Arnaud
Cuddyer
Tejeda
p

They haven't even gotten anything close to a good swing...

Going to start hitting again????

In comment 12522025 timintey said:

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Going to start hitting again????

It's a concern, especially with them basically having a week off before they play again

leads to nats first run

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This offense blows chunks right now.

Losing 5 in a row is not the way to enter the playoffs.

Pen gives up more runs. Awesome

Pathetic effort tonight.

and we had at least 10 k's the first game. This is just like the K fests this team had back in may and june.

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in their last 33 innings.

Terrible way to go into playiffs

Allow this hitting stink to wear off. Get loose.

In comment 12522073 Ira said:

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in their last 33 innings.

2 of those games are with triple a lineup though

In comment 12522075 speedywheels said:

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Terrible way to go into playiffs

Good luck with that against Grienke and Kershaw in LA

I mean what the fuck man come on

Have something else in common with the Dodgers. Both no hit twice this season

and parnell

Duda just waving at them

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I mean no one can even put the ball in play. lol

In a season they were no hit twice?

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It's odd that I dont really care.

In comment 12522097 Rflairr said:

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Have something else in common with the Dodgers. Both no hit twice this season

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that this is probably the first time ever that 2 teams about to play against each other in the playoffs have each been no hit twice during the season.

In comment 12522110 Drewcon40 said:

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In a season they were no hit twice?

Doubt it. Have two teams faced each other in the playoffs that were both no hit twice in a season?

Might only get one playoff gate

in a row with the kind of momentum we had, and just needing to win 2 of those 5 and we get home field....I mean it's not completely unimportant to get home games. Its just absurd to be so lax. I don't get it at all.

In comment 12522120 Vin R said:

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Mayor DiBlasio?

And they get home field.

Disgusting. The Mets bullpen and offense blew it

Got them down.
Hope the bats wake up in sunny California

that can come out of this is if they are embarrassed enough that it shocks them back to reality. Jump-starts their effort. Because truthfully they should be embarrassed as can be.

cespedes got hit and decided health was more important than home field

In comment 12522168 CGiants07 said:

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cespedes got hit and decided health was more important than home field

Agreed and they are probably right but foot off the gas or not, the bullpen guys can still actually get outs and hitters can not half ass it. Those things have nothign to do with management.

Thor and Harvey pitch like this in the playoffs the Mets are world champs. they'll hit enough, starting pitching is the positive takeaway.

those three were what the Mets needs them to be to win the WS.

yes stay positive

The Mets spit out the bit when Cespedes got hit and that was the end of any attempt for home field advantage. Of course we now see stats that suggest home field is not that big an advantage at playoff time....but it would have been nice.
Let's hope Kershas revisits his playoff blues.

In comment 12522165 SethFromAstoria said:

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that can come out of this is if they are embarrassed enough that it shocks them back to reality. Jump-starts their effort. Because truthfully they should be embarrassed as can be.

Let's hope they get going because really I have no idea what they were doing this week with homefield on the line. How do you get swept by the Phils, who are fielding a AAA lineup?

hit the collective balls of the Mets

Means little, so no big deal. But what can you say about one Matt Scherzer. Man, that guy is a beast.

They lost 5 games in a row to teams with NOTHING to play for. And since HF is officially gone, Collins will probably "rest" the starting lineup again today - even though they will have 4 days off after today - which will probably make it a 6 game losing streak to end the season.

What the fuck kind of way is THAT to go into the playoffs?

Guessing they won't name game 4 yet because it could be JdG on short rest?

Overall hard to get a feel for how this team will look entering the playoffs. I have faith in the pitchers, but Greinke/Kershaw in 4 games is quite a neutralizer. Does our BP have an advantage? Offensively both teams have similar talent level so it will come down to who steps up at the crucial time. There isn't a single dominant hitter on either squad so it wouldn't shock me to see role guys like Murphy or Utley step up.

My biggest concern is IF defense because it's been consistently shaky all season and I don't think that's an aberration. At this stage of their careers there's not a single infielder on this team you'd grade as a net "positive" and all are prone to mistakes.

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Mark Simon ‏@msimonespn 2m2 minutes ago Mets are at -37 Defensive Runs Saved combined from their middle infield. That's worst in MLB by far (Phillies are next, -26)

We're looking at a bunch of 1-0, 2-1 type games... Need the big 3 on their A games

In comment 12522535 speedywheels said:

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They lost 5 games in a row to teams with NOTHING to play for. And since HF is officially gone, Collins will probably "rest" the starting lineup again today - even though they will have 4 days off after today - which will probably make it a 6 game losing streak to end the season. What the fuck kind of way is THAT to go into the playoffs?

A very dumb way, it would seem.

But let's see how it plays out. If Mets kick it into gear, then Collins will be vindicated. Otherwise, he will go down as a dolt.