Series Thread: St Louis Cardinals @ New York Mets 4/21-4/24

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Torres in for the 8th...
Holliday grounds out to SS...another nice play by tejada.
Craig tough AB singles on the 10th pitch
Molina doubles on an 0-2 pitch....smh.....2nd & 3rd, 1 out.
Peralta pops out...2 down

Q) Why do I feel this won't end well ???
A) Because TC over manages and misuses the BP constantly...(why was Dice-K removed again?)

 

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Here we go.....
Scott Rice in to face the PHer Adams.....

YES. adams flies out to short RF.

<exhales>

 

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Mets go 1-2-3 in the 8th...
Farnsworth in for the save

LGM -- YGB

 

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cards w/ b2b 1 out singles....

 

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Descalso doubles home 1 run, but carpenter gets thrown out at home.... nice plays all around Kirk, Tejada and Td'A
Matheny challenging the out call......Holliday waiting in the wings.
( he looked out)
Oh Boy

 

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Out call upheld.....Cards lose the challenge .....
Holliday flies out to end it...and they lose the game too...

METS WIN 3-2 .....whew.....its almost never easy lately....lol ....but I'll take it.

Back over .500 once again....(11-10)

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

The wind, the park and other things.....

Rapid Reaction: Mets 3, Cardinals 2 - Mets Blog - ESPN New York

Niese survives cold, Cardinals, line drives - Mets Blog - ESPN New York

Mets weather windy Citi, Cards in wild finish - Mets Blog - ESPN New York

Could Dice-K close? TC: 'No question' - Mets Blog - ESPN New York

 

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Just for the halibut.......lol

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6uh7zXw-WI&feature=kp]The Cowsills - The Rain, The Park and Other Things 1967 Video stereo SD widescreen - YouTube[/ame]

 

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Reminder: thursday's game is an early start....1:10 eastern..(Colon 1-3 v. Lynn 4-0)
Colon is due for a much better outing.

Best case scenario: we take the series 3-1.
Worst case: we already have the split in our back pocket.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Let's get a series win today!

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

I'm a little late, but here goes....

Thursday (4/24) game 4 lineups:

Cards
Matt Carpenter, 3b
Jon Jay, cf
Matt Holliday, lf
Matt Adams, 1b
Allen Craig, rf
Daniel Descalso, ss
Kolten Wong, 2b
Tony Cruz, c
Lance Lynn, rhp

Mets
Eric Young Jr., cf
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Lucas Duda, 1b
Chris Young, lf
Bobby Abreu, rf
Anthony Recker, c
Ruben Tejada, ss
Bartolo Colon, lhp

Just a day off for Curtis Granderson, with manager Terry Collins explaining that he wanted to get Bobby Abreu in the lineup, and that Abreu is most comfortable in right field. The resulting shuffling means that Duda makes just his second start of the season in the cleanup spot, where he batted 41 times last year.

 

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No score after 2....both teams went 1-2-3 twice.

 

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9 up / 9 down for the cards......Colon breezing.

 

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Tejada slaps a 1 out single to right.......
Colon K's (fouling/failing to sac bunt)....2 outs
TC should have Tejada stealing...if he gets thrown out at least EY leads off the 4th...but noooo.....smh/lol

EY strikes out.

6th K for Lynn

Onto the 4th

 

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Colon allows a 1 out broken bat bloop single by Jay in the 4th.....but that's it.

Lets Go Bats
Lets Go Mets

 

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Murphy leads off the home 4th with a 4 pitch walk....
Ughhhh..... DW GIDP on 2 pitches..(he looks tired....not good)
Duda grounds out on the 1st pitch.

Lovely.

 

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wong 2 out single....
cruz rbi double.......1-0 redbirds.
*and they had the pitcher on deck...
......and now colon boots a grounder...lynn reaches....
1st & 3rd 2 outs.......yikes.

 

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Colon ends up striking out the side......lol.

the grapefruit he tossed to cruz got by a sliding EY for a double allowing the runner to score from 1st.

 

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Chris Young sends a 2-2 pitch the other way deep into the LF deck leading off the home 5th.......tie game.
Wow..that was crushed!!!

 

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Abreu laces a double down the line into left..
Recker K's.....sheeeesh.......not a good AB...(failed to move the runner over)
Tejada K's
Colon can help himself with a surprise hit here....
.....but he grounds out weakly to the catcher in front of the plate.
1-1 after 5