Mets Opening Day 2021...and all April games.

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Mets go quietly in the 7th....as if there's no urgency whatsoever.

Villar PH for Loup, whiffed looking.....Nimmo flied out.
Lindor also whiffed looking.

Mets trail 2-1

Stretch time at CBP.

Familia will be coming in.

 

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Familia gets the 1st batter....then Pete commits an E-3.
Familia walks the next hitter..(2 on...1 out)....next batter hits into a force play at 2nd (1st & 3rd..2 outs)
Now he walks the PH to load the bases for the top of the order now.

Stay tuned....or don't....I wouldn't blame you if you didn't.....lol

Holy shit....Familia somehow wiggled out of disaster by striking out McCutcheon looking to leave them loaded.

Still 2-1 phils...heading to the 8th.

LFGM!!!

 

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Damn...I thought Pete got a hold of one there....but it was deep enough to allow McNeil (HBP) to tag up and take 2nd.

Conforto flied out for out #2
Davis got IBB'd...
WP moves both runners up with Smith hitting....but he K'd a few pitches later.

Geeeeeez...can someone...anyone, please step up and ignite this offense and get them out of their doldrums?

This is getting real hard to watch.

 

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Mets drop the opener 2-1.
Both Philly runs scored on a 2 out strike 3 WP back in the 2nd inning.
Mets had 6 hits in this one....Phils only had 3.

Terrible.
Just terrible.

 

[omarsrevenge]

We scored a run.

 

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They absolutely must do better.....

Smith irked by Phils' swagger: Meet me in tunnel

Dominic Smith wasn't backing down from Phils reliever Jose Alvarado after the game. "Come meet me then if you really got a problem, and we can really handle it," the Mets outfielder said.

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Mets, Phillies trade barbs following Smith K

By the eighth inning of their 2-1 loss to the Phillies on Friday, the Mets had ample reason to be frustrated, angry, upset -- and none of it had anything to do with José Alvarado. The Mets had their own problems. They had scored a total of two runs since

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Benches clear, Mets-Phils gets heated after K

José Alvarado has a thing with the Mets. He turned the Phillies’ relatively sleepy 2-1 victory over New York on Friday night at Citizens Bank Park into a storyline worth following the rest of the weekend and season. After Alvarado struck out Dominic Smith swinging with the tying run on

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Stroman exits with tight right hamstring

A tight right hamstring may have prevented Marcus Stroman from completing what could have been a lengthy outing in Friday’s 2-1 loss to the Phillies, but it shouldn’t linger long enough to cost Stroman any additional time. Stroman said the hamstring initially “kind of grabbed on me” in the third

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Injury updates.....roster moves.....etc...

Notes: Carrasco update; Guillorme to IL

Injured Mets pitcher Carlos Carrasco continues to make solid progress in his rehab from a torn right hamstring, though he is likely still about two weeks away from a return. Carrasco stretched out to five innings in a game on Thursday at the Mets’ rehab complex in Port St. Lucie,

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[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

We'll just finish these next 2 games of the series in this thread...then I'll do a new one for the rest of the May schedule.

5/1
Mets @ Phillies.

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Pregame analysis and predictions of the New York Mets vs. Philadelphia Phillies MLB game to be played on May 1, 2021 on ESPN.

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Mets 5, Phillies 4 Final Score (05/01/2021) on MLB Gameday

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Mets Saturday Lineup @ Philly (Wheeler)


Nimmo - CF
Lindor - SS
McNeil - 2B
Alonso - 1B
Conforto - RF
Davis - 3B
Smith - LF
McCann - C
Walker - P

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Nice start so far.
Mets put up 4 in the 1st.
Wheeler already at 32 pitches.
McCann killing the rally wouldn't bother me so much if he only made an out, but he GIDP to end it...so Walker will lead off next inning....but in the grand scheme of things I guess I shouldn't complain too much....lol....yet.

4-0 Mets mid 1st.

Edit:
Tai Walker, after giving up a 1 out single, tosses a shutdown frame.



Onto the 2nd.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Yes!
Michael Conforto's 2nd HR of the year couldn't have come at a better time.
It untied the game in the top of the 9th.
He also had a 2 rbi double in the 1st.

Mets win 5-4....ending their mini losing streak/scoring drought.

Edwin Diaz set the Phils down 1-2-3 (w/ 2K's) in the bottom of the 9th.
Robber game mañana.

 

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The Wrap/Recap....

Conforto's clutch HR? 'Give credit to Donnie'

On Saturday afternoon, after scoring two runs over their previous 30 innings, the Mets decided to hold a hitters’ meeting at Citizens Bank Park. What went on behind closed doors isn’t entirely clear. According to Mets manager Luis Rojas, Pete Alonso spoke at length. Alonso, in turn, deferred to a

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Mets 5-4 Phillies (May 1, 2021) Game Recap - ESPN

Expert recap and game analysis of the New York Mets vs. Philadelphia Phillies MLB game from May 1, 2021 on ESPN.

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Hope Nimmo & Davis are okay and get back soon....

Nimmo, Davis day to day after early exits

Within the span of several minutes on Saturday, the Mets lost one-quarter of their starting lineup to injuries. Brandon Nimmo suffered a bruised left index finger, and J.D. Davis departed moments later due to a left hand sprain. Both players are day to day. “We’ll see how they show up

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The Box....

Mets 5, Phillies 4 Final Score (05/01/2021) on MLB Gameday

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The Pics....

Mets 5, Phillies 4 Final Score (05/01/2021) on MLB Gameday

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Up next....
The teams close out the three-game set Sunday night with Mets LHP David Peterson (1-3, 5.59 ERA) scheduled to face Phillies RHP Zach Eflin (1-1, 3.58).

 

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5/2

Mets 8, Phillies 7 Final Score (05/02/2021) on MLB Gameday

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Mets 8-7 Phillies (May 2, 2021) Final Score - ESPN

Game summary of the New York Mets vs. Philadelphia Phillies MLB game, final score 8-7, from May 2, 2021 on ESPN.

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Mets Sunday Rubbergame Lineup @ Philly (Eflin)

McNeil - 2B
Lindor - SS
Conforto - RF
Alonso - 1B
Smith - LF
Pillar - CF
Villar -3B
McCann - C
Peterson - P

 

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Damn...so far by the looks of things, we really missed out by not signing JBjr.

Also...overall we're a slow team...and suck on the bath paths.

 

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Mets tie the game 1-1 in the 3rd...on a McNeil 1 out double and a Conforto 2 out rbi single.

 

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Still waiting for Lindor & McCann to show up.
Hopefully that'll happen soon.

 

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Except for the 1st inning HR Peterson allowed on his 3rd pitch of the game, he's pitched really well, but he's at 88 pitches now thru 5...so he likely just has 1 more inning in him.

1-1 tie heading to the 6th.

LGM!

 

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Good lord...WTF was Villar swinging at there??

All 3 pitches he swung at were way up out and of the zone.

Need McCann to come thru here.....1st & 3rd....1out.


edit:
E-1...I'll take it....lol

Mets take the lead 2-1.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Mets have them loaded in the 6th...with 2 outs....Phils are challenging the force play at 2nd.

Call on the field stays.

Need *Lindor to do something nice here now....



edit:
*Nada. I'm not sure what he's seeing...or if he's using a bat that's too heavy for him...but something's not right.



2-1 Mets...mid 5th.

Again....*someone please let me know when he's gonna show up.

Thanks in advance.

LGM!

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Miguel Castro is now pitching the 6th....after Peterson was replaced for the PH (Almora)
And he commits an error....

Here we go again.

 

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Ugghhh
So predictable.

How is it that right after a "mound meeting", they usually screw up almost immediately afterwards??
Castro threw that 1st pitch to Gregorius right down Broadway....
Bang....3 run HR....4-2 Phils.

The sad consequences of leaving the bases loaded in the top half of the inning..will usually come back to haunt.

Repeating the same stupid mistakes over and over....at the plate/on the basepaths/in the field/on the mound.

It's like they never ever learn.
Still lacking fundamentally.

So deflating.