Series Thread: Mets @ Phillies...8/16-19

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Aug. 16th.
Mets in Philly for a 5 gamer...including a makeup game as part of a DH on Thursday.

The opener starts a four-day, five-game series that ends Sunday in Williamsport, Pa., for the 2018 Little League Classic.

Mets vs. Phillies | 08/16/18

Mets vs. Phillies - Game Preview - August 16, 2018 - ESPN


Corey Oswalt will start Game 1 for the Mets with Steven Matz taking the mound for Game 2. The Phillies (66-53) -- who are two games behind Atlanta in the National League East -- will use starters Ranger Suarez and Zach Eflin in the doubleheader, but they had not determined an order as of Wednesday night.

The Mets are 5-3 so far against the Phillies this season. They've won five of their last seven overall, including a 16-5 win over Baltimore on Wednesday night.

 

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Todd Frazier excited to meet LLWS players

Mets-Phillies only on Facebook on Thursday

 

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Gm 1

Rosssssariooooo
La Bomba
El Centro


Oswalt tosses a 1-2-3 opening frame.


1-0 Mets...end of the 1st.

 

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Mets ground into inning ending DP's in b2b innings...

Game is now tied 1-1 on a Hoskins solo HR in the 2nd.

edit: Phils hit another solo shot to CF to take a 2-1 lead. 1 out laser by Franco.

The wind at CBP must be blowing out to straightaway center....lol

Meanwhile the phils have loaded the bases on Oswalt...
...2 singles, a sacrifice, and a walk...2 outs.

 

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End result.....no further damage.

Oswalt gets the dangerous Justin Bour to pop out with the bags drunk.

2-1 Phils after 2.


LGM!

 

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Plawecki's leadoff triple in the 3rd....is knocked in by Rosario's 1 out single.

2-2 game.

Flores singles...Conforto reaches on an E-5.
Mets load the bases....2 outs.

Frazier walks in a run on 4 straight pitches.

Nimmo at the plate....goes after a bad pitch high/inside and grounds out/stranding 3.
He looks like he got hurt....

3-2 Metsies.


Bautista replaces Nimmo in RF in the 3rd.

It's always something....

 

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Lordy!!!

Oswalt gives up another solo HR, that's hit to straightaway CF.

2 out solo shot by Williams.

3-3 game...after 3.


Sheeeesh.

 

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Mets take a 5-3 lead in the 4th...
Rosario knocks in 2 more.....one was due to an E-5.

 

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Holy Fuckballs, Batman!!

Phils just hit another solo HR to CF off Oswalt?



5-4 Mets after 4.

WTF!!!!

 

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The Amazin's just put up 10 runs in a crazy top of the 5th...including a Joey Bats Grand Slam....to give the Mets a 15-4 lead.


This one is only half over....buckle up, y'all.

YOWZA!

 

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YES!
Corey Oswalt tosses a very much needed shutdown inning.



15-4 Mets...end of 5. (now it's an official game)

 

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Back to back scoreless innings now by Oswalt.

Still 15-4 Mets, after 6.

 

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@Used 2 B Hu

You seeing this??

It's now 17-4...in the 7th.

 

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Blevins relieves Oswalt at the stretch...and tosses a 1-2-3 shutdown inning.




Onto the 8th.

 

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"Hey Nineteen...that's Aretha Franklin"


Mets extend to a 19-4 lead in the 8th.

 

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Wow....it's now 22-4.

It's a bonafide shellacking.

Un. Real.

They may want to think about saving some of those runs for the nightcap...or for this series at least.


LGM!

 

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Now that's the way to start a Mets thread, dagnabbit.



Final score game 1:
Mets 24 - Philthies 4