NY Mets ~~ June 2021

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Jake racks up 2 more whiffs......and another 1-2-3 inning.



LGM!

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Wouldn't you know it...the best AB so far for the Braves was by their pitcher..who worked a 2 out 8 pitch walk from Jake.
But no harm......then he K'd Acuna with some nasty 4 seamers.

1-0 Mets mid 3rd.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Sheeesh....I know it's only been 4 innings, but so far the Mets offense is really struggling to put together any kind of threat or momentum at all. It's gonna take more than just 1 run and 1 hit.

Are they all fighting a bout of train lag after their return trip from D.C.??

WTF!

LFGM!!!


Still 1-0. Onto the 5th.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Now Jake looks like he's slipping again.....issues another 2 out walk this time on 4 straight pitches....and then a double.

This just might be his last inning today....ughh...

Braves call back Muller and sent in a PH...Pablo Sandoval (but thank goodness he popped up on the 1st pitch)

Mid 5th. 1-0 Mets.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

I think I'm ready for Rojas to take Almora out, move Pillar over to CF, and then bring in McKinney to play RF.

Maybe even PH here for deGrom with 1 out after Nido got HBP.

edit: he went with Jeff McNeil...and he singles on the 1st pitch....



1st & 2nd...1 out.

LGM

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Now Villar singles......mets have them loaded.

Gotta cash in here....something...anything.

Ughhh....Lindor swings at a 3-0 pitch...and flies out....runners hold. Why???

Just plain dumb.

Now the Braves bring in a lefty to face Dom with 2 outs.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

YES!!!

Dom saves the day.....2 out bases clearing 3 run double.

CLUTCH!

4-0 Mets.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Gonna need the BP to really step up here the rest of the way.

Seth Lugo is the 1st man in, to begin the 6th inning.

Wow....Mets challenged the HBP on Acuna......and they won.
Acuna called back from 1B...and instead is called out on strikes after review.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Yikes.

Lugo getting erratic and shaky...walks Freeman and gives up a 2 run HR.
Pretty Un-Lugo like.

4-2 Mets....mid 6th.

We are gonna need to score more runs in this one.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Situational hitting and fundamentals at the plate still seems to be a bygone concept and long lost idea for some of our hitters.

Squandered opportunities.

Onto the 7th.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Mets win the opener 4-2.

Wrap....

deGrom's ERA at 0.50 after baffling Braves

NEW YORK -- If four different injuries can’t stop Jacob deGrom, and a pair of “sticky stuff” checks can’t slow him, and even a hit-that-shouldn’t-have-been-a-hit can’t derail him, then the question seems obvious: Can anything? Five days after exiting his last start due to right shoulder...

www.mlb.com

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MLB Gameday: Braves 2, Mets 4 Final Score (06/21/2021)

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[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Mets Gm 2 Lineup:

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

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

New call up got out of a bases loaded jam in the 1st...but he threw 31 pitches in the process.

Hopefully those jitters are gone now.

LGM!

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

LOL.....Pete thought he was Lindor.... trying to go from 1st to 3rd on Smith's single to RF.
Acuna nailed him.

No score after 2.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Still no score heading to the 4th.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

New guy has thrown 4 scoreless innings...with 3 K's...3 walks...and 3 hits....on 77 pitches.



LGM!
Time to get on the board.

edit:
Mets go down 1-2-3 in the 4th.

Onto to 5th.

0-0 tie...for now.
Miguel Castro is coming in.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Yikes...as I said ...0-0 tie "for now" ^

Castro grooves a 2-1 meatball right down the middle to Acuña leading off the 5th.
He placed it over the CF wall like a laser.

1-0 Braves.

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

Mets haven't got a thing going in the 5th either.

Just some bad swings and wrong guesses.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Brutal