Series Thread: NY Mets @ Phil. Phillies (4/18-20)

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NEW YORK METS (5-6, second place/NL East) at PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES (6-7, second place/NL East)

Monday: RHP Noah Syndergaard (1-0, 0.69) vs. RHP Jerad Eickhoff (1-1, 1.50), 7:05 p.m. ET

Tuesday: RHP Logan Verrett (0-0, 1.69) vs. RHP Vince Velasquez (2-0, 0.00), 7:05 p.m. ET

Wednesday: RHP Bartolo Colon (1-1, 2.13) vs. RHP Jeremy Hellickson (1-1, 4.30), 7:05 p.m. ET



• Series preview: Mets at Phillies

 

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Morning Briefing: Time to pay back the Phillies

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Need to take at least 2/3 from them, plain and simple.

 

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PHILADELPHIA (4/18)-- Here are the lineups for Monday's 7:05 p.m. ET series opener between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

Yoenis Cespedes returns to the outfield after spending the weekend as the designated hitter to rest sore legs.

Travis d'Arnaud (bruised left elbow) remains sidelined, but should return Tuesday.


Mets

Curtis Granderson, RF

David Wright, 3B

Michael Conforto, LF

Cespedes, CF

Lucas Duda, 1B

Neil Walker, 2B

Asdrubal Cabrera, SS

Kevin Plawecki, C

Noah Syndergaard, RHP



Phillies

Freddy Galvis, SS

Odubel Herrera, CF

Maikel Franco, 3B

Ryan Howard, 1B

Cameron Rupp, C

David Lough, LF

Cesar Hernandez, 2B

Peter Bourjos, RF

Jerad Eickhoff, RHP

The Phillies promoted Lough and sent Cedric Hunter to Triple-A Las Vegas before the series opener.

 

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Thor, the BP, the Captain & the Duda abides FTW!!!

• Wright hits 2 HRs, Syndergaard pitches Mets past Phils 5-2

• Noah Syndergaard brings the heat as Mets top Phillies

• David Wright: Noah Syndergaard like a maxed-out video game character

• David Wright nearing Straw's franchise record for multi-homer games

 

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Jacob deGrom threw 71 pitches in a simulated game in Port St. Lucie on Tuesday. He is expected back in the rotation during the next turn, although it is unclear whether that will be this weekend in Atlanta or early in next week's homestand. Logan Verrett starts in deGrom's place on Tuesday night in Philadelphia. DeGrom's week-old son, Jaxon Anthony, was discharged from the hospital on Monday.

 

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PHILADELPHIA (4/19)-- Here are the lineups for Tuesday's 7:05 p.m. ET game between the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Travis d'Arnaud returns after a two-day absence to rest of bruised left elbow.


Mets

Curtis Granderson, RF

David Wright, 3B

Michael Conforto, LF

Yoenis Cespedes, CF

Lucas Duda, 1B

Neil Walker, 2B

Asdrubal Cabrera, SS

Travis d'Arnaud, C

Logan Verrett, RHP



Phillies

Freddy Galvis, SS

Odubel Herrera, CF

Andres Blanco, 2B

Ryan Howard, 1B

Maikel Franco, 3B

David Lough, RF

Cameron Rupp, C

Tyler Goeddel, LF

Vince Velasquez, RHP

 

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Beware the deep C's

Conforto 2 run bomb...
Cespedes 3 run blast...

Both on 0-2 curveballs...

Amazin's lead 5-zip in the 3rd.

 

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Huzzah fer homers!!

 

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Walker mashin it

 

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METS TCOB

•Mets' power surge continues in 11-1 rout of Phillies

•Walker hits 2 of Mets' 6 homers in 11-1 win over Phillies

•Neil Walker looks all right against left-handed pitching as Mets' power awakens

•Logan Verrett proving valuable as extra starter for Mets

•Juan Lagares returns to 2014 form with highlight-reel catch

 

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Morning Briefing: Panic City residents can exhale!

 

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PHILADELPHIA (4/20)-- Here are the lineups for Wednesday's 7:05 p.m. ET game as the New York Mets attempt to complete a three-game sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies.


Mets

Curtis Granderson, RF

David Wright, 3B

Michael Conforto, LF

Yoenis Cespedes, CF

Lucas Duda, 1B

Neil Walker, 2B

Asdrubal Cabrera, SS

Travis d'Arnaud, C

Bartolo Colon, RHP



Phillies

Odubel Herrera, CF

Cesar Hernandez, 2B

Maikel Franco, 3B

Ryan Howard, 1B

Carlos Ruiz, C

Freddy Galvis, SS

David Lough, LF

Jeremy Hellickson, RHP

Peter Bourjos, RF

 

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Homer barrage continues, but Mets tripped up in series finale

David Wright: 'Pretty impossible' to make game-ending play in Mets' loss to Phillies

 

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That last one was tough to lose, but at least we got another series win. Kudos to the Phillies bullpen for shutting the Mets down after Hellickson's start.

Good news is, it seems Duda, Cespedes and Walker are locked in. Maybe it was just the ballpark, but hopefully they stay hot. Bullpen has performed admirably overall.

Bad news: Wright looked turrrrible at the plate.

 

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That last one was tough to lose, but at least we got another series win. Kudos to the Phillies bullpen for shutting the Mets down after Hellickson's start.

Good news is, it seems Duda, Cespedes and Walker are locked in. Maybe it was just the ballpark, but hopefully they stay hot. Bullpen has performed admirably overall.

Bad news: Wright looked turrrrible at the plate.

The captain does tend to have some crappy AB's....especially the one's where he makes an out on the 1st pitch...but if Robles doesn't WP that winning run into scoring position.....metsies more than likely would've won it.


Bright side:

4-2 so far on the 9 game road trip ain't too shabby....plus, deGrom will be back on the mound for the Sunday finale in Atlanta.

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

but if Robles doesn't WP that winning run into scoring position.....metsies more than likely would've won it.

Good point. Also, we got Jeffrey Maier-ed a bit with that non-homer GRD