Pirates @ Mets May 9 - 12

[evolver115]

Hope Hammer makes a full recovery, of course




And Liriano has 9K's through 5 and 1/3

 

[Darkstone42]

I think Mercer might be ready to take over as our shortstop.

Wow.

 

[steelparrot]

Nice stat padding day for sure.


Its not to early to judge the Hanrahan trade, even if the other 3 never pan out(I did see stolmy was hitting 98 on the radar gun.. so barring injury, hes gonna get a shot in the bp at some point at the very least), its an A+ trade for sure.

Mercer is the better hitter for sure, I just wonder what the brass REALLY thinks about his defense at short.

 

[Darkstone42]

Well, Baxter's a clutch soft hit getter.

 

[Darkstone42]

Now we get to work on their bullpen. I'm usually pretty comfortable in a tie game late with our pen and how we seem to center up relievers.

 

[Darkstone42]

Pedro goes to the opposite field for the go-ahead RBI single off the Mets' best reliever!

 

[Darkstone42]

And with that hit, Pedro is finally above the Mendoza line!

 

[Darkstone42]

Fort hit that pretty square, but right at Lagares (or however you spell it).

But we hand the Melancon/Grilli tandem a 3-2 lead, and that's good.

 

[Darkstone42]

I think that walk was intentional. But Fort absolutely has to smother that first ball.

 

[sychmd]

WP, PB, SB,
we seem to give bases away so easily in the mid to late stages of the game..

3 of 4 pitches to wright, mlb gameday had them as strikes, the second pitch was almost right down the middle according to gameday. i am not watching on tv.

 

[Darkstone42]

WP, PB, SB,
we seem to give bases away so easily in the mid to late stages of the game..

3 of 4 pitches to wright, mlb gameday had them as strikes, the second pitch was almost right down the middle according to gameday. i am not watching on tv.

Gameday is way off. None of them were close.

 

[Darkstone42]

That was such a great heads-up play by Inge. Thank goodness we escaped that near disaster.

 

[sychmd]

melancon was clutch again.
one insurance run would be great as we have mo' and mets just went thru a big letdown.

then grill em up!

 

[sychmd]

Gameday is way off. None of them were close.

thanks darkstone,
that is good to hear.
i was thinking that wright was getting calls given his rep as a good eye.

 

[sychmd]

what was the inge play.

 

[Darkstone42]

What a great at bat for Marte there.

 

[Darkstone42]

what was the inge play.

Duda hit a line drive down the line, Sanchez was in position, but it hit the base and popped up and to his right, and Inge and Melancon were hustling the whole way and hooked up for the 4-1 putout at first.

 

[sychmd]

14 pitch AB and a walk for marte,
would have loved to see it.
were any of the fouls ropes that were potential hits.
or just spoiling.
most of the fouls were on pitches 97-98 mpph

 

[Darkstone42]

14 pitch AB and a walk for marte,
would have loved to see it.
were any of the fouls ropes that were potential hits.
or just spoiling.
most of the fouls were on pitches 97-98 mpph

Just spoiling. His quick hands were on display, though. He started a couple of the swings way late and still caught up to it.

 

[Darkstone42]

Well that first strikeout didn't take long.