METS AT RED SOX
1:05 PM, EST, SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 AT FENWAY PARK
NEW YORK METS, (69-79)..............................................................................BOSTON, (102-47)
TV: NESN, SNY
NEW YORK:
JACOB de GROM, RHP, 8-9, 1.71 ERA, 239K
de Grom, continues his historic season, setting the record in his last outing, the
longest-single streak in Major League history with 26 consecutive starts holding
opponents to three runs or fewer. That record was previously held for 108 years.
BOSTON:
CHRIS SALE, LHP, 12-4, 196 ERA, 221K
The ace will make his second "opener" in his return from the DL, and this one is
expected to be three innings, perhaps four. Last time out, Sale threw 26 pitches, so
manager Alex Cora took Sale out and had him up for his count in the pen.
https://www.mlb.com/redsox/gameday/mets-vs-red-sox/2018/09/16/531642#game_state=preview,game_tab=,game=531642
RED SOX (102-47) METS (69-79)
Betts RF Rosario SS
Holt SS McNeil 2B
Benintendi L Flores 1B
Pearce DH Conforto LF
Moreland 1 Frazier 3B
Kinsler 2B Bruce DH
Bradley CF Nimmo RF
Devers 3B Plawecki C
Vázquez C Jackson CF
Pitching: LHP Chris Sale (12-4, 1.96)
Pitching: RHP Jacob deGrom (8-9. 1.71)
BEAR is BACK !!!! Good to see you ………… GO SOX !!!
Go Sale. Would like to see three strong innings from him today. Plus DeGrom's Cy Young chances may rest on this game. I'm sure writers will be watching to see how he pitches against a good team as another way to evaluate whether to give the award to a guy with a terrible record but who has been the best pitcher in the NL. If he shuts down the Sox he may get the votes to put him over the top. If the Sox bat him around he'll lose.
My coverage just returned, 3-0, Sox
Thought Betts made a very weak throw home on the Met's run. Had no pop on it. Wasn't very deep. Now looks like he's injured.
Not sure why JBJ was put in right field with Lin going to center? Should of put Holt in RF and Lin at short & left JBJ in center. Think it cost Sox a run because of it. JBJ would of caught that ball. Weird inning. Don't think the Mets would of scored with a good throw home and leaving JBJ in center. No matter how you look at it Lin should not of been put in center! Could of moved JBJ to RF. Beni to CF and put Swihart in LF. I understand wanting to get Lin some playing time but CF is not the place. Poor choice by Cora I feel.
Dammit. Hembree can't find the plate. Back to back walks. And now in comes Kelly. This won't be pretty. The BP is going to blow another game.
Hembree’s a joke. Now Kelly the Klown comes out to deliver the W for the Mets. No WS not with this pen
Hembree to Kelly 3-3. Let’s go Mets!
Thought Kelly did a good job after Hembree put 2 guys on base. Could of been much worse. Tied up at 3 going to the bottom of the 7th.
At least deGrom is likely done for the day.
Love me some small ball.
Wrights going to pitch the 9th? Hang on to your a**. Cora determined to make it interesting. Should be interesting.
Wow, he done good. Sox win the series.
103 Ws
Workman with the win. Wright? with the save. I thought the pen did very well. I feel 2 of the runs the Met's got were because of poor play by the fielders. Bett's throw home & Lin missing the ball in CF. But the Sox pulled it out.
And the Jays beat the Yankees 3-2 so the magic number is now 2. One win in NY will wrap the division up. On to Tuesday at 1pm.
Ain't that somethin...11.5 ahead of yankees.
YAHOOOO!
SOX WIN!
Yankees LOSE!
Magic Number: 2
Quote from: Bear on September 16, 2018, 03:10:17 PM
Ain't that somethin...11.5 ahead of yankees.
YAHOO!!!
Sporting News reports Mookie should be OK. Cora said he would play in NY Tuesday, probably as the DH.
After Friday's game I was in a tizzy at how poor we played---hitting and pitching and thought here we go dragging it out to the end of the season by giving games away or getting bopped around. Well two days later the picture has done a 180 degree turn, or is it a 360 one. Two close wins (that's how we seem to win them lately) and two close Yankee losses. Now if we can just win one of those games at Yankee Stadium this coming three game series we've got the AL East again, and since the Twins and Jays each won two of three from them two of three by our squad would be even better. I never thought I would see this team go up 11.5 games on the Yankees, our biggest lead of the season, but maybe we just like to make things interesting.
Boy has Brock Holt turned into a clutch money player. He seems to be rising to the occasion more often now than most of the rest of the crew but it takes everyone doing their job so when the big guns are silent it take guys like Holt, Kinsler, Swihart, Nunez, Bradley and others to pick up the slack. Turned into a very nice weekend the last two days. Enjoy the day off tomorrow and come out smoking on Tuesday. Please, just wrap this thing up as early as possible.
I would love to see the Sox wrap this up on Tuesday and then send out their AA team for the rest of the series. Just to thumb their noses at the Yankees.
Nice to be 11 1/2 up with 12 games left. The Yankees have tanked just as the going got tough.
Weird game, sort of typical for the Mets though - they get good pitching and lose.
I think that we'll see more of the same with lineups resting 2 or 3 guys at a time. I'd expect Mookie to get an extra day off and likely see JBJ and Beni off on Tuesday, especially if we see a lefty. That gives each of those guys 2 full days off just like the guys yesterday. The rest of the guys get regular rest anyhow - we have platoons at 1B, 3B and catcher.
Quote from: Schloicka on September 16, 2018, 02:53:58 PM
Wrights going to pitch the 9th? Hang on to your a**. Cora determined to make it interesting. Should be interesting.
Wright is a GAMER !!! Got to love that knuckle ball !!!!
Quote from: SeaBeachFred on September 16, 2018, 09:10:11 PM
After Friday's game I was in a tizzy at how poor we played---hitting and pitching and thought here we go dragging it out to the end of the season by giving games away or getting bopped around. Well two days later the picture has done a 180 degree turn, or is it a 360 one. Two close wins (that's how we seem to win them lately) and two close Yankee losses. Now if we can just win one of those games at Yankee Stadium this coming three game series we've got the AL East again, and since the Twins and Jays each won two of three from them two of three by our squad would be even better. I never thought I would see this team go up 11.5 games on the Yankees, our biggest lead of the season, but maybe we just like to make things interesting.
Boy has Brock Holt turned into a clutch money player. He seems to be rising to the occasion more often now than most of the rest of the crew but it takes everyone doing their job so when the big guns are silent it take guys like Holt, Kinsler, Swihart, Nunez, Bradley and others to pick up the slack. Turned into a very nice weekend the last two days. Enjoy the day off tomorrow and come out smoking on Tuesday. Please, just wrap this thing up as early as possible.
Truly surprising and helpful that the Twins AND the Jays beat the Yankees
AND won their series against them.
WOW!
Would love to see our Sox beat them in the Bronx AND win the AL EAST!