Game Thread: Mets @ Red Sox

grrrr. I decided to watch the yankees and phillies game while i waited instead, then that stopped showing up. So now I’m watching the Braves vs. marlins. Oh well, baseball is baseball.

Horribly buggy serivce.

Seems Lackey is unharmed through 1, and Scutaro got out. All I know.

apparently i missed Lackey giving up 2 hits but no runs in the first.

I’ll be back around 2:10

Lackey’s back on the mound.

youk strikes out looking, Ortiz flies out to deep center, and Beltre flies out to center

Lackey takes the Mets down 1-2-3.

Hermida singles to left, Cameron pops out in foul ground, Reddick singles to right, Scutaro strikes out, pedroia singles off the shortstop’s glove- now it gets fun:
Hermida scores, Reddick gets trapped between second and third, and makes it back to second, but gets stepped on. He’s staying in the game, though, and the inning continues.

Beltre runs up and does his signature move with a disturbingly nice throw to get him out.

Wow this season will be so awesome, alone seeing Beltre play will be so sweeeeeeet. :D

he’s having a great spring

I have say i was not thrilled with us picking him up ………….he is winning me over !

and would have stolen second had hermida not fouled the ball off. Nothing else interesting though. Inning over.

And Reddick lines one first. Can’t really do much about that one.

Strikes out Martinez to start the inning.

Swinging at the low, outside changeup this time.

Pagan doubled down the left field line and Hermida just kind of meandered over to the ball.

Stands at 2nd

No damage done to either, and it’s a foul, but dangerous.

there’s a runner on third.

Still 1-0 Sox.

He went way too cheap, IMO.

Down 0-2, works the count back full, and then puts the ball in play. It’s an error by the 2nd baseman, but you never strike out and you’ll get on some.

Which basically means Youk is out come the end of the inning. Third time through the lineup, so the starters wil get their last ABs and then head to the showers without fail.

Is it just me, or is Victor’s stance sort of bad? He makes it work, so no problem, but it seems too compact.

Gets a quick grounder.

Bard with something offspeed. Couldn’t tell, but was that a changeup? He’d been working on getting a changeup going this spring.

You give me rock i give you fire …………………arh TUG………GOOD!…………..LOL

Sharply hit, but right at him.

Frank Catalanotto and his rhythmic name work a tough AB into a walk. The first of the day against the Sox.

You are a cruel station.

3-run shot puts the Mets up 3-1.

Oh well lackey look real good!

Well played by Wagner.

Scott Atchison, your chances are looking better and better.

Shouse did not locate that where he wanted to at all.

4-1 Mets heading to the bottom of the 8th.

I predict a Darnell McDonald substitution.

Not sure why he’s getting the hook, really…

Shealy manages to beat the throw home, though it was probably a bad idea to run. Hall scampers into 2nd on the throw and is replaced by Kade Keowen, who is Michael Almanzar in 3 or 4 years if he never advances.

Sort of a swinging bunt. Don says Hullet, and I think that’s hit number, but Wagner was due up. Maybe Tito just messed with the batting order when he made the substitutions.

4-2 Mets going to the 9th.

Maybe he won’t suck…

Chris Coste up. Go Chris Coste!

Such good stuff when he’s on. Strikes out the 3rd batter.

Sox gonna need at least 2 in the 9th.

Dusty Brown pinch hitting for Papi.

Oh Ram Ram…

Reid Engel is the tying run at the plate.

4-2 Mets over the Sox is the final score.

Lackey looked good (I actually missed the top of the 1st inning, do to traffic at the sausage stand). He was very efficient. Seemed like he had a couple of innings under ten pitches.

Beltre’s play off of Lackey’s foot was awesome.

I like Reddick. He hammered his single, then hustled his way out of a rundown. I could see him spending significant time with us this year.

Hermida had a nice single too.

Paps looked good.

Nothing else really to report. Cool day at the pahk (65 degrees). Sat next to a guy who says he went to USF and pitched against Alex Cora in the College World Series in ’95. Says he got him out. Then he played ball in the Northern League, in St. Paul, and gave up a homer to Papi.