It’s hard to sweep teams … whether they’re from Kansas City or not.
If there was a game I was worried about, it was tonight. Mike Montgomery is a tough lefty, as all lefties are tough when you get to August. The Mets had a late trip in, because Atlanta doesn’t do weekday getaway games.
Someone noted that the Braves don’t play day games on getaway days, at least for the visiting team. Weekday games interfere with the neighborhood office-worker lunch-hour trade at the restaurants in the Battery.
— Jeff Ofgang (@Jeff___Ofgang) August 17, 2019
So Friday night was Atlanta’s fault. Okay, I’ll buy that.
True. I'm inclined to cut them a slight break after an emotionally exhausting game in ATL and immediate travel. It looked like everybody wore down at the same time.
— David Crockett (@dcrockett17) August 17, 2019
Noah Syndergaard sludged through six innings. He was pissed off after the fourth inning after not giving up a run, and then in the fifth he gave up the difference. Meibrys Vilonia hit a triple down the first base line, even with Pete Alonso practically standing on the line, to drive in the first run. Then Nicky Lopez took a good outside fastball and poked it down the third base line to bring in the go-ahead run. Syndergaard wound up going six innings just giving up the two runs, which is a feat with the heat and humidity they had to deal with tonight.
"Sweating like a grease pig"
Noah Syndergaard talks about battling the humidity and keeping dry during his outing pic.twitter.com/hULlwcsNi9
— SNY (@SNYtv) August 17, 2019
It was an interesting last couple of innings for the Mets, as they lost J.D. Davis to a tweaked calf when he beat out an infield single in the eighth and had to be pinch run for by Aaron Altherr (he says he’ll be fine), and then Brad Brach set fire to the bottom of the inning before Handsome Art Howe decided it was a capital idea to bring in Edwin Diaz with the bases loaded and nobody out. Sure enough, Diaz walked the first batter he saw to force in a run, and then gave up a single to a guy who had three strikeouts. Diaz was lucky that the ensuing grand slam that Ryan O’Hearn hit off him was reviewed and reversed to a foul ball.
The problem is that not only did the Mets score one run off of Montgomery, but that they couldn’t manage anything off the Royals bullpen in the last three innings, save for a rally in the ninth off of Ian Kennedy which loaded the bases before Amed Rosario hit into a 6-4 force play to end it.
True. I'm inclined to cut them a slight break after an emotionally exhausting game in ATL and immediate travel. It looked like everybody wore down at the same time.
— David Crockett (@dcrockett17) August 17, 2019
Yes, you gotta have the next two. Yes, the Braves screwed us by not having getaway afternoon games. Both can be true.
Today’s Hate List
Honestly, I’d be way more upset about this loss if Bill Walton wasn’t doing White Sox color commentary tonight.
Who needs replay reviews when you can have reenactments instead? pic.twitter.com/4MtxUS2jTX
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) August 17, 2019
Bill Walton enjoys a Mike Trout home run.
“That’s Trout? Swimming upstream, avoiding all the flies, and sending one ricocheting through the universe." pic.twitter.com/PlcwPIBT3A
— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) August 17, 2019
Whatever colors he’s commenting on are enhanced, I assure you.
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