Inter-league play is now in full swing, lets take a look at how the NL East teams fared against the AL Sunday.
New York Mets : 4
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New York Yankees : 5
Mets Take : The Yankees complete their sweep of the Mets. While you can’t really ever say a team ‘Should have’ done something in the game of baseball, the Mets should have won today. They had every opportunity, Jon Niese pitched very well, allowing only 2 unearned runs trough 7 innings. The two runs occurred after a David Wright error extended the seventh rather then ending it on a ground ball. After the Yankees took the lead in the 8th (with help from another Mets error) the Mets tied it back up in the 9th off an Ike Davis RBI double, but promptly lost in walk-of fashion when Russell Martin hit his second home run of the afternoon. The Mets will try to right the ship as they head to Tampa to take on the Rays.
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With inter-league play just around the corner the NL East standings are dealing with division match ups. How did it all play out tonight?
New York Mets : 3
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Washington Nationals : 5
Nats’ Take : The Nationals are now on the verge of sweeping the Mets after taking the first two games of the series. When you think about the resiliency of the Nats after the myriad injuries they have faced, it’s hard not to be impressed. Edwin Jackson tossed a nice game going 7 innings, giving up 3 runs (2 ER) and striking out six. He got an early boost when Adam LaRoche hit a 3 run HR in the bottom half of the 1st. The Nats have one more game against the Mets before heading up to Bean Town to face the Red Sawx.
Mets’ Take : The Mets have now lost three straight and they probably would like to snap that losing streak before heading back to New York to take on their cross town rivals; the Yankees in the new House that Ruth Built. The Mets only had three hits tonight, but one belonged to the struggling Ike Davis who also recorded two walks, at least that’s a positive. Other than that there weren’t too many good things to say. If the Mets can win the final game with the Nats at least that would provide some momentum for the weekend series with the Yankees.
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St. Louis Cardinals : 0
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New York Mets : 8
Mets Take: There is only one subject line for this game and that is Johan Santana. In game number 8,020 in Mets history the franchise finally records its first no hitter. Santana threw an incredible 134 pitches, but went all nine with out allowing a hit. He did give up 5 walks, but that won’t prevent him from grasping his place in Mets history. When you consider what he has done as a Met and how he has rebounded from this most recent shoulder injury, he may be one of the best Met signings ever.
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Wednesday the NL East featured big blasts and late inning rallies. Let’s go around the east and see what happened.
Philladelphia Phillies : 10
New York Mets : 6
Mets take: Despite losing two out of three against the rival Phillies the Mets can take solace in their offensive production in this series. The team continues to find ways to produce runs and everyone seems to contribute. Lucas Duda hit a pair of homers for the Mets tonight, the first of which being a 2-run shot off of Cliff Lee, giving the Mets a three run lead in the sixth. The Mets do need to find a solution to their bullpen woes, the Phillies scored 8 of their 10 runs in the 7th, 8th and 9th off Mets bullpen pitchers.
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Filed Under (NL East Chatter) by sbiase on 25-05-2012
Much like the rest of the MLB this year, the NL East has been rather unpredictable. With the Mets over achieving, the Nationals’ impeccable pitching and the Phillies’ lack luster start, there is a lot to think about after the first 40 plus games. Let’s run down the division and give a look at where the teams stand and where they might end up.
Atlanta Braves: The Braves started the season sluggishly. They began by getting swept by the Mets and finished the first week of the season 2-4. After that, they were able to rebound and work their way to 6 games over .500, where they currently sit one game in back of the division leading Nationals.
Pleasant Surprise: At age 40 and after announcing his plans to retire at the end of the season, the expectations for Chipper Jones were probably a little lower than they have been in the past. After 101 at bats Jones is the owner of a solid .307 BA with 5 HR and 24 RBIs. If he can keep this up all year there may not be a need to retire come seasons end.
Solid Starters: Brandon Beachy and Tommy Hanson both have five wins in the season’s early going. While the rest of the rotation has had its ups and downs Beachy and Hanson have been as good as advertised, between the two of them they have pitched 118.2 innings with a 2.42 ERA. Tim Hudson also deserves an honorable mention for his stellar start as well, garnering a 3-1 record with a 3.03 ERA.
Where they finish: As of right now I see the Braves ending the year at 84-78 and competing for the final NL Wildcard spot.
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Filed Under (NL East Chatter) by mrose on 24-05-2012
Sorry everyone for the redundancy and for the lack of content. I am having a lot of trouble finding new things to write about and do them first to put content up, and obviously more importantly…needing writers. Again, were still looking for writers, or creators of blogs for all NL East teams. Please contact me at mrose@nleastchatter.com and we will consider anyone! One thing I must warn though, unfortunately this is not a paid job. I am fine with people using this as a springboard, but although we have some advertising $$, I can’t pay. Obviously if we can really turn this around, that can change.
thanks for the support!
MRose
Filed Under (Daily Lineups) by mrose on 10-04-2012
Only two game containing NL East teams tonight given the Marlins/Phillies day off:
First the Nationals look to rebound from a walk off loss to the Mets at Citi Field (7:05PM EST)
Davey's G5 Lineup at NYM: Desmond ss, Lombardozzi 2b, Zimmerman 3b, LaRoche 1b, Werth rf, Nady lf, Bernadina cf, Ramos c, Detwiler lhp. EDIT: Wright as been scratched, see changes below
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Mets Tuesday lineup vs. the Nationals: Tejada-6, Murphy-4, Wright-5, Bay-7, Duda-9, Turner-3, Hairston-8, Nickeas-2, Gee-1 Again, the Braves go for win number 1 against the Astros in Houston at 8:05PM EST
Tonight's lineup at HOU (8:05, FSS/680AM/BRN): Bourn 8 Prado 7 Freeman 3 McCann 2 Uggla 4 Jones 5 Heyward 9 Pastornicky 6 Hanson 1 Astros are slow to post their lineup….
According to Dave O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Chipper Jones will be activated from the DL and play today. The Braves hope this will be a kick to their disappointing start.
Filed Under (Daily Lineups) by mrose on 09-04-2012
We’ll try to post the lineups this year… again, we are short staffed, so I can’t give guarantees.
First off, the Marlins and Phillies both off to slow starts, look to get on pace against eachother. They begin at 1:05 in Philadelphia(or whenever Phillies home opener festivities complete)
Updated Marlins lineup 12:26PM
#Marlins lineup change 4/9 in Philly: Stanton out; Sanchez batting 4th, Kearns in RF batting 5th, Coghlan batting 6th in LF Lineup vs Marlins: Pierre LF, Polanco 3B, Rollins SS, Pence RF, Victorino CF, Mayberry 1B, Ruiz C, Galvis 2B, Hamels P At 7:05PM , the Mets look to continue a surprising start when the Nationals visit Citi Field for the first time in 2012.
#Nats 4/9 Lineup at #Mets: Desmond SS, Espinosa 2B, Zimmerman 3B, LaRoche 1B, Werth RF, DeRosa LF, Bernadina CF, Flores C, Jackson RHP Mets Monday lineup vs. Nationals: Tejada-SS, Murphy-2B, Wright-3B, Davis-1B, Bay-LF, Duda-RF, Thole-C, Nieuwenhuis-CF, Pelfrey-RHP Finally, at 8:05PM, Atlanta will be in Houston going for their first win of the young season.
Tonight's lineup at HOU (8:05, FSS/680AM/BRN): Bourn 8 Prado 7 McCann 2 Uggla 4 Freeman 3 Diaz 9 Francisco 5 Pastornicky 6 Beachy 1 Astros lineup vs. Braves 4/9. Roof open. First pitch 7:05 CT. Gates open at 5:35. http://t.co/mvAejp6i 
Filed Under (Daily Lineups) by mrose on 04-05-2011
A Double header in Atlanta tonight, begins with this lineup as the Brewers and Braves play two!
#Brewers Game 1 Lineup: Weeks 2B, Morgan CF, Braun LF, Fielder 1B, McGehee 3B, Kotsay RF, Lucroy C, Counsell SS, Estrada P #Braves lineup 1. Prado LF, 2. Heyward RF, 3. Jones 3B, 4. McCann C, 5. Uggla 2B, 6. Freeman 1B, 7. Gonzalez SS, . McLouth CF, 9. Hanson
The Nationals look to even the series against the Phillies tonight with this lineup.
Tonight's lineup: 4- espinosa, 6- desmond, 9- werth, 3- laroche, 2- ramos, 7- morse, 8- hairston, 5- cora, 1- marquis Tonight's lineup vs. WSH: Rollins SS, Victorino CF, Polanco 3B, Howard 1B, Francisco RF, Ibanez LF, Schneider C, Valdez 2B, Worley P.
The Marlins continue against the Cardinals
#Marlins 5/4 at STL: coghlan 8, bonifacio 7, ramirez 6, sanchez 3, stanton 9, dobbs 5, infante 4, hayes 2, vazquez 1 #stlcards lineup Theriot 6, Craig 5, Pujols 3, Holliday 7, Berkman 9, Rasmus 8, Molina 2, Descalso 4, Carpenter RHP #Cardinals
And finally, the Giants continue against the Mets
Giants: Rowand cf. Sanchez 2b Fontenot ss. Posey c. Huff 1b. Burrell lf. Schierholtz rf. Tejada 3b. Lincecum p Tonight's @ line-up vs @: Reyes-6, Murphy-4, Wright-5, Beltran-9, Davis-3, Paulino-2, Harris-7, Pridie-8, Capuano-1
