UCB Progressive Game Blog: The 5th Inning

We here at Metsrospectus are proud to present the Mets perspective on the 5th inning of today's game as part of the United Cardinal Bloggers progressive game blog, check it out here.

Hey everybody, in case you hadn't heard Johan Santana threw a no-hitter yesterday and the Mets are essentially unbeatable. In the fifth inning of today's game R.A. Dickey has given up some hits but is working on a shutout. Dickey has been great all year, he induces a fly for the first out which is good but I'm looking for strikeouts, he has had two 10 plus strikeout games and I wanna see the third. Dickey threw Yadi a 54 mph knuckler, nothing about the modern day MLB prepapres a man to have a ball thrown at him at 54 mph, you just cant be ready for that. He induces a ground out for Molina. The knuckler is really moving today. He get's the strikeout we were looking for. He is 6 away from double digits, doesn't look likely but then again neither did last nights no no. Cards have one of the highest powered offenses in baseball and haven't been able to do much against the Mets.

David Wright leads off, according to WAR he is the second most valuable player in baseball with a 3.3. Wright draws a walk , I sometimes wish baseball had a percentage of winning meter on the screen that changes after every at bat, like in poker on ESPN. I bet people would appreciate lead off walks more if we had that. Lucas Duda at bat now, killing it the last few days. Not this inning though, Lynn strikes him out. Dan Murphy is up, he is incapable of striking out, I am predicting a hit here. There has been a lot of chatter on Mets blogs lately about how Murph isn't good because he has a punchless 300 avg. poor guy, hitting 300 and still taking shit. I predicted correctly Murph with a hit, now has 7 a game streak going, look out Joe Dimmagio.

Ike Davis up now, struggling this season. He pops out but a cardinal error advances the runners. Holliday threw to Adams who wasn't there. Do people call Matt Adams Madams? I would.

Mike Matheny is out to the mound, seriously wasn't he a catcher like twenty minutes ago? How is he managing. Mets announcers are questioning that Lance Lynn might intentionally walk Quintanilla, that is simply not what the IBB was invented for... they pitch to him. Lynn walks Quinty unintentionally, he is coming out of the game. I am pleased with this since I have him going in fantasy today and don't want his day getting any worse.

Commercial break, all you St. Louiser's go grab a fried ravioli while we take a breather.

Josh Thole up now, having a great year, an OBP machine. Grounds out to end the inning stranding the loaded bases. The Thole remains unpaid (see what I did there?) On to the 6th at On the Outside Corner.