8/31 Gameday Thread: Salem's magic number down to 2

We don't even gets the Mets on free TV in CT today.
Btw, 660 the Fan NYC was incessant about Mets great playoff chances. Then they switched to talk of how many games Eli gets before giving way to the rookie, Jones. They decided ten.

That's when I switched to WEEI

Groome gets the Lowell start. YPA up to Greenville again.

Groome goes 2 innings for the first time this year. 3 hits, one run, one walk, and three Ks.

Mata let up a single to lead off the game but didn’t let up another hit for seven innings. Walked five guys (not good) and struck out nine (very good). Command issues aside, this was a great start.

What would they hope to sneakily accomplish by putting Ramirez on the TIA and reinstating Romanski from the DL?

Sneakily have a 26-man roster. Avoid the difficulty of doing a paper move within the rules.

Literally every organization "abuses" the hell out of the IL and TIA in the minors. Every one.

Potomac swept so we will need to wait a day.

Aldo Ramirez with a good piggyback performance.

Sibby, come join me behind home plate next time. There are plenty of unoccupied seats.

I sat two rows behind two players with a jugs guns and chart for pitchers. I didn't recognize the player holding the gun (Kelvin Sanchez) but the player charting was unmistakable, it was Noah Song. I wanted to talk with him a little without bothering him and hoped to do it while the Spinners were batting in the second. He was charting CT pitchers and told me he would talk the next half inning so I missed most of Groome's second.

The juggs gun agreed with the scoreboard, having Groome (as well as Ramirez and de La Rosa) topping out at 93. The leadoff double was off a 90mph fastball that landed inches fair down the right field line. Jason got up to 93 with the fifth batter. Two line drive outs in the first, beside the hits.

I thought Ramirez mixed his pitches well. His last pitch of the night was an 85 mph slider that struck out Carpenter swinging in the 7th.

de La Rosa was great for four batters with his fastball 91-93 and curve 81-82. It should be noted, The Tigers lineup had only one hitter batting above .233.

Both of Cedannes singles were infield hits that he just beat out. A high chop to 3rd in the fifth and a roller deep in the shortstop hole with Kreidler trying a jump throw that was late. He really looked like he was moving going from first to third on a catcher's pass ball but was sent back to second when the ball got stuck in the fence.

Lugo's 7th inning single was a line drive over the pitcher and second baseman on a 91 mph fastball.

Davis ended the first inning with a loud deep drive to center just short of the warning track, about 380 feet.

Baldwin had a tough night behind the plate. His first throw on a stolen base attempt sailed over Flores ( but caught by Lugo backing up) and second was one that bounced into center field. The third stolen base was off the pitcher when Kreidler began running before de La Rosa delivered the pitch. He also got nicked with 3 or 4 foul tips and had to shake them off. The fan behind me thought he would quit catching after the beating he took.

Bandy doubled to start the winning rally in the 7th (while I was indesposed), his second double of the game and second time I've seen him play well. When he advanced to third on a pass ball, CT played the infield in and Flores lined a fastball up the middle just out of reach of the diving shortstop.