Wednesday, April 24, 2024 • 3:45 PM
Oracle Park • San Francisco, CA
LHP Sean Manaea (1-1, 4.12) vs. RHP Ryan Walker (2-2, 3.46)
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The Mets try to avoid a sweep by the Giants this afternoon as they wrap up their first west coast trip of the year. If you are like me, your relationship with the Mets this week has been something like this. “Woah, the pitching for both teams looks good after one inning, time for bed!” That sentiment ends today as the Mets play a game starting in the mid-afternoon!
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Mets Lineup
- Brandon Nimmo – LF
- Starling Marte – DH
- Francisco Lindor – SS
- Pete Alonso – 1B
- Brett Baty – 3B
- Tyrone Taylor – RF
- Jeff McNeil – 2B
- Harrison Bader – CF
- Tomás Nido – C
Sean Manaea looks to salvage the series for the Mets as he takes on his former team. Over four starts (19 2/3 innings) Manaea has a 4.12 ERA, 3.51 FIP, 1.373 WHIP and a 96 ERA+. Back on April 13th Manaea had a terrible start where he allowed eight runs against the Royals. He has only allowed 11 runs total this season. His last start was more normal as he held the Dodgers to just two runs from four hits and three walks over five innings. Since his first start of the season, he has not finished six full innings. The Giants have the following career numbers against him:
- Nick Ahmed 2-7, HR
- Michael Conforto 2-4, 2B
- Thairo Estrada 3-10, K
- Wilmer Flores 7-21, 2 2B, 3 K
- Tom Murphy 3-8, HR, BB, 2 K
- Austin Slater 3-20, 2B, 2 BB, 5 K
- Jorge Soler 2-6, HR, K
- Mike Yastrzemski 2-8, 3B, BB, 3 K
Opposing Lineup
- Austin Slater – RF
- Wilmer Flores – 1B
- Michael Conforto – LF
- Jorge Soler – DH
- Matt Chapman – 3B
- Patrick Bailey – C
- Thairo Estrada – 2B
- Tyler Fitzgerald – CF
- Nick Ahmed – SS
The Giants placed Blake Snell on the injured list a few hours before this afternoon’s game with a left adductor strain and will be pivoting to a bullpen game today. Ryan Walker will start things off for the Giants. Walker has pitched in a league-leading 13 total games this year with 13 innings of work, posting a 3.46 ERA, 2.00 FIP, 0.932 WHIP, and a 117 ERA+. The most pitches he has tossed in an outing in 2024 was 27, and the deepest he has gone in a game is 1 2/3 innings. He pitched against the Mets on Monday night, holding the Mets hitless in a clean inning of work.
Game Notes
J.D. Martinez went 1-for-4 with an RBI single for the Triple-A Syracuse Mets on Tuesday night. He’s in the lineup for Syracuse again on Wednesday.
Mets top pitching Christian Scott struck out eight and retired the last 18 batters he faced for Syracuse on Tuesday.
The Texas Rangers have claimed left-handed Kolton Ingram off waivers from the Mets.
Three Things To Watch For
- Starling Marte is heating up! On Tuesday night, he went 3-for-4 at the plate with a double. It was his second consecutive game with multiple hits and his fifth time in his last eight games with multiple hits. Since April 13th, when he went 3-for-5 at the plate with a homer, Marte has gone 16-for-43 with three doubles, three homers, and three stolen bases. On the season, he is hitting .305/.347/.474 with a 134 OPS+.
- Hitting with runners in scoring position. During the Mets hot streak, they were raking with runners in scoring position. The Mets out-hit the Giants on Tuesday 9 to 8. They had three doubles compared to the Giants one double and one triple. The difference came to hitting with RISP. The Mets went 1-for-7 while the Giants went 4-for-9. The good news is the Mets are hitting, this should fall back together.
- Working walks. The Mets pitchers collectively didn’t walk a single Giants batter on Tuesday night, a great trend the Mets hope continues this afternoon. The Mets hitters, though, only worked one walk (Brandon Nimmo). This afternoon, they are facing a Giants bullpen that is in an interesting position. They essentially got the night off last night with Logan Webb throwing eight innings, but they have used their closer and setup man in three of the last four games.
Let’s go Mets!
