Losers of five straight games, the New York Mets will try to end the regular season on a high note this afternoon when they take on the Washington Nationals at Citi Field.
Jacob deGrom (14-8, 2.60) will have his final regular-season tune-up with an abbreviated start against Nationals right-hander Tanner Roark (4-7, 4.63) at 3:10 PM.
Mets Starting Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- David Wright – 3B
- Daniel Murphy – 2B
- Yoenis Cespedes – CF
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Michael Conforto – LF
- Ruben Tejada – SS
- Jacob deGrom – RHP
Jacob deGrom gets the start for the Mets a day after learning that he’s starting the first game of the NLDS. He’s 14-8 over 29 starts with a 2.60 ERA over 187.0 innings. He had a bounce back start his last time out pitching 6.0 innings with 9 K’s. He is 2-2 over 5 games against the Nationals logging 30.1 innings with a 3.26 ERA over 34 K’s. The Nationals have the following numbers against Jacob:
- Harper 7-16, 2 2B, HR
- Desmond 5-16, HR
- Ramos 3-14, 2B, HR
- Werth 1-10
- Escobar 5-10, 2B
- Rendon 0-8
- Zimmerman 3-8, HR
Tanner Roark gets the start for the Nationals, making his 12th start of the year. Over his 39 games he has pitched 105.0 innings with a 4.63 ERA. He made only starts in September logging 25.2 innings over 5 starts with a 4.91 ERA and 0-3 record. He has logged 5.1 innings against the Mets this year allowing 4 runs. The Mets have the following numbers against Roark:
- Murphy 4-17, 2B
- Duda 4-15, 2B
- Granderson 4-13, 3 2B
- E Young 4-13, 2B
- Lagares 2-11, 2B
- Recker 4-6, 2B, HR
Let’s Go Mets!
