The New York Mets face elimination when Matt Harvey takes the mound opposite Edinson Volquez of the Kansas City Royals at 8:15 PM on Sunday at Citi Field in Game 5 of the World Series.
Michael Conforto is the youngest Mets player (22 years, 244 days) to homer in a World Series game and Curtis Granderson is the oldest Met to hit a home run in a World Series game (34 years, 229 days) when he went deep in Game 3.
New York starters are 7-3 with a 3.30 ERA with 25 walks and 84 strikeouts this postseason.. he Mets lead all playoff teams with a 3.24 ERA this postseason.
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
- Wilmer Flores – SS
- Matt Harvey – RHP
Matt Harvey received a no-decision in the Mets’ 5-4, 14-inning loss in World Series Game 1 at Kauffman Stadium. He pitched 6.0 innings, allowed three earned runs on five hits while walking two and striking out two.
Syndergaard usually learns from Harvey, but I’m hoping tonight that Harvey learned from Syndergaard about the importance of being yourself on the mound. So far in the post season Harvey has tossed 18.2 innings allowing 8 runs, 7 earned, a 3.38 ERA, while striking out 18 batters with 6 walks. The Royals have the following numbers against him:
- Rios 1-5
- Cain 1-3
- Escobar 1-3, HR
- Hosmer 0-1
- Morales 0-3
- Moustakas 1-3
- Perez 1-3
- Zobrist 1-3, 2B
The Mets bats will get another look at Edinson Volquez tonight. He had a very similar line to Harvey in game 1 allowing six hits, 3 ER over 6.0 innings while striking out 3. In the post-season he has pitched 22.2 innings over 4 starts allowing 11 ER (4.37 ERA) while walking 13 and striking out 18. The Mets have the following numbers against Volquez:
- Murphy 7-18, 2B
- Wright 2-16
- K Johnson 4-15, 2B
- Cuddyer 4-11
- Granderson 1-11, HR
- Duda 4-11, 2B
- Uribe 3-10, 2B
- d’Arnaud 1-7
- Lagares 3-8, 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
