Thursday, May 5, 2016 • 10:10 p.m. (ET)
Petco Park • San Diego, CA
RHP Jacob deGrom (3-0, 1.02) vs. RHP Colin Rea (2-1, 4.61)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The New York Mets embark on their longest road trip of the year tonight. The 11-game, three-city trip starts with four games in San Diego, followed by four games in Los Angeles and three in Colorado. The Mets are 8-3 on the road this season and their .727 road winning percentage is the fourth-best in the majors
Mets Lineup (17-9)
- Curtis Granderson, RF
- David Wright, 3B
- Michael Conforto, LF
- Yoenis Cespedes, CF
- Lucas Duda, 1B
- Neil Walker, 2B
- Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
- Kevin Plawecki, C
- Jacob deGrom, RHP
Padres Lineup (11-17)
- Jon Jay, CF
- Wil Myers, 1B
- Matt Kemp, RF
- Brett Wallace, 3B
- Melvin Upton Jr., LF
- Alexei Ramirez, SS
- Derek Norris, C
- Jemile Weeks, 2B
- Colin Rea, RHP
Jacob deGrom is 3-0 in as many starts this season with a 1.02 ERA over 17.2 innings while walking 4 and striking out 14. His last outing was his first scoreless one on the season as he held the Giants to 0’s over 6.0 innings despite walking 4 of them. Last year he had one start against the Padres and it was a great one as he held them scoreless over 8.0 innings while allowing only 2 hits, no walks and recording 8 K’s. The Padres have the following numbers against Jacob:
- Kemp 2-8, 2B
- Upton 3-6
- Bethancourt 0-7
- Jay 2-2, 2B
The Mets’ bats will get their first crack at Colin Rea today. Colin is 2-1 over 6 games and 5 starts this year logging 27.1 innings of work with an ERA of 4.61 while walking 13 and striking out 22. He’s pitched in as many games this year as he did last year, when he made his major league debut. He’s been better than his numbers suggest because his first start was a disastrous 5 ER, 3.1 inning affair. Since then he has pitched 23.0 innings in 4 starts with a 3.13 ERA. This will be his first career start against the Mets and no one on the Mets roster faced him last year as members of other teams.
