Saturday, June 4, 2016 • 4:10 p.m.
Marlins Park • Miami, FL
RHP Bartolo Colon (4-3, 3.39) vs. LHP Justin Nicolino (2-3, 4.50)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets needed that win last night. After losing a couple of games in a row, and then learning that team captain David Wright would be out until late August, the joy was starting to escape Metsville. Luckily, Noah Syndergaard rose to the occasion and gave the Mets a gutsy performance aided by home runs from Asdrubal Cabrera, James Loney and Rene Rivera. Today the Mets look for the series win behind Bartolo Colon as he opposes southpaw Justin Nicolino.
The Mets are 6-6 vs. left-handers this season. Including today, the Mets are scheduled to face
left-handed starters in three of their next five games.
Mets Lineup
- Curtis Granderson, RF
- Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
- Yoenis Cespedes, LF
- Neil Walker, 2B
- Juan Lagares, CF
- Wilmer Flores, 3B
- James Loney, 1B
- Kevin Plawecki, C
- Bartolo Colon, RHP
Marlins Lineup
- Derek Dietrich, 2B
- Martin Prado, 3B
- Christian Yelich, LF
- Marcell Ozuna, CF
- Giancarlo Stanton, RF
- Justin Bour, 1B
- J.T. Realmuto, C
- Miguel Rojas, SS
- Justin Nicolino, LHP
Bartolo is 4-3 over 11 games, 10 starts and 61.0 innings with a 3.39 ERA. He was solid his last time out allowing 2 ER over 6.0 innings of work and combined in his last two starts he has allowed 3 ER over 13.0. This will be his first start this year against the fish, a team he faced 6 times last year going 4-2 over 43.1 innings with a 2.49 ERA. The Marlins have the following numbers against Colon:
- Suzuki 34-114, 3 2B, 3B, 3 HR
- Yelich 7-25, 3 2B
- Prado 7-20, HR
- Realmuto 4-15, 2 2B, HR
- Ozuna 3-13, 2B
- Bour 3-12, HR
- Hechavarria 3-12, 2 2B
- Stanton 5-11, 2B, 2 HR
Justin Nicolino is 2-3 over 7 starts and 40.0 innings this year with a 4.50 ERA. He was called up in late April and his 2016 debut was his best start of season going 7.1 scoreless innings. Since then, he has a 5.51 ERA in 6 starts. He faced the Mets once in 2015 allowing 3 ER and 6 hits over 6.0 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers on Justin:
- Cespedes 1-3, HR
- Lagares 1-3
- Walker 0-2
- Flores 0-1
Let’s Go Mets!
