Sunday, July 24, 2016 • 1:10 p.m.
Marlins Park • Miami, FL
LHP Steven Matz (7-6, 3.56) vs. RHP Jose Urena (1-1, 6.23)
PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets and Marlins close out their three game series this afternoon in Miami on Mike Piazza Hall of Fame induction day. The two teams have split the first two games of the series and the Mets hope that Steven Matz can keep the Marlins off the board in Sunday’s rubber match.
Mets Lineup
- Jose Reyes – 3B
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- Yoenis Cespedes – LF
- James Loney – 1B
- Kelly Johnson – 2B
- Asdrubal Cabrera – SS
- Michael Conforto – CF
- Rene Rivera – C
- Steven Matz – LHP
Marlins Lineup
- Miguel Rojas – 1B
- Martin Prado – 3B
- Christian Yelich – LF
- Giancarlo Stanton – RF
- Marcell Ozuna – CF
- J.T. Realmuto – C
- Derek Dietrich – 2B
- A. Hechavarria – SS
- Jose Urena – RHP
The Mets are 4-4 since the All-Star break and are 4-6 in their last 10 games. New York is 25-25 on the road this year and are 6-11 in their last 17 road contests.
Steven Matz is 7-6 over 17 games and 101.0 innings with a 3.56 ERA on the season. In his last start against the Cubs he allowed 4 ER over 8 hits and 5.0 innings. Steven blamed this on mistakes made in the game, but its hard to separate his recent performance from the news of his bone spurs. Since June 12th, Matz has made 7 starts logging 40.2 innings with a 5.31 ERA.
His two starts against the Marlins this year have been quite different. His first start of the season was against them and it was his worst in his career as he allowed 7 ER over 1.2 innings. In his last start vs the Marlins, July 5th, he allowed only 2 ER over 7.0 innings. The Marlins have the following numbers against Matz:
- Yelich 2-8
- Ozuna 2-5
- Prado 2-6
- Mathis 2-5, HR
- Rojas 0-5
- Stanton 3-5, 2 HR
- Hechavarria 1-4
- C Johnson 1-3
Jose Urena will be making his second start of the season today. Overall he’s 1-1 over 17 games and 1 start with a 6.23 ERA while pitching 26.0 innings with 17 K’s. Last year he had 9 starts mixed into 20 games posting a 5.25 ERA over 61.2 innings of work. His last time out was his first start of the season, he allowed only 1 ER over 5.2 innings. He hasn’t faced the Mets this year but last year he logged 3.0 innings against the Mets in two relief appearances where he allowed 3 ER while striking out none. The Mets have the following numbers against Jose:
- Walker 1-3, HR
- Cabrera 1-1
- Cespedes 0-1
- d’Arnaud 0-1
- deGrom 0-1
- Flores 1-1, HR
- Granderson 0-1
Let’s Go Mets!
