Sunday, October 2, 2016 • 3:05 p.m.
Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PA
RHP Gabriel Ynoa (1-0, 7.90) vs. RHP Jerad Eickhof (11-14, 3.72)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets did it… They have clinched the first NL Wild Card spot and will host the Wild Card Game on Wednesday, October 5 at Citi Field vs. either San Francisco or St. Louis. The Mets also qualified as the Wild Card in 1999 and 2000.
New York has reached the postseason in consecutive years for the second time in team history (also 1999-2000). Terry Collins becomes the third Mets manager in franchise history to lead the team to two postseason appearances, joining Davey Johnson (1986, 1988) and Bobby Valentine (1999, 2000).
The Mets have now won seven of their last nine games and are 18-8 in their last 26 contests. The Mets are 43-37 on the road this year and 14-5 in their last 19 road games. The Mets have a .692 (27-12) winning percentage since August 20, the best percentage in the majors during that span. The Cubs are second (.641, 25-14).
Mets Lineup
- Curtis Granderson CF
- Asdrubal Cabrera SS
- Jay Bruce RF
- Lucas Duda 1B
- Kelly Johnson 2B
- Michael Conforto LF
- Eric Campbell 3B
- Kevin Plawecki C
- Gabriel Ynoa RHP
The Mets are going with Gabriel Ynoa in the season finale He’s 1-0 on the season over 9 games and 2 starts totaling 13.2 innings with a 7.90 ERA. His last start was on the 23rd and it was a short one as he allowed 5 hits and 2 ER over 2.0 innings (which was also his first time facing the Phillies). Last time out he allowed no runs and 3 hits over 1.2 innings against the Marlins). The Phillies have the following numbers against Ynoa:
- Hernandez 1-2
- Herrera 1-2
- Quinn 1-2
- Asche 1-1
- Galvis 1-1
- Hellickson 0-1
- Howard 0-1
Jerad Eickhoff will make his last start of the season today. He was 11-14 over 191.1 innings with a 3.72 ERA. He’s coming off of a short but effective outing against the Braves where he allowed on hit, a solo homer, over 4.0 innings while striking out 5. He hasn’t faced the Mets since mid-July where he allowed 2 ER over 5 hits in 6.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Jerad:
- Granderson 2-14, 2B, HR
- Conforto 5-12, 2 2B, HR
- Cespedes 2-12, 3B
- K Johnson 4-9, 2B
- Cabrera 4-8, 2B
- d’Arnaud 1-6, 2B
- Duda 2-5, 2 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
