MMO Doubleheader Game 2 Thread: Mets vs Braves, 6:00 PM

Saturday, June 10, 2017 • 1:00 p.m. & 6:00 p.m.
SunTrust Park • Atlanta, GA
Game 2: LHP Steven Matz (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Matt Wisler (0-0, 7.00)
PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM

It’s finally the day! Steven Matz returns to the mound for the Mets! The Stony Brook native makes his 2017 debut after a flexor tendon strain sidelined him during Spring Training and was an early members for the Mets 2017 All-DL Team. Last season he went 9-8 over 22 games and 132.1 innings with a 3.40 ERA, 3.39 FIP and 1.209 WHIP. While his ERA was much lower in 2015, Matz 2016 FIP was .22 points lower in 2016 and WHIP was .033 points lower.

Mets Lineup

Michael Conforto – LF
Jose Reyes – SS
Jay Bruce – RF
Neil Walker – 2B
Lucas Duda – 1B
Wilmer Flores – 3B
Curtis Granderson – CF
Travis d’Arnaud – C
Steven Matz – LHP

Braves Lineup

Danny Santana – CF
Brandon Phillips – 2B
Nick Markakis – RF
Matt Kemp – LF
Matt Adams – 1B
Kurt Suzuki – C
Dansby Swanson – SS
Johan Camargo – 3B
Matt Wisler – RHP

Matz was 2-0 over 4 games against the Braves last year pitching 24.1 innings with a 3.70 ERA. The Braves have the following numbers against Matz:

Markakis 3-11, 2B
Flowers 2-10, 2B
Inciarte 2-5, BB
Phillips 3-6, HR

The Mets bats draw Matt Wisler who has pitched in 6 games for the Braves this year totaling 9.0 innings and 7 ER off 9 hits, a homer and 3 walks. Today will be Wisler’s first start of the season. Wisler made his seas debut against the Mets on 4/26 where he held the Mets to a hit over 2.0 innings, then he saw the Mets again on 5/2 where the Mets got 4 hits and 4 runs off of him in 0.2 innings. The next day the Mets got 3 runs off 4 hits in 1.1 innings, so the Mets have recorded all 7 runs on his ledger this year. The Mets have the following numbers against Matt: