Wednesday, June 21, 2017 • 10:10 p.m. (ET)
Dodger Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
RHP Tyler Pill (0-2, 3.75) vs. LHP Rich Hill (3-3, 5.14)
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The Mets turn to Tyler Pill tonight to make a spot start. Tyler Pill is 0-2 over four games and two starts pitching 12.0 innings allowing 15 hits and four walks leading to seven runs, five earned. That is a 3.75 ERA, 3.29 FIP and 1.583 WHIP. This will be Pill’s first start against the Dodgers in his career and he has never faced any member of the Dodgers while they were with other teams.
METS LINEUP
- Curtis Granderson (L) CF
- Wilmer Flores (R) 1B
- Yoenis Cespedes (R) LF
- Jay Bruce (L) RF
- Travis d’Arnaud (R) C
- T.J. Rivera (R) 3B
- Jose Reyes (S) SS
- Gavin Cecchini (R) 2B
- Tyler Pill (L) P
DODGERS LINEUP
- Chase Utley (L) 2B
- Corey Seager (L) SS
- Chris Taylor (R) LF
- Cody Bellinger (L) 1B
- Logan Forsythe (R) 3B
- Yasmani Grandal (S) C
- Joc Pederson (L) CF
- Yasiel Puig (R) RF
- Rich Hill (L) P
Rich Hill takes the mound for the Dodgers tonight. He’s 3-3 over eight games and 35.0 innings with a 5.14 ERA, 5.30 FIP and 1.571 WHIP. After a stretch of good starts where he pitched 14.0 innings over three games allowing four earned runs, he bombed in his last start allowing seven runs over 4.0 innings off eight hits and two walks in Cleveland. He’s pitched against the Mets four times in his career including two starts allowing 14 hits and 12 ER in 8.0 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Hill:
- Reyes 3-6
- Duda 0-0, 2 BB
- Granderson 0-2
- Cespedes 0-1
NOTES
The Mets have hit at least one home run in 26 of their 30 road games this season. They have 58 home runs on the road, the third-most in the majors with Washington (59) and Tampa Bay (61) ahead of them.
The Mets lead the National League with 36 home runs this month while the Yankees lead the American League with 36 homers. According to Elias Sports Bureau, the last time two New York teams were 1-2 (in either order) in the Majors in home runs in a month was June, 1989 when the Mets had 32 home runs and the Yankees had 31.
Let’s Go Mets!
