Friday, June 23, 2017 • 10:15 p.m. (ET)
AT&T Park • San Francisco, CA
RHP Seth Lugo (1-1, 2.63) vs. LHP Ty Blach (4-4, 4.23)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets are in a bad way right now. They just got swept by the Dodgers in a four game set and have lost 7 of their last 8 games. They go into San Francisco and they need to beat up on the Giants to get any traction back in their season.
Mets Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- Asdrubal Cabrera – 2B
- Yoenis Cespedes – LF
- Wilmer Flores – 3B
- Michael Conforto – CF
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Jose Reyes – SS
- Seth Lugo – RHP
Giants Lineup
- Denard Span – CF
- Conor Gillaspie – 3B
- Joe Panik – 2B
- Brandon Belt – 1B
- Austin Slater – LF
- Brandon Crawford – SS
- Nick Hundley – C
- Gorkys Hernandez – RF
- Ty Blach – LHP
Seth Lugo will look to be that person tonight as he makes his third start of the season. He is 1-1 over 13.2 innings with a 2.63 ERA, 4.53 FIP and 1.244 WHIP. His last start was more average than his first start. Last time out against the Nationals he allowed 4 runs, 3 earned over 6.2 innings of work allowing 7 hits and 2 walks. In one start against the Giants last year, Lugo allowed 3 runs off 7 hits and a walk in 6.2 innings of work. The Giants have the following numbers against Lugo:
- Belt 1-3
- Crawford 0-3
- Nunez 1-3, 2B
- Panik 1-2, BB
- Pence 1-3, 2B
- Posey 0-3
- Span 2-3
The Mets bats will get a look at Ty Blach who is 4-4 over 18 games and 11 starts this year logging 76.2 innings of work posting a 4.23 ERA, 4.08 FIP and 1.226 WHIP. He started of June with a complete game shutout against the Giants. Since then he has allowed 15 ER over 18.1 innings in three games against the Brewers, Royals and Rockies. He has never faced the Mets before in his career and he has never faced any Mets as members of other teams.
Notes –
Asdrubal Cabrera was activated before the game and will play second base for the first time since joining the Mets. Gavin Cecchini was optioned to Triple-A.
The Mets are 21-16 at AT&T Park since 2006.
Curtis Granderson has led off each of the last two games with home runs. He is the second player in team history to hit leadoff homers in back-to-back team games, joining Kaz Matsui, May 22-23, 2004.
Let’s Go Mets!
