Friday, May 10, 2018 • 7:05 p.m.
Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PA
LHP Steven Matz (1-3, 4.23) vs. RHP Jake Arrieta (3-1, 3.15)
SNY• WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050
The Mets are coming off of a series loss against one of the worst teams in baseball and head into a series with a rising Philadelphia squad. The last time the Mets faced the Phillies, near the start of the season, they were falling apart, not playing well and angry at each other. Since then, they went on a run and find themselves in a competitive spot. On the flip side, the Mets were on the rise the last time these two teams met and now the Mets find themselves in free-fall, and possibly not knowing when to hit.
Mets Lineup
- Brandon Nimmo – CF
- Asdrubal Cabrera – 2B
- Yoenis Cespedes – LF
- Adrian Gonzalez – 1B
- Wilmer Flores – 3B
- Michael Conforto – RF
- Devin Mesoraco – C
- Steven Matz – LHP
- Amed Rosario – SS
Phillies Lineup
- Cesar Hernandez – 2B
- Aaron Altherr – RF
- Odubel Herrera – CF
- Rhys Hoskins – LF
- Carlos Santana – 1B
- Maikel Franco – 3B
- Scott Kingery – SS
- Jorge Alfaro – C
- Jake Arrieta – RHP
Steven Matz gets the nod today. He is 1-3 over 6 games and 27.2 innings with a 4.23 ERA, 5.15 FIP, 1.157 WHIP and 91 ERA+. Matz is coming off his best start of the season where he allowed 1 run over 6.0 innings from 3 hits and a walk against the Rockies in a game where the Mets lost 2-0. In his last start last August in Philly, Matz allowed 2 runs over 5.2 innings from 4 hits and 2 walks. The Phillies have the following numbers against Matz:
- Hernandez 1-3
- Herrera 0-3
- Hoskins 0-3
- Santana 0-3, K
- Franco 1-2
The Mets will open the series against Jake Arrieta who is 3-1 over 6 games and 34.1 innings this year with a 3.15 ERA, 3.69 FIP, 1.078 WHIP and 125 ERA+. After his worst start of the year on April 30th where he allowed 6 runs from 8 hits and 2 walks in 3.2 innings against the Marlins, he rebounded in his last start against the Nationals, holding them to 1 run over 6.0 innings. The Mets missed Jake in 2017 but in 2016 faced him twice. In Chicago the Mets scored 4 runs in 5.1 innings against him and then in New York they scored 1 run in 7.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Gonzalez 7-26, 2B, 2 HR, BB
- Cabrera 5-14, 2 HR
- Cesepdes 4-14, 2B, HR
- Flores 3-13, 2B
- Mesoraco 1-10, 2 BB
- Reyes 2-6, 3B
- Conforto 0-4, BB
- Lagares 0-3
- Nimmo 1-2
Game Notes
Dominic Smith and Buddy Baumann have been promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas. Jay Bruce was placed on Paternity Leave and Hansel Robles on 10-day DL.
New York is 40-17 at Citizens Bank Park since 2012. The Mets out-homered the Phillies, 23-10, last year at CBP and have out-homered the Phillies, 60-25, since the beginning of 2015.
The Mets hit 33 home runs against the Phillies last season, their third-highest total against an opponent in one season, behind their 35 homers against the Phillies in 2015 and the 34 they slugged against them in 2016. No major league team has hit as many home runs against one opponent since the start of the 2015 season as the Mets have hit against the Phillies—103.
Céspedes has hit 10 homers and 24 RBI with 19 runs scored in 18 career at Citizens Bank Park. The 10 homers and 24 RBI are his most in any visiting ballpark.
Let’s Go Mets!
