Saturday, May 11, 2018 • 7:05 p.m.
Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PA
RHP Noah Syndergaard (2-1, 3.09) vs. RHP Zach Eflin (1-0, 0.71)
PIX11 • MLBN • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050
Last night’s Mets game looked identical to last Saturday’s game for a while. Steven Matz started both games. Matz allowed a solo shot in the first inning for both games. Matz didn’t allow any runs after that and got out of jams in both games. The Mets bats did nothing in both games. But last night featured an alternate ending. Conforto hit a two run shot in the 9th to give the Mets the lead and then Mesoraco hit a solo shot to extend the lead. Now the Mets find themselves in a situation where they can get a much needed series win.
Mets Lineup
- Brandon Nimmo (L) CF
- Asdrubal Cabrera (S) 2B
- Yoenis Cespedes (R) LF
- Adrian Gonzalez (L) 1B
- Wilmer Flores (R) 3B
- Michael Conforto (L) RF
- Devin Mesoraco (R) C
- Noah Syndergaard (L) P
- Amed Rosario (R) SS
Phillies Lineup
- Cesar Hernandez (S) 2B
- Aaron Altherr (R) RF
- Odubel Herrera (L) CF
- Rhys Hoskins (R) LF
- Carlos Santana (S) 1B
- Maikel Franco (R) 3B
- Scott Kingery (R) SS
- Jorge Alfaro (R) C
- Zach Eflin (R) P
Noah Syndergaard gets the start tonight. He is 2-1 over eight games and 46.2 innings with a 3.09 ERA, 2.79 FIP, 1.200 WHIP and 125 ERA+. Noah is coming off a six inning outing where he allowed two runs in a game the Mets eventually lost 3-2. His seconds tart of the season was against the Phillies and he allowed two runs over four innings from four hits and two walks while striking out seven. The Phillies have the following numbers against Noah:
- Herrera 1-for-17, 3 K
- Hernandez 2-for-13, 3 BB
- Franco 4-for-15, 2B
- Altherr 1-for-9
- Knapp 2-for-5, 2B
- Hoskins 1-for-1, 2B, 2 BB
- Santana 1-for-2, 2B
The Mets bats will face Zach Eflin who will make his third start of the season. He is 1-0 over 12.2 innings allowing one run from seven hits and three walks while striking out 13. Last season he was 1-5 over 11 games and 64.1 innings posting a 6.16 ERA, 6.10 FIP, 1.415 WHIP and 69 ERA+. He made two starts against the Mets last season including his major league debut. In his major league debut (April of last year) he held the Mets to two runs, one earned over five innings. In August the Mets got seven hits and turned them into four runs over five innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Cabrera 0-for-9
- Reyes 3-for-7, 3 2B
- Cespedes 1-for-4, 2 BB
- Conforto 1-for-4, HR, BB
- Gonzalez 1-for-5
- Flores 1-for-3
- Lagares 1-for-3, 3B
- Smith 1-for-3
Notes
Michael Conforto became the third player in team history to hit a go-ahead home run in the ninth inning with the Mets trailing 1-0. Daniel Murphy hit a three-run shot in the ninth to beat the Marlins, 3-1, on April 27, 2015 at Miami and Lucas Duda connected on a two-run walkoff blast on Sept. 27, 2014 to beat the Astros, 2-1.
New York is 41-17 at Citizens Bank Park since 2012. The Mets out-homered the Phillies, 23-10, last year at CBP and have out-homered the Phillies, 62 -26, since the beginning of 2015.
Asdrubal Cabrera is fourth in the National League with a .326 batting average, 10th in the NL with a .551 slugging percentage, is tied for seventh in the NL with 18 extra-base hits, tied for 16th with 23 runs scored and tied for sixth in the NL with 11 doubles. Cabrera is hitting .333 (28-for-84) with seven doubles, three homers, 17 RBI and 11 runs scored over his last 21 games.
Let’s Go Mets!
