Monday, May 21, 2018 • 7:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
RHP Elieser Hernandez (0-0, 2.25) vs. LHP Jason Vargas (0-3, 13.86)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050
What a weekend for the Mets! The Mets finally swept a series at home and put together a winning streak against the NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks. Yesterday, Syndergaard pitched one of his best games of the year holding the Diamondbacks to one run over seven innings. The Mets offense wouldn’t show up until late with Rosario hitting a solo shot to knot the game at one, Cabrera hitting a two-run shot to put the Mets ahead, and Rosario, again, hitting a ball out of the park on the next pitch.
Marlins Lineup
- Martin Prado – 3B
- J.T. Realmuto – C
- Starlin Castro – 2B
- Brian Anderson – RF
- Justin Bour – 1B
- Cameron Maybin – LF
- Miguel Rojas – SS
- Lewis Brinson – CF
- Elieser Hernandez – P
Mets Lineup
- Brandon Nimmo – LF
- Asdrubal Cabrera – 2B
- Jay Bruce – RF
- Michael Conforto – CF
- Adrian Gonzalez – 1B
- Devin Mesoraco – C
- Luis Guillorme – 3B
- Jason Vargas – LHP
- Amed Rosario – SS
Jason Vargas gets the start tonight and this is a big moment for the 2018 Mets. Can Vargas, who has struggled so far this season, keep the winning going? In three starts this year Vargas has allowed 19 runs from 26 hits and seven walks in 12.1 innings. His last start, which was all the way back on May 8th, was his best one where he allowed four runs in 4.0 innings. Unsurprisingly, between the amount of time that Vargas has spent in the American League and the amount of new-to-baseball players on the Marlins roster, only two Marlins batters have seen Vargas in a major league game: Castro (3-8, 3 2B, 2 BB) and Maybin (4-6).
Despite three wins this weekend, the Mets bats as a whole haven’t woken up yet (however it was a great weekend for two of the sleepiest bats this year – Conforto and Rosario), so the Mets will hope to wake up against rookie pitcher Elieser Hernandez. Elieser is a Rule 5 pick from the Astros, so he must stay on the roster for the entire season. He was held up for about 6 weeks due to a tooth infection and finally made his Major League debut on the 10th where he pitched 8.0 innings allowing only two runs off nine hits and a walk while striking out three. In four rehab games this year he allowed 10 runs, eight earned, over 15.0 innings from 16 hits and eight walks.
Let’s Go Mets!
