Saturday, May 11, 2019 • 7:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, NY
RHP Sandy Alcantara (1-3, 4.93) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (2-4, 3.60)
PIX 11 • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
Oh boy did the Mets need that win last night! The bats of the New York Mets have been in a slumber for about two weeks now, and those two weeks have felt like two centuries. After a horrid road trip for hitting, the Mets scored eight runs in the bottom of the first including a grand slam from Amed Rosario.
Mets Lineup
- Jeff McNeil LF
- J.D. Davis 3B
- Robinson Cano 2B
- Pete Alonso 1B
- Michael Conforto RF
- Amed Rosario SS
- Brandon Nimmo CF
- Tomas Nido C
- Jacob deGrom P
Marlins Lineup
- Miguel Rojas SS
- Brian Anderson 3B
- Starlin Castro 2B
- Neil Walker 1B
- Garrett Cooper RF
- Jorge Alfaro C
- Harold Ramirez LF
- Jon Berti CF
- Sandy Alcantara P
Now the Mets look to keep the good times going with Jacob deGrom on the mound. He is 2-4 over seven starts and 40 innings with a 3.60 ERA, 3.47 FIP, 1.150 WHIP, and 110 ERA+. In the month of May, he has tossed 14 innings, allowing only two runs off seven hits and three walks while striking out 13. His second start of the season was against the Marlins where he allowed three hits and a walk, but no runs, over seven innings while striking out an astonishing 14 batters. The Marlins have the following numbers against him:
- Starlin Castro 8-26, 2 BB, 4 K
- Miguel Rojas 4-20, 3 BB, 2 K
- Brian Anderson 5-13, HR, BB, 2 K
- Lewis Brinson 4-15, 2B, 5 K
- Martin Prado 3-13, 2B, BB, 5 K
- Neil Walker 2-12, BB, 3 K
- JT Riddle 1-6, 5 K
- Curtis Granderson 0-2, BB, 2 K
The Mets bats will get their first 2019 look at Sandy Alcantara who is 1-3 over seven games and 38.1 innings this year with a 4.93 ERA, 4.71 FIP, 1.617 WHIP, and 79 ERA+. In his last two starts, he has allowed nine runs, seven earned, over 10.1 innings from 11 hits and nine walks. In three games against the Mets last year though he held the Mets to only four runs over 19 innings despite allowing nine hits and 10 walks. The Mets have the following numbers on Sandy:
- Michael Conforto 0-8, K
- Todd Frazier 2-7, 2B, BB, K
- Brandon Nimmo 1-5, 2B, BB, K
- Amed Rosario 0-2, 2 BB, K
- Dominic Smith 0-4, K
- Jeff McNeil 2-3
- Tomas Nido 0-2, BB, 2 K
- Wilson Ramos 0-1, K
Game Notes
The Mets are 12-8 against the NL East this season. New York is in the midst of 13 straight games again the division. Only Philadelphia (15 wins) and Houston (13 wins) have more victories vs. their division this season.
Jeff McNeil has hit .363 (29-80) in 19 games as the team’s leadoff hitter this season. He has reached base in his leadoff plate appearance in nine of those 19 games (.474 OBP). He owns a .500 average (11-22) and a .542 OBP in the first inning overall this year, both third-best in the majors.
The Mets eight runs and eight hits in the first frame last night were the most they’ve had in a single inning this season. The last time the Mets plated at least eight runs in the first inning was June 16, 1989, at Philadelphia (also eight runs). The team’s last time scoring at least eight in an inning overall was a 10-run fifth in a 24-4 victory at Philadelphia on August 16 of last season.
Amed Rosario hit his first career grand slam in the first inning last night. It was the second slam by a Met this season (also, Todd Frazier, April 23 vs. Philadelphia). He extended his hitting streak to six games (.321, 9-28) and has now hit safely in 20 of his last 22 games since April 13, batting .292 (26-89) with 14 RBI in that span. Rosario is hitting .600 (6-10) with a homer and eight RBI in the first inning this year.
The Mets rank fifth in the majors and second in the NL with a 2.64 ERA (25 earned runs/85.1 innings) in May. Only the Cubs have a lower mark (2.60) in the NL. Offensively, the team is hitting .218 in May, ranking 25th in MLB.
Let’s Go Mets!
