Saturday, July 13, 2019 • 6:10 p.m.
Marlins Park • Miami, FL
RHP Noah Syndergaard (6-4, 4.68) vs. RHP Zac Gallen (0-1, 4.50)
PIX11 • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The 2nd half of the 2019 MLB season started and we’re pretty sure no one told the Mets, who looked dreadful last night. Vargas struggled as a started, Gsellman struggled behind him and outside of a too-late-to-do-anything two-run homer from Frazier in the ninth, the Mets bats just couldn’t keep up. So the Mets lost again to the Marlins and now only five games separate the two clubs.
Mets Lineup
- Jeff McNeil RF
- Michael Conforto CF
- Pete Alonso 1B
- Dominic Smith LF
- Robinson Cano 2B
- Todd Frazier 3B
- Amed Rosario SS
- Tomas Nido C
- Noah Syndergaard P
Marlins Lineup
- Miguel Rojas SS
- Garrett Cooper 1B
- Brian Anderson RF
- Neil Walker 3B
- Starlin Castro 2B
- Harold Ramirez LF
- Jorge Alfaro C
- JT Riddle CF
- Zac Gallen P
Noah Syndergaard looks to move the Mets back to the right track today. Is this a tryout for other teams? His name has come up in trade talks this past week, similar to Wheeler a year ago. On the season he is 6-4 over 105.2 innings in 17 starts with a 4.68 ERA, 3.98 FIP, 1.278 WHIP and 86 ERA+. His last three starts have been rough – 12 runs, 11 earned in 16.2 innings with opponents getting on base at a .377 clip and posting a .884 OPS. His only start against the Marlins came back on May 19th where he held the fish to two runs over seven innings in a game the Mets would eventually lose 3-0. The Marlins have the following numbers against Syndergaard:
- Starlin Castro 3-15, 2B, BB, 3 K
- Miguel Rojas 4-12, BB, 2 K
- Brian Anderson 2-10, 2B
- Martin Prado 2-8, BB, 3 K
- Neil Walker 2-8, 2B, 2 K
- Curtis Granderson 1-6
The Mets draw the rookie Zac Gallen making his 4th career major league start today. Over his first three starts, he has tossed 12.0 innings with a 4.50 ERA, 2.87 FIP, 1.417 WHIP, and 94 ERA+. Zac tossed 10 innings during his first two starts, one where he allowed only one run over five and the other where he allowed three runs in the same amount of innings. His last outing was cut short by rain. Before getting called up this year he started 14 games and tossed 91.1 innings in New Orleans posting a sparkling 1.77 ERA and 0.712 WHIP.
Game Notes
New York is 3-11 vs. teams from the NL East in its last 14 games. Overall, the Mets are 21-24 vs. teams from their own division.
Amed Rosario is batting .279/.310/.421 with 10 doubles, four triples, three home runs, 24 RBI and nine walks in 48
games on the road this season. This compares to a .234/.285/.400 slash line in 40 games at Citi Field this year.
Noah Syndergaard is 6-1 lifetime vs. Miami with a 1.74 ERA (12 earned runs/62 innings) in nine starts. He has 63
strikeouts and seven walks in those nine outings (9.00 K/BB ratio). His 1.74 ERA is the third-best mark all-time vs. the Fish (trails Steve Reed, 1.60, and Johan Santana, 1.70) while his 9.0 K/BB rate against the club is the second-best all-time (min. 50 innings) behind Bret Saberhagen‘s 11.8 K/BB mark. Syndergaard has thrown 53-consecutive
homerless innings against Miami and has yielded just one home run in 62 career innings vs. the Marlins (0.15 HR/9), the second-lowest rate all-time (min. 50 innings) behind Gio Gonzalez (0.08).
The Mets have hit 19 homers in their last nine road games. The nine-game road home run streak is the longest since
the club hit a homer in nine straight road games from August 1-15, 2017.
Jeff McNeil is batting .366 (56-153) with 22 runs, 15 doubles, a triple, four home runs, 21 RBI, 11 walks, a .419 OBP and a .556 SLG in 41 games on the road this year. His .366 road batting average is the best in the majors. DJ LeMahieu is second at .337.
Let’s Go Mets!
