Thursday, June 13, 2024 • 7:10 PM
Citi Field • Flushing, NY
RHP Roddery Muñoz (1-2, 5.95) vs. RHP Luis Severino (4-2, 3.25)
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The Mets are back!

On Tuesday night, the Mets looked sluggish after the second inning with flat at-bats and shotty defense. Wednesday night was more like the Mets we’ve seen for the better part of the week. They racked up hits, answered the Marlins when they scored runs and the bullpen looked good! Overall, the Mets racked up 14 hits, with four players having two or more hits, including Tyrone Taylor who went 4-for-5 with a run scored. Harrison Bader, Starling Marte and Francisco Lindor homered in the Mets’ 10-4 win.

Now the Mets have a chance to win another series! Let’s go!

Photo by Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports

Mets Lineup

  1. Francisco Lindor – SS
  2. Brandon Nimmo – LF
  3. J.D. Martinez – DH
  4. Pete Alonso – 1B
  5. Starling Marte – RF
  6. Mark Vientos – 3B
  7. Luis Torrens – C
  8. Jeff McNeil – 2B
  9. Harrison Bader – CF

Luis Severino has made 12 starts, totaling 72 innings this season, with a 3.25 ERA, 3.73 FIP, 1.139 WHIP, and a 118 ERA+. He’s coming off of a tremendous start against the Nationals, where he held them to one run from seven hits and no walks over eight innings. It was the second time in his last three starts that he pitched at least seven innings, allowing one run.

The Marlins got to Severino in mid-May, scoring five runs from six hits and three walks over 6 2/3 innings. They have the following career numbers against him:

Opposing Lineup

  1. Jazz Chisholm Jr. – CF
  2. Bryan De La Cruz – DH
  3. Josh Bell – 1B
  4. Jesús Sánchez – RF
  5. Jake Burger – 3B
  6. Nick Gordon – LF
  7. Tim Anderson – SS
  8. Otto Lopez – 2B
  9. Christian Bethancourt – C

Roddery Muñoz is making the fifth start in his rookie season tonight. Over his first four games, he has a 5.95 ERA, 7.88 FIP, 1.424 WHIP, and a 73 ERA+ over 19 2/3 innings. Muñoz’s first two starts in the majors were fine, allowing three runs over 11 innings. Since then, he has allowed 10 runs over 8 2/3. He has also pitched in eight games in Jacksonville, the Marlins AAA team, totaling 41 innings with a 5.49 ERA and a 1.293 WHIP.

Game Notes

Edwin Díaz has officially been activated off the injured list and will resume his role as the Mets closer. Left-handed reliever Danny Young was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse to make room on the active roster.

Brett Baty is making his pro debut at second base tonight for the Triple-A Syracuse Mets.

Three Things To Watch For

  1. Trumpets. Edwin Díaz returns from the injured list tonight! Before Wednesday’s game, Carlos Mendoza stated that Díaz is the team’s closer and will return to that role once activated. Over his first 10 games in 2024 Díaz had a 0.93 ERA over 9 2/3 innings. He was the complete opposite in the next 10 games, with a 9.58 ERA over 10 1/3 innings. He allowed a hit and a walk while striking out three over two outings with the Cyclones to ramp up for game action today. The Mets bullpen needs their lockdown closer back.
  2. Hitting with runners in scoring position. When things were going poorly for the Mets in May, we kept talking about how the Mets were either not getting hits, not hitting with runners in scoring position, or both. Wednesday night, the Mets got 14 hits and, more importantly, went 6-for-13 with runners in scoring position. This relentless is what the Mets need to start chipping away at the long list of teams they are chasing for the Wild Card.
  3. Starling Marte’s hot streak. Marte extended his streak by another game on Wednesday night, going 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored. In his last nine games, he has gone 16-for-34 with a double, two triples, a homer, and eight runs scored while hitting .471/.526/.706. His season OPS over this stretch has gone from .690 to .774!

Let’s go Mets!