Friday, June 14, 2019 • 6:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, NY
SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets and Cardinals will pick up their suspended game from Thursday with a 4-4 tie in the bottom of the ninth inning. Todd Frazier is due to leadoff the ninth for the Mets.
Mets Lineup
- Jeff McNeil – 2B
- Michael Conforto – RF
- Pete Alonso – 1B
- Dominic Smith – LF
- Todd Frazier – 3B
- Wilson Ramos – C
- Amed Rosario – SS
- Carlos Gomez – CF
- Jacob deGrom – RHP
Cardinals Lineup
- Matt Carpenter – 3B
- Paul DeJong – SS
- Paul Goldschmidt – 1B
- Marcell Ozuna – LF
- Jose Martinez – RF
- Yadier Molina – C
- Kolten Wong – 2B
- Harrison Bader – CF
- Jack Flaherty – RHP
Now it’s deGrom’s turn! Jacob deGrom is 3-6 over 13 games and 75.2 innings with a 3.45 ERA, 3.12 FIP, 1.150 WHIP and 116 ERA+. In his last four starts he has allowed 6 runs over 23.2 innings, a 2.28 ERA. He had one start against the Cardinals last year allowing 1 run over 5.2 innings from 3 hits and a walk while striking out 7. The Cardinals have the following batting lines against him:
- Marcell Ozuna 8-33, 2 2B, HR, BB, 10 K
- Matt Carpenter 3-17, HR, 4 K
- Dexter Fowler 2-12, HR, 2 BB, 3 K
- Matt Wieters 3-15
- Yadier Molina 4-12, BB, K
- Kolten Wong 1-10, 3 K
- Paul DeJong 3-8, 2B, HR, 2 K
The Mets bats get a look at Jack Flaherty who is in the midst of his second full season in the bigs. This year he is 4-3 over 13 games and 68.1 innings with a 4.08 ERA, 4.39 FIP, 1.200 WHIP and 102 ERA+. He’s coming off a rough start against the Cubs where he allowed 4 runs over 3.2 innings. Before that he allowed 4 runs over a stretch of 3 games and 17.0 innings where he posted a 2.12 ERA and a .186 opponents batting average. Tonight will be his first start against the Mets, the only Met who has seen him in a major league game is Adeiny Hechavarria who is 0-2 with a strikeout.
Game Notes
Mets starters have posted a 11-7 record with a 3.33 ERA (68 earned runs/184.0 innings) with 61 walks and 196 strikeouts in 30 games at home. This compares to a 9-16 record with a 5.07 ERA (111 earned runs/197.0 innings) with 58 walks and 196 strikeouts in 37 road games.
Dominic Smith is batting .410 (16-39) with nine runs scored, four doubles, three homers, three RBI, four walks and a 1.209 OPS over his last 16 contests.
Mets starters have tossed at least 6.0 innings in 13 of their last 14 starts dating to May 28. The staff owns a 6-4 record with a 3.36 ERA (34 earned runs/91.0 innings) in that span with 24 walks and 92 strikeouts.
Let’s Go Mets!
