Sunday, June 30, 2019 • 7:07 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, NY
LHP Max Fried (9-3, 3.96) vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard (5-4, 4.55)
ESPN • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
Well yesterday went pretty much like every day in the last week. Steven Matz struggled at the start of the game, then there was a rain delay, then the bullpen took over and did great for a while. The Mets even got the lead! Then the Mets blew it late, and then they lost and it capped a horrible week.
So now the Mets will start a new week tonight with Noah Syndergaard back on the mound and maybe the next seven days will be different. Probably not.
Mets Lineup
Jeff McNeil (L) RF
Pete Alonso (R) 1B
J.D. Davis (R) LF
Todd Frazier (R) 3B
Robinson Cano (L) 2B
Amed Rosario (R) SS
Tomas Nido (R) C
Juan Lagares (R) CF
Noah Syndergaard (L) P
Braves Lineup
Ronald Acuna Jr. (R) CF
Dansby Swanson (R) SS
Freddie Freeman (L) 1B
Josh Donaldson (R) 3B
Nick Markakis (L) RF
Austin Riley (R) LF
Johan Camargo (S) 2B
Tyler Flowers (R) C
Max Fried (L) P
Noah Syndergaard is 5-4 over 15 starts and 95.0 innings with a 4.55 ERA, 3.61 FIP, 1.211 WHIP and a 89 ERA+. He is coming off a hamstring injury where the Mets did the un-Mets thing and put him on the IL pretty much right away. Shockingly, he has not faced the Braves at all this season. Last year he faced them three times and totaled 18.0 innings allowing six runs from 20 hits and three walks while striking out 14. The Braves have the following numbers against him:
- Nick Markakis 7-for-17, 2B, 2 BB, 3 K
- Freddie Freeman 8-for-18, 3 2B, 3B, HR, 4 K
- Ender Inciarte 4-for-14, BB, 2 K
- Dansby Swanson 5-for-11, 3 K
- Ozzie Albies 2-for-9, HR, K
- Adam Duvall 0-for-9, 6 K
- Ronald Acuna Jr 2-for-7, 2B, 3 K
- Josh Donaldson 1-for-6, 2B
Max Fried gets the start for the Braves tonight. He is 9-3 over 18 games and 16 starts with 88.2 innings posting a 3.96 ERA, 3.92 FIP, 1.331 WHIP and a 116 ERA+. In his last two starts he has allowed four runs over 12.0 innings from 10 hits, six walks and 14 K’s. One of those starts was against the Mets where he allowed two runs over six innings from eight hits. The Mets have the following numbers against Max:
- Michael Conforto 0-for-6, 2 BB, 4 K
- Amed Rosario 2-for-7, 2B, 4 K
- Juan Lagares 2-for-6, K
- Todd Frazier 1-for-5, K
- Jeff McNeil 3-for-5, 2 2B K
- Wilson Ramos 2-for-4, 2B, K
- Pete Alonso 0-for-2, BB, 2 K
Notes
The Mets fell, 5-4, to the Braves last night. The Mets have lost a season-high seven straight. It is the team’s longest losing streak since June 19-25 of last season (seven games). New York is in a stretch of 18 straight games (the club is currently 4-13 in those games). The last time the Mets had a longer losing streak was an eight-game skid from May 31-June 6, 2018. The Mets are a season-high 10 games below .500 (New York was last 10 under on September 28 last season at 75-85). The Mets are in the midst of a 10-day, eight-game homestand against the Braves (0-2), Yankees (two games) and Phillies (three games).
Pete Alonso leads all rookies in homers (28), RBI (62), extra-base hits (48), OBP (.371), slugging (.629), total bases (190), runs (53), hits (84), multi-hit games (26) and walks (35)…He is tied for second among rookies in doubles (18). Alonso leads all rookies and is tied for seventh in the majors with a 3.4 WAR according to Fangraphs.com.
Mets relievers have allowed a run in 18 of their last 20 games. The staff is 1-8 in that span with a 7.39 ERA (52 earned runs/63.1 innings) with 34 walks and 64 strikeouts. The staff owns an 7.62 ERA (68 earned runs/80.1 innings) in June, the highest mark in the majors. The team leads MLB with 21 blown saves this season. Overall the team’s 5.64 ERA (172 earned runs/274.1 innings) ranks 28th in the majors.
Let’s go Mets!
