Tuesday, May 28, 2019 • 10:10 p.m. (ET)
Dodger Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
LHP Steven Matz (3-3, 3.63) vs. LHP Rich Hill (1-1, 2.67)
SNY • MLBN • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
Last night’s Mets / Dodgers bout was back and forth for a while, until the Mets bullpen came in and promptly gave up 6 runs. It was the first difficult outing for the pen in a while, and if you take that inning out of the game, the Mets won! Except all the innings count and the Mets lost. So they look to get back in the win column tonight with Steven Matz.
Mets Lineup
- Amed Rosario – SS
- J.D. Davis – LF
- Michael Conforto – RF
- Pete Alonso – 1B
- Wilson Ramos – C
- Todd Frazier – 3B
- Carlos Gomez – CF
- Adeiny Hechavarria – 2B
- Steven Matz – LHP
Dodgers Lineup
- Enrique Hernandez – CF
- Justin Turner – 3B
- David Freese – 1B
- Cody Bellinger – RF
- Chris Taylor – LF
- Max Muncy – 2B
- Corey Seager – SS
- Will Smith – C
- Rich Hill – LHP
Matz is 3-3 over 9 starts and 44.2 innings posting a 3.63 ERA, 4.65 FIP, 1.366 WHIP and 110 ERA+. He’s coming off a strong start allowing 1 run over 6.0 innings against the Nationals and overall in his last 5 starts he has a 2.86 ERA over 28.1 innings. The only disturbing trend over those starts: opponents are batting .288 against him. The last time he faced the Dodgers was back in 2017 where he saw them twice allowing 8 runs over 11.1 innings. The Dodgers have the following numbers against him:
- Justin Turner 4-14, 2B, 2 HR, BB, 3 K
- Enrique Hernandez 4-14, HR, 7 K
- David Freese 3-8, HR, BB, 3 K
- Cody Bellinger 1-4, 2B, 2 BB, 2 K
- Chris Taylor 0-6, 3 K
- Austin Barnes 1-3, 2B, 2 BB
- Joc Pederson 0-2, K
The Mets draw Rich Hill who is having his best season since 2016. In 5 starts he has a 2.67 ERA, 4.48 FIP, 1.074 WHIP and 157 ERA+. In his last two starts he has allowed 1 run over 12.0 innings. His numbers against the Mets last year are similar to Matz’s numbers against the Dodgers in 2017. In 2018, Hill allowed 8 runs off 12 hits and 2 walks in 11.0 innings against the Mets. The Mets have the following individual lines against him:
- Robinson Cano 6-15, 2B, HR, BB, 3 K
- Todd Frazier 2-8, 2B, 4 K
- Michael Conforto 2-6, 2 HR, 2 K
- Carlos Gomez 1-6, 2 K
- Amed Rosario 1-4, 2B, BB, 2 K
- Dominic Smith 0-2
- Adeiny Hechavarria 0-2, 2 K
Game Notes
RHP Chris Mazza was named the International League Player of the Week for the week of May 20-26. Mazza allowed one run on three hits over 7.0 with six strikeouts during that period.
Michael Conforto is batting .381 (8-21) with seven runs, a double, three homers, six RBI, five walks and a 1.393 OPS over his last seven games.
Steven Matz, who will celebrate his 28th birthday tomorrow, owns a 3.03 ERA (30 earned runs/89.0 innings) over his last 17 starts since August 21, 2018.
Let’s Go Mets!
