Tuesday, June 11, 2019 • 1:05 p.m.
Yankee Stadium • The Bronx, NY
RHP Zack Wheeler (5-3, 4.61) vs. RHP Masahiro Tanaka (3-5, 3.42)
SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
New York was ready for the Subway Series, but the weather decided that wasn’t going to happen and last night’s Mets vs Yankees game got washed out. Now the Mets and Yankees will play two games in a split double header.
Mets Lineup
- Jeff McNeil – 2B
- Michael Conforto – RF
- Pete Alonso – DH
- Dominic Smith – 1B
- Todd Frazier – 3B
- J.D. Davis – LF
- Amed Rosario – SS
- Tomas Nido – C
- Juan Lagares – CF
Yankees Lineup
- DJ LeMahieu – 2B
- Aaron Hicks – CF
- Luke Voit – DH
- Gary Sanchez – C
- Didi Gregorius – SS
- Clint Frazier – RF
- Kendrys Morales – 1B
- Gio Urshela – 3B
- Brett Gardner – LF
Originally the Mets were going to roll with Jason Vargas for last night’s game but he has now been bumped to the night cap against Paxton. Wheeler will now take on Tanaka to open up the series. Wheeler is 5-3 over 13 games and 84.0 innings with a 4.61 ERA, 3.56 FIP, 1.226 WHIP and 86 ERA+. Wheeler has continued his stretch of games of being average. Up until the third week of May, Wheeler was either terrific or terrible in a start and since then – average. In a now four game stretch he has allowed 13 runs over 28.1 innings leading to a 4.13 ERA from either 3 or 4 runs per game pitching 7.0 innings in each start. The Yankees have the following numbers against him:
- Cameron Maybin 1-7, BB, 3 K
- Brett Gardner 2-3
- Luke Voit 2-3, 2B
- DJ LeMahieu 0-1, BB
The Mets bats will look to keep their homer streak alive tonight against ;Masahiro Tanakawho is 3-5 over 13 starts and 76.1 innings this year posting a 3.42 ERA, 4.09 FIP, 1.192 WHIP and 130 ERA+. Tanaka is coming off of his worst back to back starts all season where he has allowed a combined 9 runs, 8 earned over 12.0 innings from 15 hits and 4 walks. Before that he was on a tear allowing 2 runs over 19.0 innings with opponents batting .183 against him. He had one start against the Mets last year and it was a good one where he allowed 1 run off 1 hit and a walk in 5.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Carlos Gomez 4-12, 2B, HR, BB, 5 K
- Todd Frazier ;1-10, BB, 2 K
- Michael Conforto ;1-7, 2B, 3 K
- Wilson Ramos ;1-6, 2 K
- Adeiny Hechavarria ;3-5
- Amed Rosario ;0-1, K
Game Notes
Mets are 49-69 all-time against the Yankees during the regular season.
135 major leaguers have played for both the Yankees and Mets.
The second game of today’s doubleheader will start at 7:05 p.m. ET. A battle of lefties, Jason Vargas for the Mets and James Paxton for the Yankees.
Let’s Go Mets!
