Sunday, June 10, 2019 • 7:05 p.m. (ET)
Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY
RHP Masahiro Tanaka (3-5, 3.42) vs. LHP Jason Vargas (2-3, 3.57)
SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets stay in New York but travel to the Bronx tonight to start the first game of this year’s Subway Series. The Mets are coming off back to back series wins including two rubber game wins, meaning they got one more in the last week than they had all season. They also get the DH tonight, so finally they have a reliable way to get both Dominic Smith and Pete Alonso on the field at the same time.
Mets Lineup
- Jeff McNeil 2B
- Michael Conforto RF
- Pete Alonso DH
- Dominic Smith 1B
- Todd Frazier 3B
- Wilson Ramos C
- J.D. Davis LF
- Amed Rosario SS
- Juan Lagares CF
Yankees Lineup
- DJ LeMahieu 3B
- Luke Voit 1B
- Aaron Hicks CF
- Gary Sanchez C
- Gleyber Torres 2B
- Didi Gregorius SS
- Clint Frazier DH
- Cameron Maybin RF
- Brett Gardner LF
Starting for the Mets is Jason Vargas, who is coming off a complete game shutout. He is 2-3 over 10 games and nine starts this season, tossing 45.1 innings with a 3.57 ERA, 4.27 FIP, 1.346 WHIP and 112 ERA+. In his last three starts, he has tossed 21.0 innings with a 0.86 ERA, and in his last 7 starts he has pitched 39.0 innings with a 1.85 ERA. He missed the Yankees last year, but in 2017 he allowed 9 runs over 10.0 innings in starts against them. The Yankees have the following numbers against Jason:
- Kendrys Morales 6-28, 2 HR, BB, 7 K
- Aaron Hicks 4-14, 2B, HR, BB, 3 K
- Cameron Maybin 4-7, BB
- Gary Sanchez 0-5, BB, 3 K
- DJ LeMahieu 0-3, K
The Mets bats will look to keep their homer streak alive tonight against Masahiro Tanaka, who 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
In six games against the Yankees last year, the Mets went 3-3 (2-1 at Yankee Stadium and 1-2 at Citi Field). The Mets own a 49-69 all-time record against the Yankees. The Mets are 24-35 in the Bronx while the Mets are 25-34 in Queens combined between Shea Stadium and Citi Field.
Over their last 16 games, the Mets have hit 32 homeruns. They have also hit 51 over their last 30 contests, which ties them with the for the second highest total in the NL since May 7.
Vargas enters tonight’s game with 15.0 consecutive scoreless innings. His career-best is 17.0 scoreless innings from August 8-18, 2014. In his last outing against the Giants, Vargas tossed a complete game shutout with eight strikeouts.
Over Todd Frazier’s last four games, he is 6-for-14 with four runs, a double, two homeruns, seven RBI and has a 1.429 OPS. Frazier is batting .282/.363/.466 with 10 extra-base hits, 13 RBI and 11 walks since May 1. After yesterday’s first inning homerun, Frazier is one homerun shy of 200 for his career.
Let’s Go Mets!
