Saturday, July 6, 2019 • 7:15 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, NY
RHP Jake Arrieta (8-6, 4.43) vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard (5-4, 4.56)
FOX • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets had a rare week where they had two off days, before a week where they are going to have a four. It’s a great opportunity to get some rest but if they don’t rack up wins, it makes falling behind an even steeper hill tonight. Last night the Mets bullpen, specifically Edwin Diaz collapsed again, ala last week’s seven-game losing streak, completely blowing the game up in the ninth inning. Now Noah Syndergaard will look to get the Mets on the right track.
Mets Lineup
- Jeff McNeil RF
- Pete Alonso 1B
- Robinson Cano 2B
- Michael Conforto CF
- Todd Frazier 3B
- Dominic Smith LF
- Amed Rosario SS
- Tomas Nido C
- Noah Syndergaard P
Phillies Lineup
- Scott Kingery CF
- Jean Segura SS
- Bryce Harper RF
- Rhys Hoskins 1B
- J.T. Realmuto C
- Jay Bruce LF
- Cesar Hernandez 2B
- Maikel Franco 3B
- Jake Arrieta P
Noah Syndergaard is 5-4 over 16 games and 100.2 innings with a 4.56 ERA, 3.73 FIP, 1.242 WHIP with a 89 ERA+. He’s been mostly average in the month of June leading to 11 runs, 10 earned over 25.1 innings in four starts with a 3.55 ERA. This is being skewed better by one start where he allowed no runs over seven innings. The last time he faced Philly this year was in April and he allowed five runs over five innings. The Phillies have the following numbers against him:
- Bryce Harper 8-27, 2B, 3 BB, 8 K
- Cesar Hernandez 10-25, 4 BB, 6 K
- Maikel Franco 6-21, 2B, 5 K
- Rhys Hoskins 4-11, 2 2B, 2 HR, 5 BB, 4 K
- J.T. Realmuto 2-10, 2 BB, K
- Jean Segura 5-10, 2B, 3 K
Jake Arrieta is 8-6 over 17 games and 103.2 innings with a 4.43 ERA, 5.14 FIP, 1.418 WHIP and 102 ERA+. His last two starts have been quite rough, allowing nine runs in 12 innings from 17 hits and three walks. One of those starts was against the Mets where he allowed five runs from nine hits in six innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Jake:
- Robinson Cano 6-28, 2 2B, 4 BB, 6 K
- Todd Frazier 8-29, 2B, 2 HR, 10 K
- Michael Conforto 4-19, HR, 3 BB, 6 K
- Jeff McNeil 10-17, 2B, 3B
- Wilson Ramos 5-13, 2 BB
- Amed Rosario 2-13, HR, K
- Pete Alonso 3-11, 2B, 2 K
- Dominic Smith 2-4, HR, 2 BB, K
Game Notes
Jeff McNeil and Pete Alonso are the first pair of teammates in major league history who were named to the All-Star team within a year of their major league debut…Research courtesy of Elias.
Todd Frazier is batting .294 (47-160) with 25 runs, six doubles, a triple, nine home runs, 27 RBI, 20 walks and a .902 OPS over his last 46 games since May 16.
Robinson Cano has collected multiple hits in five of his last six games. He is batting .455 (10-22) in that span…Canó is batting .338 (27-80) with eight runs with four doubles, a home run, six RBI, nine walks and a .836 OPS in 26 games at home. This compares to a .195/.225/.338 in 37 games on the road.
The Mets are 22-18 at home this season. This record compares to 17-31 on the road.
Let’s Go Mets!
