Game Thread: Yankees vs Mets, 7:10 PM, Cespedes Out Again

Monday, August 1, 2016 • 7:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
LHP CC Sabathia (6-8, 3.95) vs. RHP Logan Verrett (3-6, 4.12)
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The Mets really needed the win yesterday in a bad way. For a while, yesterday’s game felt like an extension of the entire weekend: a long, drawn out game where the Mets were slowly letting it slip away. When the Rockies took the lead, the Mets offense was no where to be found. But Walker mustered some magic and slammed a 3 run homer. Everything clicked. The Mets had the lead and the started to pitch like it (thank you Reed and Familia!). Tonight the Mets are hoping to get it done against the Yankees.

Yoenis Cespedes is out of the Mets lineup for the second straight game with his lingering quad injury.

Mets Lineup

Curtis Granderson – RF
Justin Ruggiano – CF
Neil Walker – 2B
Wilmer Flores – 3B
Travis d’Arnaud – C
James Loney – 1B
Matt Reynolds – SS
Alejandro De Aza – LF
Logan Verrett – RHP

Yankees Lineup

Brett Gardner – LF
Jacoby Ellsbury – CF
Mark Teixeira – 1B
Brian McCann – C
Didi Gregorius – SS
Starlin Castro – 2B
Chase Headley – 3B
Rob Refsnyder – RF
C.C. Sabathia – LHP

Logan Verrett gets the nod for the Mets today. He’s 3-6 over 9 starts and 27 games with 74.1 innings with a 4.12 ERA. In his last three starts he has tossed 18.1 innings with a 3.44 ERA, so he’s getting better. This will be his first start against the Yankees and the only player on their roster who has faced Logan is Starlin Castro who is 0-1.

The Mets bats will get a crack at CC Sabathia today who is 6-8 over 107.0 innings over 18 starts with a 3.95 ERA for his best season since 2012. The end of June to late July was rough for CC as he posted a 7.46 ERA over 35.0 innings in 6 starts (31 earned runs). His last start was more positive as he allowed 2 ER over 6.2 innings. Sabathia had two very different starts against the Mets last year. In April he allowed 7 ER over 5.0 innings and in September he allowed only 1 ER over 6.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against CC: