dillon gee

The New York Mets and Atlanta Braves will play the rubber match of their three game series this afternoon at Citi Field.

Dillon Gee (0-3, 4.50 ERA) returns to the 5 1/2 man rotation and gets the start for the Mets. He will oppose right-hander Mike Foltynewicz (3-2, 4.72) for the Braves in the 1:10 PM contest.

Darrell Ceciliani is hitting .389 (7-18) this month with two doubles and two RBI. He is 4-for-his-last-9 (.444) during his three-game hitting streak. Ceciliani collected his first career outfield assist yesterday throwing out Cameron Maybin at home plate.

Wilmer Flores has 10 home runs which is tied with St. Louis’ Jhonny Peralta for the most by a major league shortstop this year. Flores has 13 RBI in his last 18 games dating to May 24. His 28 RBI are fifth most among major league shortstops.

Mets Starting Lineup

  1. Curtis Granderson – RF
  2. Juan Lagares – CF
  3. Lucas Duda – 1B
  4. Travis d’Arnaud – C
  5. Wilmer Flores – SS
  6. Darrell Ceciliani – LF
  7. Ruben Tejada – 3B
  8. Dilson Herrera – 2B
  9. Dillon Gee – RHP

Yesterday was frustrating. The Mets were down for the majority of the game, went ahead in the 7th, the Braves tied it with two outs in the 9th on a misplayed ball in the infield, the Braves pulled ahead in the 11th, the Mets got two on and no outs in the bottom of the 11th, but couldn’t cash them in.

Dillon Gee is making a spot start today in the rotation. He’s 0-3 over 7 games, 6 starts and 36.0 innings with a 4.50 ERA. His start at the beginning of the month was rough as he allowed 8 hits, 7 runs, 4 earned over 4.0 innings. His relief outing was ok as he allowed 1 ER over 1.2 innings. His starts against the Braves couldn’t be more different. In the first one he allowed 5 ER over 5.0 innings, in the second one he allowed 2 ER over 7.0 innings. The Braves have the following numbers against Gee:

  • Freeman 8-35, 2 2B, 2 HR
  • Simmons 5-20, 2 2B
  • C Johnson 3-15, 2B
  • K Johnson 3-12
  • Maybin 1-9, 2B
  • Uribe 1-7, 2B

The Mets bats will get a look at Mike Foltynewicz who is 3-2 over 8 starts and 47.2 innings with a 4.72 ERA. In his last two starts he has tossed 11.1 innings allowing 10 runs, 9 earned. Last year he allowed 3 ER over 2.1 innings against the Mets. The Mets have the following numbers against Mike:

  • Flores 1-2, 2B
  • Duda 1-1, HR
  • Granderson 0-1
  • Tejada 0-1

Lets Go Mets!