MMO Game Thread: Brewers vs Mets, 7:10 PM

Friday, May 20, 2016 • 7:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
RHP Wily Peralta (2-4, 7.30) vs. LHP Steven Matz (5-1, 2.86)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM

The Mets have lost six of their last seven games and are 3-7 in their last 10 games. New York will play nine of its next 12 games at Citi Field where they are 10-8 at home this season, including winning nine of their last 13.

Yesterday was a night to forget for the Mets as they couldn’t get anything strong going against Strasburg while Harvey really struggled. Alas, today is a new day, and an opportunity for the Mets to get back on the right path against the Brewers as they come to town for their only trip to Citi Field this year.

New York is 10-2 when Matz starts. Matz had his career-high 16.2 scoreless inning streak snapped in his last start at Los Angeles. He has allowed only one extra-base hit to a left-handed batter in his major league career.The Mets are averaging 7.0 runs per game when Matz starts this season.

The Mets have scored three runs or less in six of their last seven games (13 runs total over the seven games). The club is 1-6 in those games. New York is 18-3 when scoring four or more runs and 4-15 when scoring three or fewer runs.

Mets Lineup

Curtis Granderson, RF
Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
Michael Conforto, LF
Yoenis Cespedes, CF
Neil Walker, 2B
Lucas Duda, 1B
Eric Campbell, 3B
Rene Rivera, C
Steven Matz, LHP

Brewers Lineup

Jonathan Villar, SS
Hernan Perez, 3B
Jonathan Lucroy, C
Chris Carter, 1B
Aaron Hill, 2B
Kirk Nieuwenhuis, RF
Keon Broxton, CF
Alex Presley, LF
Wily Peralta, RHP

Steven Matz will get the start tonight, skipped in the rotation last week for elbow issues and an abundance of caution. Reports circulating the last couple of days seem to point to some form of pitch count tonight. He’s 5-1 on the season over 6 starts and 34.2 innings with a 2.86 ERA. However in his last 5 starts he has pitched 33.0 innings with 34 strikeouts while posting a 1.09 ERA. This will be Steven Matz’s first time against the Brewers and no one on the Brewers’ roster has seen Matz as a member of other teams.

The Mets bats draw Wily Peralta who is 2-4 over 8 starts and 40.2 innings with a 7.30 ERA. In the month of May he’s pitched 16.1 innings with a 7.16 ERA and its down. After the first three games of the season he was sitting at 10.12. Last year he had one start against the Mets where he allowed 5 ER over 5.0 innings. The Amazin’s have put up the following numbers against Wily: