Tuesday, May 30, 2017 • 7:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, New York
RHP Tyler Pill (0-1, 13.50 ERA) vs. RHP Zach Davies (5-3, 5.33 ERA)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets and Brewers play game two of the series tonight, barring how intense the rain is. Yesterday the Mets took the first game of the series behind a strong start from Robert Gsellman, and the ability to keep the bat line moving. It was the first time this year the Mets were able to beat the Brewers.
METS LINEUP:
- Michael Conforto – LF
- José Reyes – 3B
- Jay Bruce – RF
- Neil Walker – 2B
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Curtis Granderson – CF
- Asdrúbal Cabrera – SS
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Tyler Pill – RHP
BREWERS LINEUP:
- Keon Broxton – CF
- Eric Thames – 1B
- Hernan Perez – LF
- Travis Shaw – 3B
- Domingo Santana – RF
- Jett Bandy – C
- Jonathan Villar – 2B
- Orlando Arcia – SS
- Zach Davies – P
Tyler Pill will make his first major league start. He made his major league debut on Saturday where he gave up the go ahead run in the top of the 10th in 2/3 innings of work. Pill was tearing it up in Vegas before coming over with a 4-1 reocrd over nine starts and 56 1/3 innings with a 1.60 ERA, 15 walks and 26 strikeouts while posting a 1.172 WHIP.
The Mets bats will get another look at Zach Davies who is 5-3 over 10 starts and 52 1/3 innings with a 5.33 ERA, 5.39 FIP and 1.643 WHIP. In his last two starts he has allowed 12 hits and four walks over 12 innings totaling five runs. When he faced the Mets on the May 13, he picked up the win despite allowing seven hits and a walk over five innings and four runs. The Mets have the following numbers against Davies:
- Bruce 1-11, HR, BB
- Granderson 2-9, HR
- Walker 2-8, HR, BB
- Conforto 2-5. 2 2B, BB
- Cabrera 1-4
- Reynolds 0-3
- T.J. Rivera 1-3
- Duda 0-0, BB
- Flores 0-2
Notes:
The Mets have won three of their last four games and are 6-4 in their last 10 games. The Mets are fourth in the majors with 147 runs scored this month. New York is 12-15 at home this year and have won six of their last nine series.
The Mets have won six straight home games vs. Milwaukee, equaling their longest current home winning streak vs. a National League team (also vs. Cincinnati). The Mets have a longer home winning streak vs. Toronto (11 games) and have also won six straight home games vs. Baltimore. Jay Bruce has 35 homers and 86 RBI during his career vs. Milwaukee, his most vs. any club. Neil Walker has 13 home runs and 53 RBI in his career vs. the Brewers, the second-most totals in each category in his career vs. any team.
New York’s pitching staff has held its opponents to two runs or fewer in three of its last four games.
The Mets are second in the majors with 44 runs scored in the first inning. Milwaukee is first (47).
Neil Walker is hitting .330 (32-for-97) with eight doubles, one triple, four home runs, 18 RBI and 18 runs scored in 23 games in May. He has a .381 on-base percentage this month. Walker is tied for fifth in the National League in doubles, eighth in batting average (.330) and tied for 11th in RBI (18) in May.
Wilmer Flores went 3-for-4 yesterday. Flores has started 13 games this month and has nine multi-hit games. Flores is batting .393 (24-61) this month. His .393 batting average is the second highest in the majors in May, behind Houston’s Marwin Gonzalez (minimum 45 plate appearances). Overall, Flores is batting .313 (30-for-96) with 14 RBI.
Let’s Go Mets!
