MMO Game Thread: Cubs vs Mets, 1:10 PM

Sunday, July 3, 2016 • 1:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
LHP Jon Lester (9-3, 2.03) vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard (8-3, 2.49)
SNY • MLBN • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM

The Mets go for a 4-game sweep of the Cubs this afternoon at Citi-Field. Yesterday the Mets were able to beat the Cubs 4-3 thanks to a 2-run homer by Neil Walker and a 2-run well-placed bloop by Travis d’Arnaud. The Mets will draw a Jon Lester this afternoon and will counter with young ace Noah Syndergaard.

Mets Lineup

Juan Lagares – CF
Curtis Granderson – RF
Yoenis Cespedes – LF
Neil Walker – 2B
Wilmer Flores – 3B
James Loney – 1B
Matt Reynolds – SS
Rene Rivera – C
Noah Syndergaard – RHP

Cubs Lineup

Ben Zobrist – 2B
Jason Heyward – CF
Kris Bryant – RF
Anthony Rizzo – 1B
Willson Contreras – LF
Jeimer Candelario – 3B
Javier Baez – SS
David Ross – C
Jon Lester – LHP

Noah Syndergaard is 8-3 on the year over 16 games and 15 starts with 94.0 innings with a 2.49 ERA. His last start was not good as he allowed 5 ER over 3.0 innings against the Nationals topping off a month where he wasn’t that dominant (outside of one start, which was his best of the season). Noah allowed 3 ER over 5.1 innings against the Cubs during the regular season and allowed only 1 ER over 5.2 innings during the playoffs. The Cubs have the following numbers against Noah:

Bryant 4-6, 2B, 3B
Coghlan 1-4, HR
Montero 0-4, 3 K
Rizzo 0-3, 2 BB
Heyward 2-3, 2B
Zobrist 1-3, 2B
Baez 0-2, 2 K

Jon Lester is 9-3 over 16 starts and 106.1 innings with a 2.03 ERA in what is shaping up to be his best season in his career, rivaling 2014. In the month of June he was 4-0 over 44.2 innings with an ERA of 1.41 with 44 K’s. He faced the Mets twice in the regular season last year going 1-0 allowing 3 ER over 13.0 innings. However in the postseason against the Mets he allowed 4 ER over 8 hits in 6.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Lester: