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

Sunday, May 1, 2016 • 1:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
LHP Madison Bumgarner (2-2, 3.64) vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard (2-0, 1.69)
SNY • MLBN • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM

The New York Mets (15-7) and San Francisco Giants (12-13) will hope to get today’s game in if the weather cooperate. Heavy rains are expected for most of the day. The Mets are looking for their 9th straight win, and 3rd consecutive sweep.

Today, however, will be the toughest test of the last couple of weeks for the Mets as they find themselves in a marquee pitching matchup between Madison Bumgarner and Noah Syndergaard. This should make for a classic pitcher’s duel.

Interesting to note that Michael Conforto is batting third against the tough left-hander Madison Bumgarner, with Curtis Granderson on the bench. Asdrubal Cabrera gets his first day off of the season at shortstop.

Mets Lineup

Juan Lagares, RF
David Wright, 3B
Michael Conforto, LF
Yoenis Cespedes, CF
Neil Walker, 2B
Wilmer Flores, SS
Kevin Plawecki, C
Eric Campbell, 1B
Noah Syndergaard, RHP

Giants Lineup

Denard Span, CF
Angel Pagan, LF
Matt Duffy, 3B
Buster Posey, C
Brandon Belt, 1B
Hunter Pence, RF
Brandon Crawford, SS
Kelby Tomlinson, 2B
Madison Bumgarner, LHP

Syndergaard is 2-0 over 4 starts and 26.2 innings with a 1.69 ERA. On the season he has walked 4 batters while striking out 38. He is coming off his worst start of the season, which would be good to average for anyone else, where he allowed 3 ER over 6.2 innings while striking out 9. Last year he allowed 4 ER over 6.0 innings and 10 hits against the Giants while striking out only 2. The Giants have the following numbers against Noah:

Belt 0-2
Crawford 1-3
Duffy 2-3, HR
Pagan 0-3
Panik 1-3
Posey 2-3

Bumgarner is 2-2 over 5 starts this season and 29.2 innings with a 3.64 ERA. He has allowed 10 walks and has also struck out 38 batters this season. His numbers are being influenced by one bad start. In his last two he has allowed 4 ER over 13.2 innings while striking out 17. Madison missed the Mets in 2015 but in 2014 he threw a complete game shutout striking out 10 Mets. The Amazin’s hav ethe following numbers against Bumgarner: