The first place New York Mets host the defending-champion San Francisco Giants in a three-game series beginning Tuesday at Citi Field.
Noah Syndergaard (2-3, 3.77 ERA) opposes right-hander Chris Heston (5-4, 4.29) in the 7:10 PM series opener.
New York is 21-8 at home this year, which is the second-best start in team history after 29 home games The 1986 Mets were 22-7. The .724 home winning percentage is the second-best in the majors this year.
Matt Harvey will pitch Wednesday against Tim Hudson, while Jonathon Niese opposes Tim Lincecum on Thursday.
Mets Starting Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- Ruben Tejada – 2B
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Michael Cuddyer – LF
- Wilmer Flores – SS
- Juan Lagares – CF
- Eric Campbell – 3B
- Anthony Recker – C
- Noah Syndergaard – RHP
The Mets open up the homestand tonight after a west coast trip that saw the Mets go 3-4, but somehow return with a slight first place lead in the division.
On Sunday the Mets got it done with longballs in a game that featured two Grandy shots, a can of Soup and a Flores chorus (also I promise to never say Flores chorus again). On the other side, deGrom had an excellent day with double digit strikeouts for the 6th time this season.
Tonight Noah Syndergaard returns to the mound to bounce back from his last start. On the season he is 2-3 with a 3.77 ERA over 5 starts and 28.2 innings with 32 strikeouts. That ERA is particularly good considering he allowed 7 ER over 4.0 innings in his last start (but also struck out 10 batters). This will be his first major league game against the Giants, and there is no one the Giants who has seen him in any of his first 5 major league starts.
The Mets bats will get a look at Chris Heston who is 5-4 over 11 starts and 65.0 innings this season with a 4.29 ERA. In his last four starts he has tossed 18.2 innings with a 7.71 ERA. One of those four starts was a 7.1 inning, scoreless outing, so that says something about the quality in the other 3 starts. This will be Heston’s first time facing the New York Mets and anyone who is currently on the Mets roster in a major league game.
Lets Go Mets!
