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

Wednesday, April 13, 2016 • 1:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
LHP Adam Conley (0-0, 27.00) vs RHP Logan Verrett (0-0, 9.00)
SNY • MLBN • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM

With Jacob deGrom scratched due to a sore right lat muscle, the Mets look to Logan Verrett to snap their four-game losing streak and avoid a sweep at the hands of the Miami Marlins on Wednesday. Both Lucas Duda and Michael Conforto will sit against Marlins left-hander Adam Conley.

New York Mets

Curtis Granderson – RF
David Wright – 3B
Yoenis Cespedes – LF
Neil Walker – 2B
Wilmer Flores – 1B
Asdrubal Cabrera – SS
Juan Lagares – CF
Kevin Plawecki – C
Logan Verrett – RHP

Miami Marlins

Dee Gordon, 2B
Ichiro Suzuki, CF
Christian Yelich, LF
Giancarlo Stanton, RF
Martin Prado, 3B
Justin Bour, 1B
J.T. Realmuto, C
Miguel Rojas, SS
Adam Conley, LHP

Logan Verrett had a volatile beginning to 2015. He was drafted in the December 2014 Rule V draft by the Orioles. The Orioles later put him on waivers where he was claimed by the Rangers. The Rangers then finally returned him to the Mets. With the Rangers he pitched 9 innings allowing 7 runs, 6 earned. With the Mets he pitched in 14 games, including 4 starts, logging 38.2 innings with a 3.03 ERA while striking out 36 batters. He made a start against the Marlins last year where he held them to 1 ER over 5.0 innings while allowing 3 hits, a walk and logging 3 strikeouts on his way to a win. The Marlins have the following numbers against Logan:

Bour 0-2
Dietrich 1-2
Gordon 1-2
Prado 0-2
Realmuto 1-2
Rojas 0-2
Suzuki 0-1
Yelich 0-2

The Mets bats will get a look at Adam Conley who only lasted one inning in his first start of the season allowing 2 hits, 3 ER, 2 walks while striking out 2. Last year he went 4-1 over 15 games, 11 starts logging 67.0 innings with a 3.76 ERA while striking out 59 batters. He pitched 9.1 innings against the Mets last year allowing 5 hits, 1 earned runs while striking out 8. The Mets have the following numbers against Adam: