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Sunday, June 19, 2022 • 1:40 P.M.
Citi Field • Flushing, NY
RHP Sandy Alcántara (6-2, 1.68 ERA) vs. RHP Chris Bassitt (5-4, 4.01 ERA)
WPIX • WCBS 880 AM
The Mets look to secure the series win against the Marlins today as they play the third game in the four game set in Queens! Yesterday Francisco Lindor and Jeff McNeil gave the Mets an early 3-0 lead and the Mets held on to win 3-2. Meanwhile the Braves, who got within 4.5 games of the Mets, lost again pushing them back to 6.5 games behind the Mets.
Marlins Lineup
Marlins 6/19 – https://t.co/ODGJ7YfvqB
Chisholm 2B
Berti 3B
Garcia DH
Rojas SS
L Diaz 1B
Stallings C
De La Cruz CF
Encarnacion RF
Williams LF— FantasyLabs MLB (@FantasyLabsMLB) June 19, 2022
Chris Bassitt gets the start for the Mets today. He’s pitched 76 1/3rd innings over 13 starts this year with a 4.01 ERA, 4.03 FIP, 1.179 WHIP and a 100 ERA+. Between May 19th and June 8th, Bassitt had a terrible set of games where he allowed 24 runs (23 earned) over 26 innings via 32 hits and 11 walks. He had a stellar rebound his last time out against the Brewers, shutting them out over eight innings while scattering three hits and a walk. Very few Marlins have seen Bassitt in a major league game:
- Jorge Soler 1-for-5, HR
- Joey Wendle 1-for-4, 2B, BB
- Willians Astudillo 0-for-3
- Avisail Garcia 0-for-3
Mets Lineup
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The Mets’ bats have their toughest assignment of the series this afternoon against Sandy Alcántara. Sandy has pitched 91 1/3rd innings (league-leading) over 13 starts with a 1.68 ERA, 2.96FIP, 0.964 WHIP and a 246 ERA+ (league-leading). He is also leading the leading the league in hits per nine innings at six.
Since May 11th, he has made seven starts, pitching 55 2/3rd innings, with a 0.81 ERA. He allowed two runs over 7 2/3rd innings in his last start. That was the first time since May 6th he allowed two or more earned runs in a start. Last year he made two starts against the Mets, allowing five runs via 12 hits and a walk over 15 1/3rd innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Jeff McNeil 7-for-23, HR, 2 BB
- Pete Alonso 3-for-18, 2 2B, HR, BB, 6 K
- Brandon Nimmo 2-for-16, 2B, 3 BB, 5 K
- Francisco Lindor 4-for-12, 2B, BB, K
- J.D. Davis 4-for-10, 2 2B
- Eduardo Escobar 1-for-9, K
- Starling Marte 0-for-3, K
Games Notes
With yesterday evening’s victory, the Mets are 21-7 against the National League East this year. This .750 winning percentage is the best intradivisional record in baseball.
The last time New York was 21 games above .500 was on September 29, 2015 when they were 89-68.
Bassitt owns a .203 opponent batting average against right-handed batters which ranks fifth in the NL and 13th in the majors. Seven of the Marlins’ nine hitters this afternoon are right-handed batters.
Let’s go Mets!
