Monday, July 4, 2016 • 4:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
RHP Tom Koehler (6-7, 4.45) vs. RHP Matt Harvey (4-10, 4.55)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets swept the Chicago Cubs and now they try to keep it going against the Miami Marlins. Yesterday, the Mets ended the series with a bang winning 14-3 and knocking out 22 hits including give homers – two by Wilmer Flores who went 6-for-6 at the plate!
The Mets are 29-35 all-time on Independence Day and 1-2 vs. the Marlins on the Fourth of July, winning 6-2 in 1997 and losing 9-8 in 2000 and 9-7 in 2002. New York is 15- 17 at home on July 4, including 1-2 at Citi Field.
Mets Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- Neil Walker – 2B
- Yoenis Cespedes – CF
- James Loney – 1B
- Asdrubal Cabrera – SS
- Wilmer Flores – 3B
- Brandon Nimmo – LF
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Matt Harvey – RHP
Marlins Lineup
- J.T. Realmuto, C
- Martin Prado, 3B
- Christian Yelich, LF
- Marcell Ozuna, CF
- Giancarlo Stanton, RF
- Derek Dietrich, 2B
- Chris Johnson, 1B
- Adeiny Hechavarria, SS
- Tom Koehler, RHP
Matt Harvey takes the ball today. He’s 4-10 on the season over 16 starts and 89.0 innings with a 4.55 ERA. He allowed 1 ER over 3.2 innings in his last start where he also walked 3 batters and allowed 4 hits. He is still waffle-ing between good starts and bad starts, so let’s hope the pendulum swings back today to good. He allowed only 1 run over 7.0 innings of work.
The Mets bats will get another look at Tom Koehler who is 6-8 over 16 games with 87.0 innings of work and a 4.45 ERA. His last starts two starts haven’t been the best. He’s allowed 9 ER over 9.0 innings. His only start against the Mets this year was average allowing 3 ER over 6.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Tom:
- Granderson 5-25
- Lagares 6-23, 3B
- d’Arnaud 6-15, 2B
- Flores 4-13, 2 2B
- K Johnbson 3-12, 2B
- Cespedes 5-11, 3 2B, 3B
- Walker 3-8, 2B
- Loney 2-7, 2B
- Cabrera 2-5, HR
Let’s Go Mets!
