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Saturday, July 9, 2022 • 4:10 P.M.
Citi Field • Flushing, NY
LHP Braxton Garrett (1-3, 4.25) vs. RHP Carlos Carrasco (9-4, 4.64)
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Happy Keith Hernandez Day! The All-Star first baseman and announcer for the New York Mets gets his number retired today at Citi Field. A long time criticism of the Mets was the team didn’t honor their own history. Things have changed the last two seasons with ceremonies for both Jerry Koosman and Keith. If you are going to the ballpark today, we hope you have an Amazin’ day and get to share stories about Keith on the field with those who were too young to see him.
At 33 years old, I definitely fall in the “too young to see him” bucket but I remember when I was in high school when SNY formed and introduced us to Gary, Keith and Ron. From telling us about the fundamentals, to his love of tootsie pops, to stories about his cat, I have loved having Keith be part of of my daily routine. Thank you Keith!
Mets Lineup
- Brandon Nimmo – CF
- Starling Marte – RF
- Francisco Lindor – SS
- Pete Alonso – 1B
- J.D. Davis – DH
- Mark Canha – LF
- Eduardo Escobar – 3B
- Luis Guillorme – 2B
- James McCann. – C
Marlins Lineup
- Jon Berti – 2B
- Garrett Cooper – DH
- Jesus Aguilar – 1B
- Jesus Sanchez – CF
- Avisail Garcia – RF
- Brian Anderson – 3B
- Bryan De La Cruz – LF
- Miguel Rojas
- Nick Fortes – C
There’s also a baseball game today! Carlos Carrasco will make his 17th start of the season. Over 87 1/3 innings he has a 4.64 ERA, 3.66 FIP, 1.328 WHIP and a 87 ERA+. Carrasco ended the month of June with back to back rough starts, allowing 11 runs over 6 2/3 innings. Last time out he held the Rangers to only one run from six hits over 5 2/3 innings.
Carrasco faced the Marlins in the middle of June and allowed three runs over 6 1/3 innings from eight hits and two walks while striking out seven. The Marlins have the following numbers against Carrasco:
- Avisail Garcia 11-42, 2B, HR, BB, 12 K
- Jesus Aguilar 3-9, 2B, 2 BB, K
- Jazz Chisholm Jr. 211, 2B, BB, 4 K
- Billy Hamilton 3-10, 3B, 2 BB, 2 K
- Bryan De La Cruz 3-10, HR, 2 K
- Jorge Soler 1-7, 2 BB, 4 K
- Miguel Rojas 3-7, HR, K
- Jacob Stallings 1-7, 2 K
- Jesus Sanchez 1-5, 2 K
Braxton Garrett gets the start for the Marlins. Over six starts and 29 2/3 innings this season he has a 4.25 ERA, 3.14 FIP, 1.449 WHIP and a 98 ERA+. Braxton is coming off of a terrific start against the Nationals where he allowed only one run over 7 1/3 innings from four hits and a walk. His start before that he allowed five runs from seven hits over 4 2/3 innings against the Cardinals.
Braxton faced the Mets on June 18th and allowed three runs from five hits and two walks over four innings of work, in a game the Mets won 3-2. The Mets have the following career numbers against Braxton:
- Pete Alonso 0-3, 2 BB
- J.D. Davis 1-3, 2 BB, 2 K
- Brandon Nimmo 0-3
- Dominic Smith 2-3
- Mark Canha 1-1, BB
- Eduardo Escobar 0-2
- Francisco Lindor 1-2, HR
- Starling Marte 1-2
- Jeff McNeil 1-2
Game Notes
Today, the Mets will retire Keith Hernandez’s uniform number 17, with a 17 patch on their jerseys. Hernandez was elected to the Mets Hall of Fame in 1997, ranks second in team history in batting average (.297) and earned six Rawlings Gold Gloves with the Mets, the most in franchise history.
Carlos Carrasco will look to win his 10th game of the season today, which would be the fourth time in his career he’s won 10 games before the All-Star break. The last Mets pitcher to do so was R.A. Dickey.
J.D. Davis is first in the majors with a 63.1% hard hit rate and fifth with a 94 mph average exit velocity.
Let’s go Mets!
