After a phenomenal 8-2 road trip, the New York Mets (82-61) return home to Citi Field for a three game series against the Miami Marlins (61-82) beginning tonight at 7:10 PM.
RHP Logan Verrett (1-1, 3.06) gets the start in place of Matt Harvey and will oppose fellow rookie LHP Justin Nicolino (3-3, 3.72) for the Marlins.
The Mets are 44-20 vs. the NL East, including 22-7 at home. New York’s .688 winning percentage is the best for any team within its own division this year. The franchise record for winning
percentage vs. the NL East is .657 (59-31), set in 1986.
The Mets posted their 37th come-from-behind win of the year yesterday, tied for the third-most in the majors. Since August 1, New York leads the majors with 15 comeback wins.
Mets Starting Lineup
- Juan Lagares – CF
- David Wright – 3B
- Yoenis Cespedes – LF
- Juan Uribe – 2B
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Michael Cuddyer – RF
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Wilmer Flores – SS
- Logan Verrett – RHP
The 2015 Mets have no chill. Yesterday a core group of regulars started on the bench and the Mets were either in the lead or close to it throughout most of the game. The Braves had a breakout bottom of the 8th where they took a 7-4 lead. The Mets then promptly tied the game in the 9th and they scored 3 in the 10th to take the game, win their 7th, stay on pace with the Nationals and lower their magic number to 11. N
ow they welcome the Marlins, who are surging, into Citi Field. The last time these teams faced in Miami, the Marlins took two of three and lowered the Mets division lead to 4 games (and about a week later, its at 9.5).
Logan Verrett gets the start for Matt Harvey today. Logan is 1-0 over 10 games and a start for the Mets where he has logged 23.1 innings with a 1.93 ERA.
On August 23rd, Verrett made a start against the Rockies where he pitched 8.0 fantastic innings allowing 1 ER, 1 walk and striking out 8 batters. Since then he had a clean inning of relief against the Phillies and allowed 3 ER against the Red Sox on the 28th of August. This will be his first time facing the Marlins in a major league game.
The Mets bats draw Justin Nicolino in his rookie season making his 9th career start. So far he has pitched 48.1 innings with a 3.72 ERA. His ERA is inflated right now from his last start where he allowed 5 ER over 4.1 innings. Before that, he had an ERA of 1.98 over 27.1 innings and four starts. This will be his first time facing the Mets in a major league game.
Let’s Go Mets!
