The New York Mets saw their eight-game winning streak end on Tuesday night by those pesky Miami Marlins, setting up the rubber match for tonight at Citi Field.
The Mets will tap on their hottest starting pitcher Bartolo Colon (14-11, 4.13 ERA) and he will be opposed by Adam Conley (3-1, 4.93 ERA) for the Marlins. First pitch is at 7:10 PM.
Ready To Rumble: The Mets announced that Steven Matz, Noah Syndergaard and Matt Harvey will start this weekend against the Yankees in the Subway Series.
Bartolo Colon: Had his career-high scoreless innings streak snapped at 31.0 in his last start at Atlanta. It was the longest within one season in major league history by a pitcher age 42 or older, breaking the mark of 27.0 innings which had been shared by Hall of Famers Cy Young (1909) and Warren Spahn (1963).
Travis d’Arnaud: Has 41 RBI in 53 games this year, including 10 RBI in his last nine games. The Mets are 35-17 when he starts. D’Arnaud is hitting .415 (17-41) with three home runs and 11 RBI in 12 games this month.
Mets Starting Lineup
- Juan Lagares – CF
- David Wright – 3B
- Yoenis Cespedes – LF
- Juan Uribe – 2B
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Michael Cuddyer – RF
- Wilmer Flores – SS
- Eric Campbell – 1B
- Bartolo Colon – RHP
Well all good things have to come to an end and the Marlins were able to snap the Mets 8 game winning streak last night as deGrom had a rough night and the Mets lost 9-3. The Nationals won so they picked up a game and we enter a second straight game of the Mets magic number at 10. Tonight the Mets look to win the series with the Marlins before moving on to a weekend series with the Yankees.
Bartolo Colon, the former National League player of the week, gets the start tonight. On the season he is 14-11 over 29 games and 28 starts with 176.2 innings, a 4.13 ERA and a league leading 197 hits. In his last four starts (plus one inning of relief), he has pitched 31.2 innings with a 0.57 ERA, a 4-0 record, 23 K’s and 4 walks. This will be Colon’s 6th start against the Marlins. In his first 5 he has allowed 9 ER over 37.2 innings, which is a 2.15 ERA. The Marlins have the following numbers against Colon:
- Suzuki 34-112, 3 2B, 3B, 3 HR
- Yelich 7-22, 3 2B
- Gordon 7-20
- Prado 5-17
- Realmuto 3-13, 2 2B
- Dietrich 2-11
- Hechavarria 3-12, 2 2B
- Ozuna 2-11, 2B
- Bour 3-10, HR
The Mets bats draw rookie Adam Conley who is 3-1 over 11 games, 7 starts this year posting a 4.93 ERA over 42.0 innings of work with 38 K’s. He has never started against the Mets but he has faced them in relief allowing 1 ER over 2.1 innings. Since becoming a starter on August 12, he has tossed 28.2 innings over six starts with a 5.34 ERA. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Granderson 0-1
- Cespedes 0-1
- d’Arnaud 0-1
- Flores 1-1, 2B
- Duda 0-1
- Tejada 1-1, 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
