MMO Game Thread: Marlins vs Mets, 7:10 PM (DeGromination!)

The New York Mets and the Miami Marlins will play the middle game of their three-game series tonight at Citi Field. It’ll be Jacob deGrom (13-7, 2.40) on the mound for the Mets and he’ll be opposed by Tom Koehler (9-13, 3.99), with the first pitch scheduled for 7:10 PM.

New York has won eight games in a row. It’s the longest current winning streak in the majors, and the second-longest winning streak this season for the Mets who won 11 straight from April 12-23.

Each of the last five times that the Mets were trailing in the sixth inning or later, they’ve come back to win the game, which is the longest streak of that kind in team history.

The Mets posted their 38th come-from-behind win of the year last night, tied for the second-most in the majors. St. Louis is first with 40 comeback wins.

The Mets lead the majors in runs scored (287), home runs (81), doubles (113), RBI (274) and slugging (.490) since July 25. They are 34-13 during that span, the second-best record in the majors, behind Toronto (33-12).

Mets Starting Lineup

Curtis Granderson – RF
Yoenis Cespedes – CF
Daniel Murphy – 2B
David Wright – 3B
Michael Conforto – LF
Travis d’Arnaud – C
Lucas Duda – 1B
Ruben Tejada – SS
Jacob deGrom – RHP

The 2015 Mets continue to have no chill! Yesterday Logan Verrett made a great spot start giving the Mets 5.0 innings of one-run baseball. Gilmartin gave the lead back to the Marlins but the Mets came roaring back right away off the bat of d’Arnaud plus a clutch, go!ahead hit from the captain. Also the first run of the game came from a Cespedes solo shot, but that’s not really news at this point. The Mets will look for win #9 in a row tonight.

Jacob deGrom is 13-7 over 27 games and 176.0 innings with a 2.40 ERA while striking out 184 batters. In his last three starts he has pitched 19.0 innings striking out 23 batters with a 3.32 ERA. In his two starts against the Marlins this year, he has allowed 3 ER over 13.0 innings while striking out 12. The Marlins have the following numbers against Jacob:

Ozuna 5-17, 2B
Yelich 4-16, 2B
Gordon 3-12
McGehee 3-11, 2B
Bour 2-6
Hechavarria 3-10, 2B
Mathis 1-5
Prado 2-6, 2B

The Mets will get another look at Tom Koehler who is 9-13 over 28 games, 27 starts over 164.2 innings with 121 K’s. He’s off to a good start in September allowing 4 ER over 14.0 innings and 14 K’s. In four starts against the Mets this year he is 0-2 allowing 21 runs, 20 earned over 17.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him: