The New York Mets head to Los Angeles for the start of a three game series against the Dodgers beginning tonight at Dodger Stadium.
Rookie Noah Syndergaard (3-4, 3.59) will be tasked with face Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw (5-6, 3.20) in a 10:10 PM matchup.
New York is 11-26 on the road this season, including 4-18 in the team’s last 22 road games. The Mets have lost seven of their last eight away games and their .297 winning percentage on the road is the second-worst in the majors.
New York has been held to one run or less 21 times this year, including three straight games. The 21 games are the most such games in the majors.
Mets Starting Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- Juan Lagares – CF
- Daniel Murphy – 3B
- John Mayberry Jr. – LF
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Wilmer Flores – 2B
- Kevin Plawecki – C
- Ruben Tejada – SS
- Noah Syndergaard – RHP
The Mets head on the road after a tale of two different series at home this past week. The Mets started off with a sweep of the Reds and they followed their escape from Panic City with being swept by the Cubs scoring only 1 run over 3 games. The Mets will look to reverse their offensive woes tonight against Clayton Kershaw because hey, anything can happen right?
Noah Syndergaard gets the start for the Mets tonight. On the season he is 3-4 over 9 games and 52.2 innings with a 3.59 ERA. He is coming off a strong start against the Reds where he held them to 1 ER over 8.0 innings and 5 hits while striking out 5.
He has never faced the Dodgers before in a major league game and the Dodgers will be the third NL West team he has faced in his young career. So far the NL West has not been kind to Noah as the Padres hit him up for 7 earned runs over 4.0 innings and the Giants scored 4 runs off 10 hits in 6.0 innings.
The Mets bats draw one of the most feared pitchers in the game tonight in Clayton Kershaw. Clayton is 5-6 over 16 starts this season and 107.0 innings with a 3.20 ERA. After a couple of non-Clayton starts allowing 3 ER over 6 and 7 innings of work, eh allowed 1 ER over 7.0 innings his last time out.
The last time he faced the Mets was back in 2013, he allowed 2 ER over 5.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Kershaw:
- Cuddyer 4-15
- Mayberry 2-10, 2B
- Tejada 3-7
- Murphy 3-6
- Duda 0-4
- Granderson 0-3
Lets Go Mets!
