Saturday, August 29, 2020 • 1:05 p.m.
Yankee Stadium • Bronx, NY
Game 1: RHP Robert Gsellman (0-0, 7.71) vs. LHP J.A. Happ (1-1, 6.39)
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What a night for the Mets! They came back to win, twice! In the first game of the doubleheader, the Mets were in a 4-0 hole early but thanks to a big 6th inning with homers from Pete Alonso, Dominic Smith and Marisnick the Mets took a 6-4 lead. Rosario was the hero of the night cap, hitting a 2 run, walk-off shot as the away team, in the bottom of the seventh. A sentence that could only be uttered in 2020.
Mets Lineup
- Brandon Nimmo LF
- J.D. Davis 3B
- Michael Conforto RF
- Pete Alonso DH
- Robinson Cano 2B
- Wilson Ramos C
- Dominic Smith 1B
- Amed Rosario SS
- Billy Hamilton CF
Yankees Lineup
- DJ LeMahieu 3B
- Luke Voit 1B
- Aaron Hicks CF
- Mike Tauchman RF
- Clint Frazier DH
- Brett Gardner LF
- Jordy Mercer SS
- Erik Kratz C
- Tyler Wade 2B
Robert Gsellman makes his 3rd start of the season as he continues to get stretched out into a starter. The Mets need more stability (and length) out of their starters, especially in the midst of this ridiculous schedule to close out the season. On the year Robert has allowed 4 runs from 8 hits and 2 walks in 4.2 innings. In his last start he lasted only 1.2 innings, less than his previous start, but he increased his pitch count from 33 to 47. The Yankees have the following numbers against Gsellman:
- Jordy Mercer 2-4, 2B, BB, K
- Miguel Andujar 1-2, K
- Gio Urshela 0-1, BB
- Gary Sanchez 0-4, BB, 2 K
- Aaron Hicks 0-5, BB, K
- Brett Gardner 0-5, BB, K
The Mets have been struggling with most of their starters this season. The Yankees have their own version of this struggle with J.A. Happ. Happ has pitched 3 games and 12.2 innings this year with a 6.39 ERA, 8.68 FIP, 1.579 WHIP and a 68 ERA+. His last start was his most promising of the season, he allowed only 1 run over 5.2 innings. So the question is, which Happ shows up tonight? The one who massively struggled in his first two starts? The one who was great his last time up? The Mets have the following numbers against Happ:
- Robinson Cano 9-31, 2 2B, 3B, HR, 2 BB, 5 K
- Wilson Ramos 2-6
- Billy Hamilton 2-10, 3 K
- Jake Marisnick 3-18, 6 K
- Amed Rosario 0-2, K
- Michael Conforto 0-3, K
Let’s Go Mets!
Game Notes
Amed Rosario’s walk-off home run was the 20th pinch-hit, walk-off home run in Mets history, the first-ever pinch-hit walk-off homer in an inter league game, and the first pinch-hit walk-off home run by either side in a Subway Series game.
The Mets bullpen tossed seven scoreless innings in both games combined yesterday allowing just three hits, four walks, and struck out 10.
Over the last 10 games, the bullpen is 6-1 with a 3.44 ERA (14 earned runs/36.2 innings) with 19 walks and 42 strikeouts, the team is 6-4 in that span.
The Mets are second in the majors and top in the National League with a .269 batting average, and lead the majors with a .355 OBP this season.
