Saturday, July 22, 2017 • 7:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
LHP Sean Manaea (8-5, 3.68) vs. RHP Zack Wheeler (3-7, 4.98)
PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM
Despite everything else going on around the team right now, the Mets have managed to win three straight games. For a second straight game, the Mets benefited from an interesting defensive play by an opponent, this time allowing T.J. Rivera to round the bases and a total of three runs to score. The real hero of yesterday’s game was Conforto and his two homers.
METS LINEUP
- Michael Conforto – CF
- Asdrubal Cabrera – 3B
- Yoenis Cespedes – LF
- Wilmer Flores – 2B
- Jay Bruce – RF
- T.J. Rivera – 1B
- Jose Reyes – SS
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Zack Wheeler – RHP
ATHLETICS LINEUP
- Matt Joyce – RF
- Marcus Semien – SS
- Yonder Alonso – 1B
- Khris Davis – LF
- Jed Lowrie – 2B
- Bruce Maxwell – C
- Matt Chapman – 3B
- Jaycob Brugman – CF
- Seth Manaea – LHP
Zack Wheeler looks to keep the Mets in the win column tonight. He is 3-7 over 16 games and 81 1/3 innings with a 4.98 ERA, 4.81 FIP and 1.549 WHIP. July hasn’t been kind to Wheeler. He started off allowing two runs on two hits and two walks in 3 2/3 innings against Philly, then he held the Cards to two runs over six innings, but still allowed eight hits. In his last start he allowed seven hits and four walks leading to four runs over 5 1/3 innings against the Cards. Very few Athletics have seen him in a game:
- Alonso 2-for-4, 2B, BB
- K Davis 0-for-2
- Lowrie 0-for-1
The Mets bats will get a look at Sean Manaea who is 8-5 over 17 games and 100 1/3 innings with a 3.68 ERA, 3.45 FIP and 1.206 WHIP. In his last four starts he is 2-1 over 27.0 innings with a 2.67 ERA. It is important to note that there has been only one game in his last 10 that he hasn’t pitched at least six innings, and that game he pitched 5 2/3. He is coming off a rookie year where he posted a 7-9 record over 25 games, 24 starts and 144 2/3innings with a 3.86 ERA, 4.08 FIP and 1.189 WHIP.
NOTES:
Jose Reyes hitting .362 (25-69) with seven doubles, one triple, three home runs and 11 RBI in his last 19 games.
Michael Conforto became the third player in Mets history to hit multiple homers as the team’s leadoff hitter in three or more games within a single season.
Let’s Go Mets!
