Saturday, September 16, 2017 • 7:10 p.m. (ET)
SunTrust Park • Atlanta, GA
RHP Jacob deGrom (14-9, 3.63) vs. RHP R.A. Dickey (9-9, 4.28)
PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050

The Mets have lost five straight following their four-game winning streak. New York is 4-6 in its last 10 games. The Mets are 30-43 away from Citi Field and 4-14 in their last 18 road games, including losing eight straight. New York is a season high 21 games under .500.

METS LINEUP

  1. Norichika Aoki – RF
  2. Brandon Nimmo – LF
  3. Asdrubal Cabrera – 3B
  4. Dominic Smith – 1B
  5. Travis d’Arnaud – C
  6. Amed Rosario – SS
  7. Juan Lagares – CF
  8. Gavin Cecchini – 2B
  9. Jacob deGrom – RHP

BRAVES LINEUP

  1. Ender Inciarte – CF
  2. Ozzie Albies – 2B
  3. Freddie Freeman – 1B
  4. Nick Markakis – RF
  5. Kurt Suzuki – C
  6. Rio Ruiz – 3B
  7. Johan Camargo – SS
  8. Jace Peterson – LF
  9. R.A. Dickey – RHP

Jacob deGrom is 14-9 over 29 games and 188.1 innings with a 3.63 ERA, 3.54 FIP and 1.205 WHIP. He bounced back from a terrible start on Sept. 5 last time out against the Reds allowing only two runs on three hits and three walks in six innings while striking out 10 batters. He is 1-0 in two starts against the Braves this year, allowing five runs in 11 innings on 10 hits and six walks while striking out 11. The Braves have the following numbers against him:

  • Freeman 5-for-25, 2B, HR, 2 BB
  • Markakis 7-for-20, HR
  • Peterson 4-for-18, 2 2B, BB
  • Inciarte 4-for-15, 2B, 2 BB
  • Kemp 4-for-16, 2 2B
  • Garcia 3-for-10, BB
  • Flowers 3-for-7, 2 BB
  • Adams 2-for-6, 3B
  • Swanson 1-for-3, 3 BB

The Mets get to see an old friend in R.A. Dickey, although I’m not sure how many people if any are still on the roster from when Dickey was on the team. Dickey is 9-9 over 28 starts and 170.1 innings with a 4.28 ERA, 4.81 FIP and 1.415 WHIP. September has not been kind to him as he has allowed 12 runs, 11 earned over 9.1 innings in two starts. In his last five starts, he has allowed at least four runs in four of them. The one start he didn’t was a gem, an eight inning outing where he allowed one run against the Phillies. The last time he faced the Mets was in back-to-back starts between April and May where he allowed six runs, five earned over 11 innings on nine hits and six walks. The Mets have the following numbers against R.A.:

  • Reyes 5-for-29, HR, 3 BB
  • Cabrera 7-for-23, 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 4 BB
  • d’Arnaud 0-for-7, BB
  • Lagares 1-for-7, 2B
  • Aoki 2-for-5, BB
  • Flores 1-for-3

NOTES:

Amed Rosario is hitting .314 (22-for-70) with two home runs and four RBI over his last 20 games. He is 7-for-his-last-14 (.500) since missing six games with swelling in his right index finger. Rosario is batting .371 (13-for-35) over his last 11 games.

Asdrúbal Cabrera leads all major leaguers with a .455 (20-for-44) batting average and is tied for first in the NL with a .500 OBP this month. He is tied for first in the majors with seven doubles in September and ranks third in slugging (.750). He has hit in nine straight games, going 18-for-33 (.545).

Dominic Smith has seven homers in his first 34 games as a Met, tied for the fourth-most in team history among players who began their ML careers with the Mets. He trails Mike Jacobs (11), Ron Swoboda (10) and Benny Agbayani (eight). Since Aug. 15, when Dominic Smith hit his first major league homer, Smith is tied with the Cubs’ Ian Happ for the third-most homers in the majors by a rookie, behind Rhys Hoskins (16) and Oakland’s Matt Olson (12).

Let’s Go Mets!