Thursday, April 19, 2018 • 7:35 p.m.
SunTrust Park • Atlanta, GA
RHP Matt Harvey (0-1, 4.80) vs. RHP Matt Wisler (-)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050

Whoa! What a difference an inning can make! Two nights ago the Nationals had a crazy 8th inning that led to the Mets losing two games in a row and feeling of dread building across the fan base. Last night the Nationals took an early lead and for a while it looked like the Nationals would sweep the Mets at home, erasing the Mets trip to DC last week. Then the Mets had a crazy 8th of their own, capped by a Grand Slam by Cespedes, and now they feel invincible again!

Mets Lineup

  1. Michael Conforto – CF
  2. Yoenis Cespedes – LF
  3. Asdrubal Cabrera – 2B
  4. Jay Bruce – RF
  5. Todd Frazier – 3B
  6. Adrian Gonzalez – 1B
  7. Jose Lobaton – C
  8. Matt Harvey – RHP
  9. Amed Rosario – SS

Braves Lineup

  1. Ender Inciarte – CF
  2. Ozzie Albies – 2B
  3. Freddie Freeman – 1B
  4. Nick Markakis – RF
  5. Kurt Suzuki – C
  6. Preston Tucker – LF
  7. Dansby Swanson – SS
  8. Ryan Flaherty – 3B
  9. Matt Wisler – RHP

The Mets will start a 10 game road trip today with a four game set in Atlanta. The Braves have slowed the Phillies roll this past week and now both clubs are tied for second in the division at 10-7 and have some injury concerns of their own like Sanchez who was scheduled to pitch tonight and was injured in workouts and Freddie Freeman, and early MVP candidate, who took a pitch off the wrist yesterday.

Harvey will make the first start of the roadtrip. He is 0-1 over 3 games and 15.0 innings allowing 8 runs from 18 hits with a 4.80 ERA, 4.72 FIP, 1.400 WHIP and 79 ERA+. After a great first start of the season where he held the Phillies scoreless over 5.0 innings, Harvey has allowed 4 runs in each of his last two starts lasting 5.0 innings each. Which Harvey will the Mets get tonight? Is he more Tw0-Face than Dark Knight? Last year he was 1-2 over 4 games against the Braves allowing 14 runs from 20 hits and 10 walks in 21.1 innings while striking out 10. The Braves have the following numbers against him:

  • Freeman 5-26, 4 2B, HR, BB, 6 K
  • Markakis 6-22, 2B, 4 BB, 6 K
  • Inciarte 5-21, 2 2B
  • Suzuki 2-12, HR, 2 BB
  • Swanson 1-7, 3 BB
  • Flowers 0-5
  • Bourjos 1-3

Last Season Wisler was 0-1 over 20 games and one start in 32.1 innings with a 8.35 ERA, 5.20 FIP, 1.732 WHIP. In the previous year he pitched 156.2 innings with a 5.00 ERA, 4.85 FIP and 1.328 WHIP. In 11.0 innings against the Mets last season, more than any other team, he allowed 11 runs from 15 hit and 7 walks. The Mets have the following numbers against Matt:

  • Conforto 5-13, 2B, 4 BB
  • Cabrera 3-12, 2B
  • Cespedes 2-10, 2B
  • Plawecki 2-7, BB
  • Bruce 4-8, 2 HR, BB
  • Flores 3-9, 2B, 3B
  • Gonzalez 4-8, 2B, 3B
  • Lagares 2-6

Game Notes

As noted by our own Mike Mayer on twitter, last night Yoenis Cespedes hit the 69th home run of his Mets career in his 69th at-bat of the season and his 1069th at-bat as a Met.

New York has eight come from behind victories this season, the most in the majors.  The Mets are 13-4 through 17 games for the third time in team history (also 1986 and 2015).

Asdrubal Cabrera ranks sixth in the NL with a .343 batting average, sixth with a .612 slugging percentage, tied for fourth with 10 extra-base hits and tied for ninth with six doubles.

Let’s Go Mets!