Tuesday, May 29, 2018 • 7:35 p.m.
SunTrust Park • Atlanta, GA
LHP Steven Matz (2-3, 3.80) vs. RHP Anibal Sanchez (1-0, 1.29)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050

Yesterday was a bizarre day of Mets baseball. Most was bizarre in a bad way, but some worked out in the Mets’ favor. Jacob deGrom started the day with a masterful outing. At one point the skies opened over him and the teams played on, at another point it rained, the tarp was pulled out, and then everyone watched a tarp in sunny weather for almost 30 minutes. Jacob came back from the rain delay and dominated, allowing only a solo home run. Seth Lugo came in, gave up the tying run, then Mesoraco pulled the Mets ahead in the ninth before Lugo blew it for good in the 9th.

Mets fans then got stew about that loss for a while as a rain delay pushed the start for the night cap all the way to 10:05 pm. The Mets got a rough start from P.J. Conlon who only lasted 2+ innings, but surprisingly got 3.0 great innings from Hansel Robles as the Mets managed to win the game. In other words, yesterday the Mets lost a game they had no business losing and then won a game they had no business winning.

Mets Lineup

  1. Brandon Nimmo – RF
  2. Asdrubal Cabrera – 2B
  3. Jose Bautista – LF
  4. Michael Conforto – CF
  5. Devin Mesoraco – C
  6. Adrian Gonzalez – 1B
  7. Jose Reyes – 3B
  8. Steven Matz – LHP
  9. Amed Rosario – SS

Braves Lineup

  1. Ender Inciarte – CF
  2. Ozzie Albies – 2B
  3. Freddie Freeman – 1B
  4. Nick Markakis – RF
  5. Tyler Flowers – C
  6. Johan Camargo – 3B
  7. Charlie Culberson – LF
  8. Dansby Swanson – SS
  9. Anibal Sanchez – RHP

The Mets will now turn to Steven Matz to give the bullpen some rest. He is 2-3 on the year over 42.2 innings with a 3.80 ERA, 5.64 FIP, 1.289 WHIP and 100 ERA+. After a horrid start against the Diamondbacks where he allowed four runs from six hits and a walk in 4.0 innings, Matz was great his last time out in Milwaukee where he held the Brewers scoreless in 6.0 innings, the only game the Mets won that weekend. He hasn’t faced the Braves yet this year but last last year he held the Braves to one run from five hits and a walk over 7.0 innings. The Braves have the following numbers against him:

  • Freeman 4-13, 2B, BB
  • Markakis 3-13, 2B, BB
  • Flowers 2-10, 2B
  • Inciarte 2-6
  • Blair 0-3
  • Camargo 2-3
  • Swanson 1-3, 2B

The Mets bats will see Anibal Sanchez tonight as he comes off the disabled list. He had a 1.29 ERA over 14.0 innings before getting injured earlier this season. Last year he was 3-7 for Detroit over 28 games and 17 starts totaling 105.1 innings with a 6.41 ERA, 5.33 FIP, 1.595 WHIP and 72 ERA+. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

  • Reyes 9-37, 2B, 5 BB
  • Cabrera 5-23, HR, 2 BB
  • Bautista 5-19, 2B, HR, 3 BB
  • Bruce 2-11
  • Gonzalez 1-8
  • Conforto 1-3, HR

Let’s Go Mets!