Thursday, June 23, 2016 • 7:10 p.m.
Turner Field • Atlanta, GA
RHP Matt Harvey (4-9, 4.76) vs. RHP Matt Wisler (3-7, 4.23)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
After a tough series against the Braves over last weekend, the Mets responded by winning two games against the Royals despite some fairly unexpected twists including Bartolo Colon leaving the game with a thumb injury after tossing just four pitches.
The Mets have won a franchise record-tying seven straight games at Atlanta. This current seven-game winning streak is the longest by the Mets at Turner Field. The Braves are moving into a new ballpark in 2017. New York is 63-103 (.380) all-time at Turner Field.
Mets Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- Asdrubal Cabrera – SS
- James Loney – 1B
- Neil Walker – 2B
- Kelly Johnson – 3B
- Michael Conforto – LF
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Alejandro De Aza – CF
- Matt Harvey – RHP
Braves Lineup
- Jace Peterson – 2B
- Ender Inciarte – CF
- Freddie Freeman – 1B
- Nick Markakis – RF
- Adonis Garcia – 3B
- A.J. Pierzynski – C
- Erick Aybar – SS
- Emilio Bonifacio – LF
- Matt Wisler – RHP
Tonight, Matt Harvey has a shot of redemption against the Atlanta squad from his last outing. He’s 4-9 on the year over 14 starts and 79.1 innings with a 4.76 ERA. After three starts where he logged 20.0 innings allowing 2 ER, he allowed 4 ER over 6.0 innings vs the Braves. The Braves have the following numbers against Harvey:
- Freeman3-15, 3 2B
- Markakis 1-10
- Pierzynski 6-9, 2B
- Aybar 1-6
- Peterson 2-7, 2 2B
- d’Arnaud 1-3, 2B
- Flowers 0-3
The Mets bats will try to get some consistency going against Matt Wisler who is 3-7 over 14 games and 13 starts this season with a 4.23 ERA while pitching 83.0 innings. He opened up June to two horrid starts that saw him allowing 13 ER over 8.0 innings, in his last start he settled down to 2 ER over 8 hits in 6.2 innings of work. His best start of the season by far was against the Mets at the start of May where he held the Mets to one hit and two walks over 8.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Matt:
- Granderson 1-12
- Cespedes 2-9, 2B
- Conforto 3-8
- Flores 1-6
- Cabrera 2-5
- Loney 2-7
Let’s Go Mets!
