Sunday, April 15, 2018 • 1:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
RHP Jhoulys Chacín (0-1, 6.59) vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard (2-0, 3.94)
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Well, the winning streak had to end eventually.
The Brewers beat the Mets 5-1 last night due to the one weakness for the Mets this season: the long ball. After a quick first inning, Matt Harvey allowed a three-run shot in the second and the Mets could never recover. The rubber game is still to be had today on this rainy Sunday.
Mets Lineup
- Brandon Nimmo – RF
- Michael Conforto – CF
- Yoenis Cespedes – LF
- Todd Frazier – 3B
- Wilmer Flores – 1B
- Amed Rosario – SS
- Jose Reyes – 2B
- Tomas Nido – C
- Noah Syndergaard – C
Brewers Lineup
- Jonathan Villar – 2B
- Eric Thames – 1B
- Lorenzo Cain – CF
- Travis Shaw – 3B
- Domingo Santana – RF
- Hernan Perez – LF
- Orlando Arcia – SS
- Jett Bandy – C
- Jhoulys Chacin – P
Noah Syndergaard will make his fourth start of the season today. So far, he is 2-0 over 16.0 innings allowing eight runs, seven earned from 15 hits and four walks while striking out 22 leading to a small sample size 3.94 ERA, 2.84 FIP, 1.188 WHIP and 67 ERA+.
The last time Thor faced the Brewers was back in 2016 where he held the Brew Crew to one unearned run over seven innings with six hits, no walks and 11 strikeouts. The Brewers have the following numbers against Noah:
- Yelich 2-for-14, 2B, 6 K
- Cain 2-for-9
- Braun 1-for-6
- Perez 2-for-3
- Villar 0-for-3
The Mets bats draw Jhoulys Chacin for the last game of the series. Chacin will make his fourth start of the season with his new team. Last season, he pitched with the Padres and signed a deal in December this year to come over to Milwaukee.
With the Padres last year, Chacin was 13-10 over 180.1 innings with a 3.89 ERA, 4.26 FIP, 1.270 WHIP and 106 ERA+.
He is not off to a good start with the Brewers, as he has allowed 13 runs, 10 earned, over 13.2 innings from 19 hits and seven walks while striking out seven. His small sample size season numbers include a 6.59 ERA, 6.61 FIP, 1.902 WHIP and 60 ERA+.
He made two starts against the Mets last season. His first start was the worst of his season where he allowed seven runs from eight hits and no walks in 0.2 innings. He did much better at the end of July where he allowed two runs from four hits and three walks in 5.1 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Chacin:
- Gonzalez 8-for-22, 2B, HR, 3 BB
- Cabrera 2-for-12, HR, 3 BB
- Bruce 3-for-10, 2B, 2 BB
- Conforto 4-for-10, HT, BB
- Flores 4-for-8, 2B, 2 BB
- Frazier 1-for-8, HR
- Lagares 3-for-9
- Cespedes 2-for-6
Notes
Every major league manager, coach and player will wear No. 42 today to commemorate the Anniversary of Hall-of-Famer Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier in 1947. MLB retired Robinson’s number throughout the Majors in 1997 and every player and all on field personnel has worn his No. 42 during games scheduled on Jackie Robinson Day since 2009.
New York has won its first four series of the year for the second time in team history (also: 2006). This is the club’s first rubber game of the year. Last season, the Mets were 7-10 in rubber games.
Adrian Gonzalez has eight RBI in his last five games.
Noah Syndergaard has a 2.71 ERA (64 earned runs/212.1 innings) at Citi Field since 2015, the ninth-lowest ERA at home in the majors during that span (min. 200 innings).
The Mets are 11-3 in their last 14 games when Syndergaard starts following a team loss. In those 14 starts, Syndergaard is 7-3 with a 2.44 ERA (24 earned runs/88.2 innings) with 105 strikeouts.
Let’s Go Mets!
