Thursday, May 24, 2018 • 8:10 p.m. (ET)
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
LHP Steven Mat (1-3, 4.42) vs. RHP Zach Davie (2-3, 4.24)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050

The Mets dropped two in a row as they head into Milwaukee to play the Brewers. It has been a frustrating two night as a lack of offense (both nights) and defense (two nights ago) played the major roles in the Mets loss. It is easy to get frustrated at Familia for allowing 2 runs last night in the 9th inning, but if you look at the Mets pitching staff as a whole, we all would be very happy with the team allowing only 2 runs. Last night is all about the lack of hitting that has been plaguing the Mets for a while now but has been exasperated since Frazier and Cespedes both went on the DL together.

Mets Lineup

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

Brewers Lineup

  1. Lorenzo Cain – CF
  2. Christian Yelich – RF
  3. Ryan Braun – LF
  4. Jesus Aguilar – 1B
  5. Hernan Perez – 3B
  6. Manny Pina – C
  7. Tyler Saladino – 2B
  8. Orlando Arcia – SS
  9. Zach Davies – RHP

Steven Matz looks to move the Mets in the right direction tonight. He is 1-3 over 8 games and 36.2 innings with a 4.42 ERA, 5.89 FIP, 1.309 WHIP and 86 ERA+. After two, strong, back to back starts where he allowed 2 runs in 11.0 innings from 8 hits and 5 walks while striking out 8, Matz took a step back in his last outing allowing 4 runs from 6 hits and a walk (and two homers) over 4.0 innings. He faced the Brewers earlier this year and allowed 4 runs, 3 earned from 3 hits and 2 walks in 5.1 innings, his second longest outing of the year. The Brewers have the following numbers against Steven:

  • Yelich 3-14, K
  • Perez 2-8, HR
  • Villar 2-7, 3 K
  • Braun 2-5, 2B, HR
  • Cain 1-4, 2 BB, 2 K
  • Broxton 2-5, 2 K
  • Shaw 0-3

The Mets bats will continue their month long finding themselves journey against Zach Davies who is 2-3 over 6 games and 34.0 innings with a 4.24 ERA, 4.88 FIP, 1.265 WHIP and 95 ERA+. Davies will be making his first start since April 29th from a rotator cuff injury, so I’m sure he will be watched carefully tonight by the Brewers staff. In his last three starts before the injury he was on a roll posting a 2.00 ERA across 18.0 innings of work. His last bad start was against the Mets on April 13th where he allowed 5 runs from 7 hits and 2 walks, including 2 homers in 4.1 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Davies:

  • Bruce 1-15, HR, 2 BB
  • Conforto 2-9, 2 2B, 3 BB
  • Gonzalez 4-12
  • Cabrera 5-9, 2 2B
  • Cesepdes 5-9, HR (DL)
  • Frazier 3-5, 2 HR (DL)
  • Flores 0-2
  • Rosario 0-2

Game Notes

Mets pitching has struck out nine or more batters in eight straight games, tied for the longest streak in franchise history. The Mets also had an eight game streak with nine or more strikeouts, July 24-31, 2016.

With the addition of José Bautista, the Mets have 15 former All-Stars on the active roster or the Disabled List, which is currently the highest total for any major league team. Research courtesy of Elias. The All-Stars are: David Wright-7 times, Bautista-6, Adrián González-5, José Reyes-4, Jay Bruce-3, Asdrúbal Cabrera-2, Yoenis Céspedes-2, Todd Frazier-2, Jacob deGrom-1, Michael Conforto-1, Jeurys Familia-1, Devin Mesoraco-1, A.J. Ramos-1, Noah Syndergaard-1 and Jason Vargas-1.

Juan Lagares will undergo surgery today at the Hospital For Special Surgery in Manhattan to repair a complete tear of the big toe plantar plate.

Let’s Go Mets!