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Monday, April 25, 2022 • 7:45 P.M. EST
Busch Stadium • St. Louis, MO
RHP Max Scherzer (3-0, 2.50 ERA) vs. RHP Miles Mikolas (1-0, 1.76 ERA)
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The first-place New York Mets take on the St. Louis Cardinals first tonight. The Mets are coming off five consecutive series wins, including taking three of four games from the San Francisco Giants. Now the Mets get their second tough test of the young season.
The five consecutive series wins for the Mets ties the record for the club set by the 2018 team. Anecdotally, the Mets have felt in the games they’ve lost this year, clawing back leads and creating moments late in the game.
Mets Lineup
It’s #ScherzerDay in St. Louis! Here’s the Mets lineup for tonight’s game against the Cardinals. #LGM pic.twitter.com/HAIrUyPgSc
— Metsmerized Online (@Metsmerized) April 25, 2022
The Mets bats will get a look at Miles Mikolas tonight. He has allowed three runs from 13 hits and three walks over 15 1/3 innings in his first three starts. This equates to a 1.76 ERA, 2.17 FIP, 1.043 WHIP, and a 231 ERA+. Mikolas made nine starts last season, totaling 44 2/3 innings, with a 4.23 ERA, 4.40 FIP, 1.209 WHIP, and a 92 ERA+. Mikolas did not face the Mets last season, and the Mets players have the following career numbers against him:
- Starling Marte 5-32, 2B, 2 BB, 6 K
- Robinson Canó 2-6
- Eduardo Escobar 0-6, 2 K
- Travis Jankowski 0-6
- Pete Alonso 0-4
- Brandon Nimmo 0-3, BB, K
- J.D. Davis 0-3
- Jeff McNeil 1-2, BB
- Dominic Smith 0-1, K
Cardinals Lineup
Finally back at Busch! pic.twitter.com/YmRyVxTSm5
— St. Louis Cardinals (@Cardinals) April 25, 2022
Max Scherzer will make his fourth start of the season today. In his first three starts, he has tossed 18 innings allowing five runs from 9 hits and seven walks while striking out 23. He has a 2.50 ERA, 2.59 FIP, 0.889 WHIP, and a 150 ERA+. In two starts against the Cardinals last year, he pitched 14 innings and allowed only one unearned run from ten hits and a walk while striking out 22. The Cardinals have the following numbers against Max:
- Paul Goldschmidt 5-32, BB, 16 K
- Yadier Molina 1-17, 2B, 4 K
- Albert Pujols 1-12, 2B, 3 BB, 3 K
- Paul DeJong 4-13, 2B, BB, 5 K
- Corey Dickerson 5-12, HR, K
- Nolan Arenado 2-10, BB, 5 K
- Harrison Bader 2-10, 2B, 4 K
- Tommy Edman 4-9, 2B, HR, 2 K
- Dylan Carlson 0-7, 4 K
Game Notes
- With a win tonight, Max Scherzer would tie the club record for most consecutive wins to start their career as Mets pitcher. He would tie Bob Shaw, who won his first four games for the Mets in 1966.
- Mets are 10-1 when scoring first. That is the best mark in MLB.
- Committing just four errors in 17 games is the team’s best defensive start in franchise history.
- Starling Marte has played 114 games against St. Louis and is a .292/.350/.424 hitter with 60 runs, 17 doubles, nine triples, eight home runs, 40 RBI, and 24 walks.
- Mets designated hitters are batting .317 (20-63) with 13 runs, five doubles, five home runs, 15 RBI, eight walks, a .403 OBP, and a .635 SLG.
Let’s Go Mets!
