Tuesday, August 22, 2017 • 7:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
LHP Patrick Corbin (10-11, 4.25) vs. LHP Tommy Milone (1-2, 7.91)
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The Mets dropped another game last night, this time to the Diamondbacks. Gsellman gave the Mets a fine start but the bats couldn’t get much done so the game went into extras where the bullpen gave up two runs (worth noting that the Mets bullpen has been excellent of late). Conforto hit his 27th homer of the season in the bottom half of the frame but it wasn’t enough as the Mets fell 3-2. Tonight Patrick Corbin goes for the Diamondbacks as Tommy Milone fills in for Steven Matz.
METS LINEUP
- Juan Lagares – CF
- Asdrubal Cabrera – 3B
- Yoenis Cespedes – LF
- Wilmer Flores – 1B
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Matt Reynolds – RF
- Amed Rosario – SS
- Gavin Cecchini – 2B
- Tommy Milone – LHP
*Michael Conforto has been scratched from Tuesday’s lineup with a thumb issue.
DIAMONDBACKS LINEUP
- David Peralta – LF
- Jeff Mathis – C
- A.J. Pollock – CF
- Paul Goldschmidt – 1B
- J.D. Martinez – RF
- Brandon Drury – 2B
- Ketel Marte – SS
- Adam Rosales – 3B
- Patrick Corbin – LHP
Tommy Milone returns to the field in a Mets uniform. Previously, he was 0-2 as a Met over three starts and 12.0 innings with a 10.50 ERA, 8.30 FIP and 2.167 WHIP. That’s a result of 19 hits and seven walks leading to 15 runs (14 earned). Before coming back with the Mets he went to Binghamton where he tossed 20.0 innings over four games with a 4.95 ERA. One of his three starts with the Mets was against the Diamondbacks where he allowed 5 runs on six hits and three walks in 5 2/3 innings of work. The Diamondbacks have the following numbers against Milone:
- Iannetta 5-for-14, 5 BB (.550 OBP)
- Martinez 5-for-16, 2B, HR, BB
- Mathis 3-for-10, 2B, BB
- Blanco 2-for-5, BB
- Goldschmidt 2-for-5, HR, BB
- Marte 0-for-5
- Descalso 0-for-2, BB
- Drury 1-for-3, 2B
Patrick Corbin is 10-11 over 25 starts and 144.0 innings with a 4.25 ERA, 4.07 FIP and a 1.472 WHIP. Corbin has been on a tear in his last two starts allowing no runs and nine hits with two walks in 15 1/3 innings including 8 2/3 shutout innings in his last start. He did face the Mets back in May where he allowed four runs on nine hits and and a walk in six innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Patrick:
- Lagares 2-for-12, 2B, HR
- Flores 3-for-9
- Plawecki 0-for-5
- Conforto 1-for-3, HR
- Reynolds 1-for-2, BB
NOTES:
The Mets placed LHP Steven Matz on the 10-Day Disabled List, retroactive to August 19, with irritation of the ulnar nerve in his left elbow and recalled RHP Kevin McGowan from Las Vegas (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League.
Jeurys Familia is scheduled to pitch tonight for Brooklyn (A) of the New York-Penn League vs. Hudson Valley. In two rehab outings, Familia has not allowed a run in 2.0 innings, walked two and struck out four. He’s been on the DL Since May 24 with a blood clot in his right arm.
Mets relievers have allowed two earned runs over their last 18.2 innings (0.96 ERA) over their last five games. Since August 8, the Mets bullpen has posted a 1.93 ERA (10 earned runs/46.2 innings).
Let’s Go Mets!
