Friday, June 15, 2018 • 9:40 p.m. (ET)
Chase Field • Phoenix, AZ
RHP Seth Lugo (2-1, 1.77) vs. RHP Zack Godley (6-5, 4.97)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050
Another bad day for Mets baseball yesterday. The Mets made the decision yesterday to bump Steven Matz to Saturday due to a blister on his hand and had Jason Vargas pitch. On a scale of Vargas to deGrom, he wasn’t as bad as he has been at points this season, but also made some blistering decisions (like going after Goldschmidt in a 3-1 count high in the zone with a Vargas fastball) and although the Mets managed to score 3 runs, more than they usually do, they were playing an actual, professional baseball team, so that was not enough.
Mets Lineup
- Michael Conforto – CF
- Todd Frazier – 3B
- Brandon Nimmo – RF
- Asdrubal Cabrera – 2B
- Jose Bautista – LF
- Dominic Smith – 1B
- Kevin Plawecki – C
- Amed Rosario – SS
- Seth Lugo – RHP
D’Backs Lineup
- Jon Jay – RF
- Paul Goldschmidt – 1B
- Jake Lamb – 3B
- David Peralta – LF
- Daniel Descalso – 2B
- Nick Ahmed – SS
- Alex Avila – C
- Jarrod Dyson – CF
- Zack Godley – RHP
So the Mets turn to Set Lugo who is the only pitcher to start a Mets game where they won in recent history. He is 2-1 on the season over 23 game sand 2 starts in 45.2 innings of work posting a 1.77 ERA, 2.61 FIP, 0.854 WHIP and 214 ERA+. Against the Yankees on Sunday he held them scoreless allowing 2 hits and no walks while striking out 8 over 6.0 innings. He pitched two innings in relief against the Diamondbacks earlier this year allowing a hit and striking out two batters. The Diamondbacks have the following numbers against Seth:
- Dyson 1-3, K
- Jay 1-3, 2B
- Goldschmidt 1-2
- Mathis 1-2
- Owings 1-2
- Ahmed 0-1
The Mets bats will go up against Zack Godley tonight who is 6-5 over 13 games and 70.2 innings with 4.97 ERA, 4.60 FIP, 1.542 WHIP and 86 ERA+. Since May 23rd he’s been alternating between terrible and average leading to an ERA of 8.35 in 18.1 innings. Against the Mets earlier this year he allowed 3 runs, 1 earned, over 6.0 innings from 4 hits and 4 walks. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Bruce 1-10, 3 BB
- Conforto 5-9
- Reyes 1-5
- Cabrera 0-6
- Nimmo 1-3, 2B, 3 BB
- Rosario 1-5
- Kelly 1-2
Game Notes
After not hitting a homer in his first 39 games this year, Rosario has four homers in his last 24 games. Rosario has hit four of his eight career home runs vs. Arizona. He also has six career RBI vs. the Dbacks, the most vs. any team.
The Mets have scored 13 runs in their last 95.0 innings. The Mets have scored three runs or fewer in 10 straight games. The last time New York had a longer such streak was in 1981 (August 23-September 2) when the club went 11 straight games scoring three or fewer runs.
Lugo has a 0.86 ERA (three earned runs/31.1 innings) since May 1 and has been scored upon in one of his 14 outings (two starts) in that span while allowing 17 hits and two walks with 34 strikeouts.
Let’s Go Mets!
