Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

Friday, April 22, 2022 • 9:40 P.M. EST
Chase Field • Phoenix, AZ
LHP David Peterson (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Zac Gallen (0-0, 0.00)
SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050

The Mets head on their first road trip to a different time zone tonight as they take on the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Deja vu? The Mets just won two of three games against the Diamondbacks last weekend. At the conclusion of this weekend’s series the two teams won’t matchup again for the rest of the regular season.

Since the two teams last played, the Mets went on to win three of four games from Diamondback’s divisional rival, the Giants. It was a statement series for the Mets who now have baseball’s best record and got there by beating one of baseball’s best teams. The Diamondbacks split a four-game series with Nationals this past week.

Mets Lineup

Diamondbacks Lineup

Peterson will make second start and pitch in his third game this season tonight. So far he has allowed no runs from six hits and four walks while striking out seven in 8 1/3 innings of work. This includes a start against the Diamondbacks where he tossed 4 1/3 innings of shutout baseball. His outing last time against the Diamondbacks was a significant improvement over his two games last year against them where pitched two innings between both starts allowing eight earned runs. The Diamondbacks have the following numbers against Peterson:

The Mets bats draw Zac Gallen again who has only pitched against the Mets this season. In his only start last weekend he allowed two hits and a walk with no runs in four innings of work. The Diamondbacks would score three runs late in that game and the Mets would come close but could not overcome to win. The Mets have the following numbers against Zac Gallen:

Francisco Lindor has been off to a hot start, adding three hits including a homerun yesterday. He now has four homers on the season and through 62 PA’s he’s hitting .308/.419/.615 (career line .279/.344/.480). Lindor is also leading the league in runs scored at 12. We love to see it!

Game Notes

Mets designated hitters are batting .308/.400/.615 with four doubles, four home runs, and 14 RBIs. They rank second in SLG, third in average, doubles, and OBP and are tied for third in homers.

Per Elias, there’s been 5 different Mets pitcher to notch at least 20 strikeouts & issue no more than two walks over their first three starts of a season: Carlos Carrasco – 2022, Noah Syndergaard – 2017/2019, Matt Harvey – 2015, Frank Viola – 1990, and Tom Seaver – 1972.

Francisco Lindor is batting .308 (16-52) with 12 runs, four doubles, four home runs, 10 RBI, nine walks, three steals, a .419 OBP, a .615 SLG and a 1.035 OPS. He has safely reached base in 13 of the 14 games this season. He ranks fifth in the major leagues with a 1.0 fWAR this year.

Let’s Go Mets!