Tuesday, June 20, 2017 • 10:10 p.m. (ET)
Dodger Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
RHP Robert Gsellman (5-4, 5.50) vs. RHP Brandon McCarthy (5-3, 3.14)
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The Mets and Dodgers play the second game of their series tonight, as Robert Gsellman takes on Brandon McCarthy.
New York has lost four of its last five games and is 5-5 in its last 10 games.
METS LINEUP
- Michael Conforto (L) CF
- Jose Reyes (S) SS
- Yoenis Cespedes (R) LF
- Jay Bruce (L) RF
- Lucas Duda (L) 1B
- T.J. Rivera (R) 3B
- Rene Rivera (R) C
- Gavin Cecchini (R) 2B
- Robert Gsellman (R) P
DODGERS LINEUP
- Logan Forsythe (R) 2B
- Corey Seager (L) SS
- Justin Turner (R) 3B
- Cody Bellinger (L) 1B
- Chris Taylor (R) LF
- Yasmani Grandal (S) C
- Yasiel Puig (R) RF
- Joc Pederson (L) CF
- Brandon McCarthy (R) P
Gsellman is 5-4 over 15 games (12 started) this season pitching 68 2/3 innings with a 5.50 ERA, 4.57 FIP and 1.544 WHIP.
Robert is looking to get back on the right path tonight. Before his last time out, in his previous three starts he pitched 19.0 innings with a 3-0 record, 1.42 ERA and a .183 opposing batting average.
His last time out against the Nationals, he allowed 11 hits and two walks over five innings which led to seven runs. Robert has never faced the Dodgers before nor has he faced anyone on the Dodgers while they were members of other ball clubs.
The Mets bats will take a crack at Brandon McCarthy tonight who is 5-3 over 11 starts and 63.0 innings with a 3.14 ERA, 3.19 FIP and 1.095 WHIP.
His FIP is the lowest it has been since 2011 when he led the league with the Athletics and is super close to his career ERA.
His WHIP is the lowest it has ever been in his career (1.281). The last time he faced the Mets was in 2014 where he allowed three runs and seven hits over 5 2/3 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against McCarthy:
- Granderson 2-for-14, 3 BB
- Bruce 2-for-7
- Reyes 0-for-6, BB
- Flores 1-for-3
- R. Rivera 0-for-3
NOTES
The Mets have hit at least one home run in 26 of their 29 road games this season. The only road games the Mets did not go deep this year was April 16 at Miami, May 3 at Atlanta and June 11 at Atlanta. New York tied a franchise-record with a homer in 14 straight road games from May 12-June 10 (26 total homers during that span). The Mets have 58 home runs on the road, tied for the second-most in the majors.Tampa Bay is first with 61.
Robert Gsellman has won three of his last four starts. Gsellman is 5-2 since May 1. He has allowed three or fewer earned runs in four of his last five starts. Gsellman ranks 14th among major league pitchers with a 53.7 percent groundball rate this year (min. 50 innings).
Jay Bruce has seven home runs and 13 RBI and is hitting .343 (24-for-70) in June. Bruce’s seven home runs this month are tied for the third-most in the National League. Cody Bellinger is first with 10. Overall, Bruce is tied for third in the NL and tied for seventh in the majors with 19 homers. He has 48 RBI, tied for 10th in the National League.
Wilmer Flores is batting .368 (21-for-57) with six RBI in 18 regular season games vs. the Dodgers. Flores is hitting .321 (42-for-131) since May 1, the 11th-highest average in the National League (min. 135 plate appearances).
Let’s Go Mets!
