The Mets and Dodgers will wrap up their series in Los Angeles this evening at 4:10 PM. In his second career start, Matz (1-0, 2.35) opposes right-hander Mike Bolsinger (4-2, 2.76) in the rubber game at Dodger Stadium.
Sean Gilmartin hasn’t allowed a run in a career-high 11.2 innings and has yielded three runs over his last 23.1 innings (1.16 ERA) spanning 26 outings. Gilmartin has stranded 11 of 15 inherited runners and he has held righthanders to a .167 (8-48) mark.
Jeurys Familia worked a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his 22nd save Friday night. He is the first Mets reliever to have 22 saves in the team’s first 81 games. Familia has allowed one earned run in his last 19.1 innings (0.49 ERA) and three earned runs in his last 34.0 innings (0.82 ERA). He is tied for seventh in the majors with 22 saves.
Mets Starting Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- Daniel Murphy – 3B
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Wilmer Flores – 2B
- Michael Cuddyer – LF
- Johnny Monell – C
- Ruben Tejada – SS
- Steven Matz – LHP
- Juan Lagares – CF
Steven Matz had the debut of a lifetime last Sunday. The Long Island native, who grew up a Mets fan, tossed 7.2 innings of 2 run ball where he walked 3 batters and struck out 6. He started off the game allowing a leadoff homerun and allowed a homer later in the game but besides that there was very little hit hard against Matz.
He also raked at the plate going 3-3 with a double and 4 RBI’s. No Met ever, position player or pitcher, had 4 RBI’s in their major league debut and he was the first pitcher to do that in the history of the league since RBI’s became a recorded statistic. Obviously this is Matz’s first game against the Dodgers, so there are no major league stats against the batters and him.
The Mets bats draw Mike Bolsinger who is 4-2 over 11 games and 62.0 innings with a 2.76 ERA. In his last two starts he has tossed a combined 8.2 innings with 2 ER while striking out 10. He faced the Mets once last year where he allowed 2 ER over 3.0 innings and 6 hits. The Mets have the following numbers against Mike:
- Duda 2-2
- Lagares 0-2
- Murphy 1-2
- Tejada 0-2
- Granderson 1-1
Lets Go Mets!
