Friday, August 19, 2016 • 10:15 p.m. (ET)
AT&T Park • San Francisco, CA
RHP Seth Lugo (0-1, 2.65) vs. RHP Johnny Cueto (13-3, 2.97)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets dropped the opener with the Giants last night as the pitching duel did not live up to the hype. Jacob deGrom allowed a career high 8 runs while Bumgarner allowed a grand slam to Justin Ruggiano. The Mets are 1-3 on their 10-game road trip and are 3-7 in their last 10 games. New York is 13-20 since the All-Star break and are now 4.5 games out of the second wild card,
Mets Lineup
- Jose Reyes – 3B
- Kelly Johnson – 2B
- Jay Bruce – RF
- Yoenis Cespedes – LF
- James Loney – 1B
- Curtis Granderson – CF
- Asdrubal Cabrera – SS
- Rene Rivera – C
- Seth Lugo – RHP
Giants Lineup
- Denard Span – CF
- Angel Pagan – LF
- Brandon Belt – 1B
- Buster Posey – C
- Brandon Crawford – SS
- Hunter Pence – RF
- Eduardo Nunez – 3B
- Joe Panik – 2B
- Johnny Cueto – RHP
Seth Lugo will make his first major league start tonight. He has appeared in nine games in relief for the Mets, going 0-1 with a 2.65 ERA. Vegas this year hasn’t been the best to him this year posting a 7.73 ERA over 21 games, 14 starts and 73.1 innings. But last year he posted a 4.33 ERA over 5 games and 27.0 innings. This will be his first time facing the Giants and no one on the Giants has faced him in a major league game.
The Mets bats draw Johnny Cueto tonight who is 13-3 over 24 starts and a tie for the league lead in complete games at 4 (2 shutouts) while posting a 2.97 ERA. In his last four starts he’s 0-1 and the team is 1-3 as he has allowed 15 ER and 22 K’s over 24.1 innings of work with a 5.55 ERA. The Mets missed Cueto earlier this season but faced him in the World Series last year where he pitched 9.0 innings allowing 2 hits and 1 ER. The Mets have the following numbers against Cueto:
- Walker 9-50 2B, 2 HR
- Granderson 3-15, 2 HR
- Reyes 4-19, 2B
- Loney 2-15
- d’Arnaud 3-8, 2 2B
- Flores 1-9, 2B
- K Johnson 1-6, HR
Let’s Go Mets!
