Wednesday, August 22, 2018 • 7:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
RHP Casey Kelly (0-1, 1.69) vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard (8-3, 3.40)
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The Mets once again teased what could have been this season with a 6-3 comeback win. Conforto hit his 18th homer of the season as he continues to show that he is back and McNeil went 4-4 on his path to reclaim all of the lost hits from the Mets refusing to call him up earlier. Matz allowed two runs in the first and then kept things locked down through five and Corey Oswalt came out of the pen for a solid three innings allowing only one run.

Mets Lineup

  1. Jose Bautista  RF
  2. Jeff McNeil  2B
  3. Todd Frazier  3B
  4. Michael Conforto  LF
  5. Austin Jackson  CF
  6. Dominic Smith  1B
  7. Kevin Plawecki  C
  8. Noah Syndergaard  P
  9. Jack Reinheimer  SS

Giants Lineup

  1. Steven Duggar  CF
  2. Joe Panik  2B
  3. Buster Posey  C
  4. Brandon Belt  1B
  5. Evan Longoria  3B
  6. Brandon Crawford  SS
  7. Austin Slater  LF
  8. Gorkys Hernandez  RF
  9. Casey Kelly  P

The Mets look to keep the winning going tonight with Noah Syndergaard tonight. Noah is 8-3 over 17 games and 100.2 innings with a 3.40 ERA, 2.68 FIP, 1.25 WHIP and a 109 ERA+. August has been rough for Syndergaard as he allowed 14 runs over 26 innings in four games with a 4.85 ERA. The Giants have the following numbers against him:

  • Belt 0-for-8
  • Crawford 2-for-10
  • McCutchen 1-for-8,2B
  • Panik 2-for-9
  • Posey 3-for-9
  • Pence 1-for-8, HR
  • Longoria 1-for-3

The Mets will see Casey Kelly who is 0-1 in three games and a start this season logging 10.2 innings with a 1.69 ERA, 3.07 FIP, 1.50 WHIP and a 247 ERA+. In the minors this season he has started 23 times logging 130.0 innings with a 4.78 ERA. He faced the Mets back in 2016 where he allowed one run over three innings. The only healthy Met who has seen him in a game is Conforto who is 0-2 against him.

Game Notes

Wilmer Flores has eight straight multi-hit games vs. the Giants and is hitting .361 (30-83) vs. San Francisco, his best
against any one opponent (min. five games).

Noah Syndergaard is 4-0 with a 3.09 ERA (eight earned runs/23.1 innings) in his last four home starts. Syndergaard is 5-1 with a 3.38 ERA in nine home starts this season and is 19-10 with a 2.74 ERA in 42 career games at Citi Field.

New York is 11-12 in its last 23 home games and 13-27 in their last 40 home games. Overall, the Mets are 25-38 at
home this year.

The Mets have scored 166 runs since the All-Star break, tied for the most in the National League with the Cardinals and trailing only Texas (187) in the majors. New York is tied for the third-most doubles (60) in the NL, tied for second in triples (eight) and fourth with a .334 OBP.

Michael Conforto tied his career-high with four RBI last night, sixth time, last, August 16 at Philadelphia (G2). He is hitting .288 (34-118) with seven doubles, seven homers, 21 RBI, 23 runs scored, a .363 OBP and a .525 slugging percentage since the All-Star break. He is tied for fourth in the NL in RBI (21) since the All-Star break and ninth with seven homers after the break. Conforto has four homers in his last 11 games.

Jeff McNeil tied his career-high with four hits last night. He also had four hits on August 4 at Atlanta. McNeil is the first player in team history to have two four-hit games within his first 27 career games. McNeil has 29 hits in those 27 games, the 10th-most by a player who began his major league career with the Mets.

McNeil has a career-best six-game hitting streak (.522, 12-23) and has collected at least one hit in his last eight starts, going 15-37 (.405) with eight runs scored and five RBI. McNeil has multiple hits in four straight starts. He is batting .342 (25-73) this month, tied for eighth in the NL (min. 75 PA) and has a .368 OBP in August.

Let’s Go Mets!