Friday, April 15, 2016 • 7:10 p.m.
Progressive Field • Cleveland, Ohio
RHP Bartolo Colon (0-1, 1.23) vs RHP Cody Anderson (0-0, 3.00)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
Michael Conforto is batting third for the first this season as Terry Collins looks to get the offense going.
Mets Lineup
- Curtis Granderson, RF
- David Wright, 3B
- Michael Conforto, LF
- Yoenis Cespedes, DH
- Lucas Duda, 1B
- Neil Walker, 2B
- Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
- Travis d’Arnaud, C
- Alejandro De Aza, CF
Indians Lineup
- Rajai Davis, LF
- Jason Kipnis, 2B
- Francisco Lindor, SS
- Mike Napoli, 1B
- Carlos Santana, DH
- Yan Gomes, C
- Marlon Byrd, RF
- Juan Uribe, 3B
- Tyler Naquin, CF
Bartolo Colon is 0-1 for the Mets logging 7.1 innings over 2 games including 1 start this season with a 1.23 ERA. He has allowed 6 hits hits with no walks while striking out 8 batters, the only smudge this season being a solo homer to Ryan Howard which led to the Mets losing a game because of their #SlowOffenseiveStart. Bartolo was signed by the Indians in 1993 and the last time he faced the Indians was back in 2013 as a member of the Oakland Athletics. He logged 4.0 innings of work allowing 8 hits and 6 ER, one of few bad starts of the year for Bart. The Indians have the following numbers against Bartolo:
- Byrd 6-14, 2 HR
- Juan Uribe 4-14, 3 2B
- R. Davis 3-11
- Napoli 3-11
- Kipnis 1-6, HR
- Santana 1-6, HR
- Gomes 1-5, 2B
The Mets bats will get a crack at Cody Anderson making his second start of the season in his second season of major league baseball. Last year Anderson went 7-3 over 15 games and 91.1 innings with a 3.05 ERA, walking 24 and striking out 44. He had a no decision in his first start of this year logging 6.0 innings, 2 ER while walking 2 and striking out 2. Knowing the above, it is not surprising that this will be first career start against the Mets however two Mets players have seen him while on other teams: Cabrera (1-6) and Walker (1-4, RBI).
Let’s Go Mets!
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