MMO Game Thread: Mets vs Marlins, 7:10 PM

Tuesday, September 27, 2016 • 7:10 p.m.
Marlins Park • Miami, FL
RHP Noah Syndergaard (13-9, 2.63) vs. RHP Tom Koehler (9-12, 4.02)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM

Last night was extremely emotional night for the Marlins as the Marlins were all introduced as #16 and both teams went out of the dugout for a moment of silence. The Marlins left a spot open for Fernandez and then signed the base of the mound. Then Dee Gordon took a pitch wearing Fernandez’s before going knocking a homer out of the park and breaking down rounding the bases. The Marlins ended the night back on the mound leaving their hats. The Cardinals lost as well and the Giants didn’t play so for the most part the Wild Card Race took a night off, as it should.

The Mets have won three of their last five games and are 14-8 in their last 22 contests. The Mets are 39-37 on the road this year and 10-5 in their last 15 road contests.

Noah Syndergaard enters tonight’s start with 210 strikeouts, the most by a Mets pitcher since R.A. Dickey struck out 230 batters in 2012. In two starts versus Miami this season, Syndergaard has struck out 21 batters in 14.0 innings of work.

Mets Lineup

Jose Reyes – 3B
Asdrubal Cabrera – SS
Yoenis Cespedes – LF
Curtis Granderson – CF
Jay Bruce – RF
T.J. Rivera – 2B
Lucas Duda – 1B
Rene Rivera – C
Noah Syndergaard – RHP

Marlins Lineup

Dee Gordon – 2B
Marcell Ozuna – LF
Martin Prado – 3B
Christian Yelich – CF
Giancarlo Stanton – RF
Justin Bour – 1B
J.T. Realmuto – C
Adeiny Hechavarria – SS
Tom Koehler – RHP

Tonight Noah Syndergaard returns to the mound, missing a start due to strep throat over the weekend. On the season he is 13-9 over 30 games and 29 starts with 177.2 innings and 2.63 ERA. Syndergaard was on a great run of starts until his last start were he allowed 5 ER and 8 hits over 3.2 innings of work. He’s 1-0 over 2 starts against the Marlins this year allowing 3 ER over 14.0 innings. The Marlins have the following numbers against Thor:

Dietrich 3-7, 2B
Bour 2-6, 2B
Hechavarria 1-6
Ozuna 2-5, HR
Stanton 0-5
Yelich 2-6, 2B
Mathis 0-5

The Mets will face off with Tom Koehler tonight who is 9-12 over 31 starts and 170.0 innings with a 4.02 ERA. In his last three starts he’s 0-2over 14.0 innings allowing 10 runs, 9 earned. In his last start against the Mets he allowed 5 ER and 10 hits over 5.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Koehler: