Tuesday, June 27, 2017 • 7:10 p.m.
Marlins Park • Miami, FL
RHP Robert Gsellman (5-5, 6.04) vs. RHP Dan Straily (5-4, 3.43)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM
One weekend can make a huge difference. Going into Friday’s game it looked like the entire Mets world was falling apart. The Mets are now on a three-game winning streak and go into Miami to keep it rolling.
Prior to the Giants series, the last time the Mets swept a three game series was against the Phillies near the start of the season.
METS LINEUP
- Curtis Granderson – CF
- Asdrubal Cabrera – 2B
- Yoenis Cespedes – LF
- Jay Bruce – RF
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Wilmer Flores – 3B
- Jose Reyes – SS
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Robert Gsellman – RHP
MARLINS LINEUP
- Dee Gordon – 2B
- Giancarlo Stanton – RF
- Christian Yelich – CF
- Marcell Ozuna – LF
- Justin Bour – 1B
- Martin Prado – 3B
- J.T. Realmuto – C
- J.T. Riddle – SS
- Dan Straily – RHP
Gsellman is 5-5 over 16 games and 13 starts with a 6.04 ERA, 5.27 FIP and 1.616 WHIP over 73.0 innings. Gsellman is coming off back-to-back poor starts where he allowed 15 runs, 14 earned and 20 hits in his last 9 1/3 innings of work. Those two games ended a streak starting around May 20 of good outings for Gsellman. Miami hasn’t been the best for Gsellman this year as he has allowed 14 runs, 10 earned over 14 2/3 innings. The Marlins have the following numbers against Gsellman:
- Stanton 5-for-7, HR, BB
- Bour 0-for-7, BB
- Ozuna 4-for-8, 3 HR (2.125 OPS)
- Gordon 2-for-5
- Yelich 1-for-5, BB
- Ellis 1-for-4, BB
- Realmuto 3-for-5, 2B, 3B
- Dietrich 0-for-4
The Mets bats will take a crack at Dan Straily who is 5-4 over 15 games and 84.0 innings with a 3.43 ERA, 3.74 FIP and 1.095 WHIP. Each of those stats are better than his career numbers as Straily may be having the best season so far in his career. After allowing seven runs over the first 11 innings and two games in June, he has now allowed one run over his last 12 1/3 innings and two games. His first good start of the season was against the Mets this year where he held the Mets scoreless and hitless over 5 1/3 innings despite allowing five walks. The Mets have the following numbers against Dan:
- Reyes 2-for-8, 2 BB
- Granderson 0-for-6
- d’Arnaud 1-for-5
- Bruce 1-for-4, HR
- Flores 1-for-4
- Cabrera 2-for-3, 2B
- Cespedes 0-for-2, BB
Notes:
The Mets have hit 46 home runs this month, the most the club has ever hit in any calendar month. The previous mark for any month was 45 home runs set in August, 2015 and matched in August, 2016. The previous club record for home runs in June was 40, established in 2006. Jay Bruce leads the team with eight home runs this month, Curtis Granderson is second with six and Lucas Duda is third with five.
Granderson’s lead off home run Thursday was his 20th as a member of the Mets, the most in franchise history, one more than José Reyes. He has 44 career lead off home runs, tied with Ian Kinsler for the most among active players.
Wilmer Flores is batting .329 (50-for-152) with five homers and 21 RBI since May 1 (45 games). Flores has multi-hit games in his last three contests.
Yoenis Cespedes hitting .375 (18-for-48) with four doubles, three home runs and nine RBI in 14 games since returning from the DL on June 10. Céspedes has nine home runs in 111 at-bats this season. Seven of his nine homers have come on the road.
Céspedes has scored 20 runs and driven in 17 runs while belting five home runs and hitting .318 (27-for-85) in 21 career games at Marlins Park.
Jay Bruce Bruce became the 12th player in team history to hit 20 or more home runs prior to the All-Star break (it’s now happened 17 times). Yoenis Céspedes did it last year with 21 first-half homers.
Let’s Go Mets!
