Wednesday, April 11, 2018, • 7:10 p.m.
Marlins Park• Miami, FL
RHP Zack Wheeler (0-0, -.– ERA) vs. Jarlin Garcia (0-0, 1.80 ERA)
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During the fifth inning, there was a glimpse that the ride was over. The Marlins scored four runs in the frame taking the lead, Bour woke up, the Mets were going to lose a game. But this is the 2018 Mets and they have fight in them! They tied, and then Bour did it again, and it that losing feeling started to creep back. Except not for the Mets who immediately responded with a Flores homer and then a Cabrera homer to tie the game. Cespedes, slumping, pushed the winning runs across and now the Mets have the best start in franchise history! They look to keep the good times rolling tonight and win their eighth straight game and complete their third consecutive sweep.
Mets Lineup
- Asdrubal Cabrera 2B
- Wilmer Flores 1B
- Yoenis Cespedes LF
- Todd Frazier 3B
- Jay Bruce RF
- Kevin Plawecki C
- Amed Rosario SS
- Juan Lagares CF
- Zack Wheeler P
Marlins Lineup
- Derek Dietrich LF
- Miguel Rojas SS
- Starlin Castro 2B
- Justin Bour 1B
- Brian Anderson 3B
- Cameron Maybin RF
- Lewis Brinson CF
- Tim Wallach C
- Jarlin Garcia P
Wheeler makes his first start of the season tonight. Wheeler struggled in Spring Training and it looked like he was going to be bumped from the rotation for sure with Vargas on the team. Then Vargas got injured and a window opened for Wheeler, however, he struggled so much in Spring, he was sent to Vegas and Lugo took his spot. In a surprise turn of events, Lugo ended up being such an asset in the bullpen that the Mets find themselves turning to Wheeler. Last year he was 3-7 over 17 starts and 86.1 innings with a 5.21 ERA, 5.03 FIP, 1.587 WHIP and 81 ERA+. In his one start against the Marlins last year he allowed five runs off six hits and one walk in 4.0 innings of work while striking out four. The Marlins have the following numbers against Zack:
- Prado 3-8
- Dietrich 2-6, 3B, 2 BB
- Castro 2-6
- Maybin 1-4, BB
- Bour 0-2
The Mets bats will get the first career start for Jarlin Garcia tonight who has already tossed ten innings of relief this year over two games. In that stretch, he allowed two runs off five hits and four walks while striking out eight. Last year he pitched 68 games out of the pen totaling 53.1 innings with a 4.73 ERA, 4.23 FIP, 1.200 WHIP and 86 ERA+. He was very good against the Mets last year. In four innings over five games, he held the Mets hit-less with two walks and two K’s. The Mets have the following numbers against Jarlin:
- Bruce 0-3
- Cabrera 0-1
- Flores 0-1
- Gonzalez 1-1
- Reyes 0-0, BB
Who’s hotter than the weather warm up coming this way at the end of this week?
Cespedes who has a game-winning hit in two games this road trip!
Who’s colder than a car battery on a January morning?
Cespedes, who’s only two hits in his last 22 AB’s have been game-winning hits. That helps make him not cold though.
Game Notes
The Mets are 5-0 on their first road trip of the year. This is the first time in team history the Mets have won their first
five road games of the year.The last time the Mets won every game of a road trip that was six or more games was July 1-7, 1991 in Montreal and Philadelphia, going 7-0.
According to Elias, Mickey Callaway is the fourth major league manager since 1900 to begin his tenure 9-1
or better after 10 games.The others are Alex Cora (9-1 in 2018 with Boston), Joe Morgan (10-0 with the Red Sox in 1988) and Pat Moran (9-1 with the Phillies in 1915).
The Mets have five come-from-behind wins this year, tied for the most in the majors with Boston and Milwaukee.
Asdrubal Cabrera has a nine-game hit streak (14-37, .378) since going 0-4 on Opening Day. He has a .425 on-base
percentage over the last nine games with three doubles, three homers, five RBI and eight runs scored.
Jeurys Familia is the seventh pitcher in major league history to record six saves in a team’s first 10 games and the first since Sergio Romo in 2013. Familia leads the majors in saves and has tossed eight scoreless innings this year.
New York has allowed at least one run in 23 innings. The Mets have immediately scored in their next at-bat 12 times.
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