Thursday, June 29, 2017 • 7:10 p.m.
Marlins Park • Miami, FL
RHP Seth Lugo (2-1, 3.72) vs. RHP José Ureña (6-2, 3.33)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM

The Mets bounced back last night from their frustrating 6-3 loss in the series opener with an 8-0 win. Curtis Granderson continued his hot streak as he continues to remind me why I love him. On the pitching side, Steven Matz had his best start of the season throwing 7 shutout innings.

Mets Lineup

  1. Curtis Granderson – CF
  2. Asdrubal Cabrera – 2B
  3. Yoenis Cespedes – LF
  4. Jay Bruce – RF
  5. T.J. Rivera – 1B
  6. Jose Reyes – SS
  7. Rene Rivera – C
  8. Matt Reynolds – 3B
  9. Seth Lugo – RHP

Marlins Lineup

  1. Dee Gordon – 2B
  2. Giancarlo Stanton – RF
  3. Christian Yelich – CF
  4. Martin Prado – 3B
  5. Justin Bour – 1B
  6. J.T. Realmuto – C
  7. Ichiro – LF
  8. JT Riddle – SS
  9. Jose Urena – RHP

Tonight Seth Lugo looks to keep that going. Lugo is 2-1 over 3 games this season with 19.1 innings with a 3.72 ERA, 4.38 FIP and 1.397 WHIP. Although it is a small sample size, while his WHIP is up quite a bit from this year to last year, his FIP is nearly identical (4.33 last year). Lugo was 2-0 over three games and two starts last year against Miami where he pitched 12.2 innings with a 3.55 ERA. The Marlins have the following numbers against Lugo:

  • Osuna 0-4, 2 BB
  • Prado 4-7, 2B, HR
  • Yelich 1-6, HR, BB
  • Gordon 1-6, 2B
  • Realmuto 1-4
  • Bour 1-2, BB
  • Stanton 1-3, 2B
  • Suzuki 0-3

The Mets bats will get a look at Jose Urena today who is 6-2 over 16 games and 10 starts this year logging 70.1 innings with a 3.33 ERA, 5.05 FIP and 1.251 WHIP. He is in the midst of a good streak pitching a combined 18.0 innings in his last three games allowing only 3 runs over 11 hits and 6 walks. His last start, 6.0 innings no runs, is his best start since he faced the Mets early May where he held the Mets to 1 hit and 1 walk with no runs in 6.0 innings. Overall against the Mets this year he has allowed 1 ER and 4 hits over 10.0 innings (1 start and 2 relief outings). The Mets have the following numbers against Urena:

  • Granderson 3-14, BB
  • Reyes 5-12, 2B, 3B
  • Bruce 2-10, 2 HR, BB
  • Conforto 3-8, 2B
  • Cespedes 2-8, HR
  • Cabrera 1-7
  • Flores 1-7, HR
  • R Rivera 1-6
  • TJ Rivera 1-5, 2B, BB
  • d’Arnaud 1-4, BB
  • Lugo 1-2, 2B

Notes – 

Prior to the Mets this June, the last National League team to hit 50 or more home runs in a calendar month was the Atlanta Braves in July, 2006 when they hit exactly 50. The last NL team with more than 50 homers in a month was Atlanta with 55 in May, 2003.

José Reyes had three hits last night and moved into second place on the team’s all-time hits list with 1,420 hits. He passed Ed Kranepool who had 1,418 hits. Reyes is two stolen bases shy of 500 for his career. He would become the 39th player in major league history with 500 or more stolen bases.

Granderson ranks seventh in the majors since May 1 with a .611 slugging percentage and is 10th in on-base percentage (.402) during that span (min. 180 plate appearances).

Lucas Duda is out of the lineup tonight with a stomach bug.

Let’s Go Mets!