Tuesday, July 4, 2017 • 11:05 a.m.
Nationals Park • Washington, D.C.
RHP Seth Lugo (3-1, 3.55) vs. RHP Joe Ross (4-3, 5.12)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM
New York has lost two straight following its four-game winning streak. The Mets have won seven of their last 10. New York is 13-11 in its last 24 games. New York has won three straight series. The Mets are 19-20 on the road and have won five of their last seven away from Citi Field.
New York is 3-7 in its last 10 series vs. Washington. New York is 11-11 at Nationals Park since 2015, including 2-2 this year.
METS LINEUP
- Jose Reyes – SS
- Asdrubal Cabrera – 2B
- Jay Bruce – RF
- T.J. Rivera – LF
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Wilmer Flores – 3B
- Rene Rivera – C
- Brandon Nimmo – CF
- Seth Lugo – RHP
NATIONALS LINEUP
- Michael Taylor – CF
- Wilmer Difo – SS
- Bryce Harper – RF
- Daniel Murphy – 2B
- Adam Lind – 1B
- Ryan Raburn – LF
- Stephen Drew – 3B
- Jose Lobaton – C
- Joe Ross – RHP
Seth Lugo gets the early morning game for the Mets. He is 3-1 over four games and 25 1/3 innings this year with a 3.55 ERA, 4.41 FIP and 1.342 WHIP. He is coming off of a good start against Miami where he held the Marlins to six hits and one walk over six innings allowing three runs (two earned). His second start this season was against the Nationals where he allowed four runs, (three earned) on seven hits and two walks in 6 2/3 innings of work. The National have the following numbers against him:
- Rendon 1-for-6, BB
- Harper 1-for-7
- Murphy 2-for-7, 2B
- Zimmerman 1-for-6
- Lind 0-for-3
- Lobaton 2-for-2, HR, BB
The Mets bats will try to find themselves against Joe Ross who is 4-3 over 11 starts and 63 1/3 innings this year with a 5.12 ERA, 4.71 FIP and 1.453 WHIP. All three of those stats are at career highs for Joe. He is coming of back to back strong starts where he allowed a combined three runs over 13 2/3 innings with 11 hits and four walks. In his first start against the Mets this year he allowed five runs on seven hits and a walk in four innings and earlier this month he allowed four runs over six innings with nine hits and a walk. The Mets have the following numbers against Joe:
- Granderson 3-for-15
- Flores 3-for-12
- Duda 4-for-6, 2B, 2 HR, 2 BB (2.611 OPS)
- Bruce 3-for-8, HR
- d’Arnaud 3-for-8
- deGrom 1-for-5, HR
- Reyes 1-for-7
- Cespedes 1-for-6
- TJ Rivera 3-for-5, 2B
- Cabrera 0-for-2, BB
- Nimmo 2-for-3
NOTES:
Last night was New York’s sixth walk-off loss this year. The Mets had three walk-off losses last season and had four such losses in 2015.
Curtis Granderson hit a pinch-hit, game-tying home run with two outs in the ninth inning last night. The last Met to do that (ninth inning or later) was Damion Easley on April 24, 2007 vs. Colorado when Easley tied the game 1-1 with a pinch-hit home run in the bottom of the 10th inning.
The Mets have hit 36 homers in their last 21 games. Overall, the Mets have 123 home runs, the third-most in the NL and the seventh-most in the majors.
The Mets have hit at least one home run in 34 of their 39 road games this year. The Mets have 73 home runs on the road, the most in the majors.
Seth Lugo has won six straight road starts (i.e. a loss or no decision ends the streak) dating to 2016, tied for the longest stretch in team history with Tom Seaver (twice – September 20, 1968-May 21, 1969 and August 9-September 27, 1969) and Jerry Koosman (twice – April 11-June 4, 1968 and September 11, 1972-April 29, 1973). Research courtesy of Elias. Overall, the Mets have won 10 of Lugo’s last 11 starts dating to August 25, 2016.
Let’s Go Mets!
