Sunday, August 27, 2017 • 1:35 p.m.
Nationals Park • Washington, D.C.
Game 1: LHP Tommy Milone (1-3, 8.12) vs. RHP Erick Fedde (0-1, 10.61)
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The Mets lost to the Nationals yesterday in a clunker. Robert Gsellman allowed five runs early and it looked like a lost afternoon for the Amazin’s. Eventually the Mets brought it to 6-4 with two outs and the go-ahead run at the plate for Travis Taijeron, but he grounded out and the bullpen imploded after that. You know what the Mets need after dropping yesterday’s game against the Nationals? Two Sunday games! The Mets have been horrendous on Sundays this year and today they will be faced with the tall task of two of them.
METS LINEUP
- Brandon Nimmo – RF
- Juan Lagares – CF
- Asdrubal Cabrera – 2B
- Wilmer Flores – 3B
- Dominic Smith – 1B
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Amed Rosario – SS
- Matt Reynolds – LF
- Tommy Milone – LHP
NATIONALS LINEUP
- Howie Kendrick – 2B
- Wilmer Difo – SS
- Anthony Rendon – 3B
- Ryan Zimmerman – 1B
- Matt Wieters – C
- Michael A. Taylor – CF
- Alejandro De Aza – LF
- Rafael Bautista – RF
- Erick Fedde – RHP
The Mets will send out Tommy Milone for the former portion of the doubleheader. Milone is 0-3 this year with the Mets over four starts and 16 2/3 innings allowing 21 runs, 19 earned off of 24 hits and eight walks. His last start out was his first since the end of May and he allowed six runs, five earned over 4 2/3 innings from five hits and a walk. The Nationals have the following numbers against Tommy:
- Kendrick 10-for-29, 2B, 2 HR
- De Aza 0-for-7, BB
- Wieters 0-for-6, 2 BB
- Lind 0-for-4
- Rendon 0-for-4
- Lobaton 1-for-2, 2B
The Mets bats draw rookie Erick Fedde who will be making his third major league start. He is 0-1 in two starts and 9 1/3 innings allowing 11 runs from 18 hits and six walks. His last start, which was 20 days ago, was better than his major league debut. In his last start he allowed four runs over 5 1/3 innings (debut was seven runs over four innings). In the minors this year he is 4-5 over 90 1/3 innings between AAA and AA with a good 3.69 ERA and 3.89 RAvg. This will be Erick’s first time facing the Mets.
NOTES:
The Mets average age is 27.1, the fourth youngest in the majors according to ESPN.com. Nine players from New York’s Opening Day roster remain on the active roster (Jerry Blevins, Asdrúbal Cabrera, Travis d’Arnaud, Jacob deGrom, Wilmer Flores, Rafael Montero, José Reyes, Hansel Robles and Josh Smoker). Only Blevins and deGrom have been active the entire year without being sent to the minors or placed on the DL.
Wilmer Flores slugged his 16th home run yesterday, tying his career-high (2015 & 2016). He is one of five Mets to have three seasons of at least 15 home runs at age 25 or younger. The other four are Darryl Strawberry (five such seasons), David Wright (four times), Lee Mazzilli (three times) and John Milner (three times). Flores has nine home runs in 102 at-bats in the second-half.
Mets relievers have allowed seven earned runs over their last 35.0 innings (1.80 ERA) over their last 10 games. Since August 8, the Mets bullpen has posted a 2.14 ERA (15 earned runs/63.0 innings).
David Wright played 5.0 innings at third base last night for St. Lucie (A) at Palm Beach. Wright went 0-3 with a strikeout and had two assists in the field. Wright is 1-10 in three rehab games. He has been on the DL since the beginning of the year with cervical disc herniation.
Let’s Go Mets!
