Monday, May 23, 2016 • 7:05 p.m.
Nationals Park • Washington, D.C.
RHP Bartolo Colon (3-3, 3.75) vs. LHP Gio Gonzalez (3-1, 1.86)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets head down to DC to avenge the last series against the Nationals that went real south, real fast in the last two games. Since then, the Mets have swept the Brewers and started to rebuild confidence.
Upcoming Pitching Matchups
Tuesday: RHP Matt Harvey (3-6, 5.77) vs. RHP Stephen Strasburg (7-0, 2.80) 7:05 PM
Wednesday: LHP Steven Matz (6-1, 2.81) vs. RHP Tanner Roark (3-3, 2.89) 1:05 PM
Mets Lineup
- Curtis Granderson, RF
- Juan Lagares, CF
- David Wright, 3B
- Yoenis Cespedes, LF
- Neil Walker, 2B
- Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
- Eric Campbell, 1B
- Kevin Plawecki, C
- Bartolo Colon, RHP
Nationals Lineup
- Ben Revere, CF
- Jayson Werth, LF
- Bryce Harper, RF
- Daniel Murphy, 2B
- Ryan Zimmerman, 1B
- Anthony Rendon, 3B
- Wilson Ramos, C
- Danny Espinosa, SS
- Gio Gonzalez, LHP
Bartolo will get the start tonight with a 3-3 record over 9 games, 8 starts, with 48.0 innings of work with a 3.75 ERA. His last outing was his shortest of the season, so he’ll be looking to get back at the Nationals personally where he went 4.2 innings, 5 hits with 3 ER while walking 5 batters. To put that in perspective, he had 4 walks throughout the season before that. The Nationals have the following numbers against Bartolo:
- Revere 8-24, 2B
- Harper 3-13, HR
- Rendon 6-16, HR
- Werth 5-10, 2 2B
- Ramos 2-14, 2B
- Taylor 2-9, 2B
- Gonzalez 2-6, HR
The Mets draw Gonzalez in the series opener, who continued his recent dominance of the Mets in his last start. On the season he is 3-1 over 8 starts and 48.1 innings with a 1.86 ERA. In his last start he 6.1 innings holding the Mets to 5 hits and 1 ER with 5 K’s. The Mets have the following numbers against Gio:
- Granderson 4-33, 2B, HR
- Lagares 11-29, 3 2B, 3B, HR
- Wright 6-24, 2B, 3B, HR
- Cabrera 3-20
- Campbell 3-18
- Cespdes 4-7, HR
- De Aza 2-3, 2 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
