Tuesday, April 18, 2018• 7:10 p.m.
Citi Field• Flushing, N.Y.
RHP Tanner Roark (1-1, 3.50 ERA) vs. LHP Steven Matz (1-1, 3.77 ERA)
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The Mets find themselves looking to avoid a sweep against the Nationals after the team just could not get the offense going last night. Wheeler gave the Mets a respectable three runs over six innings, but the Mets could not take advantage of runners in scoring position as they left a large number of men on base.
Mets Lineup
- Michael Conforto CF
- Yoenis Cespedes LF
- Asdrubal Cabrera 2B
- Jay Bruce RF
- Todd Frazier 3B
- Adrian Gonzalez 1B
- Jose Lobaton C
- Steven Matz P
- Amed Rosario SS
Nationals Lineup
- Trea Turner SS
- Howie Kendrick 2B
- Bryce Harper RF
- Ryan Zimmerman 1B
- Moises Sierra LF
- Michael Taylor CF
- Wilmer Difo 3B
- Pedro Severino C
- Tanner Roark P
Tonight we look to Steven Matz to put us back on the right path. He is 1-1 over three starts and 14.1 innings this year allowing eight runs, six earned on ten hits and seven walks while striking out 17. So far this season he has posted a 3.77 ERA, 6.02 FIP, 1.186 WHIP and 104 ERA+. His second start of the year was against the Nationals and it was also his best start of the season where he held Washington to one unearned run over five innings from three hits and two walks while fanning eight. The Nationals have the following numbers on Matz:
- Rendon 3-14, HR, 8 K
- Taylor 3-12, HR, 2 BB
- Kendrick 2-11
- Turner 2-10, 2B
- Zimmerman 0-11, 2 K
- Wieters 1-6, HR
- Harper 2-11, BB
- Difo 1-2
The Nationals send out Tanner Roark to the hump. Roark is 1-1 over three games and 18.0 innings this season allowing eight runs, seven earned, from 12 hits and six walks while striking out 18. Over his first three games, he has posted a 3.50 ERA, 4.25 FIP, 1.000 WHIP and 115 ERA+. However, if you go into his game log, he has been masterful twice this year allowing one run over seven innings against the Braves and one run over six innings against the Rockies, and horrible once – against the Mets. When he faced the Mets ten days ago he allowed five runs on five hits and four walks in five innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Roark:
- Bruce 3-16, 2B, 4 BB
- Lagares 3-17, 2 2B, BB
- Cespedes 2-16, 2B
- Conforto 4-12, 2 2B, HR, 3 BB
- Flores 2-13, 2B
- Cabrera 3-10, 2B, HR, 2 BB
- Frazier 2-8, HR, 4 BB
- Nimmo 2-3, HR
Notes
The Mets have allowed at least one run in 38 innings this season but have immediately scored in their next at-bat 15
times. The Mets have seven come-from-behind wins this year, tied for the most in the majors with Boston and Philadelphia.
Todd Frazier is 11th in the NL with a .420 on-base percentage. He had his six-game hitting streak snapped last night. Frazier has six RBI in his last six games. He is 5-16 (.313) with runners in scoring position this season.
The Mets have a .336 on-base percentage as a team, the seventh-best mark in the majors…They have a .370 on-base
percentage with runners in scoring position, the sixth-best mark in the majors despite going 0-for-9 last night with RISP. New York’s .738 OPS is the eighth-best in the majors.
Michael Conforto Has reached base safely in all 11 games he’s appeared in this season. Conforto has a .429 on-base
percentage. He has three doubles, one homer, three RBI and scored eight times.
The bullpen ranks fifth in the majors with a 2.47 ERA (16 earned runs/58.1 innings). Mets relievers have six wins, tied with Colorado, Philadelphia, and Milwaukee for the most in the majors. New York has eight saves, tied with Colorado for the most in the majors. The pen has 16 holds, the second-most in the majors.
Let’s Go Mets!
