Tonight the Mets return home to open up a series against the Washington Nationals. Rafael Montero (0-2, 5.40) returns from AAA to start in place of Jacob DeGrom to face Doug Fister (11-3, 2.49) for the second time this month.
Montero’s last start was back on May 30th when he received a no-decision in a 14-inning 6-5 defeat against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. He tossed 3.2 innings, allowing four runs, three earned and one home run to Domonic Brown.
Before his call up, Rafael Montero was named the Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week for the week ending on August 10th. He had hurled 14.2 scoreless innings in two starts and racked up 17 strikeouts, including a season-high 11 in his last start on August 5th at Sacramento. Montero allowed one hit over 8.0 shutout innings in that game.
David Wright has hit in 10 straight games dating back to August 2nd. He is hitting .286 (12-42) with four RBI during that stretch. It’s Wright’s fourth double-digit hitting streak this year and the 21st of his career, the most in team history.
Starting Lineup
- Granderson – RF
- Murphy – 2B
- Wright – 3B
- Duda – 1B
- d’Arnaud – C
- den Dekker – LF
- Lagares – CF
- Flores – SS
- Montero – RHP
The Mets took the series in Philly yesterday 3 games to 1 and head back to New York to face the Nationals again. On the whole, the Mets went 4-3 on the road, dropping 2 of 3 to the Nationals. Originally a deGrom day, Montero will be taking the start for deGrom as he heads to the DL for tendinitis. Montero will be squaring off against Doug Fister.
Montero was 0-2 in the majors over 4 games and 20.0 innings with an ERA of 5.40. The last time he was here he had one average start (3 ER over 6), one brilliant start (1 ER over 6, and 10 K’s) and two poor starts. Overall in the minors he is 6-3 this season over 17 games and 80.0 innings with a 3.15 ERA. He never faced the Nationals in a major league game last time he was here, and he hasn’t faced anyone on the Nationals roster, so no batting stats.
The Mets draw Fister again who is 11-3 over 16 starts and 104.2 innings with a 2.49 ERA. In his last three starts he has pitched 21.1 innings allowing 2 ER, 0.84 ERA and 17 K’s. His last start was against the Mets where he allowed 1 run, none earned, over 7.1 innings and 7 K’s. The Mets have the following numbers against Fister:
- Granderson 3-16, HR
- d’Arnaud 0-6
- Lagares 2-5
- Muprhy 1-6
- Duda 2-3
- Flores 2-3
Lets Go Mets!
