MMO Game Thread: Mets vs Padres, 10:40 PM

Friday, May 6, 2016 • 10:40 p.m. (ET)
Petco Park • San Diego, CA
RHP Noah Syndergaard (2-1, 2.51) vs. LHP Drew Pomeranz (2-3, 2.48)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM

The Mets dropped the first game of the series last night against the Padres 5-3. Despite the dimensions of Petco Park, the Mets were able to still hit two homers (Granderson and Cespedes). Tonight, Noah Syndergaard will try to get the Mets back on track while the Mets bats will get a look at Drew Pomeranz.

Mets Lineup

Curtis Granderson RF
Juan Lagares CF
David Wright 3B
Yoenis Cespedes LF
Lucas Duda 1B
Asdrubal Cabrera SS
Wilmer Flores 2B
Rene Rivera C
Noah Syndergaard P

Padres Lineup

Jon Jay CF
Wil Myers 1B
Matt Kemp RF
Brett Wallace 3B
Melvin Upton Jr. LF
Alexei Ramirez SS
Derek Norris C
Jemile Weeks 2B
Drew Pomeranz P

Noah Syndergaard is 2-1 over 5 starts and 32.1 innings with a 2.51 ERA while striking out 44. In his last start he allowed 4 ER over 5.2 innings while striking out 6, although that doesn’t tell the whole story. In the 4th inning he allowed 3 runs, including a 2 run homer, so a bad inning, and in the next inning the bullpen allowed a run. Teams have been running wild on Syndergaard, who has struggled with holding runners on.

Last year, Syndergaard was 1-1 against the Padres allowing 7 ER over 12.0 innings while striking out 19. It was the most amount of runs he allowed against any team last year. The Padres have the following numbers against Noah:

Kemp 0-6
Norris 2-6, HR
Shields 0-2

Drew Pomeranz is 2-3 over 5 starts with a 2.48 ERA this year while pitching 29.0 innings. In his last start he allowed 1 ER over 7.0 innings rebounding from his only bad start of the season where he allowed 4 runs, 3 earned over 4.1 innings. He was traded to the Padres from the Athletics this off-season in the Alonso trade. In his career he has pitched 4.0 innings in one start against the Mets allowing 5 hits, 2 runs only 1 earned. A few Mets have seen him in his career: