MMO Game Thread: Mets vs Padres, 4:40 PM

Sunday, May 8, 2016 • 4:40 p.m. (ET)
Petco Park • San Diego, CA
RHP Matt Harvey (2-4, 4.76) vs. RHP Andrew Cashner (2-2, 4.85)
PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM

Honestly, I’m not sure why the Mets are playing today. I’m really unsure of why anyone is playing today. Bartolo Colon hit his first major league career homer last night and as far as I’m concerned, baseball is over. It had a good run. The impossible was achieved and there’s no true reason to keep playing the games from this point out. But if baseball has to continue, it might as well be on Harvey Day.

Mets Lineup (18-11)

Curtis Granderson, RF
Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
Michael Conforto, LF
Yoenis Cespedes, CF
Lucas Duda, 1B
Wilmer Flores, 2B
Kevin Plawecki, C
Eric Campbell, 3B
Matt Harvey, RHP

Padres Lineup (13-18)

Jon Jay, CF
Wil Myers, 1B
Matt Kemp, RF
Brett Wallace, 3B
Melvin Upton, LF
Alexei Ramirez, SS
Christian Bethancourt, C
Adam Rosales, 2B
Andrew Cashner, RHP

Matt Harvey will look to put his season back on the right track today as he takes on the Padres. On the season he is 2-4 over 6 games and 34.0 innings with a 4.76 ERA while striking out 25. He’s been a tick better in his last three games pitching 16.2 innings with 16 K’s and a 3.78 ERA. The last time he faced the Padres was back in 2013 where he picked up a win over two games allowing 2 ER over 13.0 innings while recording 16 K’s. The Padres have the following numbers against Harvey:

Jay 1-5
Kemp 1-3, HR
Ramirez 0-3
Cashner 0-1

Cashner is 2-2 this season over 6 starts and 29.2 innings with a 4.85 ERA while recording 27 K’s. In his last two starts he has logged 8.2 innings of work allowing 9 runs, 6 earned with 7 walks and 8 K’s. Last year he was 0-1 in two games against the Mets allowing 13 runs, 10 earned in 10.0 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Andrew: