Wednesday, September 19, 2018 • 6:05 p.m.
Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PA
RHP Noah Syndergaard (12-3, 3.26) vs. RHP Zach Eflin (10-7, 4.26)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM

Everything went south for the Mets last night after Matz left the game. Matz left with a 2-0 lead, partially thanks to a homer himself but the bullpen let up five runs immediately and the Mets bats without the slugger Matz in the lineup fell apart.

Mets Lineup

  1. Amed Rosario  SS
  2. Jeff McNeil  2B
  3. Michael Conforto  LF
  4. Jay Bruce  1B
  5. Todd Frazier  3B
  6. Brandon Nimmo  RF
  7. Austin Jackson  CF
  8. Tomas Nido  C
  9. Noah Syndergaard  P

Phillies Lineup

  1. Cesar Hernandez  2B
  2. Rhys Hoskins  1B
  3. Roman Quinn  CF
  4. Carlos Santana  3B
  5. Wilson Ramos  C
  6. Odubel Herrera  LF
  7. Aaron Altherr  RF
  8. J.P. Crawford  SS
  9. Zach Eflin  P

Noah Syndergaard will take the mound today for the Mets. He is 12-3 leading the league in the useless stat of winning percentage over 22 starts and 135.1 innings with a 3.26 ERA, 2.69 FIP, 1.256 WHIP, and 113 ERA+. Two starts ago he performed poorly against the Phillies allowing four runs and 12 hits over 6.2 innings. He rebounded his last time out allowing no runs over seven innings. The Phillies have the following numbers against him:

  • Hernandez 8-for-20, 3 BB, 5 K
  • Bour 6-for-21, 2B
  • Herrera 1-for-19, 2 BB
  • Franco 5-for-19, 2B
  • Ramos 7-for-18, 2 2B, BB
  • Hoskins 2-for-6, 2B, HR, 4 BB
  • Williams 1-for-10, 4 K
  • Cabrera 4-for-7, 2 2B, 2 BB

The Mets see Zach Eflin, again. Zach is 10-7 over 22 starts and 120.1 innings with a 4.26 ERA, 3.88 FIP, 1.271 WHIP, and 99 ERA+. After a bad start against the Mets on the 8th, he rebounded in his last start allowing only one run over 6.1 innings against the Marlins. In three games against the Mets this year, he has allowed 13 runs off 16 hits in 14.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

  • Conforto 3-for-13, 2B, HR, BB
  • Reyes 3-for-10, 3 2B, 2 K
  • Rosario 3-for-8, 3 2B
  • Nimmo 1-for-6, BB
  • Smith 1-for-6, BB
  • Flores 1-for-6
  • McNeil 2-for-6, 2B, 3B
  • Bruce 2-for-3
  • Frazier 1-for-2, HR

Game Notes

New York is 37-39 on the road this year. The Mets rank third in the majors with a .331 road on-base percentage, fifth
with 385 runs scored and sixth in the majors with a .757 OPS on the road.

Michael Conforto leads all major leaguers with 22 RBI this month (five more than Trevor Story and Christian Yelich). He is tied for the most homers (seven) this month with Story. He is also tied for the major league lead with 12 extra-base hits in September.

Jeff McNeil has tied the Mets rookie record for most three-hit games after the All-Star break in one season (seven), a mark set by David Wright in 2004. Courtesy of Elias, McNeil has 17 multi-hit games since July 24 (his ML debut). He
has seven multi-hit games in his nine starts vs. Philadelphia.

Noah Syndergaard has the third-lowest homer per nine (0.47) rate in the majors (min. 120 innings). Syndergaard is 10-2 in his last 14 starts. He is 3-0 with a 1.99 ERA (five earned runs/22.2 innings) and 21 strikeouts in September. Syndergaard is one of four active pitchers with an ERA below 3.00 (min. 70 starts)…Clayton Kershaw (2.37), Jacob deGrom (2.70), Chris Sale (2.88) and Syndergaard (2.99).

The Mets are 11-6 this month, tied for the second-best winning percentage (.647) in the NL and tied for the fifth-best in the majors. The pitching staff has a 3.40 ERA this month, the seventh-lowest in the majors. New York has 25 homers in September, the second-most in the majors, behind the Dodgers (27).

Let’s Go Mets!