Wednesday, April 20, 2016 • 7:05 p.m.
Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PA
RHP Bartolo Colon (1-1, 2.13) vs. RHP Jeremy Hellickson (1-1, 4.30)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets crushed the ball at Citizens Bank Park last night, as they went on to beat the Phillies by the score of 11-1. Lost in the hype of the homers, which we’ll get to in a bit, is Logan Verrett who put together another strong start, going 6.0 scoreless innings and adding a hit himself.
The real story last night: Bombs! Conforto, Cespedes, Walker Twice, Duda and Granderson! The Mets have now hit 17 home runs in their last five games, the most home runs over any five-game span in franchise history. The end result: The Mets have won three straight and five of their last six games. They have now won 10 of their last 12 series vs. the Phillies.
Mets Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- David Wright – 3B
- Michael Conforto – LF
- Yoenis Cespedes – CF
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Neil Walker – 2B
- Asdrubal Cabrera – SS
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Bartolo Colon – RHP
Phillies Lineup
- Odubel Herrera, CF
- Cesar Hernandez, 2B
- Maikel Franco, 3B
- Ryan Howard, 1B
- Carlos Ruiz, C
- Freddy Galvis, SS
- David Lough, LF
- Jeremy Hellickson, RHP
- Peter Bourjos, RF
Tonight Bartolo Colon looks to keep the good times going. He’s 1-1 over 3 games, 2 starts this season logging 12.2 innings of work with a 2.13 ERA with 1 walk, 13 K’s and 14 hits. This will be his second start against the Phillies this season. In his first start of the year, he was the hard luck loser going 6.0 innings allowing 1 run and striking out 7. The Phillies have the following numbers against Colon:
- Howard 6-26, 3 HR
- Galvis 4-18, 2B
- Ruiz 5-18, 2B
- Herrera 4-16
- Rupp 4-12
- Hernandez 4-10
- Bourjos 3-8, 2B
- Ruf 1-7, HR
Jeremy Hellickson is 1-1 over 3 starts and 14.2 innings this year. He has logged a 4.30 ERA with 2 walks, 13 hits and 14 K’s. This will be his second start on the young season against the Mets. In his first start he allowed 5.2 innings, 3 hits, 2 ER, 1 walk while striking out 5 on his way to a win. It is worth noting that he has allowed only 2 ER over 11.2 runs on the road, and 6 (5 earned) runs at home over 3.0 innings (also worth noting: small sample size). The Mets have the following numbers against Hellickson:
- Granderson 3-20, 2B, HR
- De Aza 4-16, 3 2B
- Cabrera 2-10
- Cespedes 4-9, HR
- Duda 1-6, 2B
- Walker 2-7, 2B
- Wright 3-5, 2 2B
- Flores 1-3, 2B
