The New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies will go at it again tonight at Citizens Bank Park after the Amazins lost the series opener.
Taking the mound for the Mets is right-hander Logan Verrett (1-2, 3.40) who is pitching in place of Steven Matz who is day-to-day with back stiffness. Verrett will be opposed by Phillies right-hander Alec Asher (0-5, 7.52) at 7:05 PM.
The start time for tomorrow’s series finale has been moved to 12:05 PM due to expected inclement weather. The change was made by MLB due to the game’s importance to postseason seeding for the New York Mets.
The Mets’ lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers for home-field advantage in their Division Series is down to one game with five to play. However the Mets own the tiebreaker.
Lefty reliever Dario Alvarez is set to rejoin the Mets tonight in Philadelphia, according to Adam Rubin of ESPN.
Mets Starting Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- David Wright – 3B
- Daniel Murphy – 2B
- Yoenis Cespedes – CF
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Michael Conforto – LF
- Wilmer Flores – SS
- Logan Verrett – RHP
The Mets almost came back last night, but it was too little too late as the Phillies took the first game of the series and as the Dodgers moved a game closer in the home field advantage chase. The star of the show last night for the Mets was Lucas Duda who continue his recent hot streak, smacking 2 homers and bringing his total to 27 for the year.
Logan Verrett gets the start for the Mets tonight. He’s 1-1 over 12 games with the Mets that includes 3 starts and 33.1 innings with an ERA of 2.70. His last start against Atlanta was his only blight on his season where he allowed 4 ER over 5.0 innings. The start before that, he allowed 1 ER over 5.0 innings.
In one inning against the Phillies this year he held them scoreless and hitless and struck out one batter. The only two Phillies who have seen him in a game would be Blanco and Herrera, who are both 0-1.
The Mets draw Alec Asher who is 0-5 over the first five starts of his career with a 7.52 ERA. That being said, he’s coming off of his best start of the season where he held the Marlins to 1 ER over 7.0 innings. In three home starts, he hasn’t gotten beyond the 6th inning allowing 14 ER over 15.2 innings. He has never faced the Mets and no one on the Mets has ever faced him in a major league game.
Let’s Go Mets!
