Wednesday, June 8, 2016 • 7:05 p.m.
PNC Park • Pittsburgh, PA
RHP Noah Syndergaard (6-2, 1.91) vs. RHP Jameson Taillon (ML debut)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
Yesterday stunk. Can we do it over? The Mets lost both games of a doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates by the same score of 3-1. The offense was nowhere to be found, and even though Mets pitchers have allowed only seven runs in the last three games, they now have lost three consecutive starts. Luckily, here comes Noah Syndergaard, the stopper.
The Mets have lost nine straight games to the Pirates dating back to June 29, 2014. The nine consecutive losses is the most in team history to Pittsburgh. The Mets were swept twice by the Pirates last year, May 22-25, at PNC Park and August 14-16 at Citi Field. The Mets have been swept just once this year, May 13-15 at Colorado.
The Mets rank second in the majors with a 3.15 team ERA. The staff has allowed the fewest homers (43) and has issued 137 walks, tied for the fewest in the majors. Mets pitchers have 497 strikeouts, ranking eighth in the majors.
New York has scored two or fewer runs in seven of its last 10 games. The Mets have scored two runs in their last 27.0 innings.
Noah Syndergaard is 4-1 with a 1.85 ERA in five road starts this year. His 1.85 road ERA ranks seventh in the National League. He has allowed two or fewer runs in each of the five starts.
Mets Lineup
- Alejandro De Aza – RF
- Michael Conforto – LF
- Yoenis Cespedes – CF
- Neil Walker – 2B
- James Loney – 1B
- Asdrubal Cabrera – SS
- Ty Kelly – 3B
- Rene Rivera – C
- Noah Syndergaard – RHP
Pirates Lineup
- John Jaso – 1B
- Andrew McCutchen – CF
- Gregory Polanco -LF
- Jung Ho Kang -3B
- Josh Harrison -2B
- Francisco Cervelli – C
- Matt Joyce -RF
- Sean Rodriguez -SS
- Jameson Taillon – RHP
Noah is 6-2 over 12 games and 11 starts with 70.2 innings with a 1.91 ERA while striking out 90 batters. In his last 7 games, 6 starts, he’s pitched 38.1 innings with 46 K’s while recording an 1.41 ERA. He faced the Pirates once last year picking up the loss allowing 4 runs, only one earned run while pitching 6.0 innings. The Bucs have the following numbers against Thor:
- Josh Harrison 1-3
- Jaso 1-2, 2B
- Ho Kang 1-3
- Marte 0-3
- McCutchen 1-3, 2B
- Polanco 0-3
The Mets bats will get to see the major league debut of Jameson Taillon. Jameson is currently rehabing from Tommy John back in 2014, which side tracked his development. He’s 4-2 over 10 games and 61.2 inning with a 2.04 ERA. In his last full season, 2013 (no games in 2014, 2015) he was 5-10 over 147.1 innings with a 3.73 ERA. The Mets handled this road well recently when they had to face the phenom on the Dodgers’ staff.
Let’s Go Mets!
