Wednesday, June 7, 2017 • 8:05 p.m. (ET)
Globe Life Park in Arlington • Arlington, TX
RHP Zack Wheeler (3-3, 3.72) vs. RHP Yu Darvish (5-4, 3.13)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets pitching woes continued last night at they lost to the Rangers 10-8 despite out-hitting the Rangers 17-16. Jacob deGrom had his second poor start in a row allowing eight runs over 4.0 innings with Smoker allowing an additional two in the 6th. The Mets were able to score four runs in the last two frames but needed two more to tie the game. On the statistical side for the Mets, Lagares, Cabrera, Walker, Granderson and d’Arnaud all hit homers. Cabrera and Flores each had three hits (Flores raising his average to .325 and his OPS to .847) and Lagares had four hits. Duda increased his OPS to .968 for the season.
Mets Lineup
- Michael Conforto – LF
- Asdrubal Cabrera – SS
- Jay Bruce – DH
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Wilmer Flores – 2B
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- Jose Reyes – 3B
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Juan Lagares – CF
Rangers Lineup
- Delino DeShields – LF
- Shin-Soo Choo – DH
- Elvis Andrus – SS
- Nomar Mazara – RF
- Robinson Chirinos – C
- Rougned Odor – 2B
- Ryan Rua – 1B
- Joey Gallo – 3B
- Jared Hoying – CF
Wheeler looks to put the Mets back on track tonight. He’s 3-3 over 10 starts and 55.2 innings with a 3.72 ERA, 3.98 FIP and 1.365 WHIP. In his last six starts he is 2-1 over 34.0 innings with a 2.65 ERA. At this point in the season, I did not expect that Wheeler (knock on wood) would be the most positive, consistent pitcher on the squad. The Rangers have the following numbers against Zack:
- Andrus 0-2, BB
- Beltre 0-3
- Chirinos 1-3, HR
- Choo 1-3, 2B
- Lucroy 0-3
- Odor 0-3
The Mets bats draw Yu Darvish tonight who is 5-4 over 12 starts and 74.2 innings with a 3.13 ERA, 4.02 FIP and 1.192 WHIP. Interesting for Yu, his FIP is up nearly a full run from his FIP last year, but WHIP is only up .08 or so. In Yu’s last two starts he has allowed six earned runs over 11.0 innings with 12 hits and four walks. The Mets have the following numbers against Darvish:
- Cabrera 5-10, 2 2B, HR
- Reyes 0-8
- Granderson 1-6, 2B, BB
- Bruce 2-3
- Walker 0-3
- d’Arnaud 0-1
- Duda 1-1, HR, BB
New York is 3-9 in its last 12 road games and 10- 13 overall. They have played the fewest road games in the majors thus far this year but will play 15 of their next 22 games away from Citi Field.
The Mets are 2-2 vs. the American League this year after taking two out of three from the Angels and losing one to the Rangers. The Mets went 12-8 vs. the American League last year and since 1997, when Interleague play began, the Mets are 180-166. That .520 Interleague winning percentage is the best all-time among NL clubs.
Let’s Go Mets!
