The NL East leading New York Mets will look to extend their seven-game winning streak tonight against the Tampa Bay Rays tonight at Tropicana Field.
Rookie of the Year hopeful Noah Syndergaard (6-5, 2.66) will take the mound for the Mets and will oppose right-hander Nathan Karns (6-5, 3.37) for the Rays in the 6:10 PM matchup.
On Friday, the Mets sent Single-A right-hander Dawrin Frias to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade for left-hander Eric O’Flaherty.
Mets Starting Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- Daniel Murphy – 3B
- Yoenis Cespedes – CF
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Juan Uribe – DH
- Michael Conforto – LF
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Kelly Johnson – 2B
- Ruben Tejada – SS
Last night was a fun one as the Mets stretched their winning streak to 7. The Amazins were down most of the game but were able to tie it off of a solo shot from Uribe in the 7th. Then the Rays hit another homer so the Mets were down again, but Murphy hit a solo shot in the 8th to tie it again. But the Rays hit another solo homer so the Mets needed some 9th inning magic, and they did it. There’s something about this team right now!
Noah Syndergaard gets the nod today. He’s 6-5 over 15 starts and 94.2 innings with a 2.66 ERA and 100 K’s. In his last 7 games he has tossed 50.0 innings with 52 K’s and a 1.44 ERA including back to back starts where he pitched 8.0 innings and recorded 9 K’s. Syndergaard has never faced the Rays before, but he has faced Grady Sizemore in a major league game who is 2-3 with a strikeout.
The Mets bats will draw Nate Karns who is 6-5 over 21 games with a 3.37 ERA recording 120.1 innings in what is first true taste of the majors. Since allowing 7 ER over 6.0 innings right before the All-Star break, he has a 1.65 ERA over 16.1 innings and three starts coming into today’s game. He has never faced the Mets before but he has faced Yoenis Cespedes who is 1-3 with a homer against him.
Let’s Go Mets!
