Tuesday, September 6, 2016 • 7:10 p.m.
Great American Ball Park • Cincinnati, OH
RHP Rafael Montero (0-0, 3.68) vs. LHP Brandon Finnegan (8-10, 4.19)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets played a day game on a few hours of sleep yesterday and won! Bartolo Colon was fantastic and Reynolds, coming in on a red-eye from Vegas smacked a homer to open the Mets scoring. After another solo homer in the game from Kelly Johnson, the Mets were able to add on three insurance runs in the 7th and walk out in the early afternoon with a win (and hopefully got some sleep). Anyway, the Mets are still one game out of the wild-card and look to keep it going tonight.
Mets Lineup
- Jose Reyes – 3B
- Asdrubal Cabrera – SS
- Yoenis Cespedes – LF
- Wilmer Flores – 1B
- Jay Bruce – RF
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Curtis Granderson – CF
- Matt Reynolds – 2B
- Rafael Montero – RHP
Reds Lineup
- Jose Peraza – CF
- Zack Cozart – SS
- Joey Votto – 1B
- Adam Duvall – LF
- Brandon Phillips – 2B
- Scott Schebler – RF
- Ivan DeJesus – 3B
- Tucker Barnhart – C
- Brandon Finnegan – LHP
Rafael Montero is 0-0 in three games and a start this season pitching 7.1 innings allowing 3 ER while striking out 6. His last time out was his first start of the season and he held the Marlins scoreless over 5.0 innings allowing 2 hits and 3 K’s (scoreless part is surprising because he allowed 6 walks). This will be his first time facing the Reds and anyone on the Reds roster in a major league game.
The Mets bats draw Brandon Finnegan, who is 8-10 over 27 starts and 154.2 innings with a 4.19 ERA. In his last three starts he has allowed 4 ER over 20.0 innings while striking out 29 batters, so the Mets are getting him while he’s hot. Back in April he had a start against the Mets where he allowed 3 ER over 5 hits in 6.1 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Brandon:
- Cabrera 1-4
- Cespedes 1-5, HR
- Conforto 1-3
- De Aza 2-3
- Flores 0-2
- Granderson 1-2
- Plawecki 1-3
Let’s Go Mets!
