The New York Mets (86-67) whose division lead now stands at 7½ games with nine games remaining, continue their four-game series with the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night at Great American Ball Park.
Noah Syndergaard (8-7, 3.39) gets the start for the Mets and opposes Reds right-hander Anthony DeSclafani (9-11, 3.79) in the 7:10 PM matchup.
The Mets have scored three or more runs in each of their last 28 road games dating to July 21, extending the franchise-record for the longest such streak. Since 1900, only two NL teams have had a longer streak: the 1912 New York Giants (30 games) and the Cincinnati Reds (29 games) in 1995.
The Mets rank fourth in the majors with a 3.45 ERA and rank third in the majors with a 1.19 WHIP.
New York averaged only 2.84 runs per game on the road from April-June. However the Mets are averaging 5.97 runs per game on the road from July to the present.
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
- Ruben Tejada – SS
- Noah Syndergaard – RHP
Noah Syndergaard is 6-3 with a 3.13 ERA over his last 16 starts dating to June 15. He has walked 24 and struck out 111. Syndergaard has thrown 1,314 pitches at 95 mph or faster this season, the second-most among all major league pitchers behind Pittsburgh’s Gerrit Cole.
Syndergaard is 1-5 with a 4.47 ERA in 11 road starts and 7-2 with a 2.57 ERA in 11 home starts. He is 1-0 with a 3.18 ERA in his last three road starts.
He faced the Reds earlier the year and it was a great start as he allowed just one earned run over 8.0 innings while striking out 5. The Reds have the following numbers against Noah:
- Phillips 1-4
- Bruce 1-3
- Frazier 1-3
- Hamilton 0-3
- Pena 1-3
- Suarez 0-3
- Votto 0-3
The Mets bats will get a look at Anthony DeSclafani tonight. He’s 9-11 over 29 starts and 173.1 innings with a 3.79 ERA. After back to back starts of 1 ER in September, his last time out he allowed 5 runs, 4 earned over 4.1 innings. He just missed the Mets earlier this season but he faced them last year when he was a member of the Marlins. He allowed 10 ER over 4.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Anthony:
- E Young 0-3
- K Johnson 2-5, 2B, HR
- Granderson 1-3
- Duda 2-3
- Murphy 2-3, HR
- Wright 1-2, 2B
- Kirk 2-2, 2 2B
- Uribe 1-1, 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
