Thursday, August 3, 2017 • 3:10 p.m. (ET)
Coors Field • Denver, CO
RHP Rafael Montero (1-7, 5.72) vs. RHP German Márquez (9-4, 4.08)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM

The Mets have a chance to take the series today against the Rockies. After dropping the first game in a back and forth affair at the end of the game, the Mets won yesterday in a come from behind fashion. The Mets bullpen which has mostly been a garbage fire this season, recorded 6 shutout innings in Coors Field, evidence that anything can happen in baseball. Today Rafael Montero will look to get the job done against German Marquez.

Mets Lineup

  1. Michael Conforto – CF
  2. Asdrubal Cabrera – 3B
  3. Yoenis Cespedes – LF
  4. Jay Bruce – 1B
  5. Curtis Granderson – RF
  6. Jose Reyes – 2B
  7. Amed Rosario – SS
  8. Rene Rivera – C
  9. Rafael Montero – RHP

Rockies Lineup

  1. Charlie Blackmon – CF
  2. DJ LeMahieu – 2B
  3. Nolan Arenado – 3B
  4. Gerardo Parra – LF
  5. Mark Reynolds – 1B
  6. Carlos Gonzalez – RF
  7. Trevor Story – SS
  8. Jonathan Lucroy– C
  9. German Marquez – RHP

Montero is 1-7 over 21 games and 7 starts with 56.2 innings posting an 5.72 ERA, 4.26 FIP and 1.747 WHIP. He had back to back statistically average starts before his last one in Seattle where he allowed 5 runs over 4.2 innings off 3 hits and 5 walks in a game the Mets came back to win 7-5. Several Rockies have seen Montero before:

  • Arenado 0-2, BB
  • Blackmon 0-3
  • Parra 0-2, BB
  • LeMahieu 0-1, BB

The Mets draw German Marquez who is 9-4 over 17 starts and 97.0 innings with a 4.08 ERA, 3.64 FIP and 1.289 WHIP. The youngster (22 years!) has been incredibly consistent in his last two starts allowing 2 runs in each start, 3 hits over 7.0 innings. In the first start he allowed 2 walks and struck out 9, in the last start he walked no one and struck out 10. He has never faced the Mets before or anyone on the Mets roster.

Notes – 

The Mets bullpen fired 6.0 scoreless innings last night, that’s the longest scoreless relief outing at Coors Field by a visiting bullpen since the Padres’ pen had an 8 inning, no-run performance there on April 10, 2010. New York’s pen is 5-1 with five saves and a 2.70 ERA (15 earned
runs/50.0 innings) since July 18.

Chasen Bradford became the 352nd different pitcher to win a game in a Mets uniform last night.

Jay Bruce has 174 RBI since the beginning of the 2016 season, tied for the fifth-most in the National League over that span with Paul Goldschmidt, Nolan Arenado (228), Anthony Rizzo (179), Adam Duvall (178) and Daniel Murphy (177) have more.

Let’s Go Mets!