Tuesday, June 19, 2018 • 8:40 p.m. (ET)
Coors Field • Denver, CO
LHP Jason Vargas (2-5, 7.39) vs. RHP German Márquez (4-7, 5.13)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050
The Mets and Rockies play game two tonight as Jason Vargas gets the start against German Marquez. New York will look to build off their 12-2 drubbing of Colorado from last night.
Mets Lineup
- Brandon Nimmo (L) RF
- Asdrubal Cabrera (S) 2B
- Michael Conforto (L) CF
- Todd Frazier (R) 3B
- Dominic Smith (L) LF
- Wilmer Flores (R) 1B
- Kevin Plawecki (R) C
- Jason Vargas (L) P
- Amed Rosario (R) SS
Rockies Lineup
- DJ LeMahieu (R) 2B
- Charlie Blackmon (L) CF
- Nolan Arenado (R) 3B
- Trevor Story (R) SS
- Ian Desmond (R) 1B
- Carlos Gonzalez (L) RF
- Chris Iannetta (R) C
- Noel Cuevas (R) LF
- German Marquez (R) P
On the season Vargas is 2-5 over eight games and 35.1 innings with a 7.39 ERA, 5.58 FIP, 1.698 WHIP, 52 ERA+. In his last three starts he has tossed 15.0 innings with a 3.00 ERA, his worst one being his last outing allowing three runs over five innings, so maybe he is starting to calm down. The Rockies have the following numbers against him:
- Iannetta 5-for-13, 2B, 2 HR, BB, 5 K
- Gonzalez 1-for-5
- Arenado 1-for-3, 2B
- Blacmon 0-for-3
- Parra 0-for-3
- LeMahieu 0-for-1
For the Rockies, German Marquez gets the start tonight. He is 4-7 over 14 game sand 73.2 innings with a 5.13 ERA, 4.76 FIP, 1.480 WHIP and 90 ERA+. June has been incredibly rough for German who has allowed 15 runs over 16.0 innings from 20 hits and six walks leading to a 8.44 ERA and an opponent OBP of .356/OPS of 1.013. Before this stretch he was doing well allowing four ER over 19.0 innings dropping his ERA from 5.35 to 4.21. He had a good start against the Mets at the start of May allowed 2 runs off 6 hits and no walks while striking out eight. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Bruce 1-for-6
- Cabrera 2-for-6, HR
- Cesepdes 2-for-6, HR
- Conforto 0-for-6, 5 K
- Frazier 1-for-6, 2B
- Rosario 1-for-5, 3B
- Kelly 1-for-3
- Reyes 0-for-3
Notes
Jacob deGrom turns 30 today. DeGrom’s 1.51 ERA is the lowest in team history after 15 starts. Dwight Gooden had a 1.66 ERA in 1985 after 15 starts in 1985. He leads the majors in ERA (1.51), is tied for fifth in strikeouts (120) and third with a .535 OPS.
Devin Mesoraco also turns 30 today. Mesoraco has six home runs in the eighth inning or later this year, including his two-run shot last night. He is tied with Adam Duvall for the third-most such homers in the majors this year. Mike Trout and Eddie Rosario are tied for first with seven.
Brandon Nimmo has a career-high 12 home runs. He has 10 homers since May 23 tied for the most in the majors during that span with Nelson Cruz, Evan Gattis and Paul Goldschmidt. Nimmo’s previous professional career-high was 11 homers in 97 games (392 at-bats) with Las Vegas (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League in 2011. Last night was his second career multi-homer game (also: September 7, 2017 vs. Cincinnati). Nimmo has hit homers in consecutive games for the second time in his career (also: May 31-June 1 this year)…He has never homered in three straight games.
Prior to tonight’s game, outfielder Jay Bruce was placed on the 10-day disabled list. In a corresponding move, right-handed pitcher Tim Peterson was recalled from AAA Las Vegas.
Let’s Go Mets!
