Wednesday, June 20, 2018 • 8:40 p.m. (ET)
Coors Field • Denver, CO
RHP Seth Lugo (2-2, 2.49) vs. RHP Chad Bettis (5-1, 4.65)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050
Seth Lugo gets the start for the Mets tonight as they look to win the third game of this four-game series against the Colorado Rockies after losing 10-8 last night to snap the team’s three-game winning streak. Jason Vargas got hit hard as he allowed seven runs and nine hits in 2.1 innings while not walking anyone, but also recording no strikeouts. Nonetheless, the revived Mets offense tried to stage a comeback, scoring six runs from the fifth inning on, including two in the ninth.
Mets Lineup
- Brandon Nimmo RF
- Asdrubal Cabrera 2B
- Michael Conforto CF
- Todd Frazier 3B
- Dominic Smith LF
- Wilmer Flores 1B
- Devin Mesoraco C
- Jose Reyes SS
- Seth Lugo P
Rockies Lineup
- DJ LeMahieu 2B
- Charlie Blackmon CF
- Nolan Arenado 3B
- Carlos Gonzalez RF
- Trevor Story SS
- Gerardo Parra LF
- Ian Desmond 1B
- Tom Murphy C
- Chad Bettis P
Seth Lugo looks to rebound tonight against the Rockies! Lugo’s last time out was one of his first, worst outings of the season. Overall he is 2-2 over 24 games and three starts in 50.2 innings with a 2.49 ERA, 2.95 FIP, 0.947 WHIP and 153 ERA+. In Arizona, he allowed five runs from eight hits and a walk in five innings while striking out two and allowing two homers. Against the Rockies earlier this season, he held them scoreless over three innings with one hit, one walk and three K’s. The Rockies have the following numbers against Lugo:
- Blackmon 2-6, 2B, 3B
- Arenado 2-4, 2B
- Gonzalez 0-5, 2 K
- Story 1-5, 2B
- LeMahieu 2-3
- Parra 0-2, BB
- Wolters 0-2, 2 BB
- Desmond 1-2
Chad Bettis gets the start tonight. He is 5-1 over 14 games and 81.1 innings with a 4.65 ERA, 4.98 FIP, 1.291 WHIP, 100 ERA+. He is in a terrible stretch right now allowing exactly five runs in each of his last four starts leading to an ERA of 8.44 over 21.1 innings. In total, he has allowed 20 runs from 28 hits and five walks including eight homers ballooning his ERA from 3.30 to 4.65. His last great start, when his ERA on the season was 2.05, was against the Mets where he allowed no runs from six hits in seven innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Bruce 4-7, 2 2B, HR
- Flores 1-5
- Nimmo 1-5
- Cabrera 2-4
- Cespedes 0-3
- Conforto 0-3
- Frazier 0-2
- Nido 0-3
- Rosario 1-3
Game Notes
The Mets had a hit in 14 straight innings from the eighth inning on Sunday through the third inning last night. That was the longest such streak in team history since a 16-inning streak with a hit from May 25, 2014 (first game of a doubleheader) through May 26, 2014. Credit Elias.
Seth Lugo has a 1.98 ERA (eight earned runs/36.1 innings) since May 1. His 1.98 ERA is the ninth-lowest in the majors and his 0.77 WHIP is the lowest in the majors. In three starts this season, Lugo is 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA (five earned runs/15 innings). The Mets are 18-11 in Lugo’s 29 career starts.
The Mets have hit 15 home runs in their last 11 games and 29 homers in their last 24 games, but, 22 of those have
been solo blasts.
Amed Rosario has hit in five straight games, going 7-21 (.333), one shy of his career-high (six-game streak from August 18-23, 2017). He has two triples, two doubles, and three RBI in five career games at Coors Field. Made his major league debut at Coors Field on August 1, 2017.
Michael Conforto has three doubles, two homers and six RBI in his last six games. Conforto is batting .333 (7-21) with a .464 on-base percentage during that span. He has a 15.1% walk rate for the year, ranking sixth in the NL.
Let’s Go Mets!
