MMO Game Thread: Mets vs Yankees, 4:05 PM

The Mets and Yankees do battle again on Saturday afternoon with a marquee pitching matchup featuring Matt Harvey (3-0, 3.50 ERA) and LHP CC Sabathia (0-3, 4.35) in a 4:05 PM game at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx.

The Mets had their franchise record-tying 11-game winning streak snapped with last night’s 6-1 loss. The streak had been the longest in the majors since 2013.

The Mets still own the best record in the majors (13-4, .765) and their 13-4 start is tied for the best start after 17 games in team history. The 1986 team was also 13-4 after 17 games and was 14-4 after 18 games.

Jeurys Familia leads the majors with eight saves and is eight-for-eight in save chances this season. Familia has tied the Mets single-season record for saves in April (eight), a mark set by John Franco in 1999 and equaled by Armando Benitez in both 2000 and 2003.

Mets Starting Lineup

Curtis Granderson – RF
John Mayberry, Jr. – LF
Lucas Duda – 1B
Michael Cuddyer – DH
Daniel Murphy – 2B
Eric Campbell – 3B
Juan Lagares – CF
Wilmer Flores – SS
Kevin Plawecki – C

Well it had to end eventually. The Yankees snapped the Mets win streak at 11 games yesterday as the Yankee bats were able to get to deGrom early and often and the Mets bats were flustered by the Yanks. Today however is a new day and the Mets look to start a new streak behind Matt Harvey as he takes on CC Sabathia.

The last Harvey start was not spectacular for a lot of reasons. Harvey was battling an illness which may have impacted his play on the field. Later in the game both Jerry Blevins and Travis d’Arnaud suffered fractures knocking them out for a while. It wasn’t the best win in the world.

On the season Harvey is 3-0 over 18.0 innings allowing 7 runs, 17 hits, 1 walk while striking out 24 (His run numbers are still inflated from his last start). In 2013 he held the Yankees to 1 run over 8.0 innings walking no one, allowing 6 hits and striking out 10. The Yankees have the following numbers against Harvey:

Headley 1-5, HR
Gardner 2-4
Beltran 1-3
Garrett Jones 0-2
Stephen Drew 0-1

The Mets bats draw CC Sabathia today who is 0-3 on the season with a 4.35 ERA over 20.2 innings allowing 22 hits, 11 runs, 10 earned, while walking 4 and striking out 20. The numbers don’t tell a complete story. His first start was awful allowing 5 runs, 4 earned over 5.2 innings, then in his next start he improved to 4 runs over 7.0 in his last sarthe allowed 2 runs over 8, but the bats couldn’t bail him out. The last time he faced the Mets was way back in 2012 where he allowed 5 runs, only 1 earned over 5.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him: