Even for bullpen games, teams generally announce who will start the game way before hand. Not the Yankees. The first game went into the 7th inning today and there still was no official announcement as to who would start game two. The Mets got off to a rough start in the first game thanks to Wacha the Mets were down 4-0 early.

The Yankees gifted the Mets one run before some Mets magic happened. They hit three homers off of Chad Green – a three run shot by Alonso then solo shots by Dominic Smith and Jake Marisnick. Marisnick was activated right before the game. Edwin Diaz struck out the side in the bottom of the seventh and the Mets completed their best comeback of 2020.

Mets Lineup

  1. Brandon Nimmo – CF
  2. Michael Conforto – RF
  3. J.D. Davis – 3B
  4. Dominic Smith – LF
  5. Robinson Cano – 2B
  6. Pete Alonso – 1B
  7. Jeff McNeil – 2B
  8. Luis Guillorme – SS
  9. Ali Sanchez – C

Yankees Lineup

  1. Luke Voit – 1B
  2. Clint Frazier – RF
  3. Aaron Hicks – CF
  4. Gary Sanchez – C
  5. Mike Tauchman – LF
  6. Miguel Andujar – 3B
  7. Jordy Mercer – SS
  8. Thairo Estrada – 2B
  9. Erik Kratz – C

David Peterson is making his return to the mound. In his first four starts of his career he has thrown 21.2 innings with a 2.91 ERA, 4.03 FIP, 1.154 WHIP and 146 ERA+. In his last start he allowed one run, unearned, over 5.0 innings after an early-ish exit and then landed on the IL. So far he is one of the largest bright spots of this 2020 Mets fiasco of a team.

Speaking of 2020 bright spots, let’s talk about a few Mets hitters. First, there’s the breakout season for Dominic Smith, who before game 1 today, was hitting .315/.402/.699 over 87 PA’s, a 1.101 OPS, leading the team. Who would have thought that Cano, in 74 PA’s would be second on the team in OPS at 1.051 with a slash line of .382/.419/.632. If I knew just those two things, I would think that the Mets would be leading the division. Alas, things in the rotation, runners in scoring positions, etc, have not worked out well for the Mets. This weekend would be a great time though to shock the world.

Game Notes

Before Game 2, the Mets activated Peterson off the injured list and designated Game 1 winner Walker Lockett for assignment.

Let’s Go Mets!