After being washed out on Friday, the New York Mets and the Washington Nationals will play a day-night doubleheader on Saturday beginning at 1:10 PM at Citi Field. The second game is scheduled to begin at 7:10 PM.
RHP Noah Syndergaard (9-7, 3.34) will take the mound for the Mets in Game 1 and he will oppose LHP Gio Gonzalez (11-8, 3.93) for the Nationals.
RHP Matt Harvey (13-7, 2.80) will take the mound for the Mets in Game 2 and he will oppose RHP Max Scherzer (13-12, 2.91) for the Nationals.
Mets 7:10 PM Starting Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- Ruben Tejada – SS
- Michael Conforto – LF
- Michael Cuddyer – 1B
- Kelly Johnson – 3B
- Kirk Nieuwenhuis – CF
- Kevin Plawecki – C
- Dilson Herrera – 2B
- Matt Harvey – RHP
Harvey is 13-7 over 28 games and 183.1 innings of work with a 2.80 ERA. In his last two starts he has tossed 11.2 innings allowing only 2 ER. He shocked everyone last Saturday on clinching day where he pitched into the 7th inning with 6 strikeouts saying that he wants to pitch. He’s 2-1 over 5 starts against the Nationals this year posting a 2.73 ERA over 33.0 innings. The Nationals have the following numbers against him:
- Desmond 6-22, 2B, HR
- Harper 0-20, 7 K
- Werth 4-19, 2B
- Zimmerman 4-17, 2B, HR
- Escobar 5-15
- Taylor 4-15, 2B
- Rendon 4-13
- Robinson 3-8, 2B
- Uggla 2-7
- Ramos 3-9, 2B
- Lobaton 1-7
Max Scherzer is 13-12 over 32 starts this year and 219.2 innings with a 2.19 ERA. This month he has been all over the place. He has two great starts going 8 innings allowing 1 run or less, two good starts allowing a total of 4 ER over 13.0 innings and two poor starts allowing 9 runs over 12.2 innings. He’s 0-2 over 3 starts against the Mets allowing 9 runs, 6 earned over 20.2 innings (two great starts, one poor one). The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Granderson 7-22, 3 2B, HR
- Cuddyer 6-24, 2B, 2 HR
- K Johnson 5-20, 2 2B, HR
- Murphy 3-17
- Cespedes 7-14, 2 2B, 3B, 2 HR
- Uribe 4-16, 2 2B
- Flores 0-10
- Wright 0-9
Let’s Go Mets!
