MMO Game Thread: Padres vs Mets, 7:10 PM

Tuesday, May 23, 2017 • 7:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, NY
RHP Jhoulys Chacin (4-3, 4.61) vs. RHP Matt Harvey (2-3, 5.56)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM

The Mets are 6-3 in their last nine home games and have won three straight home series. New York ranks third in the majors with a .312 (92-295) batting average with runners in scoring position this year. The club leads the majors with a .406 on-base percentage with RISP in May.

Mets Lineup

Michael Conforto – LF
José Reyes – SS
Jay Bruce – RF
Neil Walker – 2B
Curtis Granderson – CF
Wilmer Flores – 3B
Lucas Duda – 1B
René Rivera – C
Matt Harvey – RHP

Padres Lineup

Manuel Margot – CF
Y. Solarte – 2B
Wil Myers – 1B
Ryan Schimpf – 3B
Hunter Renfroe – RF
C. Spangenberg – LF
Austin Hedges – C
Erick Aybar – SS
Jhoulys Chacin – RHP

Matt Harvey gets the start for the Mets tonight and he is 2-3 over 8 games and 45.1 innings with a 5.56 ERA, 6.41 FIP and a 1.478 WHIP. After three terrible starts in a row where Harvey allowed 17 runs over 14.2 innings, Harvey bounced back a bit with a below-average start allowing 3 runs on 6 hits and 4 walks in 5.1 innings. Last year he held the Padres to 4 hits and 2 walks leading to 2 runs over 6.0 innings. The Padres have the following numbers against the Padres:

Aybar 2-9, 2 BB
d’Arnaud 1-3, 2B
Myers 0-3
Chacin 0-2
Richard 0-1

The Mets bats draw Jhoulys Chacin who is 4-3 over 9 starts and 52.2 innings with a 4.61 ERA, 4.27 FIP and 1.253 WHIP. His numbers are down from last year wher ehe was posting a 4.81 ERA, 4.01 FIP, 1.444 WHIP (to put this in perspective, he has a career 3.98 ERA and 4.06 FIP). His last three starts have been pretty good totaling 18.2 innings with 5 runs, a 2.41 ERA. He made one start against the Mets last year where he allowed 4 runs, 3 earned over 6 hits and 2 walks in 5.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him: