Thursday, April 20, 2017 • 7:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
RHP Aaron Nola (1-0, 3.27) vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard (1-0, 0.95)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets and Phillies battle it out for the rubber game tonight! After losing the series opener, the Mets bounced back last night with a come from behind (twice!) victory. Robert Gsellman was finally dealing but the Mets were in a 2-0 hole before Bruce made it 3-2. The bullpen promptly gave a run back but Jay Bruce was able to tack on 2 more runs to it 5-3. The bullpen promptly gave back another run, but thankfully it was just one run and the Mets held on to a 5-4 lead.
Fun note, Bruce is the third Mets player in history to have 5 RBIs in a game, and have all 5 RBIs be the only runs scored by the Mets (in a game they won). The other two are Todd Zeile and Carlos Beltran.
Noah Syndergaard gets the call today. He is 1-0 over 3 starts and 19.0 innings with a 0.95 ERA, no walks and 20 K’s on the young season.
Phillies Lineup
- Cesar Hernandez – 2B
- Daniel Nava – LF
- Odubel Herrera – CF
- Maikel Franco – 3B
- Michael Saunders – RF
- Tommy Joseph – 1B
- Freddy Galvis – SS
- Andrew Knapp – C
- Aaron Nola – RHP
Mets Lineup
- Curtis Granderon – RF
- Asdrúbal Cabrera – SS
- Yoenis Cespedes – LF
- Jay Bruce – 1B
- Neil Walker – 2B
- Michael Conforto – CF
- Jose Reyes – 3B
- Noah Syndergaard – RHP
- Rene Rivera – C
Syndergaard was 2-0 in as many games last year against the Phillies pitching 14.0 innings allowing 7 hits and 2 runs while walking 4 and striking out 15. The Phillies have the following numbers on Syndergaard:
- Herrera 1-12
- Galvis 3-11, 2B, 2 HR, 3 K
- Franco 3-9
- Hernandez 1-6, 3 BB
- Rupp 1-9, 5 K
- Altherr 0-3
The Mets bats will get Aaron Nola who is 1-0 over two starts this season allowing 4 ER over 11.0 innings of work while walking 2 and striking out 13. He is coming off a 6-9 season over 20 starts and 111.0 innings with a 4.78 ERA. Nola managed to never start against the Mets in 2016, however in 2015 he had one start where he allowed 9 hits and 6 ER over 4.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Bruce 2-6
- Cespedes 1-3
- Granderson 1-3
- Conforto 1-2, HR
- d’Arnaud 1-2, 2B
- R Rivera 1-2
Notes –
Lucas Duda (elbow) and Wilmer Flores (infection) are both unavailable tonight, but Travis d’Arnaud can play. Outfielder Juan Lagares is the Mets back-up infielder tonight.
Let’s Go Mets!
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