Monday, April 25, 2016 • 7:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
RHP Raisel Iglesias (1-1, 3.09) vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard (2-0, 0.90)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets are home! After a nine game road trip the Mets return to Citi Field for 9 games. The road was good to the Mets as they went 7-2 and smashed 23 homers over that stretch. Yesterday the Mets had to win without the long ball. They got a strong start from the returning Jacob deGrom and some situational hitting to put the score to win the game 3-2 and complete the sweep.
The Mets have won a franchise-record eight straight games vs. Cincinnati dating to September 7, 2014. The Mets went 7-0 vs. the Reds last year, including 3-0 at Citi Field.
Matt Harvey will receive his 2015 Players’ Choice Award for NL Comeback Player of the Year before Monday’s game vs. the Reds.
Mets Lineup (10-7)
- Curtis Granderson, RF
- David Wright, 3B
- Michael Conforto, LF
- Lucas Duda, 1B
- Neil Walker, 2B
- Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
- Alejandro De Aza, CF
- Travis d’Arnaud, C
- Noah Syndergaard, RHP
Reds Lineup (9-10)
- Zack Cozart, SS
- Eugenio Suarez, 3B
- Joey Votto, 1B
- Brandon Phillips, 2B
- Devin Mesoraco, C
- Adam Duvall, RF
- Scott Schebler, LF
- Raisel Iglesias, RHP
- Billy Hamilton, CF
Noah Syndergaard will make his 4th start of the season tonight. So far he is 2-0 over 20.0 innings of work while allowing 15 hits and 4 walks and striking out a whopping 29 batters. That’s a WHIP of 0.950 and he’s leading the league in FIP at 0.77 right now. Syndergaard is the first major league pitcher since Roger Clemens in 2005 to allow one run or fewer and strike out at least eight batters in each of three starts to begin a season, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
He was 2-0 over two starts against the Reds last year logging 15.2 innings with a 1.72 ERA. During that time he allowed 10 hits and no walks while striking out 16 batters. The Reds have the following numbers against Noah:
- Phillips 1-7
- Bruce 1-6
- Suarez 1-6
- Votto 0-6
- Barnhart 0-3
- Duvall 0-3
The Reds will kick off the series with Raisel Iglesias who will be making his 5th start of the season. He’s 1-1 over 23.1 innings so far this year posting a 3.09 ERA while allowing 26 hits and 5 walks with 22 strikeouts. In 2015, his rookie season, he went 3-7 over 18 games, 16 starts over 95.1 innings with 1-4 strikeouts while posting a 4.15 ERA. He has never faced the Mets before but Neil Walker has seen him as a Pirate. Walker is 1-5 lifetime against Iglesias.
Let’s Go Mets!
