Tuesday, May 31, 2016 • 7:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
RHP Mat Latos (6-1, 4.06) vs. LHP Steven Matz (7-1, 2.36)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
Is that you, 2015? Are you back? Yesterday the Mets beat the White Sox 1-0 thanks to the first strong Matt Harvey start of the season. The world is a beautiful place again. See you next Harvey Day.
Steven Matz has allowed two runs or fewer in seven straight games, which is the longest active streak among major league starters. Matz leads all rookies with seven wins, his 2.36 ERA is the second-lowest among all qualified rookies and his 50 strikeouts are the second-most among rookies, one behind Kenta Maeda. He is 4-0 this month with a 1.26 ERA.
Note: Terry Collins says Noah Syndergaard will most likely will pitch in the seventh, eighth or ninth inning on Tuesday because he only threw 33 pitches on Saturday before getting ejected. Syndergaard will make his next start Friday in Miami.
Mets Lineup
- Curtis Granderson, RF
- Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
- Michael Conforto, LF
- Yoenis Cespedes, CF
- Neil Walker, 2B
- James Loney, 1B
- Wilmer Flores, 3B
- Kevin Plawecki, C
- Steven Matz, LHP
White Sox Lineup
- Adam Eaton, CF
- Brett Lawrie, 2B
- Jose Abreu, 1B
- Todd Frazier, 3B
- Melky Cabrera, LF
- Avisail Garcia, RF
- Tyler Saladino, SS
- Dioner Navarro, C
- Mat Latos, RHP
Matz is 7-1 on the season over as many starts with a 2.36 ERA in 49.2 innings with 50 strikeouts. In his last 7 starts he is 7-0 over 48.0 innings and 49 K’s with a 1.13 ERA. He’s been ok. His last outing was the 4th time this season he held his opponent scoreless. This will be his first start against the Chicago White Sox and has faced two members of the White Sox while they were on other teams:
- Frazier 1-6, HR
- Jackson 0-1
Mat Latos is 6-1 this season, his first with Chicago, over 9 starts and 51.0 innings with a 4.06 ERA. His last start was his first quality start since April 24th (and just barely, as he allowed 3 ER over 6.0 innings). In his first four starts of the season he pitched 24.1 innings with a 0.74 ERA. Since then he has pitched 26.2 innings over 5 starts with a 7.09 ERA. Last year he was 0-1 against the Mets in 2 games and 10.0 innings allowing 5 ER and 11 hits. The Mets have the following numbers against Latos:
- Walker 7-25, 2B, 2 HR
- Lagares 3-11
- Cabrera 1-10
- Granderson 2-8, 2B
- Flores 1-7
- Cespedes 0-5
- Campbell 1-2
- De Aza 2-3
Let’s Go Mets!
