After defeating the New York Yankees in Friday’s Subway Series opener by a score of 5-1, the New York Mets will continue their quest for the NL East crown this afternoon at Citi Field with their magic number down to eight games.
Rookie Noah Syndergaard (8-6, 3.20) will get the start for the Mets and he opposes right-hander Michael Pineda (10-8, 4.25) for the Yankees in a 1:05 PM matinee.
The Mets have won nine of their last 11 games and are 11-5 in September and 31-13 since August 1. The .705 winning percentage in that span is second only to Toronto.
Last night’s crowd (43,602) was the fifth sellout this year, which ties the 2009 season for sellouts in a season at Citi Field. It was also the second-largest crowd in Citi Field history.
New York is 29-14 (16-7 at home) in day games this year, the best winning percentage (.674) in the majors.
Mets Starting Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- Yoenis Cespedes – CF
- Daniel Murphy – 2B
- David Wright – 3B
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Wilmer Flores – SS
- Michael Conforto – LF
- Kevin Plawecki – C
- Noah Syndergaard – RHP
The Mets and Yankees continue the Subway Series: Queens Edition this afternoon with Michael Pineda going up against Noah Syndergaard.
Syndergaard is 8-6 over 21 starts and 129.1 innings this year with a 3.20 ERA and 137 strikeouts. After a series of average to below average starts, Noah finally had a strong start to kick off September after 12 days of rest, going 7.0 innings allowing 1 ER and striking out 8. Noah wasn’t called up yet when the Mets and Yankees met earlier in the season.
Michael Pineda is 10-8 over 23 games and 139.2 innings this year with a 4.25 ERA. Around mid-May it looked Pineda was going to be on track for a stellar season, similar to his shortened season to the year before. Since returning in late August he has made four starts over 21.2 innings with a 5.82 ERA. Earlier this season when he faced the Mets he held the Amazin’s to 1 ER over 7.2 innings while striking out 7. The Mets have the following numbers against Pineda:
- Cuddyer 1-8
- Granderson 2-5, 2B
- Campbell 1-3, 2B
- Cespedes 0-3
- Duda 0-2
- Flores 1-3
- Lagares 0-3
- Murphy 0-3
- Kirk 1-3
Let’s Go Mets!
