Morning Briefing: Mets Hope to Avoid A Second Dodgers Sweep

The Mets will try to avoid getting swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight as they send Steven Matz to the mound to face Hyun-Jin Ryu. The game starts at 8 p.m. and will be aired on ESPN.

Yesterday, the Mets lost to the Dodgers 7-4. The Mets jumped out to an early 3-0 lead on solo shots from Michael Conforto, Wilmer Flores and Curtis Granderson in the first inning. They only scored one more run the rest of the game, however, on a Rene Rivera solo shot in the ninth.

On the pitching side, Seth Lugo took a no-hitter into the fifth inning, but allowed a two out double to Yasmani Grandal to break it up. He wound up with a no-decision as he would allow a solo homer to Chris Taylor and a two-run shot to Cody Bellinger in the sixth and couldn’t escape the inning.

The bullpen imploded yet again as Paul Sewald and Fernando Salas combined to allow three homers and four runs total in the last three innings.

Latest Mets News

Curtis Granderson along with Jay Bruce, have now cleared revocavle waivers and are eligible to be traded according to Ken Rosenthal.

Rosenthal also lists the teams that are a part of Jay Bruce’s no-trade clause.

The Mets hit three home runs in an inning yesterday for the first time since May 2, 2016.

Amed Rosario‘s four-game hit streak to begin his career was snapped yesterday with an 0-for-4 game.

Latest NL East News

Jorge Castillo of the Washington Post reports that Stephen Strasburg will miss his next start, but has continued to make progress in his rehab.

The Braves traded Sean Rodriguez back to the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday in exchange for catching prospect Connor Joe. Mark Bowman of MLB.com examines the move.

Joe Frisaro of MLB.com talks about whether Kyle Barraclough is a closer in the making.

Matt Gelb of Philly.com writes about the severity of the injury Aaron Altherr suffered on Friday against the Colorado Rockies.