Mets vs. Dodgers Game 137 Recap

RHP Jacob deGrom

The New York Mets defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-2 tonight and improved their record to 62-75. The offense was held scoreless for the first four innings until the top of the fifth inning after RF Jay Bruce singled, catcher Devin Mesoraco walked and RHP Jacob deGrom drove in Bruce with an RBI single. The bats were silent for the next three innings, but woke up in the top of the ninth. RF Jay Bruce led off with a double, catcher Kevin Plawecki hit a sacrifice bunt, 2B Jeff McNeil was hit a pitch, and pinch-hitter Brandon Nimmo hit a three-run homer.

RHP Jacob deGrom gave up a solo homer to 3B Justin Turner in the bottom of the first inning, but settled down after that. deGrom had 1-2-3 bottom of the second inning, and worked around a lead-off walk to RF Yasiel Puig in the bottom of the third inning. He had another 1-2-3 inning in the bottom of the fourth and left Puig on base in the bottom of the fifth after he reached on an error. deGrom finished up strong with 1-2-3 bottom of the sixth inning with two strikeouts. His final line was one run on two hits with six strikeouts and a walk in six innings. RHP Seth Lugo came in next and threw a scoreless bottom of the seventh inning. RHP Drew Smith followed and had a scoreless bottom of the eighth inning. RHP Robert Gsellman ran into some trouble in the bottom of the ninth after he gave up a lead-off single to RF Alex Verdugo, double to RF Cody Bellinger and a sacrifice fly to catcher Yasmani Grandal, but was able to close it out and picked up his 10th save.

The Mets game is at 10:10 tomorrow night against the Dodgers.

Game 137: Mets vs. Dodgers Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

Mets Starting Lineup
1. Amed Rosario-SS
2. Austin Jackson-CF
3. Wilmer Flores-1B
4. Michael Conforto-LF
5. Todd Frazier-3B
6. Jay Bruce-RF
7. Devin Mesoraco-C
8. Jeff McNeil-2B
9. Jacob deGrom-RHP

The pitching match-up is Jacob deGrom (8-8, 1.68 ERA) vs. LHP Alex Wood (8-6, 3.42 ERA)

Mets vs. Giants Game 136 Recap

RHP Noah Syndergarrd

The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants 4-1 this afternoon to take two out of three games in the series and improved their record to 61-75. In the top of the second inning, 3B Todd Frazier doubled and LF Michael Conforto hit a two-run homer. The offense was held scoreless until the top of the eighth inning after catcher Tomas Nido and SS Amed Rosario singled and 2B Jeff McNeil hit a two-run single.

RHP Noah Syndergarrd had a dominating performance throwing a complete game. Syndergarrd gave up a run in the bottom of the third inning on a sacrifice fly by Giants starter RHP Chris Stratton, but other than that shut down the Giants down. He didn't allow a baserunner after the bottom of the fourth inning. His final line was 9 innings, 2 hits, 1 earned run, 1 walk and 11 strikeouts.  He picked up his tenth win.

The Mets next game is at the Los Angeles Dodgers tomorrow night at 8:10 P.M.

Game 136: Mets vs. Giants Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

Mets Starting Lineup
1. Amed Rosario-SS
2. Jeff McNeil-2B
3. Jay Bruce-1B
4. Todd Frazier-3B
5. Michael Conforto-LF
6. Brandon Nimmo-RF
7. Austin Jackson-CF
8. Tomas Nido-C
9. Noah Syndergarrd-RHP

The pitching match-up is Noah Syndergarrd (9-3, 3.51 ERA) vs. RHP Chris Stratton (9-7, 4.99 ERA)

Mets vs. Giants Game 135 Recap

LHP Steven Matz

The New York Mets defeated the San Francisco Giants 2-1 in 11 innings this afternoon and improved their record to 60-75. The offense  started off slow and was held scoreless for the first four innings. In the top of the fifth inning, RF Brandon Nimmo walked and catcher Tomas Nido hit an RBI double. They didn't score again until the top of the eleventh inning after 2B Wilmer Flores doubled, 1B Jay Bruce grounded out which moved Flores to third base and 3B Todd Frazier drove him in with a sacrifice fly.

LHP Steven Matz cruised through the first three innings, but gave up a solo homer to 3B Evan Longaria in the bottom of the fourth inning. Matz finished up strong with scoreless innings in the bottom of the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. His final line was one run on three hits with eleven strikeouts and one walk in seven innings. RHP Seth Lugo came in next and threw two scoreless innings in the bottom of the eighth and ninth. LHP Jerry Blevins followed and threw a scoreless bottom of the tenth inning. RHP Robert Gsellman closed it out with a scoreless bottom of the eleventh inning and picked up his ninth save.

Game 135: Mets vs. Giants Starting Lineup and Pitching Match-Up

Mets Starting Lineup
1. Amed Rosario-SS
2. Wilmer Flores-2B
3. Jay Bruce-1B
4. Todd Frazier-3B
5. Michael Conforto-LF
6. Austin Jackson-CF
7. Brandon Nimmo-RF
8. Tomas Nido-C
9. Steven Matz-LHP

The pitching match-up is Steven Matz (5-11, 4.36 ERA) vs. LHP Derek Holland (7-8, 3.65 ERA)

Mets vs. Giants Game 134 Recap

RHP Zack Wheeler

Tonight, the New York Mets lost to the San Francisco Giants 7-0 and dropped their record to 59-75. RHP Zack Wheeler had another terrific start allowing one run on four hits with nine strikeouts in seven innings. Wheeler gave up no walks and lowered his ERA to 3.37 and had his first no-walk start since May 22th. The only run he was gave up was a sacrifice fly by LF Chris Shaw in the bottom of the seventh inning. RHP Robert Gsellman came in next in the bottom of the eighth and gave up a lead-off homer to rookie catcher Aramis Garcia and then allowed a double to LF Gregor Blanco before being taken out. LHP Daniel Zamora followed and struck out his first two batters, walked 3B Evan Longaria intentionally and then gave up a two-run triple to 1B Brandon Belt. RHP Drew Smith appeared next and gave up RBI singles to RF Austin Slater, CF Gorkys Hernandez, and Aramis Garcia.

The offense struggled against Giants starter LHP Andrew Suarez and had  three hits.They allowed Suarez to retire 17 hitters in a row at one point. They went 0-6 with runners in scoring position in their fourth shutout in last seven games.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon against the Giants at 4:05 P.M.