Game Thread: Mets vs. Marlins, 1:10 PM

The Mets lost to the Marlins again and things are really looking bad right now. New York has recently played  with a combination of aloofness and apathy and it’s done them in. Hopefully the god of Thunder pitching today can get the Mets back on track, and maybe save Callaway’s job while he’s at it.

Mets Lineup

1. Jeff McNeil (L) LF
2. JD Davis (R) 3B
3. Robinson Canó (L) 2B
4. Pete Alonso (R) 1B
5. Brandon Nimmo (L) RF
6. Adeiny Hechavarria (R) SS
7. Juan Lagares (R) CF
8. Tomas Nido (R) C
9. Noah Syndergaard (L) P

Marlins Lineup

1. Jon Berti (R) CF
2. Garrett Cooper (R) RF
3. Brian Anderson (R) 3B
4. Neil Walker (S) 1B
5. Starlin Castro (R) 2B
6. Curtis Granderson (L) LF
7. Miguel Rojas (R) SS
8. Chad Wallach (R) C
9. Sandy Alcantara (R) P

Syndergaard is 3-3 over nine starts and 57.0 innings with a 4.74 ERA, 3.62 FIP, 1.228 WHIP and 82 ERA+. He’s been a yo-yo pitcher since April 27, going back and forth between bad starts and good starts and right now, it’s time for a bad start. Hopefully he can break the pattern this afternoon.

In two of his last three starts he has tossed a combined 17.0 innings allowing two runs on eight hits. In the other start he allowed five runs, four earned over six innings. The right-hander was 3-0 in as many starts against the Marlins last year, holding them to five runs, four earned, over 22.0 innings (a 1.64 ERA). The Marlins have the following numbers against him:

• Starlin Castro 3-for-12 2B, BB, 3 K
• Miguel Rojas 4-for-11, 2 K
• Martin Prado 2-for-8, BB, 3 K
• Brian Anderson 2-for-7, 2B
• JT Riddle 1-for-5, K
• Neil Walker 0-for-5, 2 K
• Curtis Granderson 1-for-3, K

The Mets draw Sandy Alcantara to send them off to New York. Alcantara is 1-4 over eight games and 44.0 innings with a 5.11 ERA, 5.25 FIP, 1.636 WHIP and 77 ERA+. In his last three starts, he has tossed 16.0 innings allowing 13 runs, 11 earned over 19 hits and 11 walks. His last start was against the Mets and he allowed four runs over 5.2 innings from eight hits and two walks. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Brandon Nimmo 1-for-6, 2B, 3 BB, K
• Todd Frazier 2-for-7, 2B, BB, K
• Amed Rosario 0-for-5, 2 BB
• Jeff McNeil 3-for-6
• Pete Alonso 1-for-2, HR
• Robinson Cano 1-for-3
• Noah Syndergaard 1-for-2

Let’s go Mets!