Game Thread: Yankees vs Mets, 7:10 PM

It’s the subway series and a week to go to the All-Star game and it seems like there are a ton of different things to follow. The Mets finally snapped their 7 game losing streak on Sunday thanks to some late inning hitting. Is it a start of things to come? Who knows! At least it wasn’t another game where the Mets lost after having the lead at some point.

Mets Lineup

1. Jeff McNeil – RF
2. Pete Alonso – 1B
3. J.D. Davis – LF
4. Todd Frazier – 3B
5. Robinson Cano – 2B
6. Wilson Ramos – C
7. Michael Conforto – CF
8. Amed Rosario – SS
9. Zack Wheeler – RHP

Yankees Lineup

1. DJ LeMahieu – 3B
2. Aaron Judge – RF
3. Aaron Hicks – CF
4. Gary Sanchez – C
5. Didi Gregorius – SS
6. Edwin Encarnacion – 1B
7. Gleyber Torres – 2B
8. Brett Gardner – LF
9. James Paxton – LHP

Meanwhile the Yankees, injury burdened, come to town as the dominate team in the AL East. They are also coming off an off-day but unlike the Mets, the Yankees had to travel from London. Will that impact them? Who knows! Will playing back to back four hour plus games in a sandbox stadium where the ball was flying out impact them? Who knows! (Actually – that sounds a lot like Yankee Stadium).

Zack Wheeler gets the start tonight. He is 6-5 over 17 games and 107.2 innings with a 4.51 ERA, 3.77 FIP, 1.263 WHIP and 90 ERA+. Barring a month long winning streak – the Mets are probably going to tear down in July and Wheeler could be on the move. His starts now are essentially try-outs. He’s been great in his last two starts! After allowing 14 runs over 10.2 innings, he has allowed 2 runs over 13.0 innings, lowering his ERA from 4.94 to 4.51. One of those bad starts was against the Yankees, allowing 9 runs, 5 earned in 4.2 innings. The Yankees have the following numbers against him:

• Giancarlo Stanton 3-17, HR, 3 BB, 3 K
• Cameron Maybin 1-7, BB, 3 K
• Brett Gardner 4-6, 3B, K
• Luke Voit 3-6, 2B, HR, 2 K
• DJ LeMahieu 0-4, BB, K
• Clint Frazier 0-3, 2 K
• Didi Gregorius 1-3, 2B

The Mets bats draw the Yankee trade acquisition from the off-season: James Paxton. Paxton is 5-3 over 13 games and 64.1 innings with a 4.34 ERA, 3.86 FIP, 1.430 WHIP, and 103 ERA+. He’s coming off a rough start where he allowed 6 runs over 4.1 innings against Toronto. In the month of June he was either great (11.0 innings, 3 runs) or terrible (11.2 innings, 16 runs), as such his ERA has ballooned. One of those poor starts was against the Mets where he allowed 6 runs over 2.2 innings form 7 hits. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Todd Frazier 0-7, BB, 5 K
• J.D. Davis 1-7, 3 K
• Michael Conforto 2-5
• Wilson Ramos 1-5
• Adeiny Hechavarria 2-4
• Pete Alonso 1-1, HR, BB
• Jeff McNeil 1-2, 2B
• Amed Rosario 0-2

Let’s Go Mets!