Last night was extremely emotional night for the Marlins as the Marlins were all introduced as #16 and both teams went out of the dugout for a moment of silence. The Marlins left a spot open for Fernandez and then signed the base of the mound. Then Dee Gordon took a pitch wearing Fernandez’s before going knocking a homer out of the park and breaking down rounding the bases. The Marlins ended the night back on the mound leaving their hats.
The Cardinals lost as well and the Giants didn’t play so for the most part the Wild Card Race took a night off, as it should.
Tonight Noah Syndergaard returns to the mound, missing a start due to strep throat over the weekend. On the season he is 13-9 over 30 games and 29 starts with 177.2 innings and 2.63 ERA. Syndergaard was on a great run of starts until his last start were he allowed 5 ER and 8 hits over 3.2 innings of work. He’s 1-0 over 2 starts against the Marlins this year allowing 3 ER over 14.0 innings. The Marlins have the following numbers against Thor:
- Dietrich 3-7, 2B
- Bour 2-6, 2B
- Hechavarria 1-6
- Ozuna 2-5, HR
- Stanton 0-5
- Yelich 2-6, 2B
- Mathis 0-5
The Mets will face off with Tom Koehler tonight who is 9-12 over 31 starts and 170.0 innings with a 4.02 ERA. In his last three starts he’s 0-2over 14.0 innings allowing 10 runs, 9 earned. In his last start against the Mets he allowed 5 ER and 10 hits over 5.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Koehler:
- Duda 3-27, 2 2B
- Granderson 7-29, 2 HR
- Lagares 6-23, 3B
- d’Arnaud 7-17, 2 2B, HR
- Flores 6-18, 3 2B
- Cespedes 6-17, 3 2B, 3B
- Loney 3-12, 2B
- Cabrera 5-10, 2 HR
Let’s Go Mets!
