The Mets and Marlins close out their series in a Sunday night game tonight! The Mets will head to Philly for a few days tomorrow before heading to Miami to play the Marlins again starting on Thursday.
Noah Syndergaard will make his second start of the season tonight coming off of a strong first start and a blister injury that pushed him back one day. On Opening Day he pitched 6.0 scoreless innings allowing 5 hits, no walks while striking out 7 Braves. Syndergaard faced the Marlins three times last year pitching 20.0 innings allowing 18 hits and 4 runs (1.80 ERA) while walking 2 and striking out 29. The Marlins have the following numbers against Noah:
- Ozuna 3-8, HR
- Stanton 0-8, 5 K
- Yelich 2-9, 2B
- Bour 4-8, 2B
- Hechavarria 2-8
- Dietrich 3-7, 2B
- Gordon 1-6
The Mets bats will get a look at Edinson Volquez who the Mets know well from the 2015 World Series. After being with the Royals last year he signed as a free agent to the Marlins this year and had a strong outing for his Marlins debut going 5.0 innings allowing 4 hits, no runs with a walk and 6 strikeouts. He faced the Mets at the start of last year and went 6.0 innings holding the Mets to 2 hits and no runs while walking 3 and struck out 5. That was about the only positive game for him on the season as he finished going 10-11 over 34 games and a 5.37 ERA with a league leading 113 earned runs. The Mets have the following numbers against Edinson:
- Granderson 2-16, 2 HR, 5 BB, 6 K
- Bruce 8-16, 2B, HR, 4 BB
- Duda 4-14, 2B, 5 BB, 3 K
- Walker 3-19, 2B
- Cabrera 5-15, HR
- d’Arnaud 1-12
- Reyes 8-12, 2B, 3B
- Cespedes 3-12
As a team the Mets have 131 AB’s against Edinson with 35 hits and 22 walks, making a .365 OBP.
Let’s Go Mets!
