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Travis d’Arnaud out until Tuesday.

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Mets Manager Terry Collins stated before this afternoon’s game that starting catcher Travis d’Arnaud will be sidelined until Tuesday with a bruised left elbow. D’Arnaud was injured on the elbow when he was struck by a pitch, by Cleveland Indians reliever Zach McAllister. D’Arnaud initially stayed in the game after the hit-by-pitch but then departed the following half-inning. His injury is not considered serious, as x-rays taken on his elbow were negative.

Kevin Plawecki is starting at catcher this afternoon for the Mets, and he is now expected to get the start in the series opener against the Phillies tomorrow evening.

Jacob deGrom placed on family emergency leave; son’s condition improving. UPDATE (3:42 pm ct): DeGrom and wife expected to take son home tomorrow.

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Jacob deGrom was placed yesterday afternoon on the family emergency list, after his newborn son was having health complications. Placing deGrom on the emergency list would allow him to be away from the team for 3-7 days while he could be with his family during this difficult time.  Continue reading →

Lineups & Game Notes: Mets vs. Indians 1:10 pm et.

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New York Mets (4-6):

1. Curtis Granderson (L) RF
2. Asdrubal Cabrera (S) SS
3. Michael Conforto (L) LF
4. Yoenis Cespedes (R) DH
5. Lucas Duda (L) 1B
6. Neil Walker (S) 2B
7. Wilmer Flores (R) 3B
8. Alejandro De Aza (L) CF
9. Kevin Plawecki (R) C

SP: Steven Matz LHP (0-1, 37.80 ERA)

Cleveland Indians (5-4):

1. Rajai Davis (R) CF
2. Jason Kipnis (L) 2B
3. Francisco Lindor (S) SS
4. Mike Napoli (R) 1B
5. Carlos Santana (S) DH
6. Yan Gomes (R) C
7. Marlon Byrd (R) RF
8. Juan Uribe (R) 3B
9. Jose Ramirez (S) LF

SP: Corey Kluber RHP (0-2, 4.85)

Today’s game can be seen on SNY.

Game Notes:

METS-INDIANS NOTES: The Mets are 9-5 all-time vs. the Indians, including 7-4 at Progressive Field…New York won five of its first six games at Cleveland, before going 1-2 in 2013.

RUBBER GAMES: The Mets will play their second rubber game of the season today…New York is 0-1 in rubber games after going 7-10 in rubber games in 2015, including 4-6 on the road.

A GRAND START: Curtis Granderson hit a leadoff home run yesterday off Josh Tomlin…Granderson has 12 leadoff home runs with the Mets…Only Jose Reyes has more leadoff home runs in team history…Since 2014 (when Granderson joined the Mets), he leads the majors with 12 leadoff home runs… Granderson has 36 career leadoff homers, the third-most among active players behind Ichiro Suzuki (37) and Jimmy Rollins (46).

YO LOVES CLEVELAND: Yoenis Cespedes has five RBI in this series…Cespedes is hitting .391 (9-23) with four runs, three home runs and eight RBI in his last six games…Cespedes has hit in 10 straight games vs. the Indians dating to April 25, 2015…Cespedes is batting .321 (26-81) with four home runs in 19 career games at Progressive Field.

INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The Mets are 2-2 vs. the American League this year…New York went 9-11 in Interleague action last season…Since 1997, when Interleague play began, the Mets are 168-158 (.511)…The .511 winning percentage in Interleague play is the second-best all-time among NL clubs behind St. Louis (154-141, .522).

OFFENSIVE IMPROVEMENT: The Mets are hitting .218 after 10 games, ranking 24th in the majors…New York has scored 31 runs, tied for 27th in the majors…Last year, the Mets hit .244, ranking 28th and scored 683 runs, ranking 17th…The Mets are 2-1 when they score four or more runs this year and 2-5 when they plate three runs or less…The Mets were 70-12 (.854) when scoring four or more runs last year.

STEVEN MATZ: Allowed a career-high seven runs in his last start on April 11 vs. Philadelphia…Matz was 4-0 with a 2.27 ERA (nine earned runs/35.2 innings) in six regular season starts in 2015…New York is 5-2 when he starts…

WALK THIS WAY: Neil Walker went deep for the second straight game…It was his 96th career home run…The last time Walker hit homers in consecutive games was April 14-15, 2014…He has never homered in three straight games…Walker has three RBI in his last two contests and has hit in five straight games.

ALEJANDRO DE GREAT: Alejandro De Aza is batting.275 (73-265) with 19 doubles, three triples, three home runs and 21 RBI in 84 career Interleague games… Has seven career home runs vs.the Indians, second-most against any opponent in his career (he has nine vs. Minnesota)…Has 35 career RBI vs. Cleveland, most vs. any opponent.

CABRERA HOMECOMING: Asdrubal Cabrera was originally signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent out of Venezuela back in 2002 but was acquired on June 30, 2006 by the Indians in exchange for Eduardo Perez…He made his major league debut on August 8 2007 for the Indians against the Chicago White Sox… Cabrera played 8 seasons in Cleveland and had a .270/.331/.410 career batting line with 82 HR’s and 430 RBI’s in 914 games played…In 2011 Cabrera made his first All Star team with the Indians and received the Silver Slugger Award for hitting 25 home runs which is an Indians record for HR’s by a shortstop…Cabrera also was selected as an All Star in 2012 as a member of the Indians…Cabrera has appeared in 9 games against the Indians since his departure in 2014 hitting .250/.382/.429 with 1 HR and 3 RBI’S.

HELLO OLD FRIENDS: The Cleveland Indians currently carry three former Mets on their 25-man active roster…Juan Uribe is the Indians starting third baseman and signed a 1- year $4 million deal before the start of Spring Training…Uribe appeared in 44 games for the Mets last season after being acquired on July 24th from the Atlanta Braves with Kelly Johnson for minor league pitchers John Gant and Rob Whalen… Uribe had a .219/.301/.430 batting line with 6 HR’s and 20 RBI as a Met…Marlon Byrd signed a minor league deal with the Indians back on March 18th and made the team as the starting right fielder out of Spring Training…Byrd played in New York during the 2013 season before being traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dilson Herrera and Vic Black on August 27 2013…Byrd hit .285/.330/.518 with 21 HR’s and 71 RBI’s as a Met in 117 games…Colin Cowgill was acquired in a offseason trade with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for cash considerations and currently is an outfielder on the active roster…Cowgill was acquired by the Mets before the 2012 season when he was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Mets for Minor Leaguer Jefry Marte…Cowgill hit .180/.206/.311 with 2 HR’s and 8 RBI in 23 games for the Mets in 2013 before being designated for assignment.

METS VS.KLUBER: The Mets have faced former AL Cy Young Award winner Cory Kluber once before…On September 7, 2013, the Mets scored two runs over 5.0 innings in a 9-4 win at Progressive Field. Notable Mets numbers against Kluber are provided below…

  • Yoenis Cespedes: .333 (4-12, 1 HR, 3 RBI)
  • Alejandro De Aza: .130 (3-23, 1 RBI, 3 BB)
  • Asdrubal Cabrera: .200 (1-5, 1 RBI, 1 BB)
  • Curtis Granderson .333 (1-3)

Lineups & Game Notes: Mets vs. Indians 4:10 pm et

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New York Mets (4-5):

1. Curtis Granderson (L) RF
2. David Wright (R) 3B
3. Michael Conforto (L) LF
4. Yoenis Cespedes (R) DH
5. Lucas Duda (L) 1B
6. Neil Walker (S) 2B
7. Asdrubal Cabrera (S) SS
8. Travis d’Arnaud (R) C
9. Alejandro De Aza (L) CF

SP: Matt Harvey (0-2, 4.63 ERA)

Cleveland Indians (4-4):

1. Rajai Davis (R) RF
2. Jason Kipnis (L) 2B
3. Francisco Lindor (S) SS
4. Mike Napoli (R) 1B
5. Carlos Santana (S) DH
6. Yan Gomes (R) C
7. Jose Ramirez (S) LF
8. Juan Uribe (R) 3B
9. Tyler Naquin (L) CF

SP: Josh Tomlin RHP (0-0, 0.00 ERA)

Today’s game can be seen on WPIX.

Game Notes:

METS-INDIANS NOTES: The Mets are 9-4 all-time vs. the Indians, including 7-3 at Progressive Field…New York won five of its first six games at Cleveland, before going 1-2 in 2013.

FOUR HOME RUNS: New York entered last night with two home runs before belting four home runs on Friday…The last time the Mets hit four or more home runs in a game was August 24, 2015 when they hit a club record eight long balls at Philadelphia.

DAY BASEBALL: The Mets are 3-1 in day games this year, including 1-0 on the road…Last season New York went 32-17 in day games, including 15-8 on the road…Last year’s .653 winning percentage in day games was the second-best in the majors, behind Pittsburgh (32-15, .681).

STEPH CURRY WOULD BE PROUD: The Mets hit three home runs in the fifth inning last night (Alejandro De Aza, Yoenis Cespedes and Neil Walker)…The last time the Mets hit three home runs in a frame was August 2, 2015 vs. Washington when Curtis Granderson, Daniel Murphy and Lucas Duda all went deep in the third inning…The last time the Mets hit three home runs in an inning in a road game was July 16, 2006 at Chicago (NL) when Cliff Floyd, Carlos Beltran, David Wright did it.

THE DARK KNIGHT: Matt Harvey finished sixth in the NL with a 2.71 ERA and sixth in batting average against (.222) last season… He was named the 2015 Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year and the 2015 Player’s Choice NL Comeback Player of the Year…Harvey has a 1.27 ERA (nine earned runs/64.0 innings) in Interleague play, going 3-2 in nine career starts…This is Harvey’s first career start against the Indians…Harvey has lost three straight starts dating to his final outing of the 2015 regular season…He has never lost four straight decisions…His last three-game losing streak was May 8-29, 2015.

OFFENSIVE IMPROVEMENT: The Mets collected a season-high 14 hits last night…The Mets are hitting .216 after nine games, ranking 24th in the majors…New York has scored 26 runs, ranking 28th in the majors…Last year, the Mets hit .244, ranking 28th and scored 683 runs, ranking 17th…The Mets are 2-0 when they score four or more runs this year and 2-5 when they plate three runs or less…The Mets were 70-12 (.854) when scoring four or more runs last year.

YO LOVES CLEVELAND: Yoenis Cespedes was 3-5 with a home run, double and two RBI last night…Cespedes is hitting .421 (8-19) with three runs, two home runs and five RBI in his last five games… Cespedes has hit in nine straight games vs. the Indians dating to April 25, 2015…Cespedes is batting .325 (25-77) in 18 career games at Progressive Field.

THE WRIGHT STUFF: David Wright is hitting .320 (8-25) with three doubles, seven walks and three runs scored in his last seven games after going 0-4 on Opening Day…He has reached base safely in 18 straight games dating to September 20, 2015…He has a .407 on-base percentage during that span.

ALEJANDRO DE GREAT: Alejandro De Aza is batting.280 (73-261) with 19 doubles, three triples, three home runs and 21 RBI in 83 career Interleague games… Has seven career home runs vs.the Indians, second-most against any opponent in his career (he has nine vs. Minnesota)…Has 35 career RBI vs. Cleveland, most vs. any opponent.

INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The Mets are 2-1 vs. the American League this year…New York went 9-11 in Interleague action last season…Since 1997, when Interleague play began, the Mets are 168-157 (.517)…The .517 winning percentage in Interleague play is the second-best all-time among NL clubs behind St. Louis (154-141, .522).

CABRERA HOMECOMING: Asdrubal Cabrera was originally signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent out of Venezuela back in 2002 but was acquired on June 30, 2006 by the Indians in exchange for Eduardo Perez…He made his major league debut on August 8 2007 for the Indians against the Chicago White Sox… Cabrera played 8 seasons in Cleveland and had a .270/.331/.410 career batting line with 82 HR’s and 430 RBI’s in 914 games played…In 2011 Cabrera made his first All Star team with the Indians and received the Silver Slugger Award for hitting 25 home runs which is an Indians record for HR’s by a shortstop…Cabrera also was selected as an All Star in 2012 as a member of the Indians…Cabrera has appeared in 8 games against the Indians since his departure in 2014 hitting .240/.367/.440 with 1 HR and 3 RBI’S.

HELLO OLD FRIENDS: The Cleveland Indians currently carry three former Mets on their 25-man active roster…Juan Uribe is the Indians starting third baseman and signed a 1- year $4 million deal before the start of Spring Training…Uribe appeared in 44 games for the Mets last season after being acquired on July 24th from the Atlanta Braves with Kelly Johnson for minor league pitchers John Gant and Rob Whalen… Uribe had a .219/.301/.430 batting line with 6 HR’s and 20 RBI as a Met…Marlon Byrd signed a minor league deal with the Indians back on March 18th and made the team as the starting right fielder out of Spring Training…Byrd played in New York during the 2013 season before being traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dilson Herrera and Vic Black on August 27 2013…Byrd hit .285/.330/.518 with 21 HR’s and 71 RBI’s as a Met in 117 games…Colin Cowgill was acquired in a offseason trade with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for cash considerations and currently is an outfielder on the active roster…Cowgill was acquired by the Mets before the 2012 season when he was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Mets for Minor Leaguer Jefry Marte…Cowgill hit .180/.206/.311 with 2 HR’s and 8 RBI in 23 games for the Mets in 2013 before being designated for assignment.

METS VS. TOMLIN: This is the first time Josh Tomlin has faced the Mets in his career… Other notable Mets have faced Tomlin with their previous respective clubs and their career numbers are posted below…

  • Alejandro De Aza: .273 (3-11, 1 2B, 1 HR)
  • Curtis Granderson: .286 (2-7, 1 RBI, 2 BB)
  • Neil Walker: .333 (1-3, 1 K)
  • Yoenis Cespedes: .000 (0-3)

Final Recap: Mets 6 – Indians 5

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The New York Mets (4-5) defeated the Cleveland Indians (4-4) tonight at Progressive Field by the final score of 6-5 . For a full boxscore recap follow the link below…

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Game Notes:

  • Bartolo Colon got the win tonight throwing 5.1 innings and only allowing 2 runs on 8 hits. He struck out 5 while only walking 1. With tonight’s win Colon is now tied with Pedro Martinez for second place on the all-time Dominican-born pitcher’s win list with 219.
  • Michael Conforto was 2-5 with a solo home run.
  • Alejandro De Aza was 3-4 with a solo home run and a double.
  • Yoenis Cespedes was 3-5 with a 2-run home run. He was a triple shy of the cycle.
  • Neil Walker was 2-5 with a 2-run home run. It was his first home run hitting from the right side of the plate since 2014.
  • Jeurys Familia got his 3rd save of the season by getting a tough out in the bottom of the 9th. Familia allowed 1 run on 2 hits in 0.1 of an inning.
  • The Mets hit a season high 4 home runs tonight but were 0-10 with runners in scoring position.

Well that was about as close of a game the Mets could have made it. In the bottom of the 9th with the Mets leading 6-2, Addison Reed gave up a base hit to Jason Kipnis, recorded 2 outs, and then allowed a 2-run home run to Carlos Santana. Terry Collins went to Familia after the Indians cut the Mets lead to 2 and it became a save opportunity. Familia then allowed a hard hit single to Yan Gomes, threw a wild pitch to Marlon Byrd which allowed Gomes to advance to second base, and a bloop single to Marlon Byrd that drove in Gomes. Familia then walked Juan Uribe which put him in a bind with runners on first and second base, and two outs. After a Dan Warthen meeting to the mound Familia buckled down and retired Indians outfielder Jose Ramirez to end the game. It sure was an intense inning but it was a great display of Familia’s character who has now pitched 4 games in a row, to come in and finish this game despite how difficult that inning proved to be. 

The Mets bats came alive tonight in Cleveland and one can only wonder if this 9-game roadtrip was just what the Mets needed to get away from New York, with all of the negative energy being spewed due to their slow start. The Mets were great with the long ball tonight slugging four home runs but still struggled with runners in scoring position going 0-10 despite them having 14 hits. That is an area the Mets will need to continue to improve on as the month goes on. The only questionable move of the night was third base coach Tim Teufel sending Alejandro De Aza from first to home with no outs in the top of the 8th, on a base hit that rolled towards the center field gap.  It cost the Mets a run that inning as De Aza could’ve scored from third on a passed ball later that inning during Michael Conforto’s at-bat. 

All in all a solid win tonight for the Mets, despite the scary 9th inning, and it’s great to see the bats come alive especially facing arguably the best starting rotation in the American League. The Mets will face a rusty Josh Tomlin tomorrow afternoon  who has not pitched since March 29th due to rainouts. It will be a critical game in this series with the Mets sending their ace to the mound in Matt Harvey to face Tomlin. The Mets will want to work counts tomorrow, and make Tomlin  work hard and throw as many pitches as possible. We  have seen what a long layoff can do to a pitcher a la Steven Matz earlier this week. The Mets will have an even tougher challenge Sunday facing the 2014 AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber, which makes tomorrow’s game an important one in the series. 

  • The Mets will play the Indians in the second game of their three game set tomorrow afternoon with first pitch scheduled for 4:10 pm et. The game can be seen on WPIX.
  • Matt Harvey (0-2, 4.63 ERA) will take the mound for the Mets opposing Josh Tomlin (0-0, 0.00 ERA) who will be making his season debut for the Tribe.

Mets Tidbits

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  • Jacob deGrom who has been dealing with a right lat injury threw a 25-pitch bullpen session this afternoon in Port St. Lucie instead of flying to Cleveland as originally expected. DeGrom is expected to throw one more bullpen session on Sunday with more intensity, and then a decision will be made if deGrom can make his next start or if he will be placed on the disabled list. DeGrom has also undergone an MRI on his right lat. If deGrom is cleared to start he will make his next start sometime next week against the Phillies. If he his placed on the disabled list his stint will be backdated to April 9th making him eligible to come off the DL on April 24th.
  • Yoenis Cespedes is making his first start as a DH this season for the Mets as his legs are still sore from Wednesday’s dive into the stands on a foul ball.

  • Every major league manager, coach and player will #42 today to commemorate the 69th Anniversary of Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson breaking baseball’s color barrier in 1947. Major League Baseball retired Robinson’s number throughout the Majors in 1997, dedicating April 15th as Jackie Robinson Day each year since 2004, and requesting that every player and all on-field personnel wear his Number 42 during games scheduled on Jackie Robinson Day since 2009. One ‘#42’ jersey will be signed by each member of every team and auctioned-off on MLB.com (MLB. com/42jersey), with the proceeds benefiting the Jackie Robinson Foundation.

     

Lineups & Game Notes: Mets vs. Indians 7:10 pm et.

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Mets (3-5):

1. Curtis Granderson (L) RF
2. David Wright (R) 3B
3. Michael Conforto (L) LF
4. Yoenis Cespedes (R) DH
5. Lucas Duda (L) 1B
6. Neil Walker (S) 2B
7. Asdrubal Cabrera (S) SS
8. Travis d’Arnaud (R) C
9. Alejandro De Aza (L) CF

SP: Bartolo Colon (0-1, 1.23 ERA)

Indians (4-3):

1. Rajai Davis (R) LF
2. Jason Kipnis (L) 2B
3. Francisco Lindor (S) SS
4. Mike Napoli (R) 1B
5. Carlos Santana (S) DH
6. Yan Gomes (R) C
7. Marlon Byrd (R) RF
8. Juan Uribe (R) 3B
9. Tyler Naquin (L) CF

SP: Cody Anderson RHP (0-0, 3.00 ERA)

Tonight’s game can be seen on SNY.

Game Notes:

METS-INDIANS NOTES: The Mets are 8-4 all-time vs. the Indians, including 6-3 at Progressive Field…New York won five of its first six games at Cleveland, before going 1-2 in 2013.

WHERE IS THE OFFENSE: The Mets are hitting .194 after eight games, ranking last in the majors…New York has scored 20 runs, ranking 29th in the majors…Last year, the Mets hit .244, ranking 28th and scored 683 runs, ranking 17th…The Mets are 1-0 when they score four or more runs this year and 2-5 when they plate three runs or less…The Mets were 70-12 (.854) when scoring four or more runs last year.

INTERLEAGUE PLAY: The Mets are 1-1 vs. the American League this year… New York went 9-11 in Interleague action last season…Since 1997, when Interleague play began, the Mets are 167-157 (.515)…The .515 winning percentage in Interleague play is the second-best all-time among NL clubs behind St. Louis (154-141, .522).

DAVID WRIGHT IS STREAKING: Is hitting .333 (7-21) with three doubles, five walks and three runs scored in his last six games after going 0-4 on Opening Day…He has reached base safely in 17 straight games dating to September 20, 2015…He has a .408 on-base percentage during that span.

YO LOVES CLEVELAND: Yoenis Cespedes has hit in eight straight games vs. the Indians dating to April 25, 2015…Cespedes has hit .306 (22- 72) in 17 career games at Progressive Field.

COLON HOMECOMING: Bartolo Colon was signed by the Indians as a non-drafted free agent on June 26, 1993…He made his major league debut for Cleveland on April 4, 1997 at Anaheim…Colon won 75 games for the Indians during his six-year (1997-2002) career…He was an All-Star in 1998 and was finished fourth in the AL Cy Young Award voting in 1999, going 18-5 for the Indians…The righthander is 6-4 with a 3.84 ERA (31 earned runs/72.2 innings) in 11 starts vs. Cleveland…Colon ranks first among active pitchers in wins (218) and shutouts (13)….He is second in complete games (36) and strikeouts (2,245)…Bartolo Colon has 218 career wins, the third-most among Dominican- born pitchers and one victory behind Pedro Martinez…Juan Marichal ranks first with 243 wins.

CABRERA HOMECOMING: Asdrubal Cabrera was originally signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent out of Venezuela back in 2002 but was acquired on June 30, 2006 by the Indians in exchange for Eduardo Perez…He made his major league debut on August 8 2007 for the Indians against the Chicago White Sox… Cabrera played 8 seasons in Cleveland and had a .270/.331/.410 career batting line with 82 HR’s and 430 RBI’s in 914 games played…In 2011 Cabrera made his first All Star team with the Indians and received the Silver Slugger Award for hitting 25 home runs which is an Indians record for HR’s by a shortstop…Cabrera also was selected as an All Star in 2012 as a member of the Indians…Cabrera has appeared in 7 games against the Indians since his departure in 2014 hitting .227/.320/.409 with 1 HR and 3 RBI’s… 

 

JEURYS FAMILIA: Hasn’t allowed a run in 5.2 innings this year…Converted a five-out on April 13 vs. Miami…Since the start of the 2015 season, Familia has four saves of five or more outs, the most in the majors…Familia also has nine saves of four or more outs since 2014, tied for the second-most in the majors with Trevor Rosenthal…Cleveland’s Cody Allen is first with 11 such saves during that span…Familia earned his 50th career save on April 5 at Kansas City…He finished third in the majors with 43 saves in 2015…Tied the club’s single- season save record…Armando Benitez also had 43 saves in 2001…Familia was one of 12 pitchers in major league history to record 40 or more saves by age 25 or younger.

 

JERRY BLEVINS: Picked up the win on Wednesday stranding the bases loaded in the seventh inning…Blevins has stranded seven of eight inherited runners this year…He is tied for the major league lead with seven stranded runners…Opponents are 2-26 (.077) vs. Blevins dating to 2015.

HELLO OLD FRIENDS: The Cleveland Indians currently carry three former Mets on their 25-man active roster…Juan Uribe is the Indians starting third baseman and signed a 1- year $4 million deal before the start of Spring Training…Uribe appeared in 44 games for the Mets last season after being acquired on July 24th from the Atlanta Braves with Kelly Johnson for minor league pitchers John Gant and Rob Whalen… Uribe had a .219/.301/.430 batting line with 6 HR’s and 20 RBI as a Met…Marlon Byrd signed a minor league deal with the Indians back on March 18th and made the team as the starting right fielder out of Spring Training…Byrd played in New York during the 2013 season before being traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Dilson Herrera and Vic Black on August 27 2013…Byrd hit .285/.330/.518 with 21 HR’s and 71 RBI’s as a Met in 117 games…Colin Cowgill was acquired in a offseason trade with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for cash considerations and currently is an outfielder on the active roster…Cowgill was acquired by the Mets before the 2012 season when he was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Mets for Minor Leaguer Jefry Marte…Cowgill hit .180/.206/.311 with 2 HR’s and 8 RBI in 23 games for the Mets in 2013 before being designated for assignment.

METS VS. CODY ANDERSON: Anderson has never faced the Mets in his 2-year career…Two Mets have faced Anderson in the past with their respective clubs…

  • Neil Walker: .250 (1-4, 1 RBI)
  • Asdrubal Cabrera: .167 (1-6)

Final Recap: Mets 2 – Marlins 1

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The New York Mets (3-5) snapped their 4 game losing streak this afternoon by defeating the Miami Marlins (3-4) by the final score of 2-1. For a full boxscore recap follow the link below…

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Game Notes:

  • Logan Verrett was fantastic this afternoon pitching 6 scoreless innings, while only allowing 3 hits, walking 2, and striking out 6.
  • Kevin Plawecki drove in the lone Mets runs this afternoon with a 2-run single in the bottom of the 7th. He finished the afternoon 1-2 with a walk.
  • Asdrubal Cabrera was 2-3 this afternoon with a run scored.
  • Wilmer Flores who received his first start at 1B this season went 1-3 with a run scored.
  • David Wright was 1-3 this afternoon with a walk, and now has reached base safely in 17 straight games dating back to last season on September 20, 2015.
  • Jeurys Familia got the 5-out save for the Mets this afternoon allowing 2 hits and striking out 1.

Today’s game began much like many of the Mets games have gone over the past four games as Logan Verrett was pitching a strong game against the Marlins, and the Mets offense could not get anything going against the Marlins starter Adam Conley, who struck out a career high nine batters. The Mets had Conley on the ropes in the bottom of the fourth inning after they loaded the bases with one out, but in early season Mets fashion Wilmer Flores popped out to first base and Asdrubal Cabrera struck out swinging. The Mets however cashed in on their opportunity in the bottom of the seventh when Kevin Plawecki drove in Wilmer Flores and Asdrubal Cabrera from third and second base on a base hit, that he attempted to stretch but was thrown out at second base. Speaking of Wilmer Flores, he had a great game at first base today and looks like a natural defensively at the position. Flores ability to play all over the infield will be an asset for the Mets as the season goes on. 

There were a few moves that I did not agree with today by Manager Terry Collins but ultimately they did not lose the game so it is a moot point now. However I did not agree with Collins pulling Verrett out after the 6th inning as he had been cruising and was only at 85 pitches. It was tough to sell me on him being pulled in that position as Collins has an overworked bullpen and many of Verrett’s pitches and innings were stress free. I disagreed even more with him bringing Jim Henderson on to relieve him in the top of the seventh as Henderson threw 34 pitches last night and struggled. Predictably Henderson loaded the bases again like last night and was removed for Hansel Robles. Henderson looks to be getting overworked early and it will be something to keep an eye on.  Hansel Robles came on in relief in a bases loaded situation with no outs, and immediately struck out the two batters he faced, and Collins pulled Robles for Jerry Blevins. Robles was upset and I can’t blame him as the Marlins could not catch up to anything he was throwing and he seemed primed to get out of that inning. Blevins got the Mets out of the jam by having Dee Gordon fly out which saved a very questionable inning managed. Familia came on in the bottom of the 8th pitching for the third day in a row and was asked to get a five out save. He retired Stanton but then allowed back to back base hits to Martin Prado and Justin Bour, which drove in Chrstian Yelich who had reached base earlier in the inning. Familia buckled down and retired the next four batters with ease but I believe it’s too early in the season for the Mets to be overworking Familia; especially having him on the mound for a 5-out save attempt on his 3rd straight day of work in the middle of April. Terry Collins wanted this game badly it appeared and he did avoid the sweep, hopefully the day-off tomorrow provides some much needed rest for the bullpen. The Mets will head to Cleveland next which will match up arguably the two best rotations in baseball against one another, which should make it a fun series to watch. 

  • The Mets have an off-day tomorrow but begin a 9-game road trip starting in Cleveland on Friday. The Mets will play the first of three games against the Indians on Friday with first pitch slated for 7:10 pm et, and can be seen on SNY.
  • Bartolo Colon (0-1, 1.23 ERA) will make his second start of the season against Indians righty Cody Anderson (0-0, 3.00 ERA).

DeGrom to attempt to throw side session Friday

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Mets Manager Terry Collins has stated that Jacob DeGrom will meet his teammates on Friday in Cleveland following the birth of his newborn son on Monday night, and attempt to throw a side session. If deGrom is able to complete his side session with no issues he will rejoin the rotation and start next week in Philadelphia. However if his right lat is still an issue and he can’t complete the bullpen session, the Mets will place deGrom on the disabled list and he will be backdated to April 9th. Logan Verrett will most likely continue to assume deGrom’s rotation spot in the event that deGrom is not healthy enough to pitch.

 

Lineups: Marlins vs. Mets 1:10 pm et

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Marlins:

1. Dee Gordon (L) 2B
2. Ichiro Suzuki (L) CF
3. Christian Yelich (L) LF
4. Giancarlo Stanton (R) RF
5. Martin Prado (R) 3B
6. Justin Bour (L) 1B
7. J.T. Realmuto (R) C
8. Miguel Rojas (R) SS
9. Adam Conley (L) P

SP: Adam Conley LHP (0-0, 27.00 ERA)

Mets:

1. Curtis Granderson (L) RF
2. David Wright (R) 3B
3. Yoenis Cespedes (R) LF
4. Neil Walker (S) 2B
5. Wilmer Flores (R) 1B
6. Asdrubal Cabrera (S) SS
7. Juan Lagares (R) CF
8. Kevin Plawecki (R) C
9. Logan Verrett (R) P

SP: Logan Verrett RHP (0-0, 9.00 ERA)

Today’s game can be seen on SNY & MLB Network

Game Notes:

METS STREAKING: The Mets have lost four in a row…Last year, New York lost four or more games three separate times…The last time the club lost five straight games was September 29-October 3, 2015.

AT HOME: The Mets have lost their first two home series of the year and are 1-4 at Citi Field this season…The Mets did not lose their second home series in 2015 until May 29-31 vs. Miami… The Mets went 49-32 at Citi Field last year.

VS. MIAMI: The Mets are 22-18 vs. Miami since 2014, including going 11-8 in 2015 and 0-2 this year…New York has won six straight home season series vs. the Marlins dating to 2010… The Mets are 37-29 all-time vs. Miami at Citi Field, including going 24-15 since 2012.

METS AVOIDING THE BROOM: After dropping the first two games of this series, the Mets will look to avoid been swept in a three-game series by the Marlins for the first time since May 5-7, 2014 at Miami…The last time the Marlins swept a three-game series in New York was September 8-10, 2009.

OFFENSE IS OFFENSIVE: The Mets are hitting .187 after seven games, ranking last in the majors…New York has scored 18 runs, ranking 29th in the majors…Last year, the Mets hit .244, ranking 28th and scored 683 runs, ranking 17th…The Mets are 1-0 when they score four or more runs this year and 1-5 when they plate three runs or less…The Mets were 70-12 (.854) when scoring four or more runs last year.

 

LOGAN VERRETT: Went 1-1 with a 3.63 ERA (nine earned runs/22.1 innings) in four starts with New York in 2015…He earned his first carer win in his first career start at Coors Field…He became the first Mets pitcher to ever toss 8.0 or more innings at Coors Field as he held the Rockies to one run over 8.0 innings on August 23, 2015…Verrett has one career start against Miami which came on September 14, 2015 where he pitched 5.0 innings and allowed 1 run on 3 hits, he struck out 3 and walked 1.

YOENIS CESPEDES: Is 5-for-his-last-11 (.455) with three RBI over his last three games.

DAVID WRIGHT: Is hitting .333 (6-18) with three doubles, five walks and three runs scored in his last five games after going 0-4 on Opening Day…He has reached base safely in 16 straight games dating to September 20, 2015…He has a .403 on-base percentage during that span…Wright has 121 career RBI vs. the Marlins, his most vs. any team…He is also hitting .327 (230-704) in 180 career games vs. Miami.

METS VS. CONLEY: Conley has a record of 1-0 in 2 appearances against the Mets including one game started in his career…holds a 0.96 ERA in 9.1 innings pitched with a 8/1 strikeout to walk ratio…Notable Mets numbers against Conley are provided below…

  • David Wright: .667 (2-3, 2B)
  • Wilmer Flores .333 (1-3, 2B)
  • Yoenis Cespedes .000 (0-4, 2 K’s)
  • Asdrubal Cabrera .000 (0-2, 1 BB)