Game Thread: Mets vs. Rockies, 8:40 PM
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 • 8:40 p.m. ET
Coors Field • Denver, CO
RHP Marcus Stroman (8-13, 3.35) vs. RHP Tim Melville (2-2, 5.16)
SNY • WCBS 880 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
On paper, last night should have been a win. The Mets started the game off with a Brandon Nimmo homer. The Rockies got it back, but Jeff McNeil homered to give them a 3-1 lead and later Amed Rosario doubled in a run.
Then everything fell apart for Matz, the team couldn’t recover, and they fell 9-4 against the Rockies on a night when the Cubs won, pushing the Mets to 5.0 games back. The Mets are nearing an insurmountable number of games to come back, but they aren’t out yet.
Mets Lineup
- Brandon Nimmo CF
- Jeff McNeil LF
- Pete Alonso 1B
- Robinson Cano 2B
- Wilson Ramos C
- Michael Conforto RF
- Todd Frazier 3B
- Amed Rosario SS
- Marcus Stroman P
Rockies Lineup
- Trevor Story SS
- Daniel Murphy 1B
- Nolan Arenado 3B
- Charlie Blackmon RF
- Ryan McMahon 2B
- Raimel Tapia LF
- Sam Hilliard CF
- Tony Wolters C
- Tim Melville P
Marcus Stroman looks to help the Mets get back on track. As a Met, he is 2-2 over eight games and 42.0 innings with a 4.50 ERA, 4.62 FIP, 1.667 WHIP, and 91 ERA+. He’s coming off his best start as a Met where he allowed one run from four hits and four walks against the Diamondbacks in 6.1 innings of work. Stroman also already saw the Rockies in Colorado this year in an interleague series when he was a member of the Blue Jays. In that start he allowed four runs, three earned from seven hits and no walks over 7.0 innings. The Rockies have the following numbers against Stroman:
- Yonder Alonso 2-13, BB, 4 K
- Nolan Arenado 1-3
- David Dahl 2-3
- Ian Desmond 0-3, K
- Daniel Murphy 1-3, 2B
- Trevor Story 1-3
The Mets bats will get a look at Tim Melville making his sixth start this season. Thanks to waiver wires, Melville has bounced around a lot. He made his debut with the Reds in 2016, then in 2017, he saw major league time with both the Padres and the Twins. These aren’t even all of the clubs that he has signed with over the course of his career. This year, he is 2-2 over five starts and 22.2 innings with a 5.16 ERA, 6.48 FIP, 1.544 WHIP and a 103 ERA+. From 2016 – 2017, he had only three starts. Melville is coming off a start where he allowed five runs over 3.0 innings, which he did earlier this year as well. His three starts where he hasn’t given up five runs have been great, so all or nothing in a small sample size this year. He hasn’t faced any Mets in a major league game.
Game Notes
Since being activated, Brandon Nimmo has reached safely in 20 of his 43 plate appearances, posting a .241/.465/.655 slashline in 14 games… Has a .450 OBP in his last 24 games (May 7-20 and September 1-present) with 22 walks in that span.
The Mets have matched their franchise record with four players with at least 20 home runs – Pete Alonso (47), Michael Conforto (30), Todd Frazier (22) and Jeff McNeil (20)…J.D. Davis is close behind with 19…This matches the record of four set in 2016, 2000 and 1987.
Robinson Canó is batting .423 (22-52) with 14 runs, five doubles, four homers, eight RBI, seven walks, a .483 OBP, a .750 SLG and a 1.233 OPS over his last 16 games…He has safely reached based in each of his last 15 starts…Since returning from the 10-Day IL, Canó is batting .365 (12-33) with seven runs, three home runs, a double, five RBI, six walks and a 1.117 OPS.
Let’s Go Mets!
