IGT 06/05 - Mets at Marlins

[Guest d'Kong76]

NY Mets at Miami
When: 1:10 PM ET, Sunday, June 5, 2016
Where: Marlins Park, Miami, Florida
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Jose Fernandez looks to extend his winning streak to eight straight starts on Sunday afternoon as the host Miami Marlins attempt to salvage the finale of their three-game series versus the New York Mets. The Marlins' ace has a rail-thin 1.60 ERA in his last seven outings, with his 6-0 mark in May matching a franchise record for wins in a month.

Fernandez tossed five innings in a no-decision versus the National League East rival on April 12, but Miami pulled out a 2-1 triumph to clinch a series victory at Citi Field. New York dropped four of five heading into its 10-game road trip, but the change of scenery has served the club well as James Loney (5-for-9, home run, three RBIs) and Wilmer Flores (5-for-7, three runs scored) continued their respective strong series. Miami slugger Giancarlo Stanton can't buy a break of late, going 0-for-8 with four strikeouts in the set as part of a woeful 4-for-42 stretch with 25 strikeouts in his last 12 games. The 26-year-old powerhouse likely isn't licking his chops to face Sunday starter Matt Harvey, against whom he is 1-for-13 with seven strikeouts in his career.

TV: 1:10 p.m. ET, SNY (New York), FSN Florida (Miami)

PITCHING MATCHUP: Mets RH Matt Harvey (4-7, 5.37 ERA) vs. Marlins RH Jose Fernandez (8-2, 2.53)

With poor performances providing plenty of fodder for the tabloids, Harvey rediscovered his form on Monday as the 27-year-old scattered two hits and struck out six in seven innings of a 1-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Harvey located a bit of extra zip on his fastball versus the White Sox after getting blitzed for 19 runs on 27 hits in his previous three starts (13 1/3 innings). Marcell Ozuna is mired in a 1-for-18 stretch in his last six games, but is 4-for-12 in his career versus Harvey.

Fernandez has been particularly stingy in his last five outings, yielding just three earned runs on 21 hits while striking out 49 batters in 34 innings. The 23-year-old Cuban has been fanning foes in impressive fashion, striking out 11 or more in three of his last five starts. Fernandez owns a 1-0 career mark with a 1.67 ERA in five starts versus the Mets, limiting the opposition to a .163 batting average.

WALK-OFFS:
1. New York 2B Neil Walker has hit safely in six straight games and 12 of his last 13 contests.
2. Miami LF Christian Yelich is 10-for-21 with four RBIs and two runs scored during his five-game hitting streak.
3. Mets OF Yoenis Cespedes is considered day-to-day after sitting out Saturday's tilt with a sore hip.

[Guest d'Kong76]

DeAza CF
Cabrera SS
Granderson RF
Walker 2B
Conforto LF
Loney 1B
Flores 3B
Rivera C
Harvey P

[Guest d'Kong76]

Suzuki, RF
Prado, 3B
Yelich, LF
Ozuna, CF
Bour, 1B
Dietrich, 2B
Realmuto, C
Hechavarria, SS
Fernandez, P

[Frayed Knot]

As long as we don't have to face Fernandez with a lineup devoid of Duda, d'Arnaud, Wright, Cespedes, and Lagares ... oh wait!

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Sunday special lineup. Rainy day... Will be 1st Mets game I'll have a chance to watch in a week!

[ashie62]

Cespedes available to pinch hit. Lagares headed for testing on thumb per Anthony DiComo.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Ashie62 wrote: Lagares headed for testing on thumb per Anthony DiComo.

Jesus, who else can get hurt? (don't answer that)

[Edgy MD]

These Eddie Sez segments are amazing, in that they feature this guy having the least controversial ideas in the world (at least, ideas that should be uncontroversial) and they treat them as dangerous heresy falling from the lips of a hotheaded layperson digging his own grave.

Baseball is so weird.

[Edgy MD]

Daddy needs some offense.

[Zvon]

Gah, a weak single up the middle plates the first run of the game.

1-0 Aquatic Vertebrates

[Edgy MD]

A bunt hit! I'm breathless!

[Zvon]

DeAza will have to do a bit more to be immortalized in digital cardboard.

That Fernandez kid can pitch, huh? He's like a Mack truck.

[Edgy MD]

12 K's. He don't need seven guys behind him.

[Edgy MD]

A runner on third for the first time, and I find myself rooting for a wild pitch.

[Edgy MD]

Harvey's grinding. This is it for he.

[Frayed Knot]

Well, they outlasted Fernandez so here's their chance.
Mattingly once again going with a reliever who got hit and threw a bunch of pitches the day before.

[Frayed Knot]

According to BB-Ref (and adding on today's two hits) fully 1/4 (24.96%) of Ichiro's MLB hits have been infield hits. 690 or 2,767
87.3% are singles.

[Frayed Knot]

Dang, I thought Walker had it.

[TransMonk]

Bummer.

Given all the injuries, I am pretty OK taking 2 of 3 vs. a divisionial foe. Especially with another Harvelous start from Matt.

[ashie62]

Same here. Onward and upward.

[Edgy MD]

Still, though... SO much wind.

[Frayed Knot]

And our guardian angels in Cincinnati couldn't keep their streak going either.

Reds went up 5-0 on Roark by the 2nd inning but had given it all back by the 4th.
The Nats then went [u:38cpoq8f]up[/u:38cpoq8f] 10-5 by the 6th; Reds fought back to 8-10 in the 7th.
Still down by 2 in the 9th, Cindy got a run in off Papelbon AND had the bags loaded with no outs ... but failed to score: Pop-out, K, then the long fly that would have at least tied the game if it had come as one of the previous outs.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

At least Harvey turned in his second straight strong outing. Hopefully, he has worked out his problems from earlier today. There is little other good to take from this loss. The Mets desperately need to get their offense straightened out. Of course getting Cespedes back in the line up and getting Conforto out of his month long funk would help immensely.

[Zvon]

Rockin' Doc wrote: At least Harvey turned in his second straight strong outing. Hopefully, he has worked out his problems from earlier today. There is little other good to take from this loss. The Mets desperately need to get their offense straightened out. Of course getting Cespedes back in the line up and getting Conforto out of his month long funk would help immensely.

This^. We took the series. I'll take that every time. AND Harvey pitched like Harvey.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Cast your vote!

[Benjamin Grimm]