Game Chat: Mets vs. Giants, 9:45 PM

24.04.2024 04:00

Tuesday, April 23, 2024 • 9:45 PM
Oracle Park • San Francisco, CA
RHP Luis Severino (2-1, 2.14) vs. RHP Logan Webb (2-1, 2.93)
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The Mets look to end their two-game skid tonight as they take on the Giants for Game 2 of the series. After Sunday’s loss in Los Angeles, the Mets fell flat Monday in San Francisco only collecting four hits, all recorded by Starling Marte and Pete Alonso. The Giants’ offense scored four runs over the first three innings and never looked back.

On the line tonight is the Mets’ series win streak as a loss tonight will clinch the Mets first losing series since they lost to the Tigers the second series of the season.

Pete Alonso. Jeff Curry-USA TODAY Sports

Mets Lineup

Brandon Nimmo – CF
Starling Marte – RF
Francisco Lindor – SS
Pete Alonso – 1B
Brett Baty – 3B
DJ Stewart – DH
Jeff McNeil – LF
Joey Wendle – 2B
Omar Narváez– C

Luis Severino looks to get the Mets back on the winning track this evening. Over four starts (21 innings), he has a 2.14 ERA, 3.73 FIP, 1.381 WHIP and a 189 ERA+. In his last two starts, he has allowed only two runs, one earned, from six hits and seven walks while striking out eight. This is compared to 14 hits and two walks over his first two starts this season which led to eight total runs.

The Giants have the following career numbers against Severino:

Matt Chapman 1-13, 2 BB, 4 K
Michael Conforto 0-8, BB, 4 K
Wilmer Flores 0-4, 3 K
Jorge Soler 1-3

Opposing Lineup

Jung Hoo Lee – CF
LaMonte Wade Jr. – 1B
Jorge Soler – DH
Michael Conforto – LF
Matt Chapman – 3B
Patrick Bailey – C
Thairo Estrada – 2B
Mike Yastrzemski – RF
Nick Ahmed – SS

The Mets will have to figure themselves out against Logan Webb. Over five starts (30 2/3 innings), Webb has a 2.93 ERA, 2.88 FIP, 1.174 WHIP and a 138 ERA+. He’s been even better in his last two starts, where he allowed only one earned run over 14 innings. He’s coming off a season where he had a 3.25 ERA over a league-leading 216 innings.

Logan Webb faced the Mets exactly one year and one day ago. He held the Mets to two runs from five hits over seven innings on his way to his first win of the season.

The Mets have the following career numbers against Webb:

Pete Alonso 1-11, HR, BB, 5 K
Harrison Bader 2-4, 2 BB
Brett Baty 0-2, 2 K
Francisco Lindor 2-7, 2B, 2 K
Starling Marte 4-11, K
Jeff McNeil 2-9, 2B, BB, K
Omar Narváez 0-5, K
Tomás Nido 1-6
Brandon Nimmo 1-11, HR, BB, 3 K
Tyrone Taylor 0-4, BB, 2 K
Joey Wendle 0-3, 2 BB

Game Notes

Max Kranick was activated from the injured list and optioned to Triple-A.

Nate Lavender was placed on the seven-day injured list by Syracuse.

J.D. Martinez was the DH for the Syracuse Mets tonight.

Three Things To Watch For

Middle-of-the-night milestone? Pete Alonso hit his 199th career home run Monday night, putting him just one away from 200 for his career. Alonso hit six homers over the first 14 games of the season. Before he hit homer 199, he was in a seven-game home run drought, where he went 4-for-26 at the plate. Hopefully the two hits last night gets his bat going again.
The back of the bullpen is ready to go. Between the lopsided game on Sunday and Monday’s loss, several key Mets pitchers in the bullpen have had a lot of rest. Adam Ottavino and Jake Diekman last pitched on Friday night. Edwin Díaz and Reed Garrett last pitched on Saturday. Overall the Mets’ bullpen is still putting in a lot of work as Mets starters have not been able to pitch beyond five innings recently, let alone six.
The back of the Giants bullpen on the other hand may not be ready to go. Camilo Doval had a rough ninth inning closing the door in Monday night’s game, allowing a run and walk, leading to throwing 27 pitches. He has now thrown 43 pitches over the last three calendar days. The setup man, Tyler Rogers, has thrown 21 pitches over the last three calendar days split over two games. If the Mets can knock Logan Webb out early tonight it could prove helpful both today’s game and tomorrow.