The New York Mets (67-56) and Jacob deGeom (12-6, 1.98) come to Philadelphia to open up a 4 game series against Adam Morgan (4-4, 3.92) and the Philadelphia Phillies (50-74) at Citizens Bank Park on Monday August 24, 2015 at 7:05 pm on SNY.
Lineups:
Mets
Juan Lagares CF
Daniel Murphy 1B
Yoenis Cespedes LF
David Wright 3B
Wilmer Flores 2B
Travis d'Arnaud C
Michael Cuddyer RF
Ruben Tejada SS
Jacob deGrom RHP
Phillies
Cesar Hernandez 2B
Freddy Galvis SS
Odbuel Herrera CF
Ryan Howard 1B
Andres Blanco 3B
Cody Asche LF
Dominic Brown RF
Cameron Rupp C
Adam Morgan LHP
Jacob deGrom has had an incredible run since May 16 where he has achieved a 1.44 ERA, striking out 121 and only allowing 17 walks over his past 16 starts. Jake's ERA sits at second in the majors behind NL Cy Young favorite Zack Greinke. To put into perspective how well deGrom had done this year compared to former Met pitchers, he is the first Met pitcher since Dwight Gooden in 1985 to post an ERA under 2.00 20 starts into the season.
Adam Morgan makes his eleventh career start and first against the Mets. At Citizens Bank Park this year Morgan is (2-1) in 5 starts posting an ERA of 3.81 and striking out 16 while walking 8.
David Wright comes off the DL tonight for his first start since April 15. Wright has missed 115 games. On his rehab stint in St. Lucie Wright posted a batting average of .321 (9 for 28) he also scored 4 runs and had an RBI as well as a 5 walks. Wright has hit .333 in the bigs this year (11 for 33) while having a HR and driving in 4 runs in eight games this season.
Phillies after the all star break have gone a remarkable 21-12 to tie them up with the Marlins for fourth place in the NL East. Ryan Howard has the most HR (19) as well as RBI (67).
Mets have gone 23-8 at Citizens Bank Park since 2012. Winning there last 8 of 9 series in the city of brotherly love.
Good update. Will be interesting to see how Wright fits back into this lineup.
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