Mets Post Game Notes 5/22/18

Marlins 5, Mets 1
Tuesday, May, 22, 2018
Marlins (18-30) vs. Mets (24-20)


Metscellaneous: The Mets had their four-game winning streak snapped tonight...The Mets are 5-2 on this homestand and fell to 12-12 at home.

vs. Miami: The Mets are now 4-1 vs. the Marlins this season.

Strikeouts: Mets pitching struck out 11 batters tonight...It was the club's seventh straight game with nine or more strikeouts, tied for the second-longest streak in franchise history...The club record is eight straight games with nine or more strikeouts, set July 24-31, 2016...The Mets also had a seven-game streak from August 23-29, 2015.

Zack Wheeler: Tied his season-high with nine strikeouts tonight...Also fanned nine on April 29 at San Diego...Wheeler has struck out seven or more batters in five of his eight starts...Wheeler has 47 strikeouts in 44.0 innings of work this season.

Wheeler vs. Marlins: Zack Wheeler has struck out 16 and issued one walk while posting a 1.38 ERA (two earned runs/13.0 innings) in two starts vs. Miami this year...Wheeler has a 2.08 ERA (13 earned runs/56.1 innings) with 64 strikeouts in nine career starts vs. the Marlins.

José Bautista: Collected a double in a first at-bat as a Met...Finished the night, 1-3 with a run scored.

Marlins: Snapped their three-game losing streak and improved to 2-3 on their current six-game road trip...Miami is 8-15 on the road this year.

Caleb Smith: Held the Mets to one run on three hits over 6.2 innings tonight...Smith has allowed three or fewer hits in five of his last six starts...He struck out eight and leads all major league rookies with 65 strikeouts...Smith is 3-3 with a 2.41 ERA (nine earned runs/33/2 innings) over his last six starts.

J.T. Realmuto: Went 3-5 with two RBI tonight...He has hit in 11 of his last 14 road games, going 17-53 (.321) with three homers and six RBI...Realmuto is a career .327 (32-98) hitter at Citi Field...He has 15 RBI in 27 career games in Queens.


                                                                1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
Marlins 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 9 0 7
Mets 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 4


Winning Pitcher: Caleb Smtih (3-5)
Losing Pitcher: Zack Wheeler (2-4)
Save: None


HOME RUN NOTES:
Marlins: Derek Dietrich (4, 8th inning off AJ Ramos, 1 on, 0 out)
Mets: None

Time: 2:50 Attendance: 22,195


Upcoming Pitching vs. Miami
Wed., May 23 RHP Dan Straily (2-0, 3.60) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (4-0, 1.75) 7:10 p.m. (SNY, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050)