The Mets open up a three-game series with the Giants on Monday night at 10:15 PM ET.
Here is tonight’s lineup for New York:
Curtis Granderson – RF
Ruben Tejada – SS
Daniel Murphy – 3B
Wilmer Flores – 2B
Michael Cuddyer – 1B
Kirk Nieuwenhuis – LF
Johnny Monell – C
Jonathon Niese – LHP
Juan Lagares – CF
Here is Sunday’s pitching matchup:
Jon Niese (3-8, 3.90 ERA) will start for the Mets.
Key matchups vs Niese:
Brandon Crawford: 5-for-12, HR, 3B, 5 RBI
Angel Pagan: 1-for-13, HR, RBI, BB, 3 K
Buster Posey: 8-for-22, 2 2B, HR, 3 RBI, BB, 3 K
Chris Heston (8-5, 3.78 ERA) will start for the Giants. Heston pitched a no-hitter on June 9th against the Mets in his only career start against them.
Here is what I’m looking for from the Mets today:
Get a hit or two…
The last time the Mets saw Chris Heston, things didn’t go so well. In his only career start against them in New York just under one month ago, Heston pitched a no-hitter, with the Mets only baserunners coming on three hit-by-pitches.
Heston completely dominated the Mets on that night, as they didn’t ever come close to a hit in the 27 at-bats that they had against him. I didn’t expect Heston to pitch well that night, let alone make history, and I’m making that mistake again as I think the Mets, who are starting to get things together offensively the last few days, have an actual shot against this guy tonight.
All they have to do is get a hit…
Just Mets 