GAME NOTES New York Mets Media Relations Department • Citi Field • Flushing, NY 11368 718-565-4330 | mets.com | /mets | @mets | @mets 1969 1973 1986 1988 1999 2000 2006 2015 2016 WORLD NATIONAL WORLD N.L. EAST WILD CARD NATIONAL N.L. EAST NATIONAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS DIVISION & NLDS LEAGUE & NLDS LEAGUE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS WINNERS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS WILD CARD NEW YORK METS (33-48) TORONTO BLUE JAYS (39-45) FOURTH PLACE, NL EAST, -15.0 GB FOURTH PLACE, AL EAST, -17.0 GB Tuesday, July 3, 2018 • 7:07 p.m. Rogers Centre • Toronto, ON RHP Zack Wheeler (2-6, 4.47) vs. RHP Marco Estrada (4-7, 4.53) SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 SCORING CHANGE: Miami's official scorer has made a scoring METSBLUE JAYS NOTES: New York's winning percentage .667 change from the game on July 1...In the eighth inning Todd (18-9) vs. Toronto is its best all-time vs. any club. Frazier was originally credited with an RBI double...That has been changed to an error on centerfielder Lewis Brinson. 2015: 2-2 2012: 1-2 History 18-9 @NY: 2-0 @NY: 0-0 @NY: 12-1 BACK IN THE SIX: José Bautista will play his first game in @TOR: 0-2 @TOR: 1-2 @TOR: 6-8 Toronto as a visitor since June 24, 2004 as a member of the Rays tonight...From 2008-2017, Bautista hit 288 homers, the second- HONORING RUSTY STAUB: Mets Hall of Famer most in franchise history...He ranks third in team history with 766 Rusty Staub passed away on March 29 at age 73... RBI, second in walks (803), had a .372 OBP and appeared in the The Mets will wear a patch on the right sleeve on fifth-most games in team history (1,235). their home and away uniforms during the 2018 season honoring Staub...A six-time All-Star, he had JOSÉ BAUTISTA: Has a .418 OBP since joining the Mets on May 2,716 hits and 292 homers during his 23-year career. 22...Has reached base safely in 15 of his last 16 games...Bautista he has three homers and six RBI over his last nine contests...He FRIENDLY FACE: Curtis Granderson hit 95 home runs, 106 is hitting .300 (12-40) with five doubles, three homers, 10 RBI and doubles and drove in 247 runs in 573 games with the Mets from 11 runs scored over his last 14 games...He has drawn 15 base- 2014 until he was traded to the Dodgers on August 19, 2017 on-balls in his last 16 games and 24 walks in 36 games with the for RHP Jacob Rhame...He is tied for the franchise record with Mets since May 22. 21 leadoff homers...Granderson signed with the Blue Jays on METSCELLANEOUS: The Mets are 1-2 on their five-game road January 23, 2018. trip...The Mets are 2-8 in their last 10 games, 6-22 in their last 28 ZACK WHEELER: Has pitched at least 6.0 innings in 11 of his 15 games and 8-27 in their last 35 contests...New York has gone 12 starts this year, including seven of his last eight starts...Eight of straight series without a series win (10 series losses, two splits) those 11 starts of at least 6.0 innings have been quality starts... since sweeping Arizona from May 18-20...The Mets are 16-39 Wheeler enters tonight's game with 8.0 scoreless innings dating since May 1. to June 22. ON THE ROAD: The Mets are 19-22 on the road this season... FLORES FLOURISHING: Wilmer Flores has driven in nine runs in New York is 6-14 in its last 20 road games. his last eighth games and has 12 RBI in his last 13 games…Flores VS. TORONTO: The Mets were 12-0 vs. the Blue Jays in New has hit in career high-tying nine straight games, going 10-34 York before losing on May 16...New York went 1-1 vs. Toronto (.294)...Also had a nine-game streak from August 18-31, 2016...He this year at Citi Field, May 15-16...The 12-game home winning has reached base in a career-best 16 straight games with a plate streak vs. the Blue Jays is the longest such streak in interleague appearance...Over his last 35 games, Flores is batting .294 (32- history...The Mets are 6-8 in Toronto all-time, including going 0-2 109) with nine doubles, four home runs, 20 RBI, 11 runs scored, in 2015 during their last trip. 10 walks and a .347 OBP (dating back to May 4). INTERLEAGUE ACTION: New York New York is 2-5 in Interleague MICHAEL CONFORTO: Has a 15.2% walk rate for the year, action this year, after going 7-13 vs. the AL last year...Since 1997, ranking ninth in the majors...Conforto has 45 walks this year, his when Interleague play began, the Mets are 187-182...The .507 second-most behind the 57 he had last year in 373 at-bats...He Interleague winning percentage is the best all-time among NL has four doubles, three homers, 12 walks and eight RBI in his clubs, percentage points ahead of St. Louis. last 18 games...Conforto has a .385 on-base percentage during that span. ASDRÚBAL CABRERA: Swatted his 14th home run of the year on Sunday in Miami, equally last year's output in 168 fewer at-bats... BRANDON NIMMO: Is 11th in the NL with a .381 on-base Cabrera has 45 RBI, his second-highest total prior to the All-Star percentage, eighth in the NL with a .528 slugging percentage break during his career...He had 51 RBI in 2011 for Cleveland in and is sixth in the NL with a .909 OPS...He is tied for fourth in the the first half...He is hitting .339 (19-56) with two doubles, three majors with six triples...Nimmo is tied for second in the majors homers, nine RBI and seven runs scored in his last 13 games. with 12 hit by pitches...Nimmo has a career-high 12 home runs... He has 10 homers since May 23 tied for the 13th-most in the HOME RUN NOTES: The Mets have hit 26 home runs in their majors during that span...Nimmo's previous professional career- last 22 games and 40 homers in their last 36 games, but, 29 high was 11 homers in 97 games (392 at-bats) with Las Vegas of those have been solo blasts...New York's pitching staff has (AAA) in 2011. surrendered 25 homers in its last 11 games and 39 home runs in its last 21 contests. IN THE MINORS: Las Vegas (AAA) infielder Jeff McNeil has hit in 14 straight games and in 15 of the 16 games since he was AMED ROSARIO: Has walked six times in his last three games, promoted to the 51s...McNeil is batting .391 (25-64) with seven including at least one walk in three straight games...Is hitting doubles, two homers, 14 RBI and a .444 OBP in 16 games with .286 (12-42) with a .388 OBP over his last 16 games. Las Vegas. UPCOMING OPPONENTS & PITCHING AT TORONTO Wed., July 4 RHP Corey Oswalt (0-1, 9.82) vs. RHP Marcus Stroman (1-5, 6.06) 7:07 p.m. (SNY, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) 2018 GAME LOG (15 GS/8 QS) METS RECORD: 4-11 Zack Wheeler rHP #45 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB K NP ERA 2018 STATS: 2-6, 4.47 ERA With Las Vegas (AAA) 4/6 ELP W, 5-2 5.0 3 1 1 1 1 6 80 1.80 Height/Weight: 6-4/195 Bats/Throws: L/R Born: Smyrna, GA Age: 28 (May 30, 1990) Regular Season: Resides: Dallas, GA Signed Through: 2018 4/11 @MIA W, 4-1 7.0 2 1 1 1 1 7 83 1.29 4/17 WAS L, 2-5 6.0 7 3 3 0 3 2 99 2.77 AWARDS + HONORS Medical history 4/24 @STL ND, 6-5 4.0 6 4 4 1 2 3 83 4.24 » 2010 and 2012 Futures Game Participant » Underwent Tommy John Surgery at the 4/29 @SD W, 14-2 5.0 6 2 2 0 2 9 95 4.09 (Team USA) Hospital for Special Surgery on March 24, 5/4 COL L, 7-8 6.0 10 8 8 2 3 3 100 5.79 » 2012 Sterling Award Winner - Binghamton 2015...Did not pitch in the majors in 2015 5/9 @CIN ND, 1-2 6.0 4 1 1 0 3 7 88 5.03 or 2016. 5/16 TOR L, 2-12 4.0 7 6 6 2 3 7 81 5.92 » On the D.L. from June 20-July 1, 2017 5/22 MIA L, 1-5 6.0 7 3 1 0 0 9 106 5.32 (biceps tendinitis) 5/27 @MIL ND, 7-8 6.0 6 4 4 1 2 6 110 5.40 » On the D.L. from July 24-end of 2017 season (stress reaction in right arm) 6/1 CHC ND, 4-7 6.0 7 2 2 0 2 4 103 5.14 6/6 BAL ND, 0-1 7.0 3 0 0 0 1 5 93 4.57 LAST TIME OUT: Pitched 7.0-shutout innings, yet was dealt his seventh no- 6/12 @ATL L, 2-8 5.2 8 6 6 1 4 2 100 4.98 decision of the season as the Mets fell to the Pirates, 5-3, at Citi Field on June 6/17 @ARI ND, 5-3 6.0 3 2 2 0 2 8 97 4.82 27...The righty allowed five hits while walking one and tallying seven strikeouts..