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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 (72-83) WASHINGTON NATIONALS (78-77) FOURTH PLACE, NL EAST, -15.0 GB THIRD PLACE, NL EAST, -9.0 GB Sunday, September 23, 2018 • 1:35 p.m. Nationals Park • Washington, D.C. LHP Steven Matz (5-11, 4.03) vs. RHP Erick Fedde (2-3, 5.02) PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM THE CAPTAIN: The Mets and David Wright announced that the METS-NATIONALS NOTES: The Mets have won the season series captain will be activated for the Mets final homestand, September for the first time since 2015 (11-8). 25-30 and will start at third base on Saturday, September 29... Wright is a seven-time All-Star, two-time Gold Glove winner and 2018: 10-8 2017: 6-13 History 419-436 two-time Silver Slugger recipient...He holds the franchise record for @NY: 5-5 @NY: 2-8 @NY: 214-221 hits (1,777), RBI (970), runs scored (949), doubles (390), total bases @WAS: 4-3 @WAS: 4-5 @WAS: 68-58 (2,945), extra-base hits (658), walks (761) and go-ahead homers (87). @MON 135-152 @PR: 2-5 METSCELLANEOUS: The Mets are 5-5 in their last 10 games... The Mets are 28-20 in their last 48 games and 40-35 since July SEPTEMBER STARTERS: Mets starting pitchers are 8-4 with a 1...New York is 35-34 vs. the NL East...The Mets were shut out 2.89 ERA (40 earned runs/124.2 innings), the second-lowest ERA for the 13th time this year and for the second time in four games in the majors this month. yesterday... New York is 9-3-2 in its last 14 series. POWER MATZ: Steven Matz has homered in back-to-back SEPTEMBER: The Mets are 13-8 this month, tied for the eighth- starts...No Mets pitcher has ever gone deep in three straight best winning percentage (.619) in the majors...The pitching staff games...The last MLB pitcher to hit a homer in three consecutive has a 3.49 ERA this month, the sixth-lowest in the majors...The games was Ken Brett, who went deep in four straight games in Mets have 27 homers in September, tied for the third-most in the 1973 for the Phillies...Ron Darling (1989) and Tom Seaver (1972) majors. are the only other Mets pitchers who have hit homers in back- to-back games. NOTES FROM YESTERDAY: The Mets were held to one hit yesterday...It was the 48th time the club was held to one or fewer MATZ-ERFUL: Over his last six starts, Matz has posted a 2.29 hits in a game...The last time it happened was August 6, 2017 vs. ERA (nine earned runs/35.1 innings) with 39 strikeouts, but is 0-1 the Dodgers (one hit)...The last time it occurred on the road was during that span. June 30, 2006 at Yankee Stadium (one hit). MLB RECORDS: Jacob deGrom has held opponents to three ON THE ROAD: New York is 39-41 on the road this year...Today is runs or less in 28 straight starts, the longest single-season the Mets final road game of the year...The Mets rank sixth in the streak in major league history...DeGrom has hurled 23 straight majors with 394 runs scored on the road. quality starts, the longest single-season streak in major league history...He has set a major league record with 19 starts in which VS. WASHINGTON: The Mets have won 10 games vs. Washington he pitched 6.0 or more innings and allowed three or fewer runs this year...New York won six games all of last year vs. the Nats but did not win...Research courtesy of Elias. and had seven wins in 2016...The Mets have won the season series twice vs. Washington since 2010 (this year and 2015)...The AMED ROSARIO: Has 67 hits since the All-Star break, tied for Mets are 18-17 at Nationals Park since 2015...The Mets have hit the ninth-most in the NL...Is tied for third in the majors with 27 44 home runs in their last 29 games at Nationals Park. hits this month...Rosario is hitting .314 (27-86) with five doubles, two triples, two homers, six RBI, 14 runs scored and five stolen HEADING HOME: The Mets will begin their final homestand of bases this month...Rosario has become the 33rd player in team the year on Tuesday as the Braves and Marlins visit Citi Field... history with 20 or more stolen bases in a season...Rosario ranks The Mets are 33-41 at home. second in the NL with 15 stolen bases since the All-Star break... He's hitting .298 (59-198) with 10 doubles, two triples, five CONFORTO CONNECTS: Michael Conforto has 16 homers homers, 22 RBI and 35 runs scored since August 1. (tied for fifth in the NL) and 47 RBI (third in the majors) since the All-Star break...He leads the majors with 37 RBI since August HIT MACHINE: Jeff McNeil has a .328 (64-195) batting average 12... Conforto has hit 13 home runs since August 12, tied for the since his debut on July 24, which is the eighth-highest in the most homers in the majors during that span...Conforto has 77 majors (min. 180 PA)...He is tied for 11th in the majors in hits since RBI, extending career-high...He also has a career high-tying 27 his debut...Is tied for sixth in the majors with 26 hits this month... homers (matching last year's total). Has the fifth-highest batting average (.342) in the NL this month (min. 60 PA)...McNeil has 64 hits through his first 56 career games SIZZLING SEPTEMBER: Conforto leads all major leaguers with with the Mets...Only José Reyes (70) had more...McNeil's .328 24 RBI and 14 extra-base hits this month and is tied for the major average in his first 56 career major league games with the Mets, is league lead with eight homers. the highest average in franchise history (min. 175 PA). NIMMO NOTES: Nimmo is second the NL with a .428 on-base TRIPLES: McNeil is tied for the major league lead with six triples percentage since the All-Star break...He has drawn 19 walks in since the All-Star break...Only Mookie Wilson (8 triples in 1981) September, the second-most in the majors and is eighth in the and Darryl Strawberry (7 triples in 1983) had more as a rookie in NL with a .430 OBP this month...Overall, Nimmo is fourth in the team history. NL with a .395 OBP, 12th with a .880 OPS, tied for third with eight triples and leads the majors with 22 HBP (a single-season JAY BRUCE: Has six homers, 18 RBI, 12 runs scored in 26 games franchise record). since returning from the DL on August 24. UPCOMING OPPONENTS & PITCHING VS. ATLANTA Tue., Sept. 25 TBA vs. RHP Noah Syndergaard (12-4, 3.36) 7:10 p.m. ET (SNY, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) Wed., Sept. 26 TBA vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (9-9, 1.77) 7:10 p.m. ET (SNY, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) Thur., Sept. 27 TBA vs. LHP Jason Vargas (6-9, 6.25) 7:10 p.m. ET (SNY, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) LHP 2018 GAME LOG (28 GS/11 QS) METS RECORD: 13-15 steven matz #32 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB K NP ERA 2018 STATS: 5-11, 4.03 ERA 4/1 STL L, 1-5 4.0 4 3 3 2 3 4 89 6.75 4/7 @WAS ND, 3-2 5.0 3 1 0 0 2 8 93 3.00 Height/Weight: 6-2/200 Bats/Throws: R/L 4/13 MIL W, 6-5 5.1 3 4 3 2 2 5 83 3.77 Born: Stony Brook, NY Age: 27 (May 29, 1991) 4/18 WAS ND, 11-5 4.0 3 3 3 1 1 6 74 4.42 Resides: Stony Brook, NY Signed Through: 2020 4/25 @STL L, 1-9 3.1 5 7 3 0 2 3 88 4.98 5/5 COL L, 0-2 6.0 3 1 1 1 1 5 88 4.23 AWARDS + HONORS medical history 5/11 @PHI ND, 3-1 5.0 5 1 1 1 4 3 95 3.86 5/19 ARI ND, 5-4 4.0 6 4 4 2 1 2 79 4.42 » NL Rookie of the Month (May 2016) » Tommy John Surgery (5/8/10) 5/24 @MIL W, 5-0 6.0 4 0 0 0 3 3 94 3.80 » MiLB Organization All-Star (2013, 2014, 2015) » 15-Day DL - Partial Tear of the lat 5/29 @ATL ND, 6-7 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 2 42 3.55 » Baseball America Triple-A All-Star (2015) muscle on his left side (7/6/15-9/1/15) 6/3 CHC L, 0-2 7.0 5 2 2 0 2 7 100 3.42 » Sterling Organizational Pitcher of the Year (2014) » Bone spur removal from left elbow (10/4/16) 6/9 NYY ND, 3-4 6.0 5 3 3 2 4 6 105 3.53 » Repositioning and decompressing of 6/16 @ARI W, 5-1 6.2 6 1 1 0 1 3 103 3.31 ulnar nerve in left elbow (8/23/17) 6/21 @COL L, 4-6 5.2 8 5 5 1 2 6 97 3.68 » 10-Day DL - Flexor pronator strain in left 6/26 PIT ND, 4-3 7.0 6 3 3 1 0 7 110 3.69 arm (8/1/18-8-16-18) 7/1 @MIA W, 5-2 5.1 3 1 0 0 2 6 109 3.46 7/7 TB L, 0-3 6.1 5 1 1 0 3 5 110 3.31 LAST START: Matz today makes his 29th start of the season...In his last start, 7/12 WAS L, 4-5 6.1 8 3 3 2 2 4 100 3.38 September 18 at Philadelphia, Matz took his fourth consecutive no-decision, 7/21 @NYY L, 6-7 5.0 9 5 5 0 1 3 92 3.65 7/26 @PIT W, 12-6 6.0 3 4 4 2 2 9 106 3.79 pitching 5.0 shutout innings, giving up two hits, tying a career-high with five walks 7/31 @WAS L, 4-25 0.2 8 7 7 0 1 2 32 4.35 (also, June 22, 2017 at Los Angeles-NL) and striking out four...Was his first start 8/16 (2) @PHI L, 6-9 2.0 5 6 4 2 1 2 58 4.60 giving up zero earned runs since July 1 at Miami and his fifth overall this season.