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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 NATIONAL N.L. EAST WILD CARD NATIONAL N.L. EAST NATIONAL NATIONAL WORLD LEAGUE WORLD DIVISION & NLDS LEAGUE & NLDS LEAGUE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS WINNERS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS WILD CARD WASHINGTON NATIONALS (42-26) NEW YORK METS (30-37) FIRST PLACE, NL EAST, +11.0 GA TIED FOR THIRD PLACE, NL EAST, -11.5 GB Sunday, June 18, 2017 • 1:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, NY RHP Joe Ross (3-2, 6.39) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (5-3, 4.33) PIX11 • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND: This weekend, all 30 clubs will wear NATIONALSMETS NOTES: The Mets have had one winning specially-designed uniforms and caps to raise awareness and season vs. Washington since 2011 (2015: 11-8). funds for the fight against prostate cancer...The Mets uniform will incorporate blue in script logo and the NY cap will be highlighted 2017: 2-7 2016: 7-12 History 405-422 blue...All on-field personnel will wear symbolic blue ribbons @NY: 0-6 @NY: 4-6 @NY: 207-214 on their uniforms, blue wristbands, cleats, catching gear and @WAS: 2-1 @WAS: 3-6 @WAS: 61-50 socks...MLB will again donate all royalty payments from the sales @MON: 135-152 of specialty caps and jerseys to the Prostate Cancer Foundation @PR: 2-5 and Stand Up To Cancer...For the first time, Father’s Day games will feature a blue-stitched Rawlings baseball. SPECIAL START !AGAIN": Jacob deGrom will start on Father's Day for the second straight year after becoming a dad for the HAPPY FATHER'S DAY: The Mets are 28-34 all-time on Father’s first time on April 11, 2016 when his son Jaxon was born...Daddy Day. deGrom started on June 19 vs. Atlanta last year on Father's Day and suffered a loss, allowing three runs in 6.0 innings. METSCELLANEOUS: The Mets are 2-4 on their seven-game homestand which concludes today...New York is 5-4 in its last JACOB deGROM: Tossed his second career complete game in nine games and is now 8-5-2 in its last 15 series...The Mets are a 6-1 win over the Cubs in his last start on June 12...DeGrom has 16-23 at home...New York is 5-12 in day games. 100 strikeouts in 81.0 innings...His 11.11 K/9IP is fifth-best in the majors...His 100 strikeouts rank 10th in the majors. VS. WASHINGTON: New York is 0-6 vs. the Nats at Citi Field this year...The six-game home losing streak to the Nationals is deGROM IN deDAY: DeGrom is 15-4 with a 1.78 ERA (40 ER/202.0 the fourth-longest in team history and the longest since they lost IP) in 31 career starts during the day...His 1.78 daytime ERA is the a franchise record 12 consecutive home games to Washington lowest in the majors since 1913 (min. 175 innings). from June 30, 2013-September 11, 2014...The Mets are 4-12 vs. the Nationals in New York since the start of last season. deGROM IN deCITI: Is 18-12 with a 2.14 ERA (67 ER/282.1 IP) in 44 career starts at Citi Field...His 2.14 home ERA is second-best in SERIES NOTES: The last time the Nationals swept a four-game the major leagues since 2014 (min 250.0 innings)...Trails Clayton series from the Mets was September 9-12, 2013 in New York... Kershaw (1.66 ERA). The Mets are now 3-7 in their last 10 series vs. Washington, including 1-2 in series this season. HEADING OUT ON THE ROAD: Following today's game, the Mets will begin a season high-tying 10-game road trip to Los Angeles- RIVALS FROM THE POSTSEASON: The Mets are 2-4 in the NL, San Francisco and Miami...The Mets will play 16 of their next 19 midst of a 14-game stretch vs. teams that made the postseason games away from Citi Field...New York is 14-14 on the road. last year (2-1 vs. Cubs, 0-3 vs. Nationals, four games vs. Dodgers and three vs. Giants). FSL ALL-STAR GAME: St. Lucie second baseman J.C. Rodriguez went 1-2 with an RBI in last night's Florida State League All- METS HOME RUNS: New York has hit 30 home runs in its last Star Game at Lakeland...Patrick Mazeika, who was the DH, 15 games and 44 home runs in its last 26 games...The Mets was 1-3, leftfielder Wuilmer Becerra was 0-1 and third baseman have belted 12 homers during this homestand...The Mets have Jhoan Urena was 0-4...RHP Tyler Bashlor struck out two in 0.2 99 home runs, the third-most in the NL and the sixth-most in the scoreless innings while scattering two hits...St. Lucie and the majors...Washington leads the NL with 106 homers. South Division fell, 5-2. JAY BRUCE: Has six home runs and 12 RBI and is hitting .390 TITLE ON THE LINE: Columbia holds a 0.5 game lead over (23-59) in his last 14 games...Bruce is tied for fifth in the NL and Greenville in the Southern Division entering the final day of the tied for eighth in the majors with his 18 home runs...He has 47 first-half of the regular season in the South Atlantic League. RBI, tied for ninth in the NL. SCOTTS PITCH, HIT & RUN: Earlier this morning at Citi Field, JUNE BOOM: Bruce has six home runs this month, tied for the Scotts Major League Baseball PITCH, HIT & RUN contest was third-most in the NL...Cody Bellinger is first with eight. held...Over 650,000 children have participated nationwide in Major League Baseball’s free PITCH, HIT & RUN tournament...The REYES RECORDS: José Reyes moved into a tie for ninth place top 12 baseball and top 12 softball qualifiers in age categories on the club's all-time RBI list with Keith Hernandez with his 468th from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut competed in hopes RBI yesterday...He has 1,412 hits as a Met, the third-most in of advancing to the National Finals during 2017 Major League franchise history...Ed Kranepool is second with 1,418 hits...Reyes Baseball All-Star Week in Miami...A pre-game ceremony will is two stolen bases of 500 for his career. recognize the top 12 boys and top 12 girls. UPCOMING OPPONENTS & PITCHING AT LOS ANGELES-NL Mon., June 19 RHP Zack Wheeler (3-4, 4.48) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (9-2, 2.23) 10:10 p.m. (SNY, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) Tue., June 20 RHP Robert Gsellman (5-4, 5.50) vs. RHP Brandon McCarthy (5-3, 3.14) 10:10 p.m. (SNY, ESPN, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) Wed., June 21 TBA vs. LHP Rich Hill (3-3, 5.14) 10:10 p.m. (SNY, ESPN, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) Thurs., June 22 LHP Steven Matz (1-1, 3.21) vs. LHP Alex Wood (7-0, 1.90) 10:10 p.m. (SNY, MLBN, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) #48 JACOB DE GROM (5-3, 4.33) RHP Height: 6-4 Weight: 180 pounds Age: 28 (6/19/88) DE GROM’S 2017 PITCHING LOG Born: DeLand, FL Resides: DeLand, FL Signed Through: 2017 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB K P-S ERA Regular Season (13 Games Started) LAST START: Pitched his second-career complete game to earn the win on June 12 4/5 ATL ND, 1-3 6.0 2 0 0 0 1 6 95-61 0.00 against the Cubs...Allowed one run, earned, on fi ve hits...Struck out six and walked four 4/10 @PHI ND, 4-3 6.0 6 2 2 0 2 3 96-67 1.50 in the 116-pitch e! ort...Allowed a home run in his career-high fourth consecutive game... 4/15 @MIA ND, 4-5 7.0 4 2 2 2 1 13 97-64 1.89 4/22 WAS L, 1-3 5.2 8 3 3 0 6 10 101-65 2.55 He previously allowed at least one home run in three consecutive games from August 4/28 @WAS W, 7-5 7.0 6 3 3 2 1 12 112-77 2.84 13-August 24, 2016...The Mets would win the game, 6-1. 5/3 @ATL W, 16-5 5.0 8 5 5 0 5 5 109-68 3.68 5/8 SF ND, 4-3 6.0 4 3 3 2 3 11 105-64 3.80 deCOMPLETE GAME: DeGrom's complete game in his last outing ended the Mets’ streak 5/14 @MIL ND, 9-11 6.0 8 4 4 1 1 7 107-76 4.07 of 293 straight home games without a complete game, since Jonathon Niese blanked 5/19 LAA W, 3-0 7.0 4 0 0 0 3 9 106-66 3.56 5/26 @PIT W, 8-1 8.1 6 1 1 1 1 10 118-80 3.23 the Phillies on August 27, 2013...The only team in major league history to have a longer 5/31 MIL L, 1-7 4.0 8 7 7 2 5 6 105-69 3.97 streak of home games without a complete game was the Rockies, who had a 309-game 6/6 @TEX L, 8-10 4.0 10 8 8 2 1 2 69-45 4.75 streak from 2011 to 2014...Research courtesy of Elias Sports Bureau...This was the second 6/12 CHC W, 6-1 9.0 5 1 1 1 4 6 116-80 4.33 complete game of his career...His fi rst came on July 17, 2016 in Philadelphia where he shutout the Phillies, 5-0...Allowed just one hit, while striking out seven and walking one.