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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 (11-5) NEW YORK METS (8-9) FIRST PLACE, NL EAST, +3.0 GA THIRD PLACE, NL EAST, -3.5 GB Saturday, April 22, 2017 • 4:05 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. LHP Gio Gonzalez (1-0, 1.33) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (0-0, 1.89) SNY • FS1 • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM RECENT METS: New York has lost six of its last seven games NATIONALSMETS NOTES: The Mets have had one winning after its five-game winning streak, April 9-13. season vs. Washington since 2011 (2015: 11-8). LATE INNING DRAMA: In seven of New York's last eight games, 2017: 0-1 2016: 7-12 History 403-416 the winning run has scored in either their last at-bat or their @NY: 0-1 @NY: 4-6 @NY: 207-209 opponents last at-bat, including a six-game stretch from April 13- @WAS: 0-0 @WAS: 3-6 @WAS: 59-50 19, that was the longest such streak in the majors since Oakland @MON: 135-152 had a six-game streak from May 28-June 3, 2004...The Mets are @PR: 2-5 2-5 in those games. JAKE IN APRIL: Jacob deGrom is 3-0 with a 1.47 ERA (six earned EXTRA PAINFUL: The Mets are tied for the major league lead runs/36.2 innings) in six April starts since the start of 2016. with four extra-inning games this year (24 percent of their games this year have gone to extra frames)...New York is 1-3 in extra- SINCE HIS DEBUT: Since deGrom's major league debut on innings, including 0-3 at home. May 15, 2014, he has a 2.71 ERA (150 earned runs/498.1 innings pitched) over 79 career starts...His 2.71 ERA is the third-lowest AT HOME: The Mets are 4-6 at home this year after going 44-37 ERA in the majors (min. 250.0 innings)...He trails Clayton at Citi Field in 2016. Kershaw (1.93 ERA) and Jake Arrieta (2.43 ERA) . VS. WASHINGTON: The Mets went 2-4 in series vs. the Nationals deNOTES: Jacob deGrom did not face the Nationals last year last year, going 7-12 overall...New York was 4-6 vs. Washington despite making 24 starts...He is 2-2 with a 3.12 ERA (14 earned in 2016 at Citi Field and is 10-21 vs. the Nats at home since 2014. runs/40.1 innings) in seven career starts vs. Washington... He tied his career-high with 13 strikeouts in his last start, April 15 VS. NL EAST: The Mets begin this season with 32 consecutive at Miami...The last time he had 13 strikeouts was September 15, games against teams from the N.L. East...According to the Elias 2014 vs. Miami...He also had 13 strikeouts in Game 1 of the 2015 Sports Bureau, since the major leagues split into divisions in NLDS at Los Angeles. 1969, only two teams have started a season with as many as 32 straight intradivision games: the 1981 Blue Jays (35 straight) and VS. GIO: Gio Gonzalez is 11-5 with a 3.04 ERA (40 earned 1979 Brewers (34)...Since the move to six divisions in 1994, the runs/118.1 innings) in 20 career starts vs. New York...His 11 wins longest such streak was by the 2014 Pirates (26)...The longest are the most vs. any team in his career...Gonzalez is 8-1 with a previous streak for the Mets was in 1969 (first 25 games were 1.64 ERA (15 earned runs/82.1 innings) in 13 starts at Citi Field. vs. NL East). FROM THE PEN: Hansel Robles is tied for the major league lead POWER BAR: The Mets are second in the majors with 27 home with three wins, all coming in relief...Robles has allowed one run runs...Milwaukee is first with 33...The Mets have hit at least one in his last 6.2 innings (1.35 ERA) dating to April 10. home run in 14 of 17 games this year...New York has hit 23 homers in their last 12 games. CURTIS GRANDERSON: Hit his first home run of the year last night and finished with two RBI...Granderson now has 77 homers ELITE COMPANY: Yoenis Céspedes and Jay Bruce are tied for and 201 RBI as a member of the Mets... He is one of 24 players fourth in the NL and tied for sixth in the majors with six home in team history with 75 or more homers and 200 or more RBI. runs...The Mets are the only team in the majors with two players with six or more home runs...Bruce is tied for fifth in the RISP: New York is hitting .292 (26-89) with runners in scoring NL with 14 RBI. position, the sixth-best mark in the majors...New York's 89 at-bats with RISP are the second-fewest in the majors...Baltimore has 87. MICHAEL CONFORTO: Hit his third home run of the year last night...His first career leadoff homer...He became the first Met IN THE MINORS: RHP Merandy Gonzalez fired 7.0 shutout other than José Reyes or Curtis Granderson to hit a leadoff homer innings last night racking up seven strikeouts for Columbia (A) of since Mike Baxter did so on August 30, 2012 at Philadelphia... In the South Atlantic League in a 5-0 win vs. Lexington... Gonzalez six starts this year, Conforto is batting .364 (8-22) with three has hurled 20.2 inning this year without allowing a run...He homers, five RBI and six runs scored. is the only pitcher in professional baseball (minors or majors) who has tossed 20.0 or more innings this season without JAY BRUCE: Has nine home runs and 21 RBI in his last 21 games allowing a run ...Gonzalez is 3-0 on the year...He's allowed 10 with the Mets dating to September 27, 2016...In his last 10 contests, hits, issued one walk and struck out 18...Tim Tebow went 3-3 with Bruce is batting .302 (13-43) with four homers and 11 RBI. a double and a walk in that game. ASDRÚBAL CABRERA: Has at least one hit in 13 of his 16 games STRIKEOUTS FOR SAVINGS: The Mets had 65 strikeouts on with an at-bat this year and has reached base safely in 16 of their last road trip, so fans can save 65% off box office ticket his 17...Cabrera hit four home runs and drove in six runs while price for select seats during this entire homestand...Tickets are batting .286 (20-70) vs. his former team last season. on sale at mets.com/strikeouts. UPCOMING OPPONENTS & PITCHING VS. WASHINGTON Sun., April 23 RHP Max Scherzer (2-1, 1.37) vs. RHP Zack Wheeler (1-1, 5.52) 8:08 p.m. (ESPN, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) #48 JACOB deGROM (0-0, 1.89) RHP Height: 6-4 Weight: 180 pounds Age: 28 (6/19/88) deGROM’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 Spring Training (4 Games Started) LAST START: Took his third-straight no decision on April 15 at Miami...Allowed two runs, 3/4 @HOU ND 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -- 0.00 earned, on four hits in 7.0 innings...Struck out 13 and walked one...His thirteen strikeouts 3/9 DET ND 4.0 2 0 0 0 0 4 -- 0.00 3/14 @HOU W 4.0 3 1 1 1 1 6 -- 0.90 matched a career-high, which also occurred against the Marlins, on September 15, 2014... 3/19 MIA L 5.1 7 4 4 1 1 4 -- 2.93 Retired 17 of the last 19 batters he faced after giving up back-to-back home runs in the second inning...Struck out the side in three of his seven innings...Left with a 3-2 lead, but Regular Season (3 Games Started) 4/5 ATL ND, 1-3 6.0 2 0 0 0 1 6 95-61 0.00 the Marlins came back to beat the Mets, 5-4. 4/10 @PHI ND, 4-3 6.0 6 2 2 0 2 3 96-67 1.50 4/15 @MIA ND, 4-5 7.0 4 2 2 2 1 13 97-64 1.89 CAREER VS. WASHINGTON: Has seven career starts against the Nationals...Is 2-2 with a 3.12 ERA (14 earned runs/40.1 innings pitched), 45 strikeouts and 10 walks...Last earned the win against the Nationals on September 9, 2015 in Washington...Pitched 7.0 innings, allowing two runs, earned, on fi ve hits...Struck out nine and walked two...His nine strikeouts are the most he's had against the Nationals in a game...The Mets have won their last four games that deGrom has pitched against Washington...DeGrom did not pitch against the Nationals in 2016.