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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 NEW YORK METS (24-31) TEXAS RANGERS (26-31) TIED FOR SECOND PLACE, NL EAST, -11.5 GB FOURTH PLACE, AL WEST, -15.5 GB Tuesday, June 6, 2017 • 8:05 p.m. (ET) Globe Life Park in Arlington • Arlington, TX RHP Jacob deGrom (4-2, 3.97) vs. RHP Dillon Gee (0-0, 0.00) SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 AM METSCELLANEOUS: The Mets went 3-4 on their seven-game METSRANGERS NOTES: The Mets have won three of the four homestand and are 5-5 in their last 10 games. series between the two clubs, including the last three dating to 2008...The Mets only series loss to the Rangers came in 2003. ON THE ROAD: New York is 3-8 in its last 11 road games and 10- 12 overall...The Mets have played the fewest road games in the 2014: 2-1 2011: 2-1 History 8-4 majors thus far this year...The Mets will play 16 of their next 23 @NY: 2-1 @NY: 0-0 @NY: 4-2 games away from Citi Field. @TEX: 0-0 @TEX: 2-1 @TEX: 4-2 INTERLEAGUE: New York is 2-1 vs. the AL this year after taking JACOB deGROM: Leads the NL and ranks third in the majors two of three from the Angels at Citi Field (May 19-21)...The with 12.2 strikeouts per nine innings...DeGrom is tied for third Mets went 12-8 vs. the American League last year...Since 1997, in the NL and tied for fifth in the majors in strikeouts with 92... when Interleague play began, the Mets are 180-165...The .522 DeGrom has five double-digit strikeout games in his last nine Interleague winning percentage is the best all-time among NL starts...DeGrom's five double-digit strikeout games are already clubs. tied for his most in a single-season in his career (2015)...Only Boston's Chris Sale has more double-digit strikeout games this REMEMBER WHEN: José Reyes made his major league debut season (eight). at Texas on June 10, 2003...Reyes went 2-4 with a double and scored twice...He singled in his first major league at-bat off John deNOTES: Jacob deGrom has won four of his last five decisions... Thomson...He became the ninth teenager to play for the Mets... Since his major league debut on May 15, 2014, deGrom has a Reyes turned 20 the next day. 2.89 ERA (176 earned runs/547.1 innings pitched) in 87 career starts...His 2.89 ERA is the sixth-lowest ERA in the majors in that ROAD HOMERS: The Mets have hit at least one home run in 20 time (minimum 500.0 innings)...He is 5-3 with a 1.95 ERA (16 of their 22 road games, including nine straight road games...The earned runs/73.2 innings) in 11 career starts vs. AL teams. last longer such streak on the road was last year when the club hit a homer in 13 straight road games from August 3-23...The only DILLON GEE: Tonight will be Dillon Gee's first start against the road games the Mets did not go deep this year was April 16 at Mets...He pitched 2.0 innings of relief vs. the Mets on June 21, Miami and May 3 at Atlanta...The Mets have 10 homers in their 2016 with Kansas City...Gee was drafted by New York in the 21st last five road games and 42 road home runs overall, which ranks round in the 2007 First Year Player Draft and went 40-37 with a fourth in the majors. 4.03 ERA in 114 games, 110 starts with the Mets from 2010-2015. HOMERS: New York has 20 home runs in its last 14 games... STRANDED: Jerry Blevins and Josh Edgin each have stranded Overall, the Mets are fifth in the NL with 75 home runs. 21 inherited runners this season, tied for the second-most in the majors behind Detroit's Shane Greene (22)...Blevins has FIRST INNING: New York is second in the majors with 46 first- stranded 67 inherited runners since 2016, the most in the inning runs...Milwaukee leads the majors with 55 runs in the first majors...In addition, Blevins has held lefthanders to a .087 (4-46) frame. batting average, the fourth-lowest in the majors (min. 30 at-bats). RISP: New York leads the majors with a .386 on-base percentage MICHAEL CONFORTO: Has six home runs, 15 RBI and 17 runs with runners in scoring position...The Mets are fourth in batting scored in his last 19 games...Conforto has a career-best 14 home average (.301) with RISP. runs this year, which is tied for seventh in the NL...He ranks sixth in the majors with a 1.038 OPS, 10th in the majors with a .410 on- LUCAS DUDA: Has six homers in his last 11 games...Duda is base percentage, tied for 10th in the NL with 38 runs scored and hitting .353 (18-51) with five doubles, six homers, 14 RBI and nine 10th in the NL with a .308 batting average. runs scored in his last 13 games... Duda has reached base safely in 20 of his last 22 games for a .389 on-base percentage...Duda JAY BRUCE: Has 10 RBI in his last 14 games, including three has 118 career home runs, tied with Ed Kranepool for the 10th- doubles and three homers...Bruce has 13 home runs on the most in franchise history...Edgardo Alfonzo is ninth on the list year...He has reached base safely in 46 of his 52 games played with 120 homers. this season. WILMER FLORES: Has homered in two of his last four games... NEIL WALKER: Since May 1, Walker is batting .314 (37-118) with Is hitting .375 (30-83) since May 1, the second-highest average nine doubles, two triples, five home runs and 21 RBI in 30 games. in the majors (min. 70 plate appearances) behind Houston's Marwin Gonzalez (.384)...Flores has 10 multi-hit games in his last CURTIS GRANDERSON: Recorded his 1,600th career hit on 18 starts..Flores 23-for-his-last-57 (.404) with two homers and 10 Friday becoming the 23rd active player with 1,600 or more hits... RBI vs. righthanded pitching and is hitting .385 (10-26) with two He is also four doubles shy of 300 and three homers shy of homers vs. lefthanders...Overall, Flores is hitting .313 (36-115) 300...Granderson has at least one hit in 17 of his last 23 games, with five homers and 16 RBI. batting .297 (22-74) in that time. UPCOMING OPPONENTS & PITCHING AT TEXAS Wed., June 7 RHP Zack Wheeler (3-3, 3.72) vs. RHP Yu Darvish (5-4, 3.13) 8:05 p.m. (SNY, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) #48 JACOB DE GROM (4-2, 3.97) 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 (11 Games Started) LAST START: Took the loss in the Mets' 7-1 defeat against the Brewers at home on May 4/5 ATL ND, 1-3 6.0 2 0 0 0 1 6 95-61 0.00 31...Threw a season-low 4.0 innings, allowing a season-high seven runs, earned, on eight 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 hits...Was his shortest outing since working 3.2 innings on July 23, 2016 at Miami...Allowed 4/22 WAS L, 1-3 5.2 8 3 3 0 6 10 101-65 2.55 two home runs...Was the fourth time he has allowed multiple home runs in a game this 4/28 @WAS W, 7-5 7.0 6 3 3 2 1 12 112-77 2.84 season...Was the third time deGrom has walked at least fi ve batters in a game this season... 5/3 @ATL W, 16-5 5.0 8 5 5 0 5 5 109-68 3.68 Previously walked at least fi ve batters in a game once in his career. 5/8 SF ND, 4-3 6.0 4 3 3 2 3 11 105-64 3.80 5/14 @MIL ND, 9-11 6.0 8 4 4 1 1 7 107-76 4.07 5/19 LAA W, 3-0 7.0 4 0 0 0 3 9 106-66 3.56 INTERLEAGUE PLAY: This will be deGrom's fi rst start against the Rangers in his career... 5/26 @PIT W, 8-1 8.1 6 1 1 1 1 10 118-80 3.23 Against the American League, deGrom is 5-3 with a 1.95 ERA (16 earned runs/73.2 innings 5/31 MIL L, 1-7 4.0 8 7 7 2 5 6 105-69 3.97 pitched)...Struck out 77 and walked 17.