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 CHICAGO CUBS (29-23) NEW YORK METS (27-26) SECOND PLACE, NL CENTRAL, -4.5 GB FOURTH PLACE, NL EAST, -4.5 GB Thursday, May 31, 2018 • 7:10 p.m. Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y. LHP José Quintana (5-4, 4.78) vs. RHP Seth Lugo (1-1, 2.48) SNY • WOR 710 AM • 104.3 WAXQ-FM HD 2 • ESPN 1050 SCORING CHANGE: MLB has made a scoring change to the CUBSMETS NOTES: The Mets are 8-1 vs. the Cubs at Citi Field May 29 game at Atlanta...Luis Guillorme will be credited with a since the 2015 postseason. ninth-inning stolen base...It had originally been scored defensive indifference...It's Guillorme's first major league stolen base. 2017: 2-4 2016: 5-2 History 359-372-2 @NY: 2-1 @NY: 4-0 @NY: 189-171-1 METS NEW PA ANNOUNCERS: Marysol Castro will debut tonight @CHI: 0-3 @CHI: 1-2 @CHI: 169-200-1 and become the Mets first female public address announcer... @Tokyo: 1-1 Colin Cosell, the grandson of legendary broadcaster Howard Cosell, will debut Saturday night...Castro has previously worked at WPIX-TV, News 12 The Bronx and served as the weather HONORING RUSTY STAUB: Mets Hall of Famer anchor on Good Morning America for seven years. She has also Rusty Staub passed away on March 29 at age 73... anchored weather at CBS’s The Early Show and spent two years The Mets will wear a patch on the right sleeve on as a host and sideline reporter for ESPN...Cosell has won three their home and away uniforms during the 2018 Emmy Awards as a Sports Broadcaster with MSG Varsity, and is season honoring Staub...A six-time All-Star, he had currently a freelance broadcaster with Verizon FiOS1 Sports. 2,716 hits and 292 homers during his 23-year career. METSCELLANEOUS: The Mets went 3-5 on their recently SETH LUGO: Will make his first start since September 30, 2017 completed road trip...New York is 3-7 in its last 10 games...After at Philadelphia...His last win as a starter came on September 25 starting the year 11-1, the club has gone 16-25. last year vs. Atlanta. FIRST THINGS FIRST: New York has scored in the first-inning in four of its last six games (seven runs total)...The Mets are 17-10 RECORD STARTER: The Mets are 17-9 (.654) in Lugo's 26 career when they score first. starts...According to Elias, that is tied for the best team winning percentage through 26 starts for any pitcher who made his HOME RUNS: The Mets have homered in six of their last seven first 26 career starts with the Mets...New York also went 17-9 in games...New York has 11 homers during this stretch...The club Dwight Gooden's and Dillon Gee's first 26-career starts. has 17 homers in its last 13 games and 27 long balls in its last 21 contests. MICHAEL CONFORTO: Hit .321 (9-28) with two home runs, six runs scored and a .441 OBP in eight games during the recently AMED ROSARIO: Had a double and a triple last night...It was his completed road trip...Conforto is hitting .311 (19-61) with four fifth career game with two extra-base hits and fourth time he's homers and eight RBI with a .400 OBP over his last 17 contests. done it this year...Rosario has two hits in each of his last three games, the longest such streak of his career...He is batting .350 MESORACO MASHING: Devin Mesoraco was the ninth Met (14-40) with eight runs scored, three homers, one double, one in franchise history to hit five home runs or more in his first 15 triple and six RBI in his last 12 games. games with the team and the first since Neil Walker in 2016... Research courtesy of Elias...Mesoraco has 10 RBI, scored 11 runs JOSÉ BAUTISTA: Is 7-19 (.368) with six walks, three doubles and and has a .580 slugging percentage in 16 games since joining a .520 OBP in nine games with the Mets after he signed as a free the Mets on May 8. agent on May 27...Bautista was 5-35 (.143) with two home runs for Atlanta before he was released on May 20. TIM PETERSON: Made his major league debut with 2.0 innings last night earning a hold...Peterson is the 11th player from the TRIPLE CABBY: Asdrubal Cabrera leads the Mets in home runs Mets 2012 First-Year Player Draft to appear in the majors. (10), RBI (34) and batting average (.307)...He is one of four players leading his team in all three triple crown categories...Along with TODD FRAZIER: Has reported to Las Vegas (AAA) of the Pacific Brandon Belt of the Giants, Manny Machado of the Orioles and Coast League to continue his rehabilitation...Frazier has been on Eddie Rosario of the Twins...Courtesy of Elias. the Disabled List since May 8 with a left hamstring strain. ASDRÚBAL CABRERA: Cabrera is 11th in the National League ANTHONY SWARZAK: Pitched 1.0 scoreless inning, allowed with a .307 batting average...He is tied for fifth with 26 extra-base one hit, did not issue a walk and struck out two on May 29 for hits, tied for fifth with 15 doubles and tied for 10th in RBI (34)... Las Vegas (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League in his first ML rehab Cabrera is tied for 12th in the NL with 10 home runs...Cabrera did game...Swarzak has been on the Disabled List since April 2, with not hit his 10th home run last year until August 27 (104 games). a strained left oblique. NIMMO POWER: Brandon Nimmo has eight extra-base hits and six RBI in his last nine games (four doubles, one triple, three ALL-STAR VOTING: Earlier today All-Star voting began...Fans homers)...Nimmo driven in a run in a career-best three straight can vote exclusively online and via mobile devices at MLB.com, games...He has five homers this season, tying his output from all 30 Club web sites and the MLB At Bat and MLB Ballpark 2017...Nimmo is tied for fourth in the majors with four triples. mobile apps...The 89th All-Star Game will take place on July 17 at Washington's Nationals Park. ONBASE MACHINE: Nimmo is fourth in the majors with a .429 on-base percentage (min. 100 plate appearances). HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Gerson Bautista turns 23 today. UPCOMING OPPONENTS & PITCHING VS. CHICAGO-NL Fri, June 1 RHP Tyler Chatwood (3-4, 4.10) vs. RHP Zack Wheeler (2-4, 5.40) 7:10 p.m. (SNY, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) Sat., June 2 LHP Mike Montgomery (1-1, 4.35) vs. RHP Jacob deGrom (4-0, 1.52) 7:15 p.m. (FOX, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) Sun., June 3 LHP Jon Lester (5-2, 2.71) vs. LHP Steven Matz (2-3, 3.55) 1:10 p.m. (PIX11, MLBN, WOR 710 AM, 104.3 FM HD, ESPN 1050 AM) RHP 2018 GAME LOG (20 G/0 GS/0 QS) METS RECORD IN STARTS: 0-0 SETH lugo #67 Date Opp. Dec. IP H R ER HR BB K NP ERA 2018 STATS: 1-1. 2.48 ERA 4/3* PHI H ,2-0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 22 0.00 4/5* @WAS ND,8-2 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 0.00 Height/Weight: 6-4/225 Bats/Throws: R/R 4/8* @WAS W,6-5 3.0 1 0 0 0 3 3 39 0.00 Born: Shreveport, LA Age: 28 (November 17, 1989) 4/13* MIL H, 6-5 2.0 6 1 1 1 0 0 28 1.12 Resides: Shreveport, LA Signed Through: 2022 4/16* WAS ND, 6-8 0.0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 2.25 4/18* WAS ND,11-5 1.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 15 3.00 AWARDS + HONORS medical history 4/20* @ATL ND, 5-3 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 1 38 2.45 4/26* @STL ND, 3-4 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 2.25 » 2017 World Baseball Classic (Puerto Rico) » Right elbow inflammation (2017) » On 60-Day D.L. from 4/2-6/11/2017 4/28* @SDP ND, 2-12 2.1 4 3 3 0 0 5 48 3.77 » Right shoulder impingement (2017) 5/1* ATL ND, 2-3 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 2 23 3.31 » On 10-Day D.L. from 8/15-27/2017 5/4* COL ND, 7-8 3.0 1 0 0 0 1 3 43 2.79 5/8* @CIN ND, 2-7 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 2.66 LAST START: Lugo's start tonight is his first of the 2018 season following 20 5/9* @CIN ND, 1-2 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 2.53 appearances out of the bullpen...The righthander last started on September 30 of 5/11* @PHI W, 3-1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 2.42 last season in Philadelphia...In that outing, pitched 4.0 innings and surrendered 5/15* TOR W, 12-2 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 35 2.13 two runs, earned, on six hits with four punchouts.