Mike & E from the Mets hooking it up this week!
LAST TIME OUT: Syndergaard tonight makes his 11th start of the season at Miller Park…In his last outing, May 20 vs. Arizona, completed 7.0 innings for the second time this season to defeat the Diamondbacks in a 4-1 Mets win…Allowed one run, earned, on six hits while walking one and whiffing seven D-backs hitters…Marked the fifth time in his career he has won consecutive starts…Tonight he aims to tie a career-best streak of three-consecutive starts won (also done twice in 2016).
MILLER TIME: Syndergaard will be facing the Brewers for the second time this season and fourth time in his career…Tonight marks his first-career start at Miller Park after making his first three starts against the club at home…In his last start against Milwaukee, April 15 at Citi Field, pitched 5.1 innings and allowed one run, unearned, in a 3-2 walk-off win as he racked up a season-high 11 strikeouts against one walk…At one point in the outing, fanned eight-straight Brewers batters, tied for the second-longest strikeout streak in franchise history…In his three-career starts against the Brew Crew, he is 2-0 with a 0.49 ERA (one earned run/18.1 innings) with 27 strikeouts and two walks…His 0.49 ERA vs. Milwaukee is the lowest among all pitchers with at least three starts against the Brewers since 2015…The Mets have won each of his previous three starts against the Brew Crew.
RECENT SYNDERGAARD: Has not allowed more than three runs in each of his last nine starts since surrendering four runs in his Opening Day win and has pitched at least 5.0 innings in his last eight outings…Among current NL starters, only Gio Gonzalez (10) has a longer active streak of starts with at least 5.0 innings pitched and no more than three runs allowed…Is 3-1 with a 2.56 ERA (15 earned runs/52.2 innings) in his last nine starts.
ON THE ROAD: Syndergaard’s start tonight is fourth road start of the season and his first away from Citi Field since April 26 at St. Louis, one month (and five starts) ago…In three road starts this season, he is 1-0 with a 2.33 ERA (five earned runs/19.1 innings)…The Mets have gone 16-7 Syndergaard’s last 23 away starts since starting 1-8 in his first nine career road starts…In those 23 starts, he is 11-4 with a 2.54 ERA (38 earned runs/134.2 innings) and 155 strikeouts…Has allowed one or no earned runs in eight of his previous 10 road starts and has surrendered more than two earned runs only four times in his last 23 starts on the road…In all, he is 11-9 in 32-career road starts with a 3.18 ERA (64 earned runs/181.0 innings).
GRAND CENTRAL: Syndergaard owns a 1.96 career ERA (24 earned runs/110.1 innings) in 17 starts vs. the NL Central…That is the lowest ERA against the division since its inception in 1994 (min. 15 starts)…Has held his opponent to two or fewer earned runs in 14 of his 17 starts against the division (allowed one or no earned runs 10 times)…Has five double-digit strikeout games against NL Cental squads, including two this year (March 29 vs. St. Louis and April 15 vs. Milwaukee).
MAY: Syndergaard’s start tonight is the 15th May start (16th game) of his career… His 2.21 May ERA (21 earned runs/85.2 innings) is the fifth-lowest among all pitchers with at least 10 May starts in the Live-Ball Era (since 1920).
ON THE LEADERBOARD: Syndergaard currently ranks in the top 10 in the National League in strikeouts (68, fifth), strikeouts per 9.0 innings (10.4, eighth), walks per 9.0 innings (1.99, seventh), strikeout-to-walk ratio (5.23 SO/BB, fifth) and winning percentage (.800, t-fifth).
IN GOOD COMPANY...: Among active pitchers with at least 60 career starts, Syndergaard’s 2.90 ERA (136 earned runs/422.2 innings) trails only Clayton Kershaw’s 2.37 career ERA and staffmate Jacob deGrom’s 2.86 career ERA… Syndergaard is one of only five active major league hurlers with at least 60 career starts to sport a sub-3.00 ERA…Ranks third in the NL in strikeout-to-walk ratio since 2015 (5.40 SO/BB), topped only by Kershaw (7.77) and Max Scherzer (5.79).
…AND ALL BY HIMSELF: Syndergaard leads the Mets’ starters and ranks fifth in the NL with a 5.23 SO/BB ratio this season (68 strikeouts/13 walks)…He is the only pitcher in major league history to record a SO/BB ratio of at least 5.0 in each of his first three major league seasons…Posted a 5.4 SO/BB ratio in his rookie campaign, a 5.1 mark in 2016 and fanned 11.3 batters per walk issued last season.
