Rosario providing spark for New York
Posted Sep 19, 2018 8:41 am.
Last Updated Sep 19, 2018 9:21 am.
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New York Mets (70-81, fourth in NL East) vs. Philadelphia Phillies (77-73, second in NL East)
Philadelphia; Wednesday, 6:05 p.m. Eastern
PROBABLE PITCHERS: Mets: Noah Syndergaard (12-3, 3.26 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 138 strikeouts) Phillies: Zach Eflin (10-7, 4.26 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 111 strikeouts)
BOTTOM LINE: Amed Rosario has been as good as it gets for New York as of late. He’s batting .290 with nine hits and two home runs in the past week. The Phillies enter the game after going 3-7 in their last 10 outings. The Philadelphia pitching staff averages 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings, led by Jerad Eickhoff’s 18.0. The Mets are 15-7 in games started by Syndergaard. New York pitchers are holding opponents to just a .249 batting average this year. The Phillies won 5-2 in Tuesday’s meeting, Pat Neshek earned his third win of the year.
TOP PERFORMERS: Michael Conforto is hitting .241 with 121 hits and 26 home runs in 142 games this year for the Mets. Jeff McNeil has 15 hits and is batting .375 over his past 10 games for New York. Rhys Hoskins is batting .249 with a .354 on-base percentage and .495 slugging percentage in 141 games this season for the Phillies. Cesar Hernandez has 13 hits and is batting .317 over his past 10 games for Philadelphia.
LAST 10 GAMES: Mets: 6-4, .236 batting average, 3.21 ERA, outscored opponents by 24 runs. Phillies: 3-7, .254 batting average, 5.46 ERA, outscored by five runs.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by HERO Sports, and data from Sportradar.
