NEW YORK METS NOTES:
METSCELLANEOUS: The Mets defeated the Marlins, 8-3, last night…The Mets have outscored their opponents 90-63 in 18 games this month…New York is in a stretch of 17 straight games without an off-day (7-6)…The Mets head out on their final road trip of the year, a seven-game trip (2-1) to Miami (2-1) and Philadelphia (four games)…New York is off on Monday before they conclude the 2023 schedule with a six-game home stand against the Marlins (three games) and Phillies (three games).
RADIO GA GA: Tonight’s Mets game can be heard of WOR 710 AM…The New York Giants game will be broadcasted on WCBS 880 AM.
SENGA GENESIS: Kodai Senga recorded his 12th win of the season last night… His 12 wins are tied for the most in franchise history by a Japanese born player… Masato Yoshii also had 12 in 1999…He is 12-7 with a 2.96 ERA (53 ER/161.1 IP) with 74 walks and 194 strikeouts in 28 starts this season…His 2.96 ERA ranks fourth in the majors and second in the National League…His 2.96 ERA is the seventh-lowest by a Japanese-born pitcher in MLB history (min. 100 innings).
STRIKE THAT: Senga has recorded 194 strikeouts…That is the second-most strikeouts by a rookie in franchise history…His 194 strikeouts are tied for the seventh-most in the NL…With six more strikeouts, he would become the 13th pitcher in franchise history to record 200 or more strikeouts in a season…Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard were the last pitchers to do so…Tom Seaver owns the franchise record with nine such seasons.
TAKE IT TO THE BANK: In 17 career games at Citizens Bank Park, Luis Guillorme is a .423 (11-26) hitter with three runs, one double, one triple, three RBI and four walks…Jeff McNeil has hit .308 (44-143) with 15 runs, 11 doubles, one triple, one homer, 10 RBI and 12 walks in 40 games at the yard…Brandon Nimmo has slashed .280/.422/.487 with 26 runs, six doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 17 RBI in 47 games in Philly…Pete Alonso has hit .245/.323/.469 with nine doubles and eight home runs in 37 contests at Citizens Bank Park.
X MARK’S THE SPOT: Mark Vientos recorded his first career multi-homer game last night…In 19 games since his return from the 10-Day IL, Mark Vientos is batting .279 (19-68) with 11 runs, one triple, five home runs, nine RBI, three walks with a .329 OBP and a .529 SLG…Over his last nine games, Vientos is bating .343 (12-35) with five runs, three home run, six RBI, one walk with a .361 OBP and a .600 SLG.
DINGERS!: The Mets feature eight players who have recorded at least 10 home runs this year…The team record is 10 players with 10 or more home runs, done in 2017…The 2019 team featured nine players, while the 2007 and 2005 teams feature eight players as well…The Mets have socked 201 home runs this season…That is the fifth-most in the National League…The 2022 Mets hit 171 home runs…The 2023 team became the fifth team in franchise history record 200 or more homers in a year…team’s 201 home runs are the X-most in a single season in franchise history…They previous four years with 200 or more homers are: 2019 (242), 2017 (224), 2016 (218) and 2006 (200).
EL JEFF-E: Jeff McNiel has safely reached base in 13 straight games, posting a .345 OBP in that span…In 47 games since the start of August, Jeff McNeil is batting .298 (56-188) with 29 runs, eight doubles, one triple, seven home runs, 19 RBI, eight walks with four steals, a .338 OBP and a .463 SLG…McNeil has an .850 OPS in 18 games this month, recording eight-extra base hits.
GOT TO GO TO MO’S: Ronny Mauricio has safely hit in 13 of his first 16 career games…He is batting .300 (18-60) with five runs, three doubles, one home run, seven RBI, five walks and six steals in his first 16 career games…He is one of five players in franchise history to record a hit in each of his first five career major league games.
WE FOUND NIMMO: Brandon Nimmo has safely hit in 19 of his last 21 games… Since August 28, Nimmo is batting .344 (31-90) with 14 runs, eight doubles, one triple, six home runs, 12 RBI, six walks with a .392 OBP and a .655 SLG…He has socked a career-best 24 home runs this season…Nimmo has recorded 63 RBI in 2023…His career-best is 64, which he recorded in 2022.
STEAL THIS ALBUM: The Mets lead the major leagues with a 90.3% success rate in stolen bases this season…The team has stolen 112 bases out of 124 attempts…It’s the highest success rate in franchise history…The previous high was 82.3% which was accomplished in 2004.
DOING THE SPLITS: Brandon Nimmo is batting .296 with 45 runs, 14 doubles, three triples, 11 home runs, 36 RBI, 36 walks with a .374 OBP and a .478 SLG in 74 games on the road this season…This compares to a .247/.346/.452 slashline in 72 games at Citi Field…Francisco Lindor has posted a .281/.349/.520 slashline with 54 runs, 23 doubles, two triples, 15 home runs and 26 walks in 77 games on the road in 2023…He has posted a .213/.311/.375 slashline in 73 games at Citi Field…Pete Alonso is slashing .241/.345/.563 with 24 home runs and 53 RBI in 73 road games…He is batting .202/.302/.473 at Citi Field.
I DON’T WANT TO ROCK, DJ: Over his last 27 games, DJ Stewart is batting .303 (30-99) with 17 runs, six doubles, 10 home runs, 23 RBI and a 1.028 OPS…In 50 games this year, Stewart is batting .264 (37-140) with 120 runs, eight doubles, 11 home runs, 26 RBI, 12 walks, a .342 OBP and a .557 SLG…Stewart recorded a career-high 12 home runs in 100 games with Baltimore in 2021.
💯: Pete Alonso became the fourth player in Mets history to record three or more seasons with 100 or more RBI…He has previously recorded two seasons with 100 RBI (120 in 2019 and 131 in 2022)…David Wright is the franchise leader with five such seasons…Carlos Beltrán and Darryl Strawberry also recorded three seasons each…Alonso’s 492 RBI since he entered the league in 2019 are the most in the major leagues…He is second in the majors and in the NL with 114 RBI.
FOR PETE’S SAKE: Pete Alonso has recorded his second season with 45 or more home runs, becoming the only player in franchise history to do so…He recorded his third season with 40 or more home runs…He became the fifth player in major league history with three or more seasons of 40 or more homers in their first five years, joining Ralph Kiner (four), Ryan Howard (three), Albert Pujols (three) and Eddie Mathews (three)…He is the only player in franchise history with multiple seasons of 40 or more home runs…He is tied for second in the majors and is tied for second in the National League with 45 home runs… Alonso’s 191 home runs since he entered the league in 2019 are the most in the major leagues.
STARTING PITCHER – DAVID PETERSON LHP #23
2023 STATS: 3-8, 5.22 ERA
LAST TIME OUT: Fanned a career-high-tying 10 batters for the first time this season on September 15…Threw 5.2 innings in the Mets’ 5-3 loss to the Reds at Citi Field…Allowed three runs on six hits while allowing just two walks.
PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM: Tonight, Peterson will make his eighth career appearance and seventh career start against the Phillies…Peterson owns a career 1-2 record against Philadelphia, posting a 4.83 ERA (17 ER/31.2 IP) over seven games (six starts)…Peterson last faced the Phillies in Philadelphia in Game 2 of the doubleheader on August 20, 2022, allowing three runs and striking out six over 4.2 innings.
STRIKE ‘EM OUT, STRIKE ‘EM OUT: In his last start, Peterson matched a career-high 10 strikeouts and reached double digit strikeouts for the first time this season…Peterson has had four 10 strikeout games in his career, and last struck out 10 batters on July 1, 2022 vs. Texas…Peterson is the third Mets pitcher to strikeout 10 or more batters in a game this season, behind Kodai Senga (five 10+ K games) and Max Scherzer (one 10+ K game)…Senga also struck out 10 batters in his start on September 14, the day before Peterson accomplished the feat.
SEVENTH HEAVEN: In his start on August 27, Peterson pitched a season-high 7.0 innings…Was the fourth time in his career that he has pitched 7.0 or more innings…Peterson has only gone deeper in a start once in his career, throwing 7.1 innings in a 3-2 loss to Tampa Bay on May 14, 2023…In those starts, Peterson owns a 1-0 record.
MAKIN’ IT MAJOR: Since returning to the majors on June 27 after a stint with Syracuse (AAA), Peterson has pitched to a 2-2 record with a 3.39 ERA (23 ER/61.0 IP) in 17 games, 11 of which were starts.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Over 12 road outings (ten starts) this season, the southpaw has pitched to a 7.35 ERA (40 ER/49.0 IP)…This season, Peterson has pitched to a 3.18 ERA (18 ER/51.0 IP) in 13 home outings (nine starts).
LETHAL LEFTY: Peterson has limited lefties to a .238 (66-277) average in his career…He whiffed 32 of the 96 left-handed batters he faced last year, a 33 percent strikeout rate that ranked fourth among all left-handed pitchers to face a minimum of 90 LHB in 2022.
SLIP ‘N’ SLIDE: Peterson held batters to a .175 (24-137) average with his slider last season and 78 of his 126 strikeouts came on the pitch…His 52.0 slider-strikeout percentage was the second-highest in MLB (min. 150 PA) behind only teammate Edwin Díaz (54.7) and his 47.9 whiff percentage with the pitch was the third- highest in the majors behind only Díaz (54.7) and Seattle’s Andres Muñoz (50.8).
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES NOTES:
GAME #152 RECAP: The Phillies defeated Atlanta, 6-5, in extra innings as they took two of three games from the NL East champs which marked their first series win at Truist Park since Sept. 17-19, 2019 … Starter Aaron Nola (ND) went 6.0 innings and allowed 2 runs on 6 hits with 0 walks and 8 strikeouts … Nick Castellanos hit two homers and made a spectacular catch and throw double play to nab Luke Williams at the plate in the 9th inning to preserve the tie … In the 10th, the Phillies had 2 outs and a runner at 2nd base before loading the bases for Bryson Stott who delivered a 2-run single … Matt Strahm picked up his 2nd save of the season.
PRIMED FOR RED OCTOBER: Since July 1, the Phillies have played 38 games at Citizens Bank Park and they are averaging an MLB-best 6.1 runs per game at home (232 R) while slashing .278/.354/.513 with an .867 OPS … The Phillies have hit 72 home runs at home since July which are the most among all clubs in baseball (next: LAD, 67).
I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN: The Phillies have 10 games left in the 2023 regular season and seven of those 10 will be against the Mets (4 at CBP, 3 in NY) … Since 2022, the Phillies are 7-18 in 25 games against the Mets (.280 win %) and 163-126 against all other clubs (.564 win %) … Having only met six times so far this year, the Phillies were swept in a three-game series in New York (5/30-6/1) before they took two of three games at CBP from June 23-25.
YOU’RE SO GOLDEN: Second baseman Bryson Stott is up to 16 Outs Above Average defensively which ranks T-4th among all players in Major League Baseball (with COL SS Ezequiel Tovar) – the only players in MLB with more Outs Above Average than Stott are CHI’s SS Dansby Swanson (19 OAA), SF’s INF Thairo Estrada (17 OAA) and CLE’s 2B Andres Gimenez (17 OAA) … Stott leads all National League second baseman in games played (142) and innings at the position (1230.1), which outpaces Estrada (92 games, 767.2 innings), who does not qualify … Stott has a .991 fielding percentage this season as well as 6 Defensive Runs Saved which is 7 more than Estrada (-1 DRS)… He set a franchise record earlier this season when he began his career with 84 consecutive games at second base without an error, eclipsing the previous mark held by Tomas Perez (57 G) from 2001-02.
BALL GO BOOM: The Phillies have hit 206 home runs to date which are tied for the 3rd-most through the first 152 games of a season in franchise history, behind only the 2009 club who hit 213 through the first 152 and the 2004 club (208 HR) … Philadelphia’s 206 home runs this year rank 7th in franchise history – the 2007 team ranks 6th with 213 – the record is 224, held by the 2009 club … Of those 206 home runs for the Phils, 93 have come in the last 46 games since the start of August (45%) … Since Aug. 1, the Phils rank 1st in MLB in home runs (next: ATL, 91) & isolated power at .240 (next: ATL, .226), 2nd in extra-base hits with 185 (ATL, 192), 2nd in SLG at .503 (ATL, .512) and 2nd in OPS at .847 (ATL, .863) … The Phillies are averaging 5.91 runs per game since August which ranks 3rd in MLB behind only ATL (6.17) and HOU (6.00) … Per Statcast, since Aug. 1, the Phillies rank T-1st among all clubs in baseball with an average exit velocity of 90.3 MPH (also ATL) and 2nd in hard hit rate at 43.4% (ATL, 44.0%).
SAINT NICK: Right fielder Nick Castellanos has played 140 games in right field this season (1224.1 total innings) and he has 10 outfield assists with 0 errors in 252 total chances … He would be the first Phillies outfielder with 250+ total chances and 0 errors in the outfield since Shane Victorino in 2011 (296 TC, 0 errors) … Castellanos would be only the third outfielder in Phillies history to complete a season with 10+ outfield assists and 0 errors, joining Victorino in 2006 (11 assists, 0 errors) and Johnny Callison in 1968 (10 assists, 0 errors) … The last right fielder in MLB to complete a season with 10+ assists and 0 errors was BAL RF Nick Markakis in 2014 (Gold Glove).
LEADING MAN: Leadoff hitter Kyle Schwarber (who will be honored pre-game tonight as the Phillies’ nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award) has a career-high 122 walks this season which ranks 6th in Phillies franchise history for a single year – HOF Richie Ashburn ranks 5th in club history with 125 in 1954 … The franchise record for walks in a season is 129, set by Lenny Dykstra in 1993 … Schwarber currently ranks 2nd in MLB this year in both walks and walk rate (17.8%), trailing only Juan Soto in both (126, 18.8%) … Since he was moved back to the leadoff spot on June 2, the Phillies are 43-14 in the 57 games Schwarber has scored a run (.754) and they are 24-5 in the 29 games he has homered (.828) … Schwarber has a franchise record 10 leadoff home runs this season, eclipsing Jimmy Rollins’ previous record of 9 in 2007.
120 WALKS, 100 RUNS, 100 RBI, 45 HOMERS: Kyle Schwarber has 122 walks, 103 runs, 45 homers and 99 RBI this season … He is only 1 RBI shy of joining a list of 12 other players in MLB since 1920 – when RBI became official – to join the 120 BB/100 R/100 RBI/45 HR club … Babe Ruth did so eight times, Barry Bonds four times, Mark McGwire two times, and Lou Gehrig, Chipper Jones, Aaron Judge, Harmon Killebrew, Ralph Kiner, Mickey Mantle, Willie McCovey, Mike Schmidt & Jim Thome all did so once.
SCHWARBER, McGWIRE, RUTH: In his first two seasons in Philadelphia (since 2022), Kyle Schwarber has hit 91 home runs which ranks 2nd in MLB behind only Aaron Judge (94 HR) and he has walked 208 times which also ranks 2nd in MLB behind only Juan Soto (261 BB) … Schwarber is only the 3rd player in MLB history with 90+ home runs and 200+ walks through any player’s first two seasons with a club: Mark McGwire with St. Louis from 1997-98 (94 HR, 205 BB) and Babe Ruth with the Yankees from 1920-21 (113 HR, 294 BB).
TONIGHT’S STARTER – RANGER SUÁREZ • LHP #55
2023: 3-6, 3.80 ERA Career: 28-21, 3.29 ERA
LAST START: 9/16 at STL: W, 6.0 IP, 4 H, ER, 4 BB, 5 SO … Suárez vs Mikolas … The The Phillies beat the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, 6-1 … Alec Bohm (RBI single) and Brandon Marsh (sac fly) gave the Phils a 2-0 lead early, but it was Kyle Schwarber’s 3- run HR in the 5th inning that opened the game up for Philadelphia … Johan Rojas added plated a run in the 9th inning with an RBI double … Four Phillies relievers combined for 3.0 scoreless innings to seal the win
TONIGHT’S START:
- Heating Up: Since the start of August, he has posted a 2.86 ERA (11 ER, 34.2 IP) … 4 of his 6 starts in that span have been quality starts and he hasn’t allowed more than 3 runs in any of those games … Since the start of August, his ERA ranks 11th in the NL (min. 25.0 IP) Did You Miss Me?: In his last start, Suárez generated 14 swings and misses, which ties his career high … He has done so three times now and all of them have come this year (others: 6/9 and 8/13) … 11 of his 14 swings and misses came on the curveball … Out of his 28 swings and misses in his other 2 starts, only 5 came against the curveball Beast In the East: Today marks Suárez’s 27th career start against NL East teams … He has a 3.17 ERA (49 ER, 139.0 IP) in starts against the division and a career ERA of 3.39 … He has earned a quality start in 7 of his last 10 starts against the division and in that stretch has posted a 2.80 ERA (19 ER, 61.0 IP) Ground Level: Suárez’s ground ball % of 48.9% and ground ball/fly ball rate of 1.59 are 10th among all National League pitchers with at least 100.0 IP …Since 2021, his 54.4% ground ball % is 4th in MLB and 3rd in the NL … Since Fangraphs began tracking batted ball stats in 2002, Suarez’s career GB % of 54.2% ranks 1st among Phillies pitchers (min. 250 IP) Trouble With the Curve: Suárez has thrown his curveball 359 times in 113.2 IP this season after only throwing it 198 times in 155.1 IP last year … He is holding batters to a .127 average (10-83) with his curveball and has struck out 33 batters with a whiff rate of 39.0% … Among NL pitchers (min. 50 PA), Suárez’s curveball ranks 3rd in OPP AVG, 8th in strikeout % (39.8%) and 9th in whiff % Pitch Usage: Sinker (26.7%), 4-Seam Fastball (21.9%), Curveball (19.6%), Changeup (18.4%), Cutter (12.8%), Slider (0.6%)
HOME:
- 2023: 0-3, 4.94 ERA (30 ER, 54.2 IP) in 10 starts
- Career: 14-9, 3.55 ERA (86 ER, 218.1 IP) in 65 games (33 starts)
2023 SEASON:
- Strike ‘Em Out: On 9/10, Suárez took a no-hitter into the 7th inning and struck out a career-high 10 batters while only allowing 2 hits … It was his most strikeouts in a game since striking out 9 on 10/1/21 … 8 of his 10 strikeouts came were swinging … 3 of his strikeouts were by his four seamer (2 swinging), 3 were from his curveball (all swinging), 2 were from his changeup (both swinging), 1 was from his cutter (swinging) and 1 one was from his slider (looking) … It also marked the third time in his career that he threw at least 5.0 IP in a start and allowed 2 or fewer hits (last: 6.0 IP, 2 H, 9/16/22 at ATL) Hit Me With Your Best Shot: On 8/1, Suárez gave up 10 hits and only allowed 1 run in 6.1 IP … He is the first ML pitcher this year to allow at least 10 hits while allowing 1 or no runs … Since 2016, Suárez is one of 8 pitchers to have such a game … He became the first Phillies pitcher to do so since Cliff Lee on 4/16/14 vs ATL Recorded a 5-game streak with at least 6 IP and 1 or no runs (6/4-27) … It was the 10th time a Phillies pitcher had done so and the first time since Cole Hamels in 2014 Posted a 17.0-inning scoreless streak (6/9-20) Struck out at least 7 batters in a career-high four straight starts (6/9-27) On 8/13, Suárez struck out 8 batters for the third time this season … It is the first time in his career he has had 3 games with at least 8 strikeouts in a single season … The last Phillies lefty to have 3 such games in a single year was Drew Smyly in 2019
