Justin Verlander will hope he can provide a much-needed boost to a flagging team in his home debut Tuesday night New York Mets
On Wednesday, he’ll be watching from the dugout, hoping the pitcher closest to him Mets Must have a solid starter this season to help New York start off a worrying slide
Right-hander Kodai Senga will be looking to provide Mets New York hosted some much-needed length and efficiency on Wednesday night tampa bay rays In the middle of a three-match league series
Senga (4-2, 4.14 ERA) will be against Rays Lefty Josh Fleming (0-0, 4.26)
Verlander hit a pair of home runs for Isaac Paredes on Tuesday night as Rays beat Mets 8-5
It was the 11th loss in 16 games this month Mets, who squandered another rare offensive outburst on Tuesday night.New York was beaten 84-57 in May and only 2-5 when it scored five or more points
Verlander gave up six runs as earned runs in five innings Tuesday Mets This month’s first rise to 6.46. New York pitchers have made just two quality starts this month.Senga pitched six scoreless innings in a 1-0 win over the Colorado Rockies on May 5, and Verlander gave up seven innings in a 2-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on May 10. one cent
“I hope today I can be the catalyst — go out there and get off to a good start against a good team and help us win,” said Verlander, a three-time Cy Young Award winner and Signed a two-year contract with the team. Mets in December, but missed the first five weeks of the season with a large muscle strain
“I can’t do it. Leave it to the next guy. I know everyone here is working hard (on the back end) to make it happen.”
Pass the baton to the next person Rays, he hit three more homers on Tuesday to improve his record to 32-11.Tampa Bay increases its major league-leading total to 84 — 13 more than the tied-second Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers
Tampa Bay has hit at least three home runs in a game 14 times this season — one more than in all of last season.
eleven Rays Hit at least five homers — Paredes joined the group Tuesday, and he’s now hit six deep bases, along with ninth-ranked hitter Jose Ciri, whose sixth-inning single Leaving Citi Field at 113.7 mph
“It looks cool,” says Rays Lefty Jalen Bewkes, who served as the opener on Tuesday, pitched two scoreless innings. “You think we’re hitting three or four homers a game. It’s just an expectation, because these guys are so good. They’re rolling.
Senga, the only projected member Mets‘ The Opening Day rotation, which got every slate started this season, gave up five runs in five innings in New York’s 5-0 loss to the Reds on Thursday to lose the game.he never objected Rays
Fleming, who will be making his second start of the season, pitched his last on Friday when he gave up a run in four innings as Rays‘Bulk reliever.He didn’t factor in the 6-5 loss to the New York Yankees
Fleming is 2-0 with a 1.13 ERA in two career starts (one start) Mets
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