7:10 pm
May 8

Diamondbacks @ Mets

Who will WIN this matchup?

Arizona Diamondbacks (15-17)

@ New York Mets (14-13)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Kelly (ARI): 2-2; 5.79 ERA

Hunter (NYM) 0-0; 0.00 ERA (opener)

 

Current odds:

Arizona Diamondbacks: (+135)

New York Mets: (-145)

 

• The New York Mets began Friday talking about Pete Alonso’s burger and ended it by trading tall tales about rats, raccoons and possums. All the Mets did in between was post their biggest comeback win of the season.

• The Mets will look to build on the momentum generated during an eventful evening when they host the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night in the middle game of a three-game series.

• The Mets have yet to announce a starter, though left-hander Joey Lucchesi (0-2, 10.13 ERA) is expected to be recalled from Triple-A Syracuse to either start or serve as a bulk reliever behind an opener. Right-hander Merrill Kelly (2-2, 5.79 ERA) is slated to start for the Diamondbacks.

• The Mets overcame a four-run third inning deficit to earn a 5-4 win Friday, when Francisco Lindor hit his long-awaited first homer at Citi Field this season — a game-tying two-run shot in the bottom of the seventh — and rookie Patrick Mazeika collected his first big-league RBI on a 30-foot, bases-loaded grounder in the 10th inning.

• The main topic of conversation afterward, though, had to do with what Lindor and Jeff McNeil did or did not see — or did or did not do — in the tunnel leading to the locker room in between the top and bottom of the seventh inning.

• With the Mets trailing 4-2, the keystone combination appeared to have a miscommunication on a one-out infield single by the Diamondbacks’ Nick Ahmed. Jacob Barnes escaped the inning when Daulton Varsho flew out to Michael Conforto at the wall in right field. Moments later, Conforto and left fielder Dominic Smith led the rush of Mets players from the top of the dugout into the tunnel.

• The Diamondbacks might be willing to ask a rodent or a fictitious character for some assistance after another difficult night at the plate. Arizona, which was outscored 20-4 while being swept in a three-game series earlier this week by the Miami Marlins, was 1 of 16 with runners in scoring position Friday night.

• The Diamondbacks scored their first three runs in the second inning Friday thanks to the wildness of Mets starter David Peterson, who plunked Tim Locastro with the bases loaded before walking Kelly and Christian Walker.

5/10
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