Mets, Marlins square off in Florida

MIAMI – The New York Mets are headed to Miami to take on the Miami Marlins on Friday night.

The Mets are starting Logan Verrett on the mound tonight. In his last start, he received the no-decision in the Mets’ 4-2 defeat at Philadelphia on July 16, Pitching 6.0 innings, gave up two runs, earned, on eight hits, and also struck out four and walked one. The outing marked his fourth start of the season where he has tossed at least 6.0 innings. He is 1-1 with a 2.55 ERA (seven earned runs/24.2 innings pitched) in such starts. In the outing, he struck out 17 and walked nine.

The Marlins will start LHP Adam Conley, who is 6-5 with a 3.61 ERA this season.

The Mets are 27-20 against the Marlins since 2014.

METSCELLANEOUS

The Mets are 3-3 since the All-Star break... New York is 4-6 in its last 10 games...The Mets are 38-7 when they score four or more runs and 12-37 when they plate three or fewer runs.
AFTER AN OFF DAY: The Mets are 10-1 after a scheduled off day this year and have scored an average of 5.0 runs in those 11 games.

ON THE ROAD

New York is 24-24 on the road this year, including 3-3 on this nine-game road trip...New York is 5-10 in its last 15 road contests...The Mets have the lowest team ERA on the road (3.42).

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

The Mets are 11-4 on Friday's, including 6-2 on the road this year...New York's .733 winning percentage on Friday's is the second-best in the majors, behind Cleveland (12-3, .800).

ONE-RUN GAMES

The Mets are 19-11 in one-run games (8-6 on the road) this year...The 633 winning percentage in one-run decisions ranks sixth in the majors.

HOME RUN NOTES

The Mets have hit 128 homers, the third- most the NL and the sixth-most in the majors...New York has belted 30 homers this month (16 games) to lead the majors... The Mets have hit nine homers in nine games vs. the Marlins this year.

WILMER FLORES

Has seven homers this month, tied for the major league lead with Max Kepler and Ryan Schimpf...Flores is hitting .341 (14-41) with 13 RBI in 13 games in July...He is tied for eighth in the NL with 13 RBI this month...Flores has five homers in his last eight games.

JOSE REYES

Collected his 100th triple with the Mets on Tuesday (his 118th career triple)...Reyes is only the ninth player to make his major league debut in the last 60 years and produce 100 or more triples for one team...The others are George Brett (Royals, 137); Willie Wilson (Royals, 133); Robin Yount (Brewers, 126); Lou Brock (Cardinals, 121); Pete Rose (Reds, 115); Jimmy Rollins (Phillies, 111); Willie Davis (Dodgers, 110); and Carl Crawford (Rays, 105)...Research courtesy of Elias...Reyes has scored four runs and driven in five runs in his last seven contests.

YOENIS CESPEDES

Is tied for seventh in the NL with 21 home runs and is fifth the NL with a .567 slugging percentage... Cespedes is hitting .342 (13-38) with two homers and six RBI in 11 games in July.

CURTIS GRANDERSON

Is batting .310 (18-58) with a .397 OBP, four doubles, three home runs and eight RBI over his last 17 games.

ASDRUBAL CABRERA

Is hitting .308 (16-52) with five homers and seven RBI in 13 games in July...His five homers are tied for the sixth-most in the National League this month.

TRAVIS d'ARNAUD

Has two doubles, two home runs and four RBI in his last nine contests...D'Arnaud is batting .281 (18-64) since coming off the DL on June 21.