Giants at Mets
The New York Mets watched their previously-surging offense grind to a halt on Sunday after learning that a key member of the pitching staff was being suspended by the team. The Mets will try to put Matt Harvey's drama behind them and get the bats working again when they host the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a three-game series.
Harvey was supposed to start on the mound Sunday, but the former staff ace was instead suspended three games without pay for a violation of team rules. New York called up Adam Wilk to make the spot start but could not find him any support in the 7-0 loss, which ended a string of five straight games in which the Mets offense pushed across at least seven runs. New York will send Jacob deGrom to the mound on Monday to take on the National League-worst Giants (11-21), who are last in the NL in runs scored and were just swept in a three-game series at Cincinnati over the weekend by a combined 31-5. Left-hander Matt Moore will try to stop the bleeding when he takes the mound for San Francisco opposite deGrom.
TV: 7:10 p.m. ET, ESPN, CSN Bay Area (San Francisco), SNY (New York)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Giants LH Matt Moore (1-4, 6.75 ERA) vs. Mets RH Jacob deGrom (2-1, 3.68)
Moore followed up a great start with his worst outing of the season when he was knocked around for nine runs on six hits and five walks in 3 1/3 innings at the Dodgers on Tuesday. The Florida native held that same Los Angeles squad to one run on two hits while striking out eight over seven innings on April 27. Moore is still getting used to the National League after coming over from the Tampa Bay Rays in a trade last summer and will be making his second career start against the Mets.
DeGrom is displaying some dominant stuff with 40 strikeouts in 24 2/3 innings over his last four starts but is having some trouble keeping that stuff in the strike zone. The Stetson product earned a win at Atlanta on Wednesday despite allowing five runs on eight hits and five walks in five innings - the second time in the last three starts that he issued at least five free passes. DeGrom never had that problem when facing San Francisco and is 3-1 with a 3.42 ERA and seven walks allowed in 26 1/3 total innings against the Giants.
WALK-OFFS
1. The Mets claimed LHP Tommy Milone off waivers from the Milwaukee Brewers.
2. San Francisco SS Brandon Crawford (groin) will play in a minor-league rehab game on Monday with Double-A Richmond.
3. New York SS Asdrubal Cabrera (thumb) underwent an MRI that revealed no ligament damage on Sunday.