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Mets @ Giants, April 21: Joey Lucchesi makes first start since 2021 at 9:45 pm on SNY

Jun 18, 2021; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Joey Lucchesi (47) throws to the Washington Nationals during the first inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 18, 2021; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Joey Lucchesi (47) throws to the Washington Nationals during the first inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports / © Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports

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The Mets continue their four-game series against the San Francisco Giants on Friday at 9:45 pm on SNY.

Mets Notes

  • The Mets are a season-high six games above .500 after Thursday’s win and secured a winning road trip (6-1). New York has won back-to-back games and seven of their last eight contests.

  • Joey Lucchesi will make his first major league appearance since June 18, 2021 at Washington after missing all of 2022 while recovering from Tommy John surgery. RHP John Curtiss was optioned to Syracuse to make room for Lucchesi.

  • New York’s offense is second in the majors with 96 free passes this season and they have struck out just 139 times this season — the second-second fewest in the majors. That gives the Mets a 5.5 percent rate of K/BB ratio — the best in the majors.

  • Brandon Nimmo collected three hits on Thursday and has eight hits in his last two games. He’s the 11th player in Mets history to record eight or more hits in a two-game span, as the last to do it was Amed Rosariowho went 9-for-11 on August 14-15, 2019 at Atlanta.

  • Pete Alonso needs one home run in the next 10 days to set a Mets record for March/April homers. He also hit nine home runs in March/April 2019. John Buck, Carlos Delgado, Dave Kingman and Neil Walker are the only other Mets in club history with nine home runs in the season’s first month.

METS

GIANTS

Brandon Nimmo, CF

Thairo EstradaSS

Francisco Lindor, SS

Wilmer Flores, 1B

Jeff McNeil, RF

Darin Ruff, DH

Pete Alonso, 1B

JD Davis, 3B

Daniel Vogelbach, DH

David Villar, 2B

Mark Canha, LF

Mike Yastrzemski, RF

Brett Baty, 3B

Joey Bart, C

Francisco Alvarez, C

Heliot Ramos, LF

Luis Guillorme, 2B

Brett Wisely, CF

Who is starting for the Mets?

Joey Lucchesi, who will make his season debut and first start since 2021. The left-hander went 1-4 with a 4.46 ERA over 11 games (eight starts) in 2021 with 41 strikeouts and pitched in just two innings during spring training this year. He is 2-2 with a 3.52 ERA (15 ER/38.1 IP) mark with 12 walks and 45 strikeouts against the Giants in his career over seven starts.

Who is starting for the Giants?

Anthony DeSclafani, who earned a no-decision last time out on April 15 against the Detroit Tigers. The right-hander allowed two earned runs on six hits with five strikeouts over 6.2 IP. He’s 1-0 on the season over three starts and 19.0 IP with a 1.42 ERA, 0.63 WHIP, and 16 strikeouts.

Upcoming schedule

The Mets continue their four-game series with the San Francisco Giants on Saturday at 4:05 pm

David Peterson will get the start for the Mets and go up against Logan Webb for the Giants.