It wouldn’t be the Mets if good news wasn’t immediately followed by bad news, right? The good news, after last weekend, expectations were incredibly low for the 6-game road trip against the Dodgers and the Giants but the Mets, despite scoring the minimum often, won 4-2. The bad news: Steve Matz may have pitched injured in his last start, the Mets probably knew this before the start and while they stress that its minor, he will be likely out for a couple to a few weeks, if not more. So the Mets could really use Noah Syndergaard tonight and the bats to help us forget about the news yesterday.
Noah Syndergaard is 3-4 over 10 games and 58.2 innings with a 3.38 ERA and 59 strikeouts. In his last two starts he has tossed 14.0 innings allowing only 2 ER and striking out 11 batters. In 3 of his 4 last starts he has allowed exactly 1 run. This will be Noah’s first start against the Diamondbacks.
The Mets bats will try to get it going against Chase Anderson who is 4-2 over 16 starts and 97.0 innings with a 3.71 ERA in his second major league season. His last start was his first in three starts where he tossed a quality starts (3 ER over 6 IP) in his last three starts in total he has logged 17.2 innings with a 7.64 ERA. Before these three starts his ERA was 2.84. Against the Mets earlier this year he allowed only 1 ER over 5.2 innings and 6 strikeouts. The Mets have the following numbers against Chase:
- Cuddyer 2-9, 2B
- Duda 0-3
- Granderson 1-3
- Lagares 2-3, HR
- Tejada 1-2
- Campbell 1-2
Lets Go Mets!
