The Mets look to shut the door on the Marlins on their way out of Miami tonight by capping off the series with a win and a sweep. In the first game of the series, the Mets steamrolled the Marlins. Last night, the Mets had great pitching from Jon Niese and some late hitting with two outs to bring the final score to 5-1.
Harvey gets the not tonight in a ballpark where he has struggled throughout his career. On the year he is 9-7 over 20 starts and 133.0 innings with a 2.91 ERA. In his last four starts he has logged 28.2 innings with 25 K’s and a 2.20 ERA and he is coming off an outing where he held the Nationals to 1 ER over 7.2 innings. He has faced the Marlins twice this year, the first time he allowed 4 ER over 6.0 innings and in the second outing he allowed 4 ER over 8 innings. The Marlins have the following numbers against Harvey:
- Hechavarria 3-13
- Prado 3-12
- Yelich 2-9
- Gordon 2-7
- Dietrich 1-6
- Realmuto 1-6
- Bour 1-4, HR
The Mets bats will look to keep it going against David Phelps. Phelps is 4-7 over 21 games, 17 stats with a 3.93 ERA and 105.1 innings of work. In his last three starts he is 0-2 over 16.2 innings with a 4.32 ERA. He has faced the Mets three times this year, picking up no decisions each time with a 2.70 ERA over 16.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against David:
- Duda 1-8
- K Johnson 1-7, 3B
- Murphy 4-9, 2B
- Cespedes 0-7
- Granderson 1-7
- Lagares 0-7
- Tejada 1-7
- Flores 2-5, HR
Let’s Go Mets!