The Mets almost came back last night, but it was too little too late as the Phillies took the first game of the series (and as the Dodgers moved a game closer in the home field advantage chase, although it doesn’t matter really). The star of the show last night for the Mets was Lucas Duda who continue his recent hot streak, smacking 2 homers bringing his total to 27 for the year.
Logan Verrett gets the start for the Mets tonight. He’s 1-1 ver 12 games with the Mets with 3 starts and 33.1 innings with an ERA of 2.70. His last start against Atlanta was his only blight on his season where he allowed 4 ER over 5.0 innings. The start before that, he allowed 1 ER over 5.0 innings. In one inning against the Phillies this year he held them scoreless and hitless and struck out one batter. The only two Phillies who have seen him in a game would be Blanco and Herrera, who are both 0-1.
The Mets draw Alec Asher who is 0-5 over the first five starts of his career with a 7.52 ERA. That being said, he’s coming off of his best start of the season where he held the Marlins to 1 ER over 7.0 innings. In three home starts, he hasn’t gotten beyond the 6th inning allowing 14 ER over 15.2 innings. He has never faced the Mets and no one on the Mets has ever faced him in a major league game.
Let’s Go Mets!
