The Mets dropped an ugly one last night, and look to get back on the right path with the early afternoon game today. After jumping out to a 5-0 lead last night, the Phillies scored 7 unanswered runs to take the game. But that’s all sidebar. The real story of the game is Cespedes got hit in the hand with a pitch (just a bruise) and Kirk also got hit with a pitch. Robles then threw a quick pitch that went towards Rupp’s head, so he and Collins were immediately tossed with empty benches.
Sean Gilmartin is making the start today with Matz having some back pain. He’s 3-1 over 49 games this year with a 2.58 ERA over 52.1 innings. He has held the Phillies to 1 ER over 8.1 innings split over 7 games this season. Sean can go more than a couple of innings but probably looking at maximum 5 innings from Sean today. The Phillies have the following numbers against Sean:
- Galvis 2-5
- Howard 0-4
- Blanco 1-3
- Brown 1-3
- Herrera 1-2
- Asche 0-2
Jerad Eickhoff is 2-3 over 7 games and 44.0 innings of work in his rookie season. He made back to back starts against the Mets earlier this year where he allowed 6 ER over 13.0 innings. He has been a different pitcher in his last three starts allowing only 3 ER over 21.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Jerad:
- Cespedes 1-6
- Conforto 4-5, 2B, HR
- Flores 1-6
- Granderson 1-5, HR
- Murphy 0-6
- Cuddyer 1-3, 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
