The Dodgers won yesterday and now there is some pressure for the Mets to keep pace in order to maintain the homefield advantage. The Mets and Nationals were rained out like most east coast cities last night, and they will try to get two games in today with a Day Night doubleheader. The first game will feature Noah Syndergaard vs Gio Gonzalez and the second game will have Matt Harvey vs Max Scherzer.
Noah Syndergaard is 9-7 over 23 games over 143.0 innings with a 3.34 ERA with a 156 K’s. He had a good bounce back start his last time in Cincy, on the day before clinching day, with 7.2 innings with 2 ER while striking out 11. He has held the Nationals to 3 ER over 13.0 innings this year with 13 K’s. The Nationals have the following numbers against Noah:
- Harper 3-7
- Taylor 1-6
- Desmond 2-4
- Escobar 1-5, HR
- Espinosa 0-4
- Rendon 3-4, 2B, HR
- Ramos 1-3
Gio Gonzalez is on the bump for the Nationals tonight. He is 11-8 over 30 starts and 169.2 innings with a 3.93 ERA. This will be his 6th start of September where he has logged 28.0 innings with a 2.89 ERA. He’s 2-0 over 3 starts against hte Mets with a 1.53 ERA over 17.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Gio:
- Granderson 4-30, 2B, HR
- Murphy 9-26, 2 2B, 3B
- Tejada 7-23
- Lagares 10-23, 3 2B, 3B, HR
- Wright 6-19, 2B, 3B, HR
- Cuddyer 6-16, 2B, HR
- Duda 3-17, 2B
- Uribe 3-13, HR
- d’Arnaud 2-12, 2 2B
Harvey is 13-7 over 28 games and 183.1 innings of work with a 2.80 ERA. In his last two starts he has tossed 11.2 innings allowing only 2 ER. He shocked everyone last Saturday on clinching day where he pitched into the 7th inning with 6 strikeouts saying that he wants to pitch. He’s 2-1 over 5 starts against the Nationals this year posting a 2.73 ERA over 33.0 innings. The Nationals have the following numbers against him:
- Desmond 6-22, 2B, HR
- Harper 0-20, 7 K
- Werth 4-19, 2B
- Zimmerman 4-17, 2B, HR
- Escobar 5-15
- Taylor 4-15, 2B
- Rendon 4-13
- Robinson 3-8, 2B
- Uggla 2-7
- Ramos 3-9, 2B
- Lobaton 1-7
Max Scherzer is 13-12 over 32 starts this year and 219.2 innings with a 2.19 ERA. This month he has been all over the place. He has two great starts going 8 innings allowing 1 run or less, two good starts allowing a total of 4 ER over 13.0 innings and two poor starts allowing 9 runs over 12.2 innings. He’s 0-2 over 3 starts against the Mets allowing 9 runs, 6 earned over 20.2 innings (two great starts, one poor one). The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Granderson 7-22, 3 2B, HR
- Cuddyer 6-24, 2B, 2 HR
- K Johnson 5-20, 2 2B, HR
- Murphy 3-17
- Cespedes 7-14, 2 2B, 3B, 2 HR
- Uribe 4-16, 2 2B
- Flores 0-10
- Wright 0-9
Let’s Go Mets!
