The calendar might have said “Wednesday” yesterday but it might as well be “Thorsday”. Syndergaard was the entire Mets team last night allowing 2 ER over 8.0 innings of work striking out 2 AND driving in all 4 Mets runs on two homers. The Mets are now in a position to take the four game set with the Dodgers as long as they can get through Clayton Kershaw tonight, something they needed to do twice in the post-season.
The Mets hero, Bartolo Colon, returns to the mound tonight, one start removed from his historic homer, the shot heard around the universe. On the season he is 3-1 over 7 games, 6 starts and 38.1 innings with a 2.82 ERA. His last start was a bit more human than his previous, allowing 3 ER over 6.2 innings. In fact, he’s allowed exactly 3 ER in 3 of his last 4 starts. Last year in the regular season he tossed an absolute gem against the Dodgers, but still lost, allowing 1 ER over 8.0 innings. The Dodgers have the following numbers against Bartolo:
- Crawford 6-36, 2 2B
- Gonzalez 12-25, 2 2B, 3 HR
- Kendrick 3-25
- Utley 7-17, 2 2B
- Turner 0-9, 3 K
- Puig 0-7, 3 K
The Mets draw the ace, Clayton Kershaw, who is 4-1 on the season over 7 starts with a 2.04 ERA over a league leading 53.0 innings and a league leading 64 K’s. He has recorded double digit strikeouts in each of his last four starts that ranged from amazing to bad (1 ER over 8, 5 ER over 7, nothing over 9, 2 over 7). He was 1-0 in the regular season against the Mets last year over two starts allowing only 1 ER over 16.0 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Clayton:
- Wright 3-18, 2B
- Granderson 3-16
- Duda 2-15
- Walker 1-9
- Cespedes 19
- Flores 3-9
- Lagares 1-9
Let’s Go Mets!
