The Mets dropped their third game in a row last night as they were shutout out 4-0 against the Pirates. Tonight they look to get back on the right track behind their source of thunder: Noah Syndergaard. Thor is 6-2 over 13 games and 12 starts and 76.2 innings with 95 K’s and a 2.00 ERA this season. In the month of June he has tossed 13.0 innings allowing 5 runs, 4 earned including his last start against the Pirates where he allowed 3 runs, 2 earned over 6.0 innings with 5 K’s in a game the Mets eventually won. The Pirates have the following numbers against Syndergaard:
- John Jaso 3-6, 2 2B
- Harrison 2-6, 2B
- Ho Kang 2-6
- McCutchen 1-5, 2B
- Polanco 2-6, 2 2B
- Joyce 0-3
- Marte 0-3
The Mets bats will take a crack at Jeff Locke who is 5-4 over 12 starts and 72.0 innings with a 5.83 ERA this season. The former All-Star has been mostly average or better in games pitched this year, except one start in each month where things melted down to catastrophic levels. In April he allowed 8 runs over 3.0 innings, in May he allowed 6 over 5.1 (not so bad) and in his last start he allowed 11 runs over 4.2 innings which raised his ERA from 4.28 to 5.38. He missed the Mets earlier this season. Last year he tossed 5.1 innings in one start against the Mets allowing 1 ER over 4 hits. The Mets have the following numbers against Jeff:
- Cespedes 0-4
- Lagares 2-5
- Loney 2-4
- Granderson 0-3
- Colon 0-2
Let’s Go Mets!
