The Mets dropped the first game of the series against the Braves, and they look to put it back together tonight with Steven Matz. Matz is 7-3 on the year over 11 starts and 66.1 innings with a 2.71 ERA. His last start wasn’t the best, but the defense wasn’t the best behind him. He pitched 6.0 innings allowing 5 runs and 4 earned. He has two good starts against the Braves this year first holding them to 2 ER over 6.1 innings and in his second start he held them scoreless over 7.2 innings while striking out 8. The Braves have the following numbers against Matz:
- Freeman 3-7, 2B
- Garcia 2-9
- Markakis 2-6
- Aybar 1-6
- Flowers 0-6
- Francoeur 2-6
- d’Arnaud 0-3
Aaron Blair continues his rookie season. He’s 0-4 over 9 starts and 40.1 innings so far this year with an ERA of 7.59 to match. In the month of June he’s allowed 14 ER over 13.1 innings over three starts. He made his major league debut against the Mets back on April 24th where he allowed 3 ER over 5.1 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Blair:
- Cabrera 2-3
- Conforto 1-2, 2B
- Granderson 1-2
- Walker 1-2
- Flores 0-2
- Plawecki 0-2
Let’s Go Mets!
