The Mets go for a 4-game sweep of the Cubs this afternoon at Citi-Field. Yesterday the Mets were able to beat the Cubs 4-3 thanks to a 2-run homer by walker and a 2-run base blip by Travis. As with any 4-game set, you need to beat the team drawing most of their big guns, and the Mets will draw a huge one tonight in Jon Lester. Luckily, we have one of our own going in Noah Syndergaard.
Noah Syndergaard is 8-3 on the year over 16 games and 15 starts with 94.0 innings with a 2.49 ERA. His last start was not good as he allowed 5 ER over 3.0 innings against the Nationals topping off a month where he wasn’t that dominant (outside of one start, which was his best of the season). Noah allowed 3 ER over 5.1 innings against the Cubs during the regular season and allowed only 1 ER over 5.2 innings during the playoffs. The Cubs have the following numbers against Noah:
- Bryant 4-6, 2B, 3B
- Coghlan 1-4, HR
- Montero 0-4, 3 K
- Rizzo 0-3, 2 BB
- Heyward 2-3, 2B
- Zobrist 1-3, 2B
- Baez 0-2, 2 K
Jon Lester is 9-3 over 16 starts and 106.1 innings with a 2.03 ERA in what is shaping up to be his best season in his career, rivaling 2014. In the month of June he was 4-0 over 44.2 innings with an ERA of 1.41 with 44 K’s. He faced the Mets twice in the regular season last year going 1-0 allowing 3 ER over 13.0 innings. However in the postseason against the Mets he allowed 4 ER over 8 hits in 6.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Lester:
- Granderson 13-47, 2 2B, 3B, 2 HR
- Cabrera 7-27, 2 2B
- Cespedes 2-16
- Loney 4-15, 2B
- K Johnson 1-15
- De Aza 4-14, 4 2B
- Flores 2-8, HR
- Walker 2-8
- d’Arnaud 2-2, HR
Let’s Go Mets!
