The Cubs finally beat the Mets last night. After winning their last 8 games against Chicago, the Mets offense went missing last night and ultimately fell. Tonight, Noah Syndergaard takes the mound. He is 9-4 this season over 18 games and 17 starts with 105.2 innings of work with a 2.56 ERA. Three of his last four starts have been average or below average allowing 3 ER over 6.0 innings against Kansas, 5 ER over 3.0 against Washington and 3 ER over 4.2 innings against Washington again. His only good start in his last four was against the Cubs were he allowed only 1 run over 7.0 innings while striking out 8. The Cubs have the following numbers against Noah:
- Bryant 4-8, 2B, 3B
- Rizzo 1-6
- Heyward 3-6, 2B, 3B
- Baez 2-5
- Montero 0-4
- Zobrist 1-5, 2B
- Russell 1-3
- Ross 0-2
The Mets bats will get a crack at Jake Arrieta who is 12-4 over 18 starts this year and 114.1 innings with a 2.68 ERA. His last three starts before the All-Star break were very unlike him as he allowed 15 ER over 16.1 innings including a start against the Mets where he allowed 4 ER over 5.1 innings off 8 hits. The Mets have the following numbers against Jake:
- Granderson 11-32, 2 2B, 3B, 3 HR
- Walker 6-31, 2B, HR
- Flores 3-13, 2B
- Cabrera 5-11, 2 HR
- Cespedes 3-11, 2B, HR
- De Aza 3-7
- K Johnson 0-6, 3 BB
- d’Arnaud 3-7
Let’s Go Mets!
