The Mets offense finally came together last night as they beat the Yankees 7-1. Bruce went 0-4 in his debut last night but the players around him came through as De Aza and d’Arnaud both hit homers and multiple Mets had key hits with runners on to make the game unattainable for the Yankees. Last night even featured the return of Jon Niese! Tonight the game will shift to the Bronx as Steven Matz takes on Chad Green.
Steven Matz is 8-7 over 19 starts and 113.0 innings with a 3.35 ERA. In his last start he allowed 2 ER over 6.0 innings while striking out 5. He didn’t have his best stuff and labored through his 6.0 innings allowing 10 hits, but he allowed only 2 runs and put the Mets in a good position at the end of the day (the bats didn’t come through though). In his last two starts he has totaled 2 ER in 12.0 innings. He faced the Yankees towards the end of last year were he allowed 1 ER over 6.0 innings. The Yankees have the following numbers against Matz:
- Gardner 1-2
- Gregorius 1-3
- Headley 1-3
- Castro 0-2
The Mets bats draw Chad Green who is 1-2 over 7 starts and 3 starts this year with a 4.56 ERA over 23.2 innings in his rookie season. Green is returning to the rotation after the sell-off the Yankees went through at the deadline. He started July off with a strong start, 1 run, 0 earned, over 6.0 innings but followed that up allowing 7 ER over 4.1 innings. Since the All-Star break he’s been in the pen pitching 8.1 innings over three games allowing no runs. Not surprisingly, he has never faced the Mets or anyone on the Mets roster.
Let’s Go Mets!
