The Mets and Nationals play for the final time this afternoon as the Mets look to stay in the win columnb after yesterday’s extra inning win. The Mets lost the lead in the ninth but were able to fight back thanks to TJ Rivera and maintained their possession of the 2nd Wild Card.
This afternoon Robert Gsellman gets the start. He’s 2-1 over 4 games and 3 starts and 20.2 innings of work with a 3.92 ERA. He’s coming off of a game where he allowed 4 ER to Atlanta over 5 innings, a game where he was cruising but then unraveled towards the end of his start. His best start this season came against the Nationals where he held them to 1 ER over 6.0 innings. The Nationals have the following numbers against him:
- Espinosa 0-3
- Harper 1-1, 2 BB
- Murphy 1-3
- Ramos 0-2
- Rendon 1-2, 2B
- Rurner 0-3
- Werth 1-3
- Zimmerman 2-3
The Mets draw Tanner Roark who is 14-8 this year over 186.1 innings with a 2.85 ERA. In his last three starts he has allowed 3 ER over 18.0 innings, the only so-s0 start in that stretch being against the Mets where he allowed 2 ER and 4 hits over 5.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Tanner:
- Granderson 7-23, 4 2B
- d’Arnaud 1-13
- Cespedes 2-11, 2B
- Bruce 0-8
- Rivera 4-11, 2B
- Flores 2-10, 2B
- Conforto 1-5, 2B
- Cabrera 1-5, 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
