The Mets got one from the Nationals last night as they escaped home without being swept. Jacob had a great start for the Mets and tied the game on a homer before the Mets scored some insurance runs. The reward for escaping the sweep? Kershaw. Yay.
The Mets will counter with Zack Wheeler who is coming off of his first rough start in a while. He is 3-4 this season over 12 games and 64.1 innings with a 4.48 ERA, 4.36 FIP and 1.461 WHIP. In his last outing, he allowed 8 runs off 6 hits and 3 walks in 1.2 innings. I was at the game and just wasn’t good. There were a few plays that could have been made behind him that weren’t and then he just got spent out there and lost all movement from his pitches. The Dodgers have the following numbers against him:
- Utley 3-13, HR, BB
- Grandal 2-5, HR
- Wood 0-4
The Mets draw Kershaw who is 9-2 over 14 starts and 97.0 innings with a league leading 2.23 ERA, 3.20 FIP and 0.918 WHIP. His FIP is curiously high, its actually the highest since his rookie year and only the 4th time in his career where its above 3. He has previously led the league in 2014 and 2015 in FIP at 1.81 and 1.99 (last year he had a career low FIP at 1.80). He had two starts against the Mets where he pitched 16.2 innings allowing 2 runs and 7 hits and 1 walk. One of those starts was a complete game shutout. The Mets have the following numbers against Kershaw:
- Granderson 5-23, 2 2B, 2 BB
- Bruce 5-20, 2 HR, BB
- Duda 2-16, 2 BB
- Reyes 3-16, BB
- Cespedes 1-15
- Flores 3-12
- R Rivera 2-8, BB
- d’Arnaud 0-6
Let’s Go Mets!
