The Mets and Nationals wrap up their three game series in Queens with a rubber match this afternoon. The Mets had a come from behind victory on Friday night erasing a 6-1 deficit to win 7-6. The Nationals had an extra innings come from behind victory last night overcoming an early 3-0 hole winning 4-3. The Mets got an awesome inning from Syndergaard last night and a good inning from Harvey before he fell apart and allowed 3 runs.
Now its up to Jacob deGrom to close out the season on a positive note and he fights the flu. He is 15-9 in 30 games and 195.1 innings with a 3.55 ERA, 3.55 FIP and 1.198 WHIP. He is coming off a strong start of 7.0 innings allowing 1 run in 5 hits and 2 walks. The last time he allowed only 1 run in an outing was against the Nationals in August where he held them to 1 run over 7.2 innings with 5 hits and only 1 walk while striking out 10. The Nationals have the following numbers against deGrom:
- Rendon 0-16, 4 BB, 5 K
- Taylor 0-17, 1 BB, 10 K
- Zimmerman 5-16, 2 HR, 6 K
- Kendrick 2-17
- Werth 1-15, 2 BB, 5 K
- Turner 4-12, 2B, BB
- Murphy 3-12
- Wieters 3-12, HR
The Mets draw Max Scherzer who is 15-6 in 29 games and 191.1 innings with a 2.59 ER, 2.94 FIP and 0.915 WHIP. He leads the league in strikeouts (253), in WHIP and H/9 (5.7). He is coming off a strong rebound start from his last one. In the rebound he allowed 2 runs over 7.0 innings, in the two starts before that he allowed 11 runs over 12.0 innings. Earlier this season he allowed 8 runs in 14.0 innings in back to back starts against the Mets and then he faced the Mets again in June and allowed 1 run in 8.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers on Max:
- Cabrera 14-61, 4 2B, HR, 3 BB
- Reyes 9-26, 2B, HR, BB
- d’Arnaud 3-15, 3B, 7 K
- Flores 0-14, BB
- Aoki 2-9, 2 BB
- Lagares 1-11, BB
- Plawecki 2-12, 4 K
- Nimmo 1-5
- deGrom 1-3
Let’s Go Mets!
