Game Preview: Mets @ Braves

The resilient Mets bounced back and won again! The Mets found themselves in a quick 1-0 hole last night, a day after a beating by the Braves, but bounced back with a 5-3 win in the 12th inning. Once again the hero of the night was Cespedes who (again) was slumping and had a go-ahead hit. Tonight Jacob deGrom takes on long time Brave Julio Teheran with The 7 Line Army in town. It’s going to be a noisy one down south!

Jacob deGrom is 2-0 over 4 starts and 25.0 innings with a 3.24 ERA, 2.62 ERA, 1.080 WHIP and 119 ERA+. He became the first Mets starting pitcher to pitch into the 8th inning in his last start, but quickly allowed to Nationals base runners on, and then the bullpen had an epic meltdown which led to the first horrible Mets loss of the season. Last year he was 2-0 over 3 starts against the Braves allowing 6 runs from 15 hits and 8 walks in 18.0 innings (3.00 ERA, 1.278 WHIP). The Braves have the following numbers against deGrom:

Freeman 7-28, 2B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 7 K
Markakis 7-23, HR
Inciarte 4-18, 2B, 5 K
Teheran 3-6 (Really)
Swanson 1-3
Suzuki 0-5
Bourjos 0-3

The Mets bats draw former All-Star and long time foe, Julio Teheran who is 1-1 over 4 games this season pitching 20.0 innings with a 5.40 ERA, 1.650 WHIP, 6.39 FIP and 72 ERA+. His numbers right now are deceiving as in his last two starts he has allowed only 3 runs over 6.0 innings with 16 K’s (his first two starts were horrible though). Last season he was 11-13 over 32 games and 188.1 innings with a 4.49 ERA (all full season career high), 1.3750 WHIP, 4.95 FIP and 96 ERA+. It just wasn’t his year last year compared to previous seasons. Last year he was 1-2 over 5 starts and 30.1 innings against the Mets posting a 3.26 ERA and 1.253 WHIP. The Mets have the following numbers against him: