The Mets will go for two in a row tonight against the Cardinals after last night’s extra inning win! The Mets fell into an early 2-0 hole which they cut to 2-1 thanks to a Bruce triple. Fast forward a bit, Wheeler was struggling and left the game when it was 4-1 Cardinals, which was the presumed score Harvey was going to enter the game under but then Cespedes hit a 463-ft, 115.1 mph homer, tied the game. Harvey would allow a run, the Mets would score another run before Bruce ended it on a go-ahead solo shot in the 10th inning. A Bruce sandwich of a game with monster-Cespedes in the middle.
Matz will look to get the job done for the Mets tonight in his 5th start of the season. He’s 1-1 over 18.1 innings so far with a 4.42 ERA, 5.69 FIP, 1.145 WHIP and 88 ERA+. His first start of the season was against the Cardinals on a cold, April, Sunday afternoon and he had a rough go of it allowing 3 runs over 4 runs from 4 hits and 3 walks thanks to two homers. He has now allowed exactly 3 earned runs in three of his four starts this season. The Cardinals have the following numbers against Steven:
- Ozuna 4-13, 2B, 2 BB
- Fowler 2-8
- Carpenter 1-3, 2B, 2 BB
- Pham 4-4, HR, BB
- DeJong 3-3, 2 HR, BB
- Gyorko 0-4
- Molina 1-4, HR
The Mets bats draw Michael Wacha who is 3-1 over as many starts this season pitching 21.1 innings with a 4.22 ERA, 4.68 FIP, 1.453 WHIP and 92 ERA+. He is coming off his best start of the season against the Reds where he held them to one run over 6.2 innings with 6 hits and a walk. His first start of the season was against the Mets where he allowed 4 runs over 4.2 innings from 5 hits (two of them being homers) and 2 walks. The Mets have the following numbers against Wacha:
- Bruce 1-31, BB, 13 K
- Frazier 7-26, 2 2B, 2 HR, 2 BB
- Gonzalez 2-19, 2B, 3 BB
- Cabrera 1-5, 2B
- Cespedes 2-6, HR
- Lobaton 0-6
- Reyes 0-6
- Lagares 1-5
- Conforto 2-4, 2B
- Flores 0-4
Let’s Go Mets!
