The Mets needed some good news in the worst way yesterday. Hours before first pitch the Mets announced Juan Lagares was heading to the DL for the rest of the season and the Mets were one loss away from falling to .500 for the season. Thanks to a wonderful performance by deGrom, the Mets got a win against the first place Diamondbacks and at least for one night could breath a little easier. Last time out the Mets ace threw 45 pitches in a scoreless, laboring inning. This time he threw 44 pitches across three great innings and ended up tossing 7.0 innings of 1 run ball with 13 strikeouts.
Matz will look to keep the Mets on the right path tonight. He is 1-3 over 7 games and 32.2 innings with a 3.86 ERA, 5.50 FIP, 1.255 WHIP and 100 ERA+. In his last two starts he has tossed 11.0 innings allowing 2 runs from 8 hits and 5 walks while striking out 8. His last two starts has dropped his ERA from 4.98 to 3.86. In one career start against the Diamondbacks he allowed 2 runs from 5 hits and 1 walk in 6.0 innings while striking out 9. Arizona has the following numbers against Steven:
- Mathis 2-5, HR
- Goldschmidt 1-3, HR
- Lamb 0-3
- Murphy 0-3
- Owings 0-2
The Mets bats will try to spark back to life against Patrick Corbin tonight who is in the midst of a career year. So far he is 4-1 over 9 starts with a 2.53 ERA, 2.72 FIP, 0.860 WHIP and 167 ERA+. His career numbers, for comparison, are 4.00 ERA, 3.87 FIP, 1.313 WHIP and 106 ERA+. Corbin is coming off of by far his worst start of 2018 where he allowed 4 runs from 6 hits and a walk in 6.0 innings while striking out 8. Outside of that start he has allowed 3 runs in only two other starts and in four starts has allowed 1 run or less. He faced the Mets twice last year. In May he allowed 4 runs over 6.0 innings from 9 hits and a walk and in July he allowed only 1 run from 4 hits and 2 walks in 8.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Corbin:
- Gonzalez 5-26, HR, 3 BB, 10 K
- Bruce 2-14, HR, 3 BB
- Flores 3-12
- Reyes 7-11, 3 2B, BB
- Mesoraco 2-9, 2B
- Cabera 0-3
- Conforto 1-3, HR
Let’s Go Mets!
