The Mets won last night but in a classic way for a 2018 deGrom start. Jacob didn’t look his best but he still held the Dodgers to 1 run in 6.0 innings. Jacob recorded the only RBI for the Mets while he was in the game and the Mets didn’t take the lead until he left. Overall in the last week, the Mets have had good starting pitching from everyone, can Jason Vargas keep it going tonight?
Jason Vargas is 5-8 over 16 games and 70.0 innings with a 6.56 ERA, 5.25 FIP, 1.571 WHIP and a 56 ERA+. He’s in the midst of a great stretch though. In his last four games he’s posted a 1.99 ERA over 22.2 innings going 3-0 recording 18 K’s and only 5 ER. In his last two games he has allowed 1 run over 11.1 innings. He missed the Dodgers earlier this season. Can Vargas keep the good times going? Let’s hope. The Dodgers have the following numbers against Jason:
- Dozier 7-29, 2B, 2 BB, 7 K
- Freese 8-14, 2B, 3 HR, BB
- Machado 3-13
- Utley 1-7
- Kemp 2-2, 3B
The Mets bats will contend with Rich Hill who is 6-5 over 20 game sand 19 starts logging 102.2 innings posting a 3.59 ERA, 4.14 FIP, 1.218 WHIP and a 109 ERA+. In the month of August Hill made 6 starts logging 34.1 innings posting a 3.15 ERA, so he was slightly better than his season average. Against the Mets in June he allowed 4 runs off 5 hits and a walk over 5.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Jackson 0-9, BB, 5 K
- Reyes 3-10, 2 K
- Flores 3-9, 2 2B, HR
- Frazier 0-5, 3 K
- Bruce 0-1, 2 BB
- Conforto 1-3, HR, 2 K
- Nimo 0-1, K
Let’s Go Mets!
