The Mets were one hit yesterday. Voth, the Nationals starter, who gave up 7 runs from 9 hits in his only other major league start, also against the Mets, only allowed 1 hit over 5.0 innings and then the Nationals bullpen took care of the rest. Hopefully the bats will be fully rested for this afternoon’s game.
Steven Matz is on the mound today. He’s 5-11 over 28 games and 145.0 innings with a 4.03 ERA, 4.68 FIP, 1.241 WHIP and 91 ERA+. He’s coming off a strong start against the Phillies where he allowed no runs over 5.0 innings. In his last 6 starts and 35.1 innings he has allowed 9 runs which is a 2.29 ERA while striking out 39. His starts against the Nationals have been interesting this year. He started off in April allowing an unearned run over 5, then later in the same month he allowed 3 runs over 4.0 innings. In July he allowed 3 runs over 6.1 innings then at the end of July he allowed 7 runs over 0.2 innings. His last start against the Nationals in August he held them to 1 run over 7.0 innings. Who knows which Matz we’ll see today. The Nationals have the following numbers against him:
- Taylor 4-21, HR, 2 BB, 11 K
- Rendon 7-22, 3 HR, 9 K
- Turner 6-21, 2 2B, BB
- Hraper 3-16, 2B, 2 BB
- Zimmerman 3-16, 2B, HR, BB
- Reynolds 4-11, 3 2B
- Wieters 2-8, HR
- Soto 3-8
The Mets bats draw 25 year-old Erick Fedde who is 2-3 over 9 games and 43.0 innings posting a 5.03 ERA, 4.25 FIP, 1.442 WHIP and 85 ERA+. Since being called up in September he’s been quite good compared to his other numbers allowing 6 runs over 15.0 innings (3.60 ERA) while striking out 22 over 3 starts. His last start of 2017 was against the Mets where he allowed 5 runs over 6.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Nimmo 1-4, 2 K
- Flores 1-3, HR
- Rosario 1-3
- Smith 0-3
- Reyes 0-0, BB
Let’s Go Mets!
