Game Preview: Mets @ Diamondbacks

The Mets still have a chance to come out winning more games than losing on this road trip, but it depends on winning tonight. Yesterday the Mets went up early, 3-0 and they seemed to be in cruise control and the Diamondbacks took the lead in the middle of the game by the score of 4-3. But these Mets showed fight, got two more runs and ended the game in the win column! Now Jacob deGrom will try to keep the good times rolling.

Jacob is 3-5 over 11 games and 63.0 innings with a 3.71 ERA, 3.56 FIP, 1.175 WHIP and 109 ERA+. He’s coming off an average start against the Dodgers where he held them to 2 runs over 5.0 innings despite allowing 7 hits and a walk and only striking out two but the bullpen couldn’t keep the game together behind him. Overall in May he allowed 13 runs, 12 earned over 37.0 innings, a 2.92 ERA with opponents batting .213 against him. If you take out his one bad start where he allowed 7 runs, 6 earned over 5.0 innings, he allowed 6 runs over 32.0 innings. Jacob faced the Diamondbacks once last year allowing 1 run over 7.0 innings from 6 hits and no walks while striking out 13. The D-backs have the following stats against him:

Zack Greinke 2-5
Alex Avila 2-6, 4 K
Adam Jones 0-5, BB, K
Jake Lamb 1-6, 2B, 3 K
David Peralta 1-5, 2 K
Jarrod Dyson 2-5

The Mets bats draw Zack Greinke who is having a resurgent year. He is 6-2 over 12 games and 77.2 innings with a 2.78 ERA, 3.36 FIP, 0.876 WHUP and 162 ERA+. His numbers are due in large part to his month of May where he started 5 games pitching 33.2 innings with a 2.14 ERA and an opponents batting average of .192. In his first 4 starts of the season he allowed 8 homers, since then he has allowed only 2. He missed the Mets completely last year and in 2017 had a lackluster start allowing 4 runs over 6.2 innings from 5 hits and 2 walks. The Mets have the following numbers against him: