The Mets managed to lose to games yesterday, pushing themselves to three games below .500 and a need to win tonight and tomorrow in order to split with the Cardinals. Noah Syndergaard will look to make that happen tonight as he makes his first start since being sent home with strep throat. He is 4-4 over 14 games and 89.0 innings with a 4.45 ERA, 3.48 FIP, 1.202 WHIP and 90 ERA+. Noah had back to back exceedingly average starts (6 runs in 12.2 innings) heading into his last start where he was marvelous, holding the Rockies to 1 hit over 7.0 innings, walking only two batters and striking out 7. In two games against the Cardinals last year he allowed 6 runs, 5 earned over 13.1 innings from 6 hits and no walks. The Cardinals have the following numbers against him:
- Marcell Ozuna 5-22, 2B, HR, BB, 8 K
- Paul Goldschmidt 5-14, 2B, BB, 5 K
- Dexter Fowler 2-14, 2B, BB, 6 K
- Matt Carpenter 2-13, 2B
- Yadier Molina 4-13, 2B, HR, 2 K
- Kolten Wong 2-11, 2 K
- Paul DeJong 4-8, 2B, K
Is it Pac-Man on the mound? No its Michael Wacha. Wacha Wacha Wacha is 4-2 over 12 games and 10 starts this year with a 5.63 ERA, 5.90 FIP, 1.714 WHIP (a career high by a long shot) and a 74 ERA+. Despite his numbers, he’s coming off two good outings where he tossed a combined 8.1 innings and allowed no runs, lowering his ERA from 6.61 to 5.62 (right before that, in an inning of relief he got tagged for 6 runs and had a two game streak of 5.2 innings with 13 runs). In two starts against the Mets last year he allowed 5 runs in 10.2 innings from 10 hits and 3 walks. The Mets have the following stats against him:
- Todd Frazier 8-28, 2 2B, 2 HR, 3 BB, 3 K
- Michael Conforto 3-7, 2B, 2 K
- Wilson Ramos 1-6, BB, K
- Adeiny Hechavarria 3-5, 2B, BB
- Carlos Gomez 1-3, K
- Amed Rosario 0-3, BB, K
Let’s Go Mets!
