On Thursday the Mets got a wonderful start from Noah Syndergaard and tons of amazing innings from the bullpen, but squandered it with a silent offence. On Friday the Mets got a dazzling start from Jacob deGrom, but nothing from the offense and Mets lost. Yesterday, on Walker Locket day, Lockett pitched a game beyond initial expectations for him and the offense was unleashed, smacking homers all over the place. Now the Mets have a chance to split the series today with a win in San Francisco before getaway day.
Steven Matz gets to close out the series today. He is 5-6 over 19 games and 17 starts pitching 85.0
innings with a 4.87 ERA, 5.45 FIP, 1.482 WHIP and 85 ERA+. Matz was effective, albeit limited, in his first start back from the pen earlier in the week. He tossed 4.0 innings allowing 2 runs from 5 hits and a walk. Last year he pitched against the Giants twice allowing 3 runs over 12.0 innings from 5 hits and 2 walks while striking out 16. The Giants have the following numbers against him:
Brandon Belt 1-5, BB, 4 K
Tyler Austin 2-5, K
Evan Longoria 2-5, 2 HR
Joe Panik 1-4, BB
Austin Slater 2-5
Brandon Crawford 2-3, K
Buster Posey 1-2
The Mets bats draw Conner Menez who will be making his major league debut. The lefty has split time between AA and AAA posting a 3.13 ERA over 18 games, 17 starts in 95.0 innings of work with a 1.126 WHIP. With Sacremento, his AAA squad, he has a 3.86 ERA over 35.1 innings with a 1.415 WHIP. Of course, there are a few things to remember with that line. First, it’s only 7 games, 6 starts. Second, it’s in the PCL which has been notoriously tough for pitchers (and that Giants AA team is in Richmond, VA where the climate problems for baseball don’t exist). Third, he posted this line despite being 2.8 years younger than the league average.
Let’s Go Mets!
