“Starting to worry about the Mets” – Jon Heyman
The Mets lost their fifth straight game last night as they continued to radically fall out of playoff contention. The Mets are now five games below .500, still are 5.5 games back in the division, and 7.0 games back in the Wild Card. The Mets five game losing streak has come at the same time that the Braves have gone on a four game losing streak and the Phillies on a four game winning streak. In what has become a theme for the last couple of months – the Mets have had chances to make a move and just couldn’t.
Rich Hill gets the start tonight as the Mets get the Sunday Night game for the second week in a row. In 29 games sand 144.0 innings this year, he has a 3.88 ERA, 4.44 FIP, 1.181 WHIP and a 102 ERA+. His numbers as a Met are nearly identical, pitching in 10 games and 48.2 innings with a 3.88 ERA, 4.23 FIP, 1.212 WHIP and a 103 ERA+. Rich Hill started off September dominating in back to back starts, allowing only one run on eight hits over 12.0 innings. His last start was not as dominating – allowing three runs over 5.0 innings against the Cardinals. Tonight is his first start against the Phillies this year, and the Phillies have the following numbers against him:
- Freddy Galvis 4-14, 3B, 2 K
- J.T. Realmuto 1-3, 2 K
- Andrew McCutchen 4-14, 2B, 2 K
- Bryce Harper 1-4, K
- Didi Gregorius 0-1, BB, K
- Jean Segura 0-4, BB, K
- Brad Miller 0-4, K
- Matt Joyce 0-2, K
- Ronald Torreyes 0-2, K
The Mets bats draw Kyle Gibson in the series finale. Gibson was a big trade deadline acquisition for the Phillies. As a Ranger he made 19 starts, pitched 113.0 innings with a 2.87 ERA, 3.75 FIP, 1.177 WHIP and a 152 ERA+. In nine games and 52.0 innings with the Phillies he has a 4.85 ERA, 4.04 FIP, 1.346 WHIP and a 85 ERA+. His downturn has been a more recent phenomenon, starting with a start against the Marlins on September 3rd where he allowed eight runs on eight hits over 5.1 innings. Overall in September Gibson has allowed 15 earned runs from 20 hits and 6 walks over 15.0 innings. Opponents are hitting .323/.382/.565 against him this month. He did face the Mets earlier this year and held the Mets to one run on four hits and four walks over 6.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Michael Conforto 5-7, 2B, HR, 2 BB
- Brandon Nimmo 2-5, 2B, HR, BB, K
- Kevin Pillar 4-11, 2 2B, HR, 3 BB, 4 K
- Jonathan Villar 6-14, 2B, BB, K
- Francisco Lindor 14-40, 2B, 5 BB, 5 K
- Jeff McNeil 1-5, 2B, K
- James McCann 6-25, BB, 6 K
- Pete Alonso 0-5, BB, 2 K
Let’s Go Mets!
