When Trevor Williams started last week, it looked to be a short-term situation with Megill on the injured list and David Peterson not ready to come back up yet. Then Max Scherzer got injured – Williams potentially could be in the rotation for a chunk of time now. A lot of the Mets hopes now rest on Williams stepping into this role.
We could not possibly ask more from Trevor Williams than what we got in the last start. Well there’s one thing we could ask – can you do that again? Williams pitched four scoreless innings, scattering four hits and striking out six batters. His last two outings now have had a combined 7 2/3 scoreless innings, and have dropped his ERA from 8.59 to 4.20. He also hit a season high in pitches thrown his last time out at 65. His season high last year was 104 with the Cubs, 93 with the Mets. The longer he stays in the Mets rotation, the deeper we’ll start seeing him go into games.
The Rockies have the following career numbers against Williams:
- Kris Bryant 6-17, 3B, 2 HR, 7 BB, 3 K
- Charlie Blackmon 3-8, 2B, BB, K
- José Iglesias 2-8, 3B
- Randal Grichuk 2-5, BB, K
- Ryan McMahon 1-5, 3 K
The Mets bats will get a look at Austin Gomber. Gomber has made seven starts and pitched 39 innings this season with a 4.38 ERA, 4.45 FIP, 1.231 WHIP and a 104 ERA+. In his last twos tarts he has allowed eight earned runs from nine hits and five walks while pitching 11 1/3 innings. Gomber did face the Mets last season, his first with the Rockies, in Queens. He went deep into the game, eight innings, allowing two runs from four hits and an no walks while striking out eight. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Francisco Lindor 1-5, K
- Eduardo Escobar 0-3
- Tomás Nido 0-3, K
- Dominic Smith 0-3, 2 K
- Travis Jankowski 1-2, 2B
- Patrick Mazeika 1-1
Let’s Go Mets!
