The Mets go for the four game sweep of the Pirates this afternoon with Jacob deGrom on the mound! Last night, the Mets got a huge homerun early from Eduardo Escobar. After that Chris Bassitt cruised through the rest of his outing. Probably the most important development last night was David Peterson out of the bullpen. Peterson gave the Mets 2 1/3 innings of one run baseball. Going down the stretch of the season, an effective Peterson out of the pen would be a huge boon to this Mets squad.
Jacob deGrom has started eight games this season tossing 49 1/3 innings with a 2.01 ERA, 1.44 FIP, 0.588 WHIP and a 195 ERA+. In his last start, deGrom tied an MLB record with 39 consecutive starts with three earned runs or less. In that start he allowed three runs from five hits and no walks over six innings while striking out 10 batters against the Cubs.
The Pirates got to see deGrom in Pittsburgh earlier in September and it didn’t go well for the Pirates. Jacob held them to no runs from three hits and a walk over seven innings while striking out eight. The Pirates have the following career numbers against deGrom:
- Ben Gamel 1-6, 2 K
- Rodolfo Castro 0-3, K
- Oneil Cruz 1-3, K
- Ke’Bryan Hayes 0-3, 2 K
- Tucupita Marcano 0-3, K
- Bryan Reynolds 2-3
The Mets bats will close out this series against Johan Oviedo. Between the Cardinals and the Pirates this season, Oviedo has pitched in 17 games, making four starts over 35 innings with a 3.34 ERA, 4.08 FIP, 1.343 WHIP and a 120 ERA+. Since coming over to the Pirates he has only been used as a starter, making three starts pitching 9 2/3 innings with a 3.72 ERA, 4.14 FIP, 1.448 WHIP and a 117 ERA+.
Oviedo is coming off of his best start of the season where he shutout the Reds over five innings and holding them to only one hit. This was the completely opposite of his start against the Mets, which happened a few days prior. In that game the Mets recorded four runs from one hit because they drew five walks over 1 2/3 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Oviedo:
- Tyler Naquin 1-5, 2B, BB, K
- Daniel Vogelbach 1-7, K
- Pete Alonso 0-2, BB, 2 K
- Eduardo Escobar 1-4
- Jeff McNeil 0-3, K
- Tomás Nido 2-2, HR
- Brandon Nimmo 0-1, BB
- Mark Canha 0-0, BB
- Francisco Lindor 0-0, BB
- James McCann 0-0, BB
Let’s Go Mets!
