The Mets and Marlins match up this Sunday with a fantastic pitching set up. Taijuan Walker, who has been on fire for the last month or so faces off against one of the best pitchers in baseball right now, Sandy Alcantara.
Taijuan Walker has made 14 starts, tossing 78 2/3 innings this season with a 2.86 ERA, 3.09 FIP, 1.144 WHIP and a 140 ERA+. Since May 22nd he has made nine starts and tossed 55 2/3 innings with a 2.59 ERA and 2.67 FIP. In his last five starts he has pitched 32 innings with a 2.25 ERA, 2.01 FIP and 36 strikeouts.
This stretch includes back to back starts against the Marlins where he allowed four runs over 12 2/3 innings from 10 hits and three walks while striking out 14 batters. The Marlins have the following numbers against him:
- Miguel Rojas 2-16, 2B, 4 K
- Avisail Garcia 2-15, 2B, 7 K
- Jazz Chisholm Jr. 4-10, 2 2B, 4 BB, 3 K
- Jesus Aguilar 2-11, 2B, BB, 2 K
- Brian Anderson 3-10, 3 K
- Bryan De La Cruz 4-10, 2 K
- Jesus Sanchez 1-7, 2 BB, 2 K
- Jon Berti 4-7, K
- Garrett Cooper 1-6, 3 K
- Jorge Soler 1-6, K
Sandy Alcantara has made 17 starts and pitched a league leading 123 1/3 innings this year with a 1.82 ERA, 2.85 FIP, 0.908 WHIP and a 227 ERA+. He is coming off of a dominating start against the Angels where he allowed no runs from two hits while striking out 10. He’s made two starts against the Mets this season. In the first start the Mets were able to score two runs from six hits and a walk over eight innings. In the second start the Mets made him look human. The Mets scored five runs, four earned, over seven innings from six hits. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Pete Alonso 4-24, 3 2B, HR, BB, 7 K
- Jeff McNeil 8-25, 2B, HR, 3 BB, K
- Brandon Nimmo 3-23, 2B, 3 BB, 5 K
- Francisco Lindor 7-19, 2 2B, HR, BB, K
- Eduardo Escobar 1-15, K
- Dominic Smith 2-14, K
- Ender Inciarte 0-7, 3 BB
- J.D. Davis 4-10, 2 2B
- Mark Canha 1-3, HR
Let’s Go Mets!
