What a week for the New York Mets! The Mets secured a series win against the Phillies last night in Queens. The win extended the Mets winning streak to six games, their division lead to four games and now the Mets are 10 games above .500!
The Mets can make a massive statement today with a series sweep. The Mets would take a five game lead against their divisional rival and have a seven game winning streak for the first time this season. It’s a beautiful day in Queens to beat the Phillies one more time!
David Peterson has a 3.27 ERA, 3.07 FIP, 1.364 WHIP and a 118 ERA+ over 22 innings over four starts this season. The Cards were able to get three runs off of Peterson in his last start (5 1/3 innings) and for the second time this season Peterson recorded nine strikeouts in a start (26 on the season). In the regular season last year Peterson held the Phillies to six runs, five earned over 11 1/3 innings (3.97 ERA) while striking out ten. He faced the Phillies twice in relief in the postseason holding them scoreless over 5 1/3 innings. The Phillies have the following career numbers against Peterson:
- Alec Bohm 7-23, 2 2B, 2 HR, BB, 6 K
- Nick Castellanos 6-12, 2B, 3 K
- Bryce Harper 8-21, 2B, HR, 4 BB, 6 K
- Rafael Marchan 2-2
- J.T. Realmuto 3-18, 2B, 3 BB, 4 K
- Johan Rojas 1-7, 2B, BB, 2 K
- Kyle Schwarber 2-19, 2B, 2 BB, 10 K
- Edmundo Sosa 1-2
- Bryson Stott 0-3, BB, K
- Trea Turner 3-19, 2 2B, 2 BB, 6 K
The Mets face the former Met, Zack Wheeler. Wheeler has become one of the most consistent and effective pitchers in baseball since joining the Phillies in 2020. He’s made 138 starts, totaling 860 2/3 innings with a 2.97 ERA. This season he has pitched 31 1/3 innings over five games with a 3.73 ERA, 3.15 FIP, 0.989 WHIP and a 108 ERA+. Wheeler had two rough starts in mid-April where he allowed nine runs from 15 hits over 11 1/3 innings. In his three other starts he has allowed only four runs over 20 innings, including his last start where he had a season high 13 strikeouts over seven innings against the Marlins.
Wheeler held the Mets to two runs, scattering seven hits over seven innings in one regular season start last season. He also had a phenomenal start against the Mets in the playoffs where held the Mets to one hit and no runs over seven innings (a game the Mets eventually won 6-2). The Mets have the following career numbers against Wheeler:
- Luisangel Acuña 1-3
- Pete Alonso 10-37, 2 2B, 2 BB, 12 K
- Brett Baty 3-8, K
- Francisco Lindor 8-31, 2B, 3B, HR, BB, 6 K
- Starling Marte 7-25, 2B, 3B, BB, 4 K
- Brandon Nimmo 13-46, 3 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 8 K
- Juan Soto 13-51, 2 2B, 3 HR, 13 BB, 15 K
- Tyrone Taylor 2-9, 3 K
- Mark Vientos 3-9, 2B, 3 K
- Jesse Winker 0-11, 4 BB
Three Things To Watch For:
- The Bullpens. The bullpens have been the story the whole week in this series. Both the Mets and the Phillies entered this series tired. The Mets have had starters go 5 1/3 and 5 innings over the last two games respectively. Sánchez left yesterday’s game after two innings for the Phillies. Both teams should have a similar game plan today – get the starter out earlier and hope they can catch the opponents bullpen running out of gas.
- We cannot stop talking about Francisco. Lindor has been on another planet over the last three games going 8-for-13 with three home runs, six runs scored and six RBI’s. Since April 7th, his first three hit game of the season, Lindor is slashing .359/.400/.625. He now has a 0.8 bWAR on the season and has a 142 OPS+. Just phenomenal stuff from Lindor.
- The Mets got hits with runners in scoring position. We have been complaining about the Mets hitting with runners in scoring position, even during the Mets’ winning streaks this season. Last night the Mets only had nine hits as a team (three of them by Lindor) but four of their hits were with RISP. They went 4-for-9 with RISP and even though they still left 10 runners on base, timely hitting by the Mets gave them some crucial insurance runs and saved Mendoza from needing to use Díaz.
Let’s Go Mets!
