As a warning, this game preview is being written before Monday’s game as I will be on a three day field trip with my students.
This is the time of year when things start to seriously get into swing as Dillon Gee makes his 4th start of the season. In his first three starts he is without a decision while posting a 5.03 ERA and 19.2 innings of work. Over that stretch he has allowed 16 hits, 11 earned runs while walking 7 and striking out 14. Last year he faced Arizona once allowing 6 hits and 2 earned runs, walked 2 batters and struck out 7 all over 7.0 innings. The Diamondbacks have the following numbers against Dillon:
- Prado 4-23, 2B
- Parra 2-10, 2B
- Montero 2-7, HR
- Goldschmidt 2-6
- Chavez 0-6
- Pennington 1-4, 2B
- Hill 1-3
McCarthy joins Gee in making his fourth start of the season. In his first three he has allowed 17 runs in an identical amount of innings (19.2) which is a 7.78 ERA. In that stretch he allowed 23 hits, 3 walks and 11 strikeouts. He is 0-2 this season. He faced the Mets once last year where he allowed 2 ER over 7 innings while walking 1 and striking out 4. The Mets have the following numbers against Brandon:
- Granderson 2-14
- E Young 2-6
- Davis 2-2, 2B
- Lagares 1-3, HR
- Murphy 0-3
Lets Go Mets!
