The Mets and Braves face off in the rubber game tonight if the ran moves out in time for the first Harvey Day of the year. Last night the Mets lost their first game of the season falling 3-1 in extra innings. The Mets received a strong start from their starter for the second straight day but also for the second straight day, the Mets couldn’t do much against the opposing starting pitcher (who yesterday was a folk hero Bartolo Colon). Robles allowed a run in the 7th to bring it to 1-1 and the Mets go lucky on a base running blunder it wasn’t 2-1. Eventually Montero would allow two runs in the top of the 12th and the bats couldn’t bring them back.
Tonight Harvey looks to right last year, although it is widely understood that Harvey may not be Harvey until late May. Last year he was 4-10 with a 4.86 ERA over 17 games and 92.2 innings before going out with a significant surgery. He was 1-2 against the Braves last year over 4 games and 22.2 innings with a 4.37 ERA and 17 K’s. The Braves have the following numbers against Harvey:
- Freeman 3-18, 3 2B
- Markakis 3-13, 2B
- Phillips 3-12, 2 2B
- Peterson 3-10, 2 2B
- Inciarte 3-9, 2B
- Suzuki 0-7
- Kemp 1-6, HR
Jamie Garcia will make his 2017 debut and his first start as a member of the Braves. Garcia has been with the Cardinals since his rookie year in 2008 before being traded in December for a prospect package including former Met prospect John Gant. Garcia was 10-13 over 32 games and 30 starts with a 4.67 ERA and a 171.2 innings of work. He was 0-2 in two games against the Mets last year allowing 9 runs, 8 earned over 9.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Jaime:
- Bruce 11-49, 2B, HR
- Reyes 6-19, 2B
- Flores 3-7, 2B, HR
- Cabrera 3-5, 2 2B
- Cespedes 0-5
- Walker 1-5, 2B
- Duda 1-2, HR
Let’s Go Mets!
