The Mets try to start the journey of righting the ship tonight against the Braves. This past weekend was filled with B/C style rosters due to injuries, defensive miscues and lack luster bats. The Mets followed up what has been almost 10 days of searching for bright spots with an off-day so hopefully they come back today rested and ready to rumble.
Robert Gsellman gets the start for the Mets. On the season he is 0-1 over 17.2 innings with a 5.09 ERA allowing 18 hits, 14 runs, 10 earned while walking 6 and striking out 20. He’s coming off probably his best start of the season where he held the Phillies to 3 ER over 7.0 innings while walking 1 and striking out 7. He faced the Braves earlier this year on opening day where he allowed 2 hits, no runs and no walks while striking out 1 in an inning of relief. The Braves have the following numbers against Gsellman:
- Freeman 2-6
- Kemp 3-6, 2B, HR
- Garcia 3-6, 2B
- Inciarte 1-5
- Makakis 1-6
- Flowers 1-5
- Peterson 1-4, 2B
- Swanson 2-3
The Mets bats draw the Braves ace in Julio Teheran who is 1-1 over 4 starts and 23.0 innings this year with a 3.52 ERA. His numbers don’t tell the whole story though because he’s coming off by far his worst start of the season where he allowed 7 ER over 4.0 innings to the Nationals. Prior to that, he had a 0.95 ERA over his first three starts and didn’t allow any earned runs over his first two starts including 6 shutout innings against the Mets on Opening Day. The Mets have the following numbers against Julio:
- Granderson 7-29, 2B, 2 HR, 7 BB
- Duda 7-25, 2 2B, 2 HR
- Bruce 3-21, 2 HR
- d’Arnaud 2-20
- Walker 2-20
- Flores 3-19, HR
- Lagares 3-17
- Reyes 2-16
- Cabrera 6-15, 2 2B
- Cespedes 3-15
- Plawecki 0-5
- Conforto 1-3
- Rene Rivera 0-2
(Mets pitchers Syndergaard and deGrom each have a hit off of Teheran)
Let’s Go Mets!
