The Mets are in a tough stretch right now. The team has been in a tailspin, losing games and the players are dropping to injury left and right. Yesterday Matt Harvey made the spot start for Noah Syndergaard and the day after he worked out quite a bit. He had a rough inning which ended up being the difference maker as the Mets dropped the game 7-5 despite scoring 2 in the bottom of the ninth.
Jacob deGrom will look to get the Mets on the right path tonight. He is 0-1 over 4 starts and 24.2 innings allowing 20 hits and 7 ER this season (2.55 ERA) while walking 10 and striking out 32. Most of the negative numbers in the previous sentence were due to his last outing which was against the Nationals. He allowed a season high amount of runs (3), in his shortest outing (5.2 innings) with 6 walks (previous 3 starts had 4). The Nationals have the following numbers against Jacob:
- Harper 7-18, 2 2B, HR, 4 BB, 3 K
- Rendon 0-11, 3 BB, 3 K
- Werth 1-12
- Taylor 0-11, 5 K
- Zimmerman 4-11, 5 K
- Eaton 2-6, 2B
- Lind 1-5
- Turner 2-6, 2B
- Wieters 2-6
The Mets bats will try to break out of their slump against Max Scherzer. Piece of cake! He’s 3-1 over 4 starts and 27.2 innings with a 1.95 ERA while walking 8 and striking out 33. His last start was against the Mets and it was his longest start of the season as he went 8.0 innings allowing 3 ER with one walk and 9 K’s. The Mets have the following numbers against Max:
- Cabrera 13-58, 4 2B, HR, 18 K
- Granderson 9-33, 3 2B, 2 HR, 8 K
- Cespedes 7-20, 2 2B, 3B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 8 K
- Walker 4-19, 3 HR
- Reyes 6-20, 2B
- Conforto 5-12, 3 HR
- Bruce 3-10, 3B, HR
- Lagares 1-11
- Plawecki 2-12
- d’Arnaud 1-9, 3B
- R Rivera 1-9
Let’s Go Mets!
