The Mets took the opener last night against Philly and now have won 6 of their last 7 games. Jacob deGrom had his 4th strong start in a row last night and the bullpen shut the door behind him again. This is the first time in a while the Mets won a game when the offense couldn’t get much going. In other words, it was nice to rely on pitching again, something that has been missing this year for a number of reasons.
Zack Wheeler will return from the disabled list this afternoon. On the season he is 3-5 over 13 games and 66.1 innings with a 5.29 ERA, 4.86 FIP and 1.538 WHIP. He had two very poor starts in a row where he allowed 15 runs over 3.2 innings and looked like he just needed a pause on the season, and I’m hoping he comes back stronger today because of that. He faced the Phillies all the way back in April. His first time against them he allowed 3 runs over 5.2 innings. Then he allowed 1 run in 5.0 innings. The Phillies have the following numbers against Zack:
- Herrera 1-4, HR, 2 BB
- Franco 0-4, BB
- Galvis 0-4
- Joseph 1-4, 2B
- Rupp 0-4
- Blanco 1-2, BB
The Mets bats will get a look at Jeremy Hellickson tonight who is 5-5 over 16 games and 90.0 innings with a 4.40 ERA, 5.48 FIP and 1.256 WHIP. The FIP is showing the difference from Jeremy this year. Last year was one of his best seasons in his career and his FIP was 3.98. Hellickson is coming off back to back strong starts where he allowed 2 runs over 13.0 innings. This will be his first start against the Mets this year. Last year he was 1-3 over 5 starts and 24.1 innings against the Mets allowing a whopping 34 hits with 8 walks leading to 21 runs. The Mets have the following numbers against Jeremy:
- Granderson 6-30, 2 2B, HR, 2 BB
- Reyes 10-30, 2B, HR, BB
- Cabrera 8-20, 2B, HR, 2 BB
- Cespedes 6-16, 3 HR, 3 BB (1.411 OPS)
- Duda 5-11, 3 2B, HR, BB (1.462 OPS)
- Bruce 1-8
- Conforto 1-5, 2B, 2 BB
- d’Arnaud 2-7, 2 2B
- Flores 1-3, 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
