The Mets have gone from a four game winning streak to losing two games in a row in heartbreaking fashion. Thursday they lost in the 16th inning after getting the go-ahead run in the top half. Yesterday they lost in the 10th inning despite an amazing outing from deGrom. If both of these games just broke the other way, we would be talking about defending a 6 game winning streak today. Alas, you don’t become one of the worst teams in the National League by chance. The Mets hope to turn it around today to make tomorrow a split day rather than a salvage day.
Walker Lockett will try to put things back together for the Mets today, and what we really mean by that: he will try to put himself back together. In two starts for the Mets this year he has allowed 10 runs from 10 hits in 7.2 innings leading to a 11.74 ERA, 6.22 FIP, 1.696 WHIP and 37 ERA+. He has not faced anyone on the Giants roster yet in a major league game which makes sense- he’s only had 6 starts in his major league career.
The Mets bats will try to score runs against Jeff Samardzija after not scoring runs for most of this series. Jeff is 7-7 over 19 games and 105.1 innings with a 3.93 ERA, 4.48 FIP, 1.177 WHIP and 107 ERA+. He’s been good in July, making three starts, pitching 21.2 innings allowing only 4 runs on 13 hits (1.66 ERA). The Mets have the following numbers against him:
Todd Frazier 1-9, 2B, 3B, HR, 4 BB, 5 K
Wilson Ramos 6-16, 2B, 3 HR, 5 K
Adeiny Hechavarria 6-14, HR, K
Robinson Cano 5-6, 3 2B, BB, K
Michael Conforto 2-4, 2B, HR
Let’s Go Mets!
