The Mets had a double header sweep of the Yankees on Friday and were close to beating the Yankees yesterday. The Yankees got a great start from J.A. Happ and as soon as the Yankees took him out of the game, the Mets tied the game thanks to Wilson Ramos. Eventually the Mets lost 2-1 in a game that just barely slipped away.
The concern for the Mets heading into today’s game – how many arms are available? The Mets had to use a lot more pitchers yesterday than they intended with Steven Matz lasting only one inning after feeling shoulder discomfort. This is going to put a lot of pressure on Rick Porcello, opening the game for the Mets since Seth Lugo is still getting stretched out when he starts the second game.
Rick Porcello is 1-4 over 6 games and 28.0 innings with a 6.43 ERA, 3.03 FIP, 1.643 WHIP and 66 ERA+. Porcello got off to a good start in August, allowing 3 runs over 13.0 innings while striking out 9 but his last two starts have been lacking. He has allowed 8 runs from 15 hits over 9.0 innings. He faced the Yankees four times last year allowing 20 runs from 27 hits over 15.0 innings. The Yankees have the following numbers against Porcello:
- Mike Tauchman 3-4, 2B, HR, K
- Luke Voit 6-11, 2 2B, 4 K
- Gio Urshela 3-5
- Brett Gardner 17-60, 5 2B, 2 HR3 BB, 10 K
- Gary Sanchez 3-18, HR, 3 BB, 4 K
- Aaron Hicks 5-39, 3 HR, 5 BB, 8 K
- Clit Frazier 1-5, 2 K
Mike King will make his second start of the season pitching in his fifth game today. He has pitched 13.2 innings this season, allowing 10 runs leading to a 6.59 ERA, 5.55 FIP, 1.098 WHIP and 66 ERA+. Mike King had an incredibly 2018 season in the minors where he had a 1.79 ERA over 161.1 innings from high A ball to AAA (1.15 ERA over 6 starts). The following year he had arm issues in spring training that kept him off the field for most of the year. He made only 11 appearances in the minors in 2019 with a 5.87 ERA over 46.0 innings.
Let’s Go Mets!
