Last night was another frustrating night for the Mets against the Braves. Matt Harvey finally had a solid start against the Braves but the Mets bats couldn’t ramp up more than three runs and the Mets eventually allowed the Braves to take the lead on a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 8th. The Mets hit the ball hard in the 9th, but pretty much right at people and the Mets lost their 4th straight game against Braves in the last week. Luckily, the Mets still have three games against the Braves to try to turn things around.
Steven Matz will be pitching tonight despite leaving his last start with elbow discomfort. He’s 7-3 on the season over 12 starts and 72.1 innings with a 2.74 ERA. His last start was against the Braves and he held them to 2 ER over 6.0 innings while striking out 7. Overall, he has faced the Braves three times totaling 20.0 innings with a 2-0 record and a 1.80 ERA while striking out 23 batters. The Braves have the following numbers against Steven:
- Freeman 3-10, 2B
- Markakis 2-9
- Francoeur 3-9, HR
- Garcia 2-9
- Aybar 1-7
- Flowers 1-8, 2B
The Mets draw Aaron Blair who is 0-4 over 10 starts this season an 46.1 innings with a 7.19 ERA. His last start was against the Mets and it was average, which is good for Aaron as he allowed 3 ER over 6.0 innings. In the month of June he has pitched 19.1 innings with a 7.91 ERA, which is slightly above his season stats. Overall against the Mets this year, he has pitched 11.1 innings with 6 ER and 5 K’s. The Mets have the following numbers against Blair:
- Cabrera 3-6
- Confortion 1-5, 2B
- Granderson 1-5
- Flores 1-5, HR
- Walker 1-5
- Cespedes 1-2, HR
- Loney 2-2, 2B, 3B
Let’s Go Mets!
