The Mets pitching woes continued last night at they lost to the Rangers 8-10 despite out hitting the Rangers 17-16. Jacob deGrom had his second poor start in a row allowing 8 runs over 4.0 innings and Smoker allowed an additional 2 in the 6th. The Mets were able to score 4 runs in the last two frames but needed two more to tie the game. On the statistical side for the Mets, Lagares, Cabrera, Walker, Granderson and d’Arnaud all hit homers. Cabrera and Flores each had 3 hits (Flores raising his BA to .325 and his OPS to .847) and Lagares had 4 hits. Duda increased his OPS to .968 for the season.
Wheeler looks to put the Mets back on track tonight. He’s 3-3 over 10 starts and 55.2 innings with a 3.72 ERA, 3.98 FIP and 1.365 WHIP. In his last 6 starts he is 2-1 over 34.0 innings with a 2.65 ERA. At this point in the season, I did not expect that Wheeler (knock on wood) would be the most positive, consistent pitcher on the squad. The Rangers have the following numbers against Zack:
- Andrus 0-2, BB
- Beltre 0-3
- Chirinos 1-3, HR
- Choo 1-3, 2B
- Lucroy 0-3
- Odor 0-3
The Mets bats draw Yu Darvish tonight who is 5-4 over 12 starts and 74.2 innings this year with a 3.13 ERA, 4.02 FIP and 1.192 WHIP. Interesting for Yu, his FIP is up nearly a full run from his FIP last year, but WHIP is only up .08 or so. In Yu’s last two starts he has allowed 6 ER over 11.0 innings with 12 hits and 4 walks. The Mets have the following numbers against Darvish:
- Cabrera 5-10, 2 2B, HR
- Reyes 0-8
- Granderson 1-6, 2B, BB
- Bruce 2-3
- Walker 0-3
- d’Arnaud 0-1
- Duda 1-1, HR, BB
Let’s Go Mets!
