What a difference two days make! After Friday’s loss, it felt like the season was completely slipping away from the Mets. Since then, the Mets had a dominate starts from Gsellman, Matz and Lugo and took the last three games from the Braves and come into the series with the Cubs on a high note. The Mets will look to keep the good times going as they welcome the Cubs to Queens for the start of the week.
Jacob deGrom will look to shake off his last two starts. On the season he is 4-3 over 12 games and 72.0 innings with a 4.75 ERA, 3.93 FIP and 1.444 WHIP. In his last two starts he has tossed a combined 8.0 innings allowing 18 hits and 6 walks leading to 15 runs. In the two starts before that he allowed 10 hits and 4 walks over 15.1 innings leading to 1 run. In those two starts he struck out 19 batters, in his last two he struck out 8. In one start against the Cubs last year he tossed 5.0 innings allowing 3 hits and a walk leading to 1 run. The Cubs have the following numbers against Jacob:
- Rizzo 4-14, HR
- Heyward 3-11
- Bryant 2-6, 2 HR, 2 BB
- Jay 2-5, 2B, BB
- Montero 1-6
- Russell 1-6
- Zobrist 0-5
- Schwarber 1-2, HR, BB
The Mets draw John Lackey tonight who is 4-6 over 12 games and 70.1 innings with a 5.12 ERA, 5.06 FIP, and 1.365 WHIP. After a string of poor starts to end the month of May, he started June well holding the Cardinals to 2 runs over 4 hits and 2 walks in 7.0 innings of work, but his last time out against the Marlins he allowed 5 runs over 6.0 innings off 7 hits and no walks. Last year he held the Mets to 2 runs over 6.1 innings allowing 5 hits with 2 walks. The Mets have the following numbers against John:
- Granderson 10-41, 2 2B, 2 3B, HR, 5 BB (.326 OBP)
- Cabrera 7-34, 2 2B, HR, BB
- Bruce 5-29, 2B, 2 HR
- Walker 4-14
- Cespedes 2-7, 2B, HR
- Reyes 3-8, BB
- Flores 0-8, 3 K
- Duda 2-7
- d’Arnaud 2-2, BB
Let’s Go Mets!
