The Mets followed up their close, heartbreaking game on Monday night with an ugly, one sided affair yesterday morning. They will look steal one against the Nationals with Jacob deGrom on the mound. A couple of weeks ago the Mets were in a similar situation where they dropped the first 3 games in a 4 game set against the Nationals and it was Jacob deGrom who bailed them out.
On the season deGrom is 8-3 over 16 games and 104.0 innings with a 3.55 ERA, 3.62 FIP and 1.221 WHIP. Jacob is also in the midst of a great stretch where he is 4-0 in as many games over 32.0 innings allowing only 4 runs, 3 earned while striking out 31 and posting a 0.84 ERA and holding opponents to a .139 batting average. One of those starts was against the Nationals where he held them to 1 run, not earned over 8.0 innings allowing only 3 hits and 2 walks. The Nationals have the following numbers against deGrom:
- Harper 9-24, 2 2B, HR, 5 BB
- Rendon 0-16, 4 BB, 5 K
- Zimmerman 5-16, 2 HR, 6 K
- Taylor 0-14, BB, 7 K
- Wieters 3-12, HR
- Murphy 3-9
- Lind 1-5, BB
The Mets bats will get a crack at Tanner Roark who is 6-6 over 17 games and 95.2 innings this season with a 5.27 ERA, 4.40 FIP and 1.484 WHIP. In his last four starts he has allowed 22 ER in 16.2 innings over 28 hits and 11 walks. He has an 11.88 ERA over this stretch and batters are hitting .378 against him with a .453 OBP and 1.021 OPS. In his one start against the Mets this year he held the Mets to 3 runs over 6.2 innings allowing 7 hits and 3 walks. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Granderson 9-27, 4 2B, HR, 3 BB
- Duda 4-16, 2B
- Bruce 2-14, 3 BB
- R Rivera 4-16, 2B, BB
- Cespedes 2-13, 2B, 2 BB
- d’Arnaud 1-13, 2 BB
- Flores 2-10, 2B
- Reyes 1-8, 2 BB
- Cabrera 2-8, 2B, BB
Let’s Go Mets!
