The Mets jumped right back into the win column last night! While it looked like for the majority of the game the Mets were going to win by a mile they ended up literally winning by inches. Jacob deGrom had a phenomenal start over 8 innings and the offense gave him 5 runs of support. The Padres came within inches of hitting 3-run walk-off homer with one out, but then Addison Reed got himself together and shut the door on the game.
Seth Lugo takes the mound tonight. He is 4-2 over 8 games, 7 starts and 46.2 innings with a 4.05 ERA, 3.87 FIP and 1.350 WHIP. After an average start against the Rockies, he rebounded in his last start allowing only 1 ER over 6.2 innings off 4 hits and a walk against the Cardinals. Last year he tossed 2.1 clean innings against the Padres, striking out 2 batters and nothing else on the stat sheet. The Padres have the following numbers against Lugo:
- Myers 0-1
- Szczur 0-1
The Mets bats will get a look at Jhoulys Chacin who is 9-7 over 20 games and 114.0 innings this year with a 4.26 ERA, 4.38 FIP and 1.289 WHIP. He has been much better than his season numbers in his last 8 games going 5-2, (Padres are 6-2 over that time), pitching 50.1 innings with a 2.50 ERA. Batters are hitting .210 against him in this stretch and getting on base at a rate of .294. One of his worst starts this year was against the Mets where he allowed 8 hits in 0.2 innings leading to 7 runs. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Cabrera 1-9, HR, 3 BB
- Duda 3-6, 2B, 2 HR, 3 BB
- Granderson 2-6, 3 BB
- Bruce 3-8, 2B, BB
- Conforto 4-7, HR, BB
- Flores 4-6, 2B, BB
- d’Arnaud 1-6
- Reyes 1-4
- Cespedes 1-3
- R Rivera 2-3, HR
Let’s Go Mets!
