The Mets return home this afternoon to face the Phillies after three games to forget in Houston. The Mets saw Harvey struggle, Flores and Rosario get injured and in the last game the inability to win when scoring runs. On the positive side, Dom Smith had a positive series.
Today’s pitcher has become the one to watch down the stretch for the Mets. Rafael Montero has been a different pitcher of late forcing all of us to question who he is and what role does he have next year. he is 3-9 over 28 games and 13 starts with 91.1 innings this year while posting a 5.12 ERA, 4.22 FIP and 1.675 WHIP. He is coming off his best start of his carer where he held the Reds to no runs over 8.1 innings with only 3 hits and 4 walks while striking out 8. In his last three starts he has pitched 17.2 innings and allowed only 4 runs. He hasn’t faced the Phillies since he turned it on so on the season he has pitched 6.2 innings allowing 12 hits and 2 walks leading to 8 runs, 7 earned. The Phillies have the following numbers against him:
- Galvis 4-8
- Franco 2-5, 2B, BB
- Joseph 4-6
- Nava 2-4
- Kelly 0-1, BB
- Pivetta 0-2
- Williams 1-3
The Mets bats draw rookie Mark Leiter who is 2-4 over 22 games and 6 starts with a 3.88 ERA, 4.76 FIP and 1.231 WHIP. His last three outings have all been starts. After a terrible one on the 15th where he allowed 8 runs, 4 earned, over 5.0 innings he then threw a gem against Miami holding them scoreless and to one hit over 7.0 innings followed by an average start his last time out allowing 3 runs off 9 hits and a walk over 6.2 innings to the Braves. On the 10th of August he allowed 1 run over 5.0 innings and 4 hits to the Mets in a game the Mets won 10-0. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Rosario 0-2
- d’Arnaud 0-2
- deGrom 0-2
- Flores 2-2, 2B
- Reyes 0-2, 2 K
Let’s Go Mets!
