For a team in the playoff hunt, last night was a rough one. Jacob deGrom was amazing, carrying the team through his arm and his bat but it wasn’t enough as the game went to extras as the Mets eventually fell in the 14th inning. Hopefully the bats are a bit more alive tonight as they Mets try to set up a rubber game for tomorrow.
Zack Wheeler will look to do his part. He is 9-7 over 24 starts and 149.1 innings with a 4.40 ERA, 3.52 FIP, 1.266 WHIP and 93 ERA+. He’s coming off rough back to back starts allowing 9 runs, 8 earned over 10.0 innings including an outing against the Braves where he allowed 5 runs over 5.0 innings from 12 hits and 2 walks. Before these two rough starts, Wheeler allowed no runs over 15.0 innings. The Braves have the following numbers against Wheeler:
- Freddie Freeman 14-26, 3 2B, 2 HR, 13 BB, 7 K
- Adeiny Hechavarria 2-18, 2B, 4 K
- Ozzie Albies 2-15, 4 K
- Josh Donaldson 8-13, 2B, BB, 2 K
- Ronald Acuna Jr. 5-12, 2B, 2 HR, BB, 3 K
- Ender Inciarte 3-11, 2B, BB, 3 K
- Billy Hamilton 1-5, K
The Mets bats will get another look at Max Fried who is 14-4 over 26 games and 24 starts over 131.1 innings with a 3.84 ERA, 3.79 FIP, 1.401 WHIP and 120 ERA+. He’s coming off his first poor start since the end of July, allowing 3 runs over 5.0 innings from 8 hits and 3 walks. Before that he allowed 1 run over 6.0 innings against the Mets. In three starts against the Mets already this syear he has allowed 6 runs over 17.0 innings, a 3.18 ERA. The Mets have the following batting lines against him:
- Amed Rosario 2-11, 2B, 5 K
- Michael Conforto 0-9, 2 BB, 4 K
- Todd Frazier 4-11, 2B, 2 K
- Juan Lagares 5-11, 2B, 2 K
- Jeff McNeil 5-11, 2 2B, 4 K
- Pete Alonso 0-6, 3 BB, 3 K
- J.D. Davis 4-8, BB, K
- Wilson Ramos 3-6, 2B, BB< K
Let’s Go Mets!
