Game Preview: Mets @ Braves

The Mets almost made magic happen last night – then fell apart. The Mets were making a one game layover to DC to make up a game from first opening series and went down 5-0 early, thanks to Kyle Schwarber. Between the 7th and 8th inning the Mets got four runs back, but then the wheels came off in the bottom of the 8th. Blankenhorn made two errors on the same play which set up a 3-run homer for Ryan Zimmerman. At that point the Mets couldn’t catch up.

Tonight they’ll turn to Tylor Megill making his second career start against Charlie Morton who frustrated the Mets in Queens last week. Morton flirted with a no hitter until Jerad Eickhoff, pinch hitting for a injury depleted Mets bench, got an infield single. Y’all, its been a rough couple of weeks for the Mets.

Anyway back to Megill. Megill made his major league debut against the Braves last week where he allowed 2 runs from 3 hits and 2 walks over 4.1 innings. He also struck out 4 batters and was fairly impressive. Tonight will be a tall order as he’ll have to face the same lineup that just got to see him, again. The Braves had the following box score against Tylor:

Charlie Morton has made 15 starts and pitched 80.2 innings this year with a 3.68 ERA, 3.42 FIP, 1.140 WHIP and a 120 ERA+. In his last two starts he has allowed no runs on 4 hits over 14.2 innings while striking out 18 batters, dropping his ERA from 4.50 to 3.68. Against the Mets this season he has allowed 1 run on 3 hits over 13.0 innings while striking out 19 batters. Will the Mets break through tonight? The Mets have the following career numbers on Morton: