The Mets and Nationals play a 7-inning night cap tonight after finishing up yesterday’s game in full. The Mets are no stranger to double headers, already playing over a dozen of them this year. They also have the exact same scenario as today’s game happening again on at the end of the month.
The Mets as a team have played a ton of double headers and Marcus Stroman has made a lot of double header starts. This will be his 7th time this year starting a double header shortened game. He’s also the starting pitcher in the suspended game the Mets play at the end of the month – I’m anxiously awaiting to see if his spot lines up with that start too. Anyway, Stroman allowed 2 runs from 5 hits and a walk in his last outing. The Mets would love for Stroman to get between 5-7 innings and give the bullpen a bit of rest. Stroman faced the Nationals back on April 24th, although that was a very different team, and he allowed 5 runs, 4 earned over 4.0 innings from 8 hits and 2 walks. The Nationals have the following numbers against Stroman:
- Juan Soto 2-3, 2B, HR, K
- Yadiel Hernandez 2-2
- Victor Robles 1-2, BB
- Alicides Escobar 2-12, 3B, 3 K
- Josh Bell 1-5, 2 BB, K
The Nationals are going with a bullpen game based on the first game today – and I’m currently writing this article while Rich Hill allowed a triple to make the game 4-1. The Nationals selected the contract today of Sean Nolin, who may see time today, or this week. Nolin last pitched in the major leagues back in 2015 for the Athletics where he made 6 starts and logged 29.0 innings with a 5.28 ERA, 5.13 FIP, 1.621 WHIP and a 75 ERA+. Across two levels of the minors this year he has pitched in 12 games and made 9 starts, totaling 48.1 innings with a 3.72 ERA and a 1.262 WHIP. It’s a pretty amazing story to come back to the majors after so much time away.
Let’s Go Mets!
