What a huge difference 26 hours can make! Going into Wednesday, the Mets had won only 3 of their last 12 games. In Tuesday’s game they were down 3-1 before the game got suspended. Since then, in a 26 hour period started 4:10 on Wednesday, the Mets racked up three wins in a sweep of the Washington Nationals. The Mets are now 0.5 games out of first place and back to 4 games above .500.
But, the next thirteen games are going to be brutal for the Mets. The Mets play only the Dodgers and the Giants (home and away) for the next two weeks. The Mets season will be on the line. The Dodgers come to town after taking 2 of 3 from the Phillies. They almost came back and swept the Phillies.
Tylor Megill gets the start for the Mets tonight. In his first 9 starts and 45.0 innings he has logged 3.20 ERA, 3.93 FIP, 1.133 WHIP and a 125 ERA+. He’s coming off of a rough stretch of games where he allowed 9 runs, 8 earned, over 9.2 innings. In both starts, there was only 1 inning that killed his line. On August 2nd, he allowed a grand slam in the first inning. On August 7th, he held the Phillies scoreless until the 5th inning. This will be his first game against the Dodgers.
The Mets bats came alive over the last two days and they’ll look to keep it going against Julio Urias. In 23 starts and 134.2 innings he has a 3.41 ERA, 3.41 FIP, 1.077 WHIP and a 115 ERA+. He’s on a bit of a hot streak right now, allowing 5 runs, 4 earned, over 22.2 innings in his last four starts (1.59 ERA). Julio was mostly a bullpen pitcher the last time Mets saw him in 2019 and they have the following career numbers against him:
- Dominic Smith 1-1, HR
- Michael Conforto 1-1, 2B
- Pete Alonso 1-1
- Javier Báez 3-8, HR, K
- Kevin Pillar 1-8
- Jonathan Villar 0-5, BB, 3 K
- Jeff McNeil 0-1, K
Let’s Go Mets!
