The Mets had another comeback victory Tuesday night with an extra-inning win! The Mets went down early but clawed back the entire game and tied it in the eighth. Jeff McNeil hit a single on the first pitch he saw in the bottom of the tenth to send the Mets off in the win column.
The Mets already had momentum coming off a three game sweep of the Rockies and a 5-2 road trip. Beating the Nationals when they had their ace on the mound just adds to that momentum. With a win tonight the Mets will move to 20 games above .500!
David Peterson has pitched 70 2/3 innings with a 2.80 ERA, 3.20 FIP, 1.259 WHIP and a 135 ERA+. He has a 2.59 ERA, 3.20 FIP over his last eight starts, striking out 39 batters over 48 2/3 innings. He has pitched at least seven innings in two of his last three starts and at least six innings in five of his last six starts. The Nationals have the following career stats against Peterson:
- CJ Abrams 3-13, BB, 3 K
- Riley Adams 0-3, K
- Josh Bell 5-16, HR, 3 BB, 2 K
- Alex Call 2-6, 3 K
- Luis García Jr. 4-15, 3 K
- Nathaniel Lowe 1-5, HR, BB
- Keibert Ruiz 4-13, BB
- James Wood 1-6, 2 K
- Jacob Young 2-6, BB, K
The Mets bats will get another look at Jake Irvin. Over 13 starts he has tossed 78 1/3 innings with a 4.02 ERA, 4.50 FIP, 1.226 WHIP and a 98 ERA+. Near the end of May, Irvin went off tossing eight shutout innings against the Giants. Since then he has allowed nine runs over two starts and 10 innings from 16 hits and three walks. He had a stellar start against the Mets in April, allowing only one run over 7 1/3 innings. The Mets have the following career stats against Irvin:
- Pete Alonso 1-13, BB, 5 K
- Brett Baty 0-2
- Francisco Lindor 5-13, 2B, HR, 3 K
- Starling Marte 1-2, K
- Jeff McNeil 2-10, BB, K
- Brandon Nimmo 4-15, HR, BB, K
- Juan Soto 1-3, 2 BB
- Tyrone Taylor 1-9, 2B, 2 K
Three Things To Watch For:
- Juan Soto. Juan Soto has three multi-hit games in his last four games played. Over his last four, Soto has gone 8-for-15 at the plate with a double, a home run, five walks and an absurd eight runs scored. He’s slashing .533/.650/.800 and this includes a game where Soto went 0-for-4 with a walk. We have reached a stretch a game with Soto putting up video game numbers. Since June 5th his season OPS has jumped 43 points.
- Hitting with RISP. For a while this season, the Mets were terrible with runners in scoring position, this continued over the last week despite the Mets going 5-2 on their road trip. Tuesday night was not one of those nights. The Mets went 3-for-4 with RISP, making the most of the few chances they had through out the game. Keep changing the narrative Mets!
- Groundball king. The Mets have multiple pitchers in the rotation that are inducing groundballs. What sets Peterson apart from Holmes and Canning (both in the red on Baseball Savant for grounders), is Peterson is also getting hitters to chase and miss. Peterson is in the 94th percentile for grounders, getting then 57.4% of the time. Hitters are only barreling the ball 5.9% of of the time (80th percentile). They’re also chasing 29.6% of the time. Peterson is still giving up hard-hits (14th percentile). After needing most of the bullpen Tuesday night, the Mets could use another deep Peterson start tonight!
Let’s Go Mets!
