How good did Saturday’s game feel? The Mets finally broke their seven game losing streak with a solid 11-4 win over the Phillies thanks to an offensive revelation. The Mets broke out the lumber to slug seven solo home runs against the Phillies, forcing a rubber game tonight. Let’s take the series and and completely flip the narrative of the last week!
David Peterson has tossed 86 2/3 innings this season with a 2.60 ERA, 3.07 FIP, 1.188 WHIP and a 147 ERA+. Over three starts in June he has pitched 23 innings with a 2.35 ERA, 2.42 FIP. The highlight, of course, was his complete game shutout against the Nationals on June 11th. He’s now pitched seven innings or more in four of his last five starts, and at least six innings in six of his last eight. Peterson had a solid start against the Phillies in April holding them to two runs over 5 1/3 innings from eight hits and a walk. The Phillies have the following career numbers against Peterson:
- Alec Bohm 9-26, 2 2B, 2 HR, BB, 6 K
- Nick Castellanos 6-15, 2B, 4 K
- Buddy Kennedy 1-3, 2B
- Rafael Marchan 2-2
- Brandon Marsh 2-3, HR
- J.T. Realmuto 3-21, 2B, 3 BB, 4 K
- Johan Rojas 2-9, 2B, BB, 2 K
- Kyle Schwarber 2-21, 2B, 3 BB, 11 K
- Edmundo Sosa 3-5
- Bryson Stott 0-3, BB, K
- Trea Turner 4-22, 2 2B, 2 BB, 6 K
Jesús Luzardo has had an interesting season to say the least. Over 15 starts and 83 2/3 innings he has a 4.41 ERA, 2.88 FIP, 1.434 WHIP and a 96 ERA+. Until the end of May, Luzardo was cruising, going deep into games, racking up strikeouts with a 2.15 ERA. Then over two starts he allowed 20 earned runs over 5 2/3 innings. He bounced back against the Cubs on June 11th, holding them one run but struggled his last time out allowing four runs against the Marlins.
Luzardo has not faced the Mets yet this season but last season he held the Mets to two runs over 11 2/3 innings across two starts. The Mets have the following career stats against the former-Marlin now-Phillie:
- Pete Alonso 2-22, HR, 10 K
- Francisco Alvarez 0-5
- Brett Baty 1-3
- Francisco Lindor 4-18, 2 BB,3 K
- Starling Marte 4-11, 2 K
- Ronny Mauricio 0-2, BB, 2 K
- Jeff McNeil 5-12, 2 K
- Brandon Nimmo 3-12, 2B, HR, 2 BB, 3 K
- Juan Soto 5-13, 2B, HR, 3 BB, 2 K
- Tyrone Taylor 2-6, 2B, K
- Luis Torrens 2-4, HR, K
Three Things To Watch For:
- Home runs. The Mets have hit nine home runs in this series, including seven of them Saturday night. It was enough to take the Mets from seventh in the majors back to sixth, which is where they’ve been for the last two seasons. They are also facing a pitcher tonight who has struggled in three of his last four starts. Keep the same game plan as Saturday night – slug some balls out of CBP and keep the pressure on the Phillies.
- Mets All-Time Home Run Leaderboard. Alonso homered on Friday night, bringing him to 244 for his career, just eight behind Strawberry’s franchise leading 252. Brandon Nimmo homered twice Saturday night and Lindor homered once, bringing both of them to 125 career Mets home runs, which tied Lucas Duda for 9th on the all-time list. With Conforto at 132 career Mets home runs at 8th, the Mets top ten is going to look different at the end of this season.
- Juan Soto. Sometimes Juan Soto does Juan Soto things. Saturday night Soto went 4-for-5 at the plate with two home runs. Friday night he went 0-for-2 with two walks. That means he’s already been on base six times this series!
Let’s Go Mets!
