The Mets go for the series sweep tonight against the Pirates! It’s been a close series so far with the Mets winning first game 4-3 and the second game 2-1. The key to victory Tuesday night was getting out of jams. The Pirates had runners on the bases all night but ultimately went 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position leading 12 runners out there. The Mets pitchers were able to get big strikeouts and were even able to overcome a weird scenario with a ball going through a gap in Mark Vientos glove.
In addition to the Pirates, the Mets are also battling the weather tonight. It’s either been raining all day or there has been a chance of rain, and that continues throughout the night.
Clay Holmes has pitched 42 2/3 innings (eight starts) with a 2.74 ERA, 2.61 FIP, 1.242 WHIP and a 142 ERA+. He bounced back in his last start allowing one run over six innings from three hits and three walks. Over his last five starts (28 innings) he has a 1.93 ERA, 2.71 FIP. He’s also completed six innings in back-to-back starts, and three times in his last four starts. The Pirates have the following career numbers against him:
- Oneil Cruz 0-2, K
- Adam Frazier 0-3
- Ke’Bryan Hayes 0-1
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa 1-4, 2B, K
- Andrew McCutchen 1-2, HR, 2 BB
- Tommy Pham 2-7, BB, 3 K
- Bryan Reynolds 0-1
Bailey Falter has a 4.36 ERA, 4.44 FIP, 1.131 WHIP and a 98 ERA+ over 43 1/3 innings (eight starts) this season. He has been a much better pitcher in the month of May, allowing only one run over 13 innings from four hits and four walks while striking out nine batters. Falter made two starts against the Mets in 2024. He was effective in his first start holding to the Mets to two runs over five innings. In his second start the Mets scored three runs from five hits and two walks over two innings. The Mets have the following career stats against Falter:
- Pete Alonso 1-9, HR, BB, 2 K
- Francisco Alvarez 2-4
- Brett Baty 0-2
- Francisco Lindor 3-9, 4 BB, K
- Starling Marte 2-8, HR, 2 K
- Jeff McNeil 1-8, 2 K
- Brandon Nimmo 5-12, HR, BB, 4 K
- Juan Soto 3-9
- Tyrone Taylor 3-7, 2B, K
- Luis Torrens 1-3
- Mark Vientos 0-3, K
Three Things To Watch For:
- The Brett Baty Homestand. Over the first five games of the Mets current homestand, Brett Baty has gone 6-for-13 at the plate with four home runs and only two strikeouts. He has seven RBI’s. Five of those RBI’s were the only runs the Mets scored in their 6-5 loss against the Cubs on Saturday. Tuesday night his late go-ahead home run was the difference and the reason why the Mets didn’t have to play the bottom of the ninth or extra innings. His hits have also come in bunches, in the three games he has hits, they’ve come in pairs. Before this homestand Baty only had two multi-hit games this season.
- He’s walking here! Almost every day! Juan Soto added two more walks to his stat sheet Tuesday night, getting to 802 for his career. SNY announced he was the youngest player to reach the 800 mark. He also now has a chance to break the Mets single season record this season. He has 33 walks in 2025, which is good for third in the league. Extrapolated out to a whole season, it would be 124 walks. John Olerud set the Mets record with 125 walks in 1999. The least amount of walks Soto has had in his last four seasons was 129.
- Mets are still a double hitting machine. The Mets didn’t have a ton of offense on Tuesday night, but one of their five hits was a Brandon Nimmo double. As a team the Mets have 77 doubles, good for fifth in the league. The 2024 Mets were sixth in the league with 279 doubles. The Mets offense is humming when they keep the line moving, and if they keep hitting doubles eventually the hitting with RISP woes will start to evaporate.
Let’s Go Mets!
