The Mets went from losing 14 of 17 to games to winning 5 of their last 6! Tuesday night the Mets had a come from behind victory where they scored four runs off two, two-run home runs in the 8th inning before taking the lead in the 10th inning.
Several hours after the Mets victory, Patrick Bailey, the catcher of the San Francisco Giants, hit a walk-off three-run inside-the-park home run against Phillies. The Mets enter play today a half game behind the Phillies, but with two games to play due to the rain in Baltimore on Wednesday.
David Peterson has pitched 102 innings over 17 games this season with a 3.18 ERA, 3.51 FIP, 1.275 WHIP and a 120 ERA+. Peterson is coming off of a fantastic start against the Brewers where he held them to only one run over 6 2/3 innings from five hits and three walks. It was a massive step in regressing towards the mean after allowing 13 runs in his previous three starts. Peterson pitched 7 innings against the Orioles last season allowing three runs, two earned from six hits and a walk. The Orioles have the following career stats against him:
- Colton Cowser 1-3, 2 K
- Gunnar Henderson 0-5, 2 K
- Jackson Holliday 0-3, 2 K
- Ramon Laureano 0-2
- Cedric Mullins 2-4, 2B
- Ryan O’Hearn 0-1, K
- Tyler O’Neill 1-3, K
- Jacob Stallings 1-4, BB, K
- Ramón Urías 2-4, 2B, HR
- Jordan Westburg 0-0, BB
The Orioles have decided to change the pitching matchup, having Charlie Morton pitch in the first game this afternoon. The Thursday day game was always Morton’s scheduled start, but instead of facing the bullpen game the Mets were probably going to do in this spot, he now gets David Peterson.
Charlie Morton has pitched in 19 games, 13 starts this season totaling 77 1/3 innings with a 5.47 ERA, 4.43 FIP, 1.552 WHIP and a 71 ERA+. Morton got off to a rough start this season with a 10.36 ERA over 24 1/3 innings in his first six games. In his last four games he’s been much better totaling 21 1/3 innings with a 2.53 ERA, 2.29 FIP. Morton pitched against the Mets three times in 2024 as a member of the Braves with a 5.87 ERA over 15 1/3 innings. The Mets have the following career numbers against Morton:
- Pete Alonso 7-32, 2 2B, 4 BB, 7 K
- Brett Baty 3-8, 2B, BB, 4 K
- Travis Jankowski 2-7, 2 BB, 2 K
- Francisco Lindor 7-48, 3 2B, 2 HR, 2 BB, 13 K
- Jeff McNeil 7-30, 2B, 2 HR, 4 BB, 7 K
- Brandon Nimmo 7-30, HR, 6 BB, 13 K
- Juan Soto 8-12, 3 HR, 7 BB, 2 K
- Tyrone Taylor 1-4, BB, K
- Mark Vientos 4-5, HR
- Jesse Winker 2-7, BB, 3 K
Three Things To Watch For:
- Pete Alonso. Alonso has now gone 4-for-11 in his last three games played with three home runs and three walks (.364/.500/1.182). His homerun Tuesday night tied the game and was his 5th career home run in eight games played at Oriole Park (.323/.371/.903). Alonso now sits at 247 home runs as he inches ever closer to Strawberry’s franchise record 252 homers.
- Juan Soto. Juan Soto responded to his All-Star snub Tuesday night with a very Juan Soto game at the plate going 3-for-5 getting the go ahead RBI in the 10th inning. It was second game in his last four with at least three hits and his fourth game in his last five getting on base at least twice. Now he gets to face Charlie Morton. He has a .789 OBP against Morton with a 1.417 SLG!
- Get to the Orioles Bullpen again. The game plan on Tuesday was to knock Brandon Young out early and put the stress on the Orioles bullpen. Young ended up pitching the best start in his career (five starts) so far, but the Mets were still able to get the Orioles to use six relievers Tuesday, scoring five runs off of them. It was the second game in the last three where the Orioles needed to put in a lot of extra work. Everyone got extra rest with the rainout on Wednesday, but the Orioles will have to figure out a way to get their beleaguered bullpen through two games today. Hopefully the Mets can make that even tougher applying the pressure in game one.
Let’s Go Mets!
