The Mets walked off winners last night after a good start from Niese and very late, but not too late, hitting from Flores as the Mets continue a late season push to the .500 mark. Jacob deGrom gets the start tonight. On the season he is 7-6 over 19 games and 119.1 innings with a 2.79 ERA. In his last two starts he has allowed 2 runs, none earned over 13.0 innings. Jacob missed the Rockies the last time the Mets played him this year, and he has never faced the club in his career (since this is his first year in the league). He has also never faced anyone on the Rockies roster in a major league game before.
Christian Bergman is starting for the Rockies with a 2-2 record over 6 career games. In that stretch he has pitched 32.2 innings with a 5.23 ERA. Since he was called up at the end of August he has made three starts with a better 3.57 ERA. Like deGrom, he has never faced his opponent in his career and never faced any individual batters in a major league game.
So its a game of mysteries tonight with two rookies on the mound.
Lets Go Mets!
