All good things come to the end. Example: the Mets ended their 4 game winning streak last night with a thumping from the Chicago Cubs. Second Example: after 7 good starts in a row, Wheeler hit a bump in the road. It wasn’t all bad last night as Josh Smoker ate up some serious time, Neil Ramirez wasn’t horrendous and the Mets hit back to back jacks in the bottom of the ninth. Plus, Jay Bruce made an incredible over the wall catch. Fun was still had. The Mets will look to regroup tonight as they take on the Cubs with Matt Harvey at the helm.
Harvey is 4-3 over 12 starts and 66.1 innings with a 5.02 ERA, 5.86 FIP and 1.462 WHIP. In his last start, he held Atlanta to 4 hits and 2 walks over 5.0 innings allowing no runs for the first time this season. He missed the Cubs last season but in 2015 he tossed 7.0 scoreless innings against them holding them to 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 9. The Cubs have the following numbers vs the Dark Knight:
- Heyward 2-9, HR
- Jay 2-8, 2B
- Rizzo 1-5, 2B, 2 BB
- Montero 3-5, 2B, 3 BB
- Zobrist 2-7, 2B
- Bryant 1-6
- Schwarber 1-4, HR
The Mets draw Mike Montgomery who is is 0-3 over 19 games and 1 start this season with a 2.43 ERA, 4.07 FIP and 1.279 WHIP. His last time out against the Rockies was his first start of the season lasting 4.0 innings allowing 3 hits and 2 runs with 3 walks. The only othe rtime he reached 4.0 innings was against the Giants on 5/25 in relief. He’s reached 3 innings or more in 5 of his 19 games this season. The Mets have the following numbers on Mike:
- R Rivera 0-2
- Cespedes 0-2, 2 BB
Let’s Go Mets!
