The Mets lost another game late to the Rockies yesterday, which is becoming a theme this season with certain pitchers. Anyway, the schedule doesn’t get any easier for the Mets who are finally back in New York after a 10 game road trip to San Diego, Seattle and Denver. The Mets will be welcomed home by the Dodgers, who have been torching opponents in the last couple of months and the Mets will get Yu Darvish’s debut with the Dodgers.
The Mets will send out Jacob deGrom tonight on Jacob deGrom jersey night. Jacob is 12-4 over 21 games and 139.2 innings with a 3.29 ERA, 3.56 FIP and 1.153 WHIP. In his last 9 games he has gone 8-1 over 67.2 innings with 68 K’s and a 1.73 ERA. Opponents are hitting .185 against him and getting on base at a .228 clip. Although he lost his last start in Seattle (3 runs, only 2 earned), Jacob reached double digit strikeouts for the first time since July 14th. Last year deGrom tossed 14.0 innings allowing 3 hits and 3 walks leading to 3 runs while striking out 11. The Dodgers have the following numbers against Jacob:
- Utley 4-15, 2B, 4 BB
- Turner 5-16, 3 2B
- Pederson 1-12, 2B, 3 BB
- Grandal 2-11, 2B, BB
- Puig 2-11, HR, BB
- Seager 4-12, 2 2B
Yu Darvish starts his dodger career today after being a Ranger since he came to the majors in 2012. The 30-year old is 6-9 over 22 starts and 137.0 innings with a 4.01 ERA, 3.98 FIP and 1.168 WHIP. He is coming off his worst start of the season by far where he allowed 9 hits and 2 walks over 3.2 innings to the Marlins leading to 10 runs. This will be his second time facing the Mets. His first time he allowed 3 runs off 3 hits and a walk while striking out 9 over 7.1 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Yu:
- Cespedes 3-16, 2B, HR, 3 BB
- Cabrera 5-13, 2 2B, HR
- Reyes 0-11
- Granderson 1-9, 2B, BB
- Bruce 4-6, 2 HR
- d’Arnaud 0-4, BB
Let’s Go Mets!
