Not a great weekend for the New York Mets. Between Wednesday and Thursday last week the Mets won three games. Between Friday and Yesterday they lost three games. On Friday night the Mets made a strong come back effort that fell short in the 10th inning. On Saturday the Mets pitching kept them in the entire game but the bats couldn’t get it done in the 10th inning. Last night the team just fell apart – and the reward – a cross country overnight flight to play the Giants in San Francisco.
Rich Hill gets the start for the Mets tonight. Overall this year he has pitched in 23 games (22 starts + 1 suspended game start), totaling 113.1 innings with a 4.05 ERA, 4.65 FIP, 1.191 WHIP and a 97 ERA+. As a Met he has tossed 18.0 innings with a 5.00 ERA, 5.12 FIP, 1.333 WHIP and a 82 ERA+. His last time out he allowed 3 runs (+ 1 inherited runner) in 3.0 innings against the Nationals, a game the Mets came back to win 8-7. The Giants have the following numbers against Hill:
- Donovan Solano 2-3
- Brandon Belt 6-15, 2 2B, HR, 3 BB, 2 K
- Buster Posey 10-20, 2B, HR, BB, K
- Wilmer Flores 4-12, 2 2B, HR, 5 K
- Kris Bryant 2-8, HR, 5 K
- Brandon Crawford 6-18, 5 BB, 4 K
- Evan Longoria 4-17, 2B, 2 BB, 6 K
- Mike Yastrezemski 1-5, 3 K
- Curt Casali 0-5, BB, 2 K
- Austin Slater 0-1
The Mets bats will get a look at All-Star Kevin Gausman tonight. This is the third game in a row the Mets will hit against an NL All-Star. Tough Break. Anyway over 23 starts and 137.1 innings he has a 2.29 ERA, 2.94 FIP, 0.968 WHIP, and a 182 ERA+. So far in August he has pitched 11.0 innings over two games allowing 3 runs, 2 earned, from 8 hits and 4 walks while striking out 13. Before that he had slightly human stretch for two games where he allowed 9 runs over 8.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Kevin:
- Jeff McNeil 4-6, 2B
- Kevin Pillar 14-39, 2B, 2 BB, 10 K
- Michael Conforto 2-8, BB, 3 K
- James McCann 2-10, BB, K
- Pete Alonso 0-2, BB, 2 K
- Brandon Nimmo 0-5, BB, K
- Brandon Drury 0-2
Let’s Go Mets!
