Francisco Lindor broke through for the Mets in the top of the ninth Wednesday night, and the Mets took the second game of the series. The Padres and Diamondbacks continued their hot streaks, both winning their fourth game in a row, holding onto to the top two wild card spots. The Braves fall continued though last night, and now the Mets are only a half game out of the playoffs. Every game is critical right now!
David Peterson has pitched 59 2/3 innings over 11 starts with a 3.47 ERA, 4.56 FIP, 1.425 WHIP and a 113 ERA+. Peterson is coming off of a good start against the Angels where he held them to only two runs over six innings. He walked only one batter, which is the big story. In his previous three starts he walked 10 batters, minimum three per game. The Rockies have the following career numbers against Peterson:
- Charlie Blackmon 1-3
- Kris Bryant 1-4, K
- Elias Díaz 1-3 HR, BB
- Ryan McMahon 2-4, HR, BB
- Brendan Rodgers 0-3, 2 K
- Jacob Stallings 1-2, BB, K
Austin Gomber is looking to give the Rockies a long outing after their bullpen had to go eight innings Wednesday night. Over 116 innings (21 starts), Gomber has a 4.66 ERA, 4.91 FIP, 1.293 WHIP and a 97 ERA+. Gomber is coming off of a long start against the Padres where he allowed only two runs over seven innings. Before that start Gomber had a 7.15 ERA (5.13 FIP) over 50 1/3 innings (10 starts). The Mets have the following career numbers against Gomber:
- Pete Alonso 2-8, 2B
- Francisco Alvarez 2-4, HR, BB, K
- Harrison Bader 1-5, HR
- Ben Gamel 0-4, BB
- José Iglesias 0-2
- Francisco Lindor 4-14, 2B, 2 K
- Jeff McNeil 1-3, 2B
- Brandon Nimmo 5-9, K
- Tyrone Taylor 1-1, HR
- Luis Torrens 1-1, BB
- Mark Vientos 0-2, K
Three Things To Watch For:
- Rockies Bullpen. The Rockies have a weak bullpen – except when it comes to the Mets. The Mets finally were able to breakthrough the bullpen Wednesday night in the ninth inning. Before that they kept getting shutting down the Mets before they could get anything meaningful going. But the bullpen had to do a lot of work. Noah Davis went four innings and then five other pitchers had to get in the game. Four players pitched on back-to-back days. Peter Lambert and Anthony Molina are the only pitchers who haven’t pitched in the last three calendar days.
- Brandon Nimmo. Is he coming out of his slump or he’s slipping back into it? Before Wednesday’s game we made the argument that he was starting to come out of his slump. On Tuesday he went 2-for-4 with a double. It was the second time in four games he had an extra-base hit. It was the second time in five games he had multiple hits. The last time he had an extra-base hit before that was July 11th. July 6th and 8th was the last time he had multiple-hit games in a close span. Wednesday night Nimmo went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts. It was his third hit-less game in his four, and he has five strikeouts in that same stretch.
- Keep it on the ground. David Peterson has a 55% ground ball percentage this season. Every season he has pitched, his ground ball percentage has increased (44.2, 47.3, 49.1, 53.9, 55). That’s in the 93rd percentile for the majors!
Let’s Go Mets!
