213 Miles From Shea

The Mets are coming off a split of a four game set where in the first two games they were cruising and in the last two the offense has completely disappeared. Yesterday was a low scoring affair with the Mets losing 2-1, the lone run coming from a Wilmer Flores homer late in the game.

Matt Harvey gets the nod tonight. He’s 4-3 over 10 games and 56.1 innings with a 4.95 ERA, 5.95 FIP and 1.456 WHIP this year. His last start was against Pittsburgh and it was positive going 6.0 innings allowing 6 hits, 2 walks and only 1 ER. This means in his last two starts and 11.0 innings he’s allowed only 3 ER. The Pirates have the following numbers against him:

• McCutchen 3-7, HR, BB
• Polanco 2-7, 3B, HR, BB
• Freese 2-6
• Harrison 4-6, 2B
• Mercer 0-6
• Cervaelli 0-2, 3 BB
• Bell 1-3
• Frazier 0-3

The Mets bats will deal with Gerrit Cole who is 2-5 over 11 starts and 66.2 innings this year with a 3.65 ERA, 4.40 FIP and 1.200 WHIP. His last start was against the Mets where he allowed 10 hits and one walk leading to 4 runs in 5.0 innings. In his last two outings, he has allowed 9 runs over 9.2 innings with 2 walks and 20 hits leading to an OBP of .450. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Bruce 6-20, 2 2B, HR, 2 BB
• Granderson 2-8, 3B, 2 BB
• Duda 3-9, 2B, HR
• Reyes 2-6, 2B
• R Rivera 0-4
• Cabrera 0-3
• Conforto 1-3
• d’Arnaud 3-3, 2B, HR
• Flores 1-3

Let’s Go Mets!

Last year I made a trip to Milwakee to see the Mets with The 7 Line. This was a picture from the actual game outing. Enjoy! (Taken on 6/11/16).

#MilwaukeeInvasion #OrangeAndBlueCrew Finally seeing a game at Miller Park with 900 of my friends. #LGM

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Last year I took a weekend trip with The 7 Line to see some games. The day after the official trip, I made a last minute decision to go back, and see the Mets again before heading back home. Enjoy! (Hopefully you’ll enjoy this photo more than I enjoyed this game, we didn’t do so well).

Eh, Let's try this again before flying home. #MilwaukeeInvasion #OrangeAndBlueCrew #OnlyMetFanInMySection

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After winning the first two games of the series, the Mets hit a bump in the road last night as deGrom had a fairly terrible start and the Mets lost 7-1. They can still win the series today as the Mets and Brewers play a day, get away game in New York.

Wheeler will take the mound for the Mets today. He is 3-2 over 9 starts and 49.1 innings with a 3.83 ERA, 4.26 FIP and 1.318 WHIP this season. In his last 5 starts he is 2-0 allowing 25 hits and 16 walks in 27.2 innings with a 2.60 ERA. He missed the Brewers last time around this month and only one Brewer has seen him in a major league game, Sogard, who is 1-1 with a walk.

The Mets bats draw Chase Anderson who is 3-1 over 10 starts and 55.2 innings of work this year with a 3.72 ERA, 3.63 FIP and 1.347 WHIP. By ERA and FIP he is, by far, having his best season so far (his WHIP is right about his career number). After two poor starts where he allowed 13 hits and 7 walks over 9.1 innings leading to 10 runs, Sogard had his best start of the season against the Diamondbacks where he allowed 1 hit and 3 walks over 7.0 innings with no runs and 11 K’s. He faced the Mets just over a year ago where he allowed 4 hits and 2 walks in 5.0 innings of work leading to 3 runs. The Mets have the following numbers against Anderson:

• Bruce 1-11, HR, BB
• Granderson 2-7, 2 BB
• R Rivera 1-5, 2 BB
• Walker 1-6, BB
• Cabrera 1-4, BB
• Reyes 2-5, BB
• Duda 1-5, HR
• Lagares 3-5, HR

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets and Brewers play game three of their four game set tonight as the Mets look to make it 3 straight against the Brew Crew. If you missed yesterday’s game, Tyler Pill had a great start. To quote the SNY booth, Pill looked like Dillon Gee did when Dillon Gee was good. At one point the Mets had a 4-1 lead, thanks to a two run homer from Duda. Things fell apart as Blevins allowed a bases loaded walk and then Cabrera dropped a fly ball in the infield allowing two runs to score. The baseball gods showed the Mets pity and a base running blunder by the Brewers allowed the score to be 4-4 instead of 5-4. We all know the one thing the Mets bullpen needs is more work and they got it as the game lasted through 12 until Bruce walked the Mets off.

Jacob deGrom will look to give the bullpen some time off. On the season he is 4-1 over 10 starts and 64.0 innings with a 3.23 ERA, 3.14 FIP and 1.250 WHIP. He has returned to form in his last two starts going 2-0, allowing 10 hits and 4 walks with only 1 run in 15.1 innings of work while striking out 19. Before this streak, he faced the Brewers where he allowed 8 hit sand a walk over 6.0 innings leading to 4 runs. The Brewers have the following numbers against Jacob:

• Perez 2-6, 2 2B
• Shaw 1-5, BB
• Villar 2-5, 2B, BB
• Arcia 1-3
• Broxton 1-4, HR
• Thames 1-3, 2 K
• Franklin 0-2

The Mets bats will take a crack at Junior Guerra who is 0-0 in his first two two starts of the season pitching 8.2 innings allowing 4 hits and 3 walks leading to 3 runs (3.12 ERA, 5.33 FIP, 0.808 WHIP). His numbers seem a bit off because his first start on April 3rd lasted all of 3 innings before being removed from injury. Last week was his return to the majors where he allowed 1 run over 5.2 innings. Last season he went 9-3 over 20 starts and 121.2 innings for the Brewers with a 2.81 ERA, 3.70 FIP, 1.126 WHIP. In one start against the Mets last year he allowed 5 hits and 3 walks over 6.2 innings leading to 1 run. The Mets have the following numbers against Junior:

• Bruce 0-3
• Cabrera 0-3
• Flores 1-3
• Granderson 1-1, 2 BB
• R Rivera 0-1

Let’s Go Mets!

I’m primarily a physics teacher, then a Mets fan. So in July I try to go to some day games and they can be a bit empty. This picture was taken 7/6/16.

deGrom!!! #HairWeGo #LGM #Mets

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The Mets and Brewers play game two of the series tonight as both teams could possibly also be fighting the rain. Yesterday the Mets took the first game of the series behind a strong start from Gsellman, and the ability to keep the bat line moving. It was the first time this year the Mets were able to beat the Brewers.

Tyler Pill will make his first major league start. He made his major league debut on Saturday where he gave up the go ahead run in the top of the 10th in 0.2 innings of work. Pill has been tearing it up though in Vegas before coming over with a 4-1 reocrd over 9 starts and 56.1 innings with a 1.60 ERA, 15 walks and 26 K’s while posting a 1.172 WHIP.

The Mets bats will get another look at Zach Davies who is 5-3 over 10 starts and 52.1 innings with a 5.33 ERA, 5.39 FIP and 1.643 WHIP. In his last two starts he has allowed 12 hits and 4 walks over 12.0 innings totaling 5 runs. When he faced the Mets on the 13th he picked up the win despite allowing 7 hits and a walk over 5.0 innings and 4 runs. The Mets have the following numbers against Davies:

• Bruce 1-11, HR, BB
• Granderson 2-9, HR
• Walker 2-8, HR, BB
• Conforto 2-5. 2 2B, BB
• Cabrera 1-4
• Reynolds 0-3
• T.J. Rivera 1-3
• Duda 0-0, BB
• Flores 0-2

Let’s Go Mets!

Our Piazza journey down Mets Picture of the Day continues with the Hall of Fame Parade. The day before the induction, the hall of famers have a parade to the Baseball hall itself. Some players ride, others walk and sign. It’s a good time. If you have an opportunity to go, do it!

The faithful taking photos of Mike Piazza, greatest hitting catcher of all time

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The Mets have had back to back nationally televised games, including last night’s 8 PM start and they come back to Citi Field today for a late afternoon game against the Brewers. The Mets are coming off of a series win, that should have been a sweep, but focusing on positives, they took two out of three and they try to build some momentum out of it. Bruce and Duda started hitting again this weekend while the bullpen got a bit of rest from deGrom and Harvey, but players with too many appearances still warmed up last night.

Gsellman gets the start today. he is 2-3 over 11 games and 8 starts and 44.2 innings with a 6.45 ERA, 4.27 FIP and 1.657 WHIP. His last outing was his return to the rotation where he allowed 3 runs over 6 hits and a walk in 6.0 innings of work. He was “kicked out” of the rotation by the Brewers earlier in May when he allowed 9 hits and 3 walks leading to 6 runs, 5 earned over 4.0 innings. The Brewers have the following numbers against Robert:

• Brandy 1-3
• Broxton 2-3
• Perez 1-3, 2B
• Santana 2-2, BB
• Shaw 2-3
• Thames 0-2, BB
• Villar 1-3
• Arcia 0-2

The Mets bats will face Matt Garza who is 2-1 over 6 starts and 35.0 innings with a 3.60 ERA, 4.22 FIP and 1.143 WHIP. Garza is coming off of his worst start of the season where he allowed 7 hits leading to 6 runs over 5.1 innings. He faced the Mets earlier this season allowing 5 hits and 2 walks over 6.0 innings that led to 2 runs. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Bruce 12-35, 4 2B, 3 HR, 6 BB
• Granderson 9-32, 4 2B, HR, 2 BB
• Walker 6-23, HR, 6 BB
• Duda 3-11, 2 2B, HR, 3 BB
• Cabrera 3-11, 2B, 2 HR
• Reyes 2-7
• Lagares 1-6
• Flores 2-5
• Conforto 0-3
• deGrom 2-2

Let’s Go Mets!

Piazza was the first superstar player that I idolized as a kid. I remember when my cousin gave me a Piazza jersey and I didn’t want to ruin it so for the first year I just hung it on my wall. Anyway, going to his induction last year was an amazing even. Picture was taken 7/24/16.

Introducing Mike Piazza! #HOFWeekend #Piazzastock

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