213 Miles From Shea

The Dodgers won yesterday and now there is some pressure for the Mets to keep pace in order to maintain the homefield advantage. The Mets and Nationals were rained out like most east coast cities last night, and they will try to get two games in today with a Day Night doubleheader. The first game will feature Noah Syndergaard vs Gio Gonzalez and the second game will have Matt Harvey vs Max Scherzer.

Noah Syndergaard is 9-7 over 23 games over 143.0 innings with a 3.34 ERA with a 156 K’s. He had a good bounce back start his last time in Cincy, on the day before clinching day, with 7.2 innings with 2 ER while striking out 11. He has held the Nationals to 3 ER over 13.0 innings this year with 13 K’s. The Nationals have the following numbers against Noah:

• Harper 3-7
• Taylor 1-6
• Desmond 2-4
• Escobar 1-5, HR
• Espinosa 0-4
• Rendon 3-4, 2B, HR
• Ramos 1-3

Gio Gonzalez is on the bump for the Nationals tonight. He is 11-8 over 30 starts and 169.2 innings with a 3.93 ERA. This will be his 6th start of September where he has logged 28.0 innings with a 2.89 ERA. He’s 2-0 over 3 starts against hte Mets with a 1.53 ERA over 17.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Gio:

• Granderson 4-30, 2B, HR
• Murphy 9-26, 2 2B, 3B
• Tejada 7-23
• Lagares 10-23, 3 2B, 3B, HR
• Wright 6-19, 2B, 3B, HR
• Cuddyer 6-16, 2B, HR
• Duda 3-17, 2B
• Uribe 3-13, HR
• d’Arnaud 2-12, 2 2B

Harvey is 13-7 over 28 games and 183.1 innings of work with a 2.80 ERA. In his last two starts he has tossed 11.2 innings allowing only 2 ER. He shocked everyone last Saturday on clinching day where he pitched into the 7th inning with 6 strikeouts saying that he wants to pitch. He’s 2-1 over 5 starts against the Nationals this year posting a 2.73 ERA over 33.0 innings. The Nationals have the following numbers against him:

• Desmond 6-22, 2B, HR
• Harper 0-20, 7 K
• Werth 4-19, 2B
• Zimmerman 4-17, 2B, HR
• Escobar 5-15
• Taylor 4-15, 2B
• Rendon 4-13
• Robinson 3-8, 2B
• Uggla 2-7
• Ramos 3-9, 2B
• Lobaton 1-7

Max Scherzer is 13-12 over 32 starts this year and 219.2 innings with a 2.19 ERA. This month he has been all over the place. He has two great starts going 8 innings allowing 1 run or less, two good starts allowing a total of 4 ER over 13.0 innings and two poor starts allowing 9 runs over 12.2 innings. He’s 0-2 over 3 starts against the Mets allowing 9 runs, 6 earned over 20.2 innings (two great starts, one poor one). The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Granderson 7-22, 3 2B, HR
• Cuddyer 6-24, 2B, 2 HR
• K Johnson 5-20, 2 2B, HR
• Murphy 3-17
• Cespedes 7-14, 2 2B, 3B, 2 HR
• Uribe 4-16, 2 2B
• Flores 0-10
• Wright 0-9

Let’s Go Mets!

It’s the final series of the regular season!

The Mets look to put these three horrible games in Philly behind them as they take on the Nationals for the final three game set. right now the Dodgers and the Mets have the same record, which means the Mets have the upper edge in home field advantage.

Noah Syndergaard is 9-7 over 23 games over 143.0 innings with a 3.34 ERA with a 156 K’s. He had a good bounce back start his last time in Cincy, on the day before clinching day, with 7.2 innings with 2 ER while striking out 11. He has held the Nationals to 3 ER over 13.0 innings this year with 13 K’s. The Nationals have the following numbers against Noah:

• Harper 3-7
• Taylor 1-6
• Desmond 2-4
• Escobar 1-5, HR
• Espinosa 0-4
• Rendon 3-4, 2B, HR
• Ramos 1-3

Gio Gonzalez is on the bump for the Nationals tonight. He is 11-8 over 30 starts and 169.2 innings with a 3.93 ERA. This will be his 6th start of September where he has logged 28.0 innings with a 2.89 ERA. He’s 2-0 over 3 starts against hte Mets with a 1.53 ERA over 17.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Gio:

• Granderson 4-30, 2B, HR
• Murphy 9-26, 2 2B, 3B
• Tejada 7-23
• Lagares 10-23, 3 2B, 3B, HR
• Wright 6-19, 2B, 3B, HR
• Cuddyer 6-16, 2B, HR
• Duda 3-17, 2B
• Uribe 3-13, HR
• d’Arnaud 2-12, 2 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets dropped an ugly one last night, and look to get back on the right path with the early afternoon game today. After jumping out to a 5-0 lead last night, the Phillies scored 7 unanswered runs to take the game. But that’s all sidebar. The real story of the game is Cespedes got hit in the hand with a pitch (just a bruise) and Kirk also got hit with a pitch. Robles then threw a quick pitch that went towards Rupp’s head, so he and Collins were immediately tossed with empty benches.

Sean Gilmartin is making the start today with Matz having some back pain. He’s 3-1 over 49 games this year with a 2.58 ERA over 52.1 innings. He has held the Phillies to 1 ER over 8.1 innings split over 7 games this season. Sean can go more than a couple of innings but probably looking at maximum 5 innings from Sean today. The Phillies have the following numbers against Sean:

• Galvis 2-5
• Howard 0-4
• Blanco 1-3
• Brown 1-3
• Herrera 1-2
• Asche 0-2

Jerad Eickhoff is 2-3 over 7 games and 44.0 innings of work in his rookie season. He made back to back starts against the Mets earlier this year where he allowed 6 ER over 13.0 innings. He has been a different pitcher in his last three starts allowing only 3 ER over 21.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Jerad:

• Cespedes 1-6
• Conforto 4-5, 2B, HR
• Flores 1-6
• Granderson 1-5, HR
• Murphy 0-6
• Cuddyer 1-3, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets almost came back last night, but it was too little too late as the Phillies took the first game of the series (and as the Dodgers moved a game closer in the home field advantage chase, although it doesn’t matter really). The star of the show last night for the Mets was Lucas Duda who continue his recent hot streak, smacking 2 homers bringing his total to 27 for the year.

Logan Verrett gets the start for the Mets tonight. He’s 1-1 ver 12 games with the Mets with 3 starts and 33.1 innings with an ERA of 2.70. His last start against Atlanta was his only blight on his season where he allowed 4 ER over 5.0 innings. The start before that, he allowed 1 ER over 5.0 innings. In one inning against the Phillies this year he held them scoreless and hitless and struck out one batter. The only two Phillies who have seen him in a game would be Blanco and Herrera, who are both 0-1.

The Mets draw Alec Asher who is 0-5 over the first five starts of his career with a 7.52 ERA. That being said, he’s coming off of his best start of the season where he held the Marlins to 1 ER over 7.0 innings. In three home starts, he hasn’t gotten beyond the 6th inning allowing 14 ER over 15.2 innings. He has never faced the Mets and no one on the Mets has ever faced him in a major league game.

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets look to continue their push for home field advantage in the NLDS tonight as they start their last 2015 series against the Phillies. On Sunday the Mets started a lineup that looked similar to a June lineup (which shows how far this team has come) as players rested off their celebrations from the night before. That lineup still broke out in a big way as they rolled through the Reds completing the 4 game sweep on the coattails of a great outing by Jacob deGrom.

Bartolo Colon gets the nod tonight. He is 14-12 over 31 games, 30 starts, totaling 188.2 innings with a 4.15 ERA and a league leading 209 hits. Colon has been fairly average since tossing his complete game shut out at the start of the month pitching 18.2 innings with a 3.86 ERA. He is 4-0 in as many starts against the Phillies this year posting a 2.33 ERA over 27.0 innings of work. The Phillies have the following numbers against Bartolo:

• Howard 5-24, 2 HR
• Ruiz 5-18, 2B
• Brown 2-15, 2B
• Asche 3-13, 2 2B
• Galvis 4-12, 2B
• Herrera 1-10
• Francoeur 1-8

The Mets bats will get a look at David Buchanan who is 2-9 over 13 starts this season and 63.1 innings with a 7.96 ERA. Despite his ERA He’s been better in his last two starts as he allowed 3 ER over 11.0 innings. His second start of the season way back in April was against the Mets as he allowed 5 ER over 5.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against David:

• Wright 4-14
• Granderson 2-10
• Lagares 3-11, 2B
• Duda 3-12, 2 2B
• Flores 2-9, 2B
• Murphy 1-9, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The 2015 NL East Champion New York Mets are back on the grind this afternoon as they look to complete the four game sweep of the Reds. Yesterday the Mets jumped out to an early lead thanks to a Grand Slam from Lucas Duda, expanded their lead with a homer from Curtis Granderson and put the game away late with a three run homer from the Captain David Wright. Harvey surprised everyone by pitching into the 7th inning and the Mets won the division, celebrated and now look to finish out strong, getting some rest along the way and maybe a home field advantage for the NLDS.

Jacob deGrom returns to the bump today. He’s 13-8 over 28 starts and 181.0 innings with a 2.64 ERA with 189 strikeouts. Miami hit him hard in his last start as he gave up 10 hits and 6 ER over 10 innings. He missed the Reds this season and he missed them last year. He also hasn’t faced anyone on the Reds roster while they were with other teams so this will be a new experience today.

As you have probably heard fifty times over the first three games if you were tuning in, the Reds are running a rookie out there everyday to start. Today is Keyvius Sampson’s turn, who is 2-5 over 11 games, 10 starts with a 6.45 ERA over 44.2 innings. He’s coming off one of his better starts of the season where he held the Cardinals to 1 ER over 5.1 innings. In his previous three September starts he allowed 12 runs, 11 earned in 11.1 innings. He has never faced the Mets or anyone on the Mets lineup before.

Let’s Go Mets!

Today could be the day. It could really be the day.

Yesterday the Phillies beat the Nationals and the Mets crushed the Reds knocking the magic number to the post-season down to 1. Focusing on the Mets, Noah Syndergaard was fantastic just crushing the Reds lineup. Meanwhile, Duda had a comeback type of night smacking two 3-run homers recording 6 RBI’s.

Matt Harvey gets the start tonight. He’s 12-7 over 27 starts and 176.2 innings with a 2.80 ERA. He tossed 5.0 masterful innings against the Yankees last Sunday, holding them to one hit, one walk and 7 strikeouts. Then he left due to the innings cap and the Mets self-destructed. Back in June he held the Reds to 4 hits and 1 run, not earned, over 6.0 innings. The Reds have the following numbers against Harvey:

• Schumaker 2-11, 2B
• Philips 3-9, 2 2B
• Bruce 2-9, 2B
• Votto 2-6, 2B
• Frazier 0-6
• Pena 1-3

The Mets draw another rookie from the Reds (there’s really no choice, that is their rotation) today in John Lamb. Lamb is 1-3 over 8 starts and 43.0 innings with a 4.60 ERA. His last start was the second in his last three where he held his opponents to no runs, and that has been his month of September. He’s either been terrible, or lights out. He had a 2.67 ERA over 20 starts in the minors this year and he has never faced anyone on the Mets roster in a major league game.

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets beat the Reds and the Orioles beat the Nationals yesterday therefore the Mets’ magic number is now 3. Last night the Reds took an early 1-0 lead followed by the Mets going up 3-1. Late in the game the Reds tied it, but the Mets were able to string several hits together to go up 6-3 and finished the game 6-4. Tonight the Mets look to keep it going.

Noah Syndergaard is 8-7 over 22 starts and 135.1 innings with a 3.39 ERA. Noah is coming off of a tough game with the Yankees where he allowed 5 ER over 6.0 innings. But going into that game shows a different story. The first two batters of the game got bloop singles and Beltran, the third batter, smacked a bad pitch way of the park. He then cruised for a while racking up 8 strikeouts and then was tagged for another homer off a bad pitch. It’s one of the few games I’ve seen where there was a high turnover of bad pitch into home runs. He faced the Reds earlier the year and it was great as he allowed one earned run over 8.0 innings while striking out 5. The Reds have the following numbers against Noah:

• Phillips 1-4
• Bruce 1-3
• Frazier 1-3
• Hamilton 0-3
• Pena 1-3
• Suarez 0-3
• Votto 0-3

The Mets bats will get a look at Anthony DeSclafani tonight. He’s 9-11 over 29 starts and 173.1 innings with a 3.79 ERA. After back to back starts of 1 ER in September, his last time out he allowed 5 runs, 4 earned over 4.1 innings. He just missed the Mets earlier this season but he faced them last year when he was a member of the Marlins. He allowed 10 ER over 4.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Anthony:

• E Young 0-3
• K Johnson 2-5, 2B, HR
• Granderson 1-3
• Duda 2-3
• Murphy 2-3, HR
• Wright 1-2, 2B
• Kirk 2-2, 2 2B
• Uribe 1-1, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets weren’t able to hold off the Braves last night and they dropped the series in New York. After having the lead for the vast majority of the game, Freddie Freeman (who the WOR booth talked about earlier in the game as “not as much of a Met killer this year” came off the bench and hit a two run double and later a three run homer) to put the Braves ahead. Luckily, the Nationals fell apart so the magic number is now 5 with 10 games remaining as the Mets head to Cincy.

Steven Matz is 4-0 over 5 starts and 30.0 innings with 26 K’s and a 1.80 ERA. In his last start he allowed 1 ER over 6.0 innings against the Yankees and overall since returning to the Mets he is 2-0 over 3 starts and 16.1 innings with a 2.20 ERA while striking out 12. His major league debut was against the Reds where he pitched 7.2 innings allowing 2 ER with 6 K’s. The Reds have the following numbers against Matz:

• Votto 0-3
• Bruce 0-1, 2 BB
• Frazier 1-3, HR
• Hamilton 0-3
• Pena 1-3
• Phillips 1-3, HR

Josh Smith is 0-2 over 6 games, 4 starts in his rookie season pitching 18.2 innings with a 7.71 ERA. He faced the Mets back in June and then left the league in his following start before returning this month. Against the Mets he allowed 3 runs, 1 earned over 5.0 innings. His last outing was his first start since returning and he allowed 4 ER over 4.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Smith:

• Duda 0-1
• Flores 0-3
• Granderson 1-3, 2B
• Tejada 0-3
• Matz 2-2, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets just couldn’t get it done against Wisler and the Braves last night, despite a first inning homer from David Wright, and the Mets lost the game 6-2. At the same time, the Nationals also lost so the Mets magic number dropped and they continued to get closer to the post-season. The Mets look to continue the trend of dropping their magic number today as Bartolo Colon takes the mound.

Colon is 14-12 over 30 games, 29 starts, over 182.1 innings with a 4.15 ERA while allowing a league leading 204 hits. In his last 6 games, 5 starts, he has tossed 37.1 innings with 25 K’s while posting a 1.21 ERA. He is 4-0 over as many games against the Braves this year posting a 3.51 ERA over 25.2 innings. The Braves have the following numbers against Colon:

• Pierzynski 16-59, 2 2B, 2 HR
• Markakis 9-41, 5 2B
• Freeman 9-20, 3 2B
• Simmons 11-20, 2 2B, 3B
• Swisher 7-15, 2 2B, 2 HR
• Peterson 2-10, 2B, 3B
• Maybin 0-4

The Mets bats will try to wake up against Williams Perez who is 6-6 over 21 games, 18 starts over 104.2 innings with a 5.16 ERA. In his last three starts he is 2-0 over 18.2 innings with a 2.89 ERA including a start against where he allowed 3 ER over 6.0. The Mets have the following numbers vs Williams:

• d’Arnaud 4-6, HR
• Granderson 3-6, HR
• Herrera 1-3
• Lagares 0-4
• Campbell 0-3
• Cespedes 0-3
• Conforto 1-2
• Murphy 2-3, 2 2B

Let’s Go Mets!