After consecutive sub-par performances by Jon Niese and Bartolo Colon, the New York Mets will turn to Jacob deGrom to try and preserve a split in the finale of their four game series against the St. Louis Cardinals this afternoon at Citi Field.
DeGrom (4-4, 3.21 ERA) will oppose Cardinals left-hander Jaime Garcia, who is making his season debut in the 1:10 PM matinee.
The Mets have been bounced from first place in the NL East and now trail the Washington Nationals by a game for the division lead. The Mets have lost seven of their past 10 games.
Mets Starting Lineup
- Juan Lagares – CF
- Wilmer Flores – SS
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Michael Cuddyer – LF
- Daniel Murphy – 2B
- John Mayberry Jr. – RF
- Eric Campbell – 3B
- Kevin Plawecki – C
- Jacob deGrom – RHP
After taking the first game of the series, the Mets have been crushed by the Cardinals in the last two games as they lost yesterday by the score of 9-0. Honestly, nothing was really working for the Mets yesterday, but they still have a chance to split the series this afternoon.
Jacob deGrom is 4-4 over 8 games and 47.2 innings of work with an ERA of 3.21. He is coming off of a strong start against the Brewers allowing 1 ER over 6.0 innings while striking out 6. His numbers overall in May are comparable to his season numbers going 2-1 over 18.0 innings with a 3.00 ERA while striking out 20 batters.
His start against the Cardinals last year did not end well as he allowed 6 earned runs and 12 hits over 4.1 innings. The Cardinals have the following numbers against Jacob:
- Heyward 3-6
- Reynolds 0-6
- Adams 2-3, 3B
- Carpenter 0-3
- Holliday 2-3
- Peralta 2-3
The bats will try to remember how to hit against Jaime Garcia who is set to make his 2015 debut from the disabled list today. In an injury shortened season last year, he was 3-1 over 7 starts and 43.2 innings with a 4.12 ERA. 2013 was also a shortened season as he went 5-2 over 9 starts and 55.1 innings with a 3.58 ERA. His last “full” season was in 2012 where he made 20 starts over 121.2 innings where he went 7-7 with an ERA of 3.92.
He hasn’t faced the Mets since 2012 where he allowed one unearned run over 7.1 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Garcia:
- Mayberry 6-16, 4 2B
- Tejada 2-4
- Murphy 1-3
Let’s Go Mets!
