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What a huge difference 26 hours can make! Going into Wednesday, the Mets had won only 3 of their last 12 games. In Tuesday’s game they were down 3-1 before the game got suspended. Since then, in a 26 hour period started 4:10 on Wednesday, the Mets racked up three wins in a sweep of the Washington Nationals. The Mets are now 0.5 games out of first place and back to four games above .500.

But, the next thirteen games are going to be brutal for the Mets. The Mets play only the Dodgers and the Giants (home and away) for the next two weeks. The Mets season will be on the line. The Dodgers come to town after taking two of three from the Phillies. They almost came back and swept the Phillies.

Mets Lineup

  1. Brandon Nimmo – CF
  2. Pete Alonso – 1B
  3. Brandon Drury – 2B
  4. J.D. Davis – 3B
  5. Jonathan Villar – SS
  6. James McCann – C
  7. Kevin Pillar – LF
  8. Albert Almora Jr. RF
  9. Tylor Megill – RHP

Dodgers Lineup

  1. Trea Turner – 2B
  2. Max Muncy – 1B
  3. Will Smith – C
  4. Corey Seager – SS
  5. A.J. Pollock – LF
  6. Chris Taylor – 3B
  7. Cody Bellinger – CF
  8. Billy McKinney – RF
  9. Julio Urias – LHP

Tylor Megill gets the start for the Mets tonight. In his first nine starts and 45 innings he has logged 3.20 ERA, 3.93 FIP, 1.133 WHIP and a 125 ERA+. He’s coming off of a rough stretch of games where he allowed nine runs, eight earned, over 9 2/3 innings. In both starts, there was only one inning that killed his line. On August 2, he allowed a grand slam in the first inning. On August 7, he held the Phillies scoreless until the fifth inning. This will be his first game against the Dodgers.

The Mets bats came alive over the last two days and they’ll look to keep it going against Julio Urias. In 23 starts and 134 2/3 innings he has a 3.41 ERA, 3.41 FIP, 1.077 WHIP and a 115 ERA+. He’s on a bit of a hot streak right now, allowing five runs, four earned, over 22 2/3 innings in his last four starts (1.59 ERA). Julio was mostly a bullpen pitcher the last time Mets saw him in 2019 and they have the following career numbers against him:

  • Dominic Smith 1-1, HR
  • Michael Conforto 1-1, 2B
  • Pete Alonso 1-1
  • Javier Báez 3-8, HR, K
  • Kevin Pillar 1-8
  • Jonathan Villar 0-5, BB, 3 K
  • Jeff McNeil 0-1, K

Game Notes

Francisco Lindor took batting practice on Friday, though only from the right side because his oblique injury his still keeping him from hitting left-handed. Lindor doesn’t want to do a rehab assignment when he’s ready, but understands why the team thinks that better than jumping right into big league games.

Jacob deGrom has been told he cannot throw for another two weeks.

Let’s Go Mets!