The Mets travel to St. Louis tonight as Jacob deGrom takes on the Cardinals. The Mets last played at 11 AM on Tuesday in a game that was lackluster at best for the Mets. The next night, clouds moved over DC pretty much exactly at game time and dumped on Navy Yards. In normal DC fashion (or at least what fans sitting around me explained as normal), the Nationals didn’t postpone the game until a little after 9 PM although it was clear the rain was going to continue throughout the night. Thus, the Mets circumvented the three game sweep by not playing the 3rd game.

Cardinals Lineup

  1. Matt Carpenter – 2B
  2. Stephen Piscotty – RF
  3. Dexter Fowler – CF
  4. Jedd Gyoko – 3B
  5. Yadier Molina – C
  6. Luke Voit – 1B
  7. Randal Grichuk – LF
  8. Paul DeJong – SS
  9. Carlos Martinez – RHP

Mets Lineup

  1. Curtis Granderson – CF
  2. Asdrubal Cabrera – 2B
  3. Yoenis Cespedes – LF
  4. Jay Bruce – RF
  5. T.J. Rivera – 3B
  6. Lucas Duda – 1B
  7. Jose Reyes – SS
  8. Travis d’Arnaud – C
  9. Jacob deGrom – RHP

Jacob deGrom is 8-3 over 16 games and 104.0 innings this year with a 3.55 ERA, 3.63 ERA and 1.221 WHIP. Jacob is also in the midst of a great stretch where he is 4-0 in as many games over 32.0 innings allowing only 4 runs, 3 earned while striking out 31 and posting a 0.84 ERA and holding opponents to a .139 batting average. Last year Jacob picked up the loss in one start against the Cardinals after allowing 12 hits and 3 walks over 4.2 innings to St. Louis over 4.2 innings. The Cardinals have the following numbers against him:

  • Carpenter 2-9, HR
  • Grichuk 2-5, 2B, HR, BB
  • Molina 2-5, 2B, BB
  • Martinez 1-4
  • Gyorko 1-3
  • Piscotty 2-3, HR

Carlos Martinez is 6-7 over 17 games pitching 111.1 innings with a 3.15 ERA, 3.54 FIP and 1.123 WHIP. Martinez over the last three years has been one of the most consistent pitchers for the Cardinals, especially through the lens of similar stats. That being said, he’s coming off one of his worst starts of the season against the Nationals where he allowed 5 runs over 5.0 innings where he allowed 7 hits and 4 walks. He was 2-0 in as many starts against the Mets last year allowing only 3 runs over 13.0 innings that included 9 hits and 7 walks. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

  • Bruce 2-16, 2B, HR, 3 BB
  • Granderson 2-11, 2 BB
  • Cespedes 3-9, 2B, HR, BB, 1.178 OPS
  • Reyes 2-10
  • Duda 3-7, 2B, BB
  • Cabrera 2-4, 2B

Notes – 

Michael Conforto is with the team in St. Louis and is expected to be activated tomorrow despite “feeling something” late in his rehab game on Thursday night.

Wilmer Flores is out of the lineup because he’s been dealing with leg tightness/cramps.

Let’s Go Mets!