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Monday, May 15, 2023 • 4:05 PM
Nationals Park • Washington, DC
LHP David Peterson (1-5, 7.68) vs. LHP Patrick Corbin (1-5, 4.87)
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The Mets have a chance to win a series this afternoon when they take on the Nationals for game four! After dropping the suspended game in the afternoon yesterday (despite collecting a plethora of hits) the Mets finally had an easy win in the night cap. Max Scherzer looked more like himself, the Mets got a multi-hit game from both Starling Marte and Mark Canha, the bullpen looked great.

Now the Mets try to do it one more time! Let’s go!

Mets Lineup

This could be David Peterson’s last turn in the rotation as Carlos Carrasco nears his return. Peterson has had a rough 2023 with a 7.68 ERA, 5.06 FIP, 1.676 WHIP and a 54 ERA+ over 34 innings. He currently leads the league in earned runs at 29 and has given up eight homers (HR/9 rate of 2.1). He made a spot start for Scherzer his last time out and promptly gave up four runs but settled down a bit and was able to go 3 1/3 innings. He also struggled against the Nationals last season, allowing seven runs from 14 hits and five walks over 11 innings. The Nationals have the following career numbers against Peterson:

  • Luis Garía 1-7, 3 K
  • Keibert Ruiz 1-5, BB
  • Lane Thomas, 0-4, BB, K
  • Joey Meneses 1-2, BB
  • CJ Abrams 0-2, K
  • Carter Kieboom 0-2, K
  • Alex Call 1-1

Opposing Lineup

The Mets bats look to keep their momentum going against Patrick Corbin. Corbin has pitched 44 1/3 innings over eight starts with a 4.87 ERA, 4.61 FIP, 1.421 WHIP and an 84 ERA+ this season. Corbin is in the midst of one his better stretches right now, allowing 11 runs, 10 earned over 24 1/3 innings in his last four starts (3.70 ERA). The Mets hit Corbin well last season collecting 30 hits and 10 walks in his five starts against the Mets. The Mets turned that into 14 runs (5.11 ERA). The Mets have the following career numbers against Corbin:

  • Pete Alonso 13-37, 2 2B, 5 HR, 9 BB, 11 K (1.289 OPS)
  • Starling Marte 11-39, 2 2B, HR, 2 BB, 10 K
  • Jeff McNeil 9-29, 2B, 2 BB, 4 K
  • Brandon Nimmo 7-29, 2 BB, 11 K
  • Francisco Lindor 7-29, 2B 8 K
  • Eduardo Escobar 5-19, 2B, 2 HR, 2 K
  • Mark Canha 5-15, HR, BB, K
  • Tommy Pham 6-12, 2B, 4 BB, K
  • Luis Guillorme 1-5
  • Daniel Vogelbach 0-2, BB

Game Notes

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Three Things To Watch For

  1. Mets regulars starting to heat up. Starling Marte and Mark Canha have been mired in what feels like a season long slump. Marte went 2-for-4 at the plate yesterday and scored twice. Canha went 3-for-4 yesterday with two doubles and a run. Both batters drove in two runs. Marte is now 8-for-24 in his last six games. All eight hits have been singles, but this is a positive sign! If both players start to turn it on, the Mets will be in a much better place.
  2. The Bullpen is tired. Even though the bullpen got Saturday night off, the bullpen put in extra work yesterday as they pitched a combined 11 innings. Nogosek and Muckenhirn each tossed at least 40 pitches. Brooks Raley returned from the injured list and tossed 33. Brigham tossed 28. Robertson hasn’t pitched since Friday night but he tossed 40 pitches in that game. The good news is Adam Ottavino and Drew Smith are rested and good to go tonight. The Mets bullpen desperately needs David Peterson to go deep into the game tonight.
  3. New York Mets still collecting walks! It’s been a while since we checked in the Mets walk totals. The Mets have collected 151 walks on the season, good for sixth in the majors and just one behind the Braves and three behind the Pirates. The Mets are 20th in the majors in hits at 324. This has lead the Mets to be 27th in the majors on average runners left on base per game (7.24) just in front of their opponents today (7.30). Hopefully with the bats heating up the walks can start to turn into runs.

Let’s go Mets!