Tonight the Mets try to take the third game of the four game set against the Washington Nationals with Mets MVP candidate Zack Wheeler (10-9, 3.38) taking on Doug Fister (13-6, 2.53). First pitch is at 7:10pm.
In his last start, Wheeler earned his 10th victory of the year against the Cincinnati Reds. He gave up one run and five hits over six innings of work, striking out six along the way. Wheeler also contributed his fourth hit of the season in that game.
Travis d’Arnaud continued his blazing hot second half last night, contributing a two RBI double in the win. He is now hitting .286 with 10 HR and 32 RBI since returning from Las Vegas.
Juan Lagares tacked on two more hits last night and stole his 13th base of the season. Nine of those have come in the last two weeks.
Starting Lineup
1. Eric Young Jr., lf
2. Juan Lagares, cf
3. Daniel Murphy, 3b
4. Lucas Duda, 1b
5. Travis d’Arnaud, c
6. Curtis Granderson, rf
7. Wilmer Flores, ss
8. Dilson Herrera, 2b
9. Zack Wheeler, rhp
The Mets finally beat the Nationals in Queens last night by the score of 4-3 thanks to a big hit from d’Arnaud and pitching that was able to hold off some late pushes from the Nationals. Today, Zack Wheeler tries to keep it going against the Nationals to guarantee a series split against Doug Fister.
Wheeler is 10-9 over 29 starts and 170.1 innings with a 3.38 ERA. After terrible start against the Marlins allowing 5 runs over 4.2 innings, in his last start he allowed 1 ER over 6.0 innings while striking out6 against the Reds. In three starts against the Nationals this year he is 1-2 over 18.2 innings with a 4.34 ERA and 16 K’s. The Nationals have the following numbers against Zack:
- Span 8-18, 2 2B
- Werth 5-16, 2 2B, HR
- Desmond 4-16, 2B, HR
- LaRoche 2-11, HR
- Rendon 4-11
- Harper 1-11
- Ramos 2-9, 2B
Doug Fister is in the midst of a career season with a 13-6 record over 22 starts and 142.1 innings while posting a 2.53 ERA. After a stretch of three starts that were not characteristic of his season pitching 16.2 innings with a 5.94 ERA, he bounced back in his last start by shutting out the Braves over 7.0 innings. He has be phenomenal against the Mets year shutting the Mets out over 14.1 innings despite allowing 13 hits. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Granderson 3-20, HR
- Abreu 3-16, 2B
- d’Arnaud 1-9, 2B
- Lagares 3-8
- Murphy 2-9
- Duda 3-6
- Flores 4-6
- E Young 2-3
Lets Go Mets!
