The Mets and Phillies hook up for round two of their three game set tonight at Citi Field. Jacob deGrom (5-4, 2.75) will take the mound at 7:10 PM against Philadelphia’s Jerome Williams (3-4, 5.44).
Jacob deGrom is 10-4 with a 1.50 ERA in 16 career starts at Citi Field. That is the lowest home ERA in the major leagues over the last two seasons (minimum: 60.0 innings). Over deGrom’s last 12 home starts, dating to July 8, 2014, he is 10-1 with a 1.19 ERA (11 earned runs/83.0 innings) with 94 strikeouts.
The Mets are 18-6 at home this year and their .750 home winning percentage is the third-best in the majors, behind the Dodgers (.769) and Cardinals (.762). The Mets 18-6 mark at home is tied for the best start in team history after 24 games. The 1972 club was also 18-6.
The Mets are 6-1 vs. the Phillies this year, including sweeping them at Citi Field, April 13-15. New York has won five straight home games vs. Philadelphia and seven of its last eight home games. The Mets have won 18 of their last 23 games vs. the Phillies and six straight series vs. Philadelphia.
Mets Starting Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- Juan Lagares – CF
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Daniel Murphy – 2B
- Michael Cuddyer – LF
- Wilmer Flores – SS
- Eric Campbell – 3B
- Kevin Plawecki – C
- Jacob deGrom – RHP
The Mets finally put together a complete performance yesterday as they beat the Phillies 6-3, and they look to do it again tonight. Yesterday they received an average start from Bartolo Colon coupled with three homers from the offense, including a key go ahead three-run shot from Wilmer Flores and solid relief pitching to close the door.
Tonight Jacob deGrom will look to make sure the Mets end up in the win column against Jerome Williams. Jacob is 5-4 on the season over 9 starts and 55.2 innings with a 2.75 ERA. In his last two starts he has tossed 14.0 innings allowing 6 hits, 1 earned run including 17 strikeouts. Most of the positive numbers are from his last start where he one hit the Cardinals over 8.0 innings and struck out 11 birds.
In his first start against Philly this year he allowed 7 hits over 6.1 innings but no runs. The Phillies have the following numbers against deGrom:
- Howard 2-9, HR
- Revere 0-9
- Utley 2-7
- Ruiz 0-6
- Sizemore 1-6
- Galvis 2-2
- Herrera 1-3
The Mets bats will get another look at Jerome Williams who is 3-4 over 9 starts and 48.0 innings this year with a 5.44 ERA. He is coming off of his second worst start of the season allowing 5 ER over 5.0 innings and in the month of May he has a 7.03 ERA allowing 19 earned runs in 24.1 innings.
His second start of the season was against the Mets where he allowed 5 runs, 4 earned over 10 hits and 5.0 innings. It was by far his worst start in April. The Mets have the following numbers against Jerome:
- Granderson 2-11, HR
- Duda 2-6, HR
- Lagares 2-6
- Cuddyer 2-4, 2B
- Campbell 1-3
- Murphy 0-3
- Tejada 1-2
- Flores 0-2
Lets Go Mets!
