Mets Series in Review: vs. Barves

"My immediate reaction would probably be shock. It's just an honor. It's humbling." Murphy on being a 2014 All-Star. pic.twitter.com/u39y8lXJQ0
— New York Mets (@Mets) July 8, 2014

Dates: July 7-10

Results: Win 3/4

 W 4-3, W 8-3, W 4-1, L 3-1

Current Record: 42-50, 8 GB in East and Wild Card

Recaps:

Monday – Mets.com, Amazin’ Avenue, ESPN NY

Tuesday – Mets.com, Amazin’ Avenue, ESPN NY

Wednesday – Mets.com, Amazin’ Avenue, ESPN NY

Thursday – Mets.com, Amazin’ Avenue, ESPN NY

MVMet: It was a strong team effort led by great starting pitching, and that’s why the starting trio of Dice-K, ∂eGrom and Gee are co-MVP’s for the series, combining to allow one run in 21 IP on 19 H with 18 SO: 3 BB, and 22 GO: 12 FO.

LVMet: Colon gave the Mets a good effort, but it wasn’t good enough, and there aren’t many other options. Abreu and Young went hitless, but combined for seven at-bats. Granderson made a lot of outs, but he also hit two homeruns during the first two games.

Statistics:

Mets Player	Performance
Curtis Granderson	4-18, 3 R, 2 HR (14), 2 RBI (42), BB, 2 SO
Daniel Murphy	6-17, 3 R, 2 2B (22), 2 RBI (37), BB, 2 SO, GIDP
David Wright	5-14, 2 R, HR (7), 3 RBI (44), 3 BB, SO, GIDP
Eric Campbell	1-4, R, BB
Juan Lagares	4-14, 2 R, 2 2B (13), RBI (20), 2 SO
Chris Young	0-4
Travis ∂’Arnaud	5-17, 3 R, 2B (7), 3 RBI (19), 3 SO
Ruben Tejada	3-12, RBI (19), 3 BB
Kirk Nieuwenhuis	1-4, 2 RBI (10), SF, 2 SO
Eric Young Jr.	2-10, R, RBI (12), SB (23)
Lucas Duda	4-10, R, 2 RBI (46), 2 BB, 3 SO
Bobby Abreu	0-3, BB, GIDP
Anthony Recker	DNP
Daisuke Matsuzaka (3.32 ERA)	7 IP, 6 H, 2 BB, 3 SO, 100 Pitches (63 Strikes), 6 GO: 7 FO (0-2, SO)
Jacob ∂eGrom (W, 2-5, 3.38 ERA)	7 IP, 7 H, 11 SO, 108 Pitches (73 Strikes), 5 GO: 1 FO (1-3, R, GIDP)
Dillon Gee (W, 4-1, 2.56 ERA)	7 IP, 6 H, R, BB, 4 SO, 85 Pitches (61 Strikes), 11 GO: 4 FO (0-2, SO)
Bartolo Colon (L, 8-8, 3.99 ERA)	8 IP, 10 H, 3 R, 7 SO, 98 Pitches (73 Strikes), 3 GO: 11 FO (0-3, SO)
Vic Black (2 H, 7, 1.83 ERA)	1.2 IP, H, R, SO, 2 GO: 2 FO, 2 IR – 0 S
Josh Edgin (1.84 ERA)	0 IP, H, R, 1 IR – 1 S
Jenrry Mejia (BS, 2) (S, 9, 3.98 ERA)	2.1 IP, 5 H, R, 2 BB, 4 SO, FO, 1 IR – 1 S
Carlos Torres (W, 4-4, 2.93 ERA)	3 IP, H, BB, 2 SO, 2 GO: 2 FO
Buddy Carlyle (1.80 ERA)	0.2 IP, H, R, BB, 2 SO
Dana Eveland (2.63 ERA)	0.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 GO: 1 FO, 2 IR – 1 S
Jeurys Familia (2.15 ERA)	0.2 IP, H, SO, GO, 3 IR – 2 S

Bullpen:

             The bullpen has been one of the more consistent parts of the Mets roster lately, but they had a rough series against Atlanta. The All-Star break should give every member of the pen some much needed rest.

            9 IP, 14 H, 6 R, 4 BB, 8 SO, 6 GO: 6 FO, 9 IR – 5 S

Looking Ahead:

The Mets will host the Marlins before the All-Star break – let’s hope they can go into the break on a high note!

Friday at 7:10 PM: Henderson Alvarez (6-3, 2.27 ERA) @ Zack Wheeler (4-8, 4.07 ERA)

Saturday at 4:10 PM: Tom Koehler (6-7, 3.98 ERA) @ Daisuke Matsuzaka (3-3, 3.32 ERA)

Sunday at 1:10 PM: Brad Hand (0-1, 5.09 ERA) @ Jacob ∂eGrom (2-5, 3.38 ERA)

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