Mets Series in Review: @Nationals

Mets 2B Daniel Murphy has 23 hits in his last 10 games. That's a lot, which means it makes for a cool heat map pic.twitter.com/CoerjUbGLw
— Mark Simon (@msimonespn) August 8, 2014

Dates: August 5-7, 2014

Results: Lose 2/3

 W 6-1, L 7-1, L 5-3 F/13

Current Record: 54-61, 9 GB in the NL East, 8 GB in the NL Wild Card

Recaps:

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

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

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

MVMet: Daniel Murphy has been the Mets offense the past few weeks and their most consistent hitter all season. I love watching Murph with the Mets, so I’m happy he’s still around, but I’m surprised there appeared to be little interest in him at the trade deadline.

LVMet: Jon Niese has not been as sharp since he returned from the DL, with a 5.76 ERA in 25 IP over 4 starts. After a rough first inning Wednesday, he kept things close until the 6^th, when Danny Espinosa connected for a three-run bomb. The offense never showed up Wednesday night, but it didn’t help that they were climbing uphill from the start.

Statistics:

Mets Player	Performance
Juan Lagares	2-12, 2 R, HBP, 4 SO
Daniel Murphy	8-14, R, 2B (32), 3B (2), 4 RBI (49), BB, SO
David Wright	3-15, 2B (26), RBI (54), SB (6), 3 SO, 2 GIDP
Lucas Duda	4-14, RBI (62), BB, 4 SO
Eric Campbell	0-6, 3 SO
Travis ∂’Arnaud	2-7, 2 R, 2B (12), HBP, GIDP
Chris Young	1-5, R, BB, SO
Ruben Tejada	1-8, R, 2 SO
Curtis Granderson	2-11, RBI (45), SO
Kirk Nieuwenhuis	2-6, R, RBI (12), BB, SO
Wilmer Flores	1-5, R
Eric Young Jr.	0-1, RBI (13), SF, SAC
Zack Wheeler (W, 7-8, 3.48 ERA)	6.2 IP, 7 H, R, 4 BB, 5 SO, 109 Pitches (66 Strikes), 8 GO: 3 FO (1-2, RBI (3), SAC, SO)
Jon Niese (L, 5-8, 3.51 ERA)	6 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 2 BB, 2 SO, 2 HR, 102 Pitches (67 Strikes), 9 GO: 2 FO (0-2, SO)
Jacob ∂eGrom (2.87 ERA)	6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, BB, 4 SO, HR, 97 Pitches (63 Strikes), 5 GO: 4 FO (1-2, R)
Josh Edgin (1.83 ERA)	0.2 IP, SO, 1 FO, 3 IR – 0 S
Jeurys Familia (1.89 ERA)	2 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 SO, 4 GO, 2 IR – 0 S
Dana Eveland (2.14 ERA)	1.1 IP, 2 SO, 2 GO, 2 IR – 0 S
Buddy Carlyle (0.66 ERA)	3 IP, H, SO, 3 GO: 2 FO
Carlos Torres (L, 5-5, 3.61 ERA)	1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, BB, 2 SO, HR, 1 GO
Vic Black (1.69 ERA)	1.1 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 1 GO, 2 IR – 0 S
Jenrry Mejia (3.61 ERA)	1 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 FO

Bullpen:

            10.1 IP, 9 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 13 SO, 11 GO: 4 FO, 9 IR – 0 S

            Carlos Torres allowed the Nats to score in both of his appearance over the weekend, the only Mets reliever to allow any runs. The homerun he allowed in extra’s Thursday afternoon was especially hard to watch, as it was a big blow to any chance the Mets had at a late season playoff push. Hopefully this calf problem isn’t a lingering issue for Mejia, and there is no reason to push Mejia with the Mets so far out of the playoff races.

Looking Ahead:

Friday at 7:05 PM: Bartolo Colon (10-9, 4.12 ERA) @ A.J. Burnett (6-11, 4.16 ERA)

Saturday at 7:05 PM: Dillon Gee (4-4, 3.73 ERA) @Cole Hamels (6-6, 2.42 ERA)

Sunday at 1:35 PM: Zack Wheeler (7-8, 3.48 ERA) @Kyle Kendrick (5-11, 4.74 ERA)

Monday at 1:05 PM: Jon Niese (5-8, 3.41 ERA) @David Buchanan (6-5, 4.39 ERA)

The largest known galaxy dwarfs all the others including Andromeda & the Milky Way. pic.twitter.com/5f5UH5x9j5
— Andrew Rader (@marsrader) August 7, 2014