Mets Series in Review: vs. Cubs

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Dates: August 15-18

Results:

 W 3-2, W 7-3, L 2-1, L 4-1

Current Record: 59-67, 12.5 GB in NL East, 7.5 GB in Wild Card

Recaps:

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

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

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

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

MVMet: The Mets starting pitchers were great this series – at least something was! Well, winning the first two games was pretty great too.

LVMet: The Mets offense averaged three runs on four hits per game, which is TERRIBLE! No player had more than two hits, so how can I choose just one?

Statistics:

Mets Player	Performance
Curtis Granderson	2-15, RBI (47), BB, 3 SO
Daniel Murphy	2-16, 2B (34), 5 SO
David Wright	0-9, 2 R, BB, HBP, SO
Lucas Duda	2-10, 3 R, HR (22), RBI (66), 6 BB, 3 SO
Travis ∂’Arnaud	2-11, 2 R, BB, 2 SO
Eric Campbell	1-8, R, HR (2), 3 RBI (14), BB, 4 SO, GIDP
Juan Lagares	2-13, R, 2B (20), 2 RBI (34), SF, GIDP
Wilmer Flores	1-8, 2 RBI (13), 2 BB
Ruben Tejada	2-3, BB
Matt ∂en Dekker	2-7, 2 R, RBI (3), 3 BB, SB (3), 3 SO, CS
Anthony Recker	0-3, 3 SO
Eric Young Jr.	0-0, R
Kirk Nieuwenhuis	0-1, SO
Zack Wheeler (W, 8-8, 3.49 ERA)	6.2 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 10 SO, HBP, 120 Pitches (70 Strikes), 4 GO: 2 FO (0-2, 2 SO)
Jon Niese (W, 7-8, 3.50 ERA)	6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 2 HR, 96 Pitches (65 Strikes), 9 GO: 3 FO (0-4, RBI (4))
Rafael Monteo (5.01 ERA)	7.1 IP, 5 H, R, 2 BB, 6 SO, 105 Pitches (65 Strikes), 5 GO: 7 FO (0-2, SO)
Carlos Torres (2 G, 1 GS, 3.43 ERA)	5.1 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 7 SO, 3 GO: 5 FO, 2 IR – 0 S
Vic Black (H, 12, 2.01 ERA)	2 IP, BB, 2 SO, 1 GO, 6 IR – 0 S
Jeurys Familia (H, 13, 2.05 ERA)	2 IP, BB, 4 SO, 1 GO
Jenrry Mejia (S, 18) (L, 5-6, 3.86 ERA)	3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 SO, HR, 2 GO: 3 FO
Buddy Carlyle (L, 1-1, 0.98 ERA)	3 IP, 2 H, R, BB, 5 SO, HR, 1 GO: 3 FO, 1 IR – 0 S
Josh Edgin (1.57 ERA)	0.1 IP, SO, 2 IR – 0 S
Dana Eveland (BS, 1, 3.09 ERA)	0.1 IP, 2 H, R, SO

Bullpen:

            4.09 ERA, 11 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 3 BB, 15 SO, 2 HR, 5 GO: 6 FO, 11 IR – 0 S

            It was a mostly effective effort from the pen against the Cubs, especially Vic Black and Jeurys Familia. That said, they gave up some key runs in the last two games of the series. Perhaps it would be wise to just shut Jenrry Mejia down? Buddy Carlyle was going to give up a homerun at some point, and he was otherwise very effective. If Dana Eveland proves to be an inconsistent option, the Mets might not hesitate to DFA him, as they have no long-term plans with Eveland, and they may prefer his roster spot go to a minor leaguer in September.

Looking Ahead:

The Mets travel to the west coast to play two in Oakland and three against the Dodgers.

Tuesday at 10:05 PM ET: Dillon Gee (4-5, 3.69 ERA) @ Scott Kazmir (13-5, 2.78 ERA)

Wednesday at 3:05 PM ET: Zack Wheeler (8-8, 3.49 ERA) @ Jeff Samardzija (5-9, 2.96 ERA)

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