Mets Series in Review: vs. Nationals

This is the area for which Mets C Travis d'Arnaud rates best at stealing strikes by our pitch tools pic.twitter.com/ZoCxZXpNZh
— Mark Simon (@msimonespn) August 10, 2014

Dates: August 12-14

Results: Swept

 L 7-1, L 3-2, L 4-1

Current Record: 57-65, 10.5 GB in NL East, 7.5 GB in 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: Travis∂’Arnaud gets the nod for providing some pop over the weekend, managing two of the three Mets extra base hits.

LVMet: Curtis Granderson takes home the LVMet for being the worst among a mostly lifeless offense. That is one ugly series box score.

Statistics:

Mets Player	Performance
Curtis Granderson	1-13, BB, 3 SO
Daniel Murphy	3-12, 2 R, SB (13), 3 SO, 2 GIDP
David Wright	5-12, 2 SO
Lucas Duda	2-10, R, RBI (65), HBP, SF, SO
Travis ∂’Arnaud	3-10, R, 2B (13), HR (10), RBI (30), BB
Matt ∂en Dekker	2-10, 2 SO
Juan Lagares	1-10, HBP, 3 SO
Wilmer Flores	3-11, SO
Kirk Nieuwenhuis	0-3, 2 SO
Eric Campbell	0-1, SF, RBI (11)
Eric Young Jr.	1-2, 2B (10), SB (27)
Rafael Montero (L, 0-3, 6.12 ERA)	5 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 4 SO, 3 HR, 101 Pitches (61 Strikes), 5 GO: 1 FO (0-2)
Bartolo Colon (L, 11-10, 3.85 ERA)	7 IP, 6 H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, 8 SO, 89 Pitches (65 Strikes), 4 GO: 8 FO (0-2, SO)
Dillon Gee (L, 4-5, 3.69 ERA)	6 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 3 SO, 2 HR, 93 Pitches (56 Strikes), 8 GO: 5 FO (0-1, SO)
Carlos Torres (3.69 ERA)	3.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, BB, 4 SO, HR, 3 GO: 3 FO, 3 IR – 0 S
Buddy Carlyle (0.59 ERA)	1 IP, 2 H, SO, 1 GO
Dana Eveland (2.74 ERA)	1 IP, 2 GO: 1 FO
Jeurys Familia (2.09 ERA)	1 IP, H, R, BB, HR, 3 GO
Vic Black (2.15 ERA)	1 IP, H, 2 SO, FO
Josh Edgin (1.59 ERA)	0.2 IP, H, 2 BB, SO, 1 FO
Jenrry Mejia (3.84 ERA)	1 IP, SO, 2 GO

Bullpen:

            9 IP, 8 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 9 SO, 2 HR, 11 GO: 7 FO, 3 IR – 0 S, 3.00 ERA

            It was certainly a better performance from the bullpen than in the Mets series against the Phillies. Hopefully that was just a hiccup that’s behind them now.

Looking Ahead:

The Cubbies come into town for a four game series that wraps around the weekend, and then the Mets go West for 5 games in California. Bad news is that the Mets don’t have a day off between games in New York and Oakland. Good news is that they have a day off in California and after travelling home from California before the Braves and Phillies come into town to close out August.

Friday at 7:10 PM: Travis Wood (7-9, 4.86 ERA) @ Zack Wheeler (7-8, 3.53 ERA)

Saturday at 7:10 PM: Dan Straily (1-2, 4.93 ERA) @ Jon Niese (6-8, 3.46 ERA)

Sunday at 1:10 PM: Jake Arrieta (6-4, 2.77 ERA @ Rafael Montero (0-3, 6.12 ERA)

Monday at 12:10 PM: Kyle Hendricks (4-1, 1.79 ERA) @ Bartolo Colon (11-10, 3.85 ERA)

Here's what the Sun looked like to us today, in purple calcium-K light. #astronomy #sunspots pic.twitter.com/iRnP3UiCN2
— Public Observatory (@SIObservatory) August 14, 2014