Mets Series in Review: @Arizona

Last Series

Dates:  June 4-7, 2015

Results: Split 4

W 6-2, L 7-2, L 2-1, W 6-3

Current Record: 31-27, 1^st Place, 0.5 Game Ahead of Washington

MVMet: Big series from the Mets centerfielder, and they needed Juan Lagares to have a series at the plate like that. He has 2 doubles, a triple and a bomb in his past 9 games, which has raised his production from a 67 wRC+ to 82 wRC+.

LVMet: Lucas Duda has been one of the top hitters in the majors this year, and has looked alone in the Mets lineup at times this year, but had a pretty disastrous trip to the desert.

Statistics

Mets Player	Performance
Ruben Tejada	3-14, RBI (10), 3 BB, SB (1), 2 SO
Daniel Murphy	1-2, 2B (14)
Michael Cuddyer	4-13, R, HR (6), RBI (24), 6 SO
Lucas Duda	1-15, 2B (17), 3 BB, 5 SO, 2 GIDP
Wilmer Flores	3-13, 4 R, 2B (6), HR (9), RBI (25)
John Mayberry	4-7, 2 R, 2 2B (3), HR (2), 2 RBI (7), GIDP
Juan Lagares	8-18, 3 R, 2 2B (5), HR (2), RBI (15), 4 SO, GIDP
Kevin Plawecki	2-7, R, 2B (5), 2 RBI (13), BB, 2 SO
Curtis Granderson	5-12, 2 R, 2 HR (8), 3 RBI (19), 2 BB, 2 SO
Eric Campbell	5-15, 2 R, HR (2), 3 RBI (10), 2 SB (4), SO, GIDP
Daniel Muno	1-4, GIDP
Anthony Recker	0-7, 5 SO
Darrell Cecciliani	1-1, RBI (2), SB (2)
Totals	39-132, 15 R, 8 2B, 7 HR, 15 RBI, 10 BB, SF, 4 SB, 30 SO, 6 GIDP
Matt Harvey (W, 6-3, 3.05 ERA)	7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, BB, 9 SO, 2 HR, 106 Pitches (75 Strikes), 6 GO: 2 FO (1-3)
Jon Niese (L, 3-6, 4.43 ERA)	6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, BB, 8 SO, 81 Pitches (54 Strikes), 7 GO: 1 FO (0-1, BB, SO)
Bartolo Colon (L, 8-4, 4.52 ERA)	7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, BB, 7 SO, HR, 93 Pitches (64 Strikes), 9 GO: 2 FO (1-3, SO)
Jacob deGrom (W, 7-4, 2.42 ERA)	7 IP, 5 H, 3 R (2 ER), 3 BB, 10 SO, 109 Pitches (67 Strikes), 6 GO: 1FO (0-3)
Sean Gilmartin (2.45 ERA)	0 IP, H
Hansel Robles (2 H, 3, 4.97 ERA)	1.2 IP, BB, 2 GO: 2 FO, 2 IR – 0 S
Jeurys Familia (2 S, 17, 1.30 ERA)	2.2 IP, H, BB, 2 SO, 4 GO: 1 FO, 1 IR – 0 S
Carlos Torres (3.91 ERA)	1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, BB, SO, 1 FO
Jack Leathersich (1.04 ERA)	0.1 IP, R, BB, SO, 4 IR – 0 S
Erik Goeddel (2.05 ERA)	1 IP, H, BB, SO, 2 FO, 3 IR – 3 S
Alex Torres (2.61 ERA)	0.1 IP, H, 1 GO

Bullpen

            5.14 ERA, 7 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 5 BB, 5 SO, 7 GO: 6 FO, 10 IR – 3 S

            The 8^th inning from Friday night’s loss was ugly (all 4 runs charged are from that inning), but otherwise the pen was pretty solid. Terry Collins micromanaged the pen at a level he rarely has this season, so hopefully that is not the start of a new trend. I’d rather have Jenrry Mejia pitching than suspended, but his absence has allowed Familia to emerge as one of the top closers in the game. The ‘down side’ to Familia being a full-time closer is that Collins now limits his use to the 9^th inning, as opposed to bringing in his best reliever in the highest leverage spots of the game – I do like that he’s shown a willingness to let Familia go more than an inning for a save twice over the past week.

Looking Ahead

            The Mets are home for 8 games starting Tuesday, as San Francisco, Atlanta and Toronto come into town – 2 games at home against the Blue Jays, and then they travel to Toronto for 2.

Tuesday at 7:10 PM

Chris Heston (5-4, 4.29 ERA, 3.54 FIP, 19.6 K%: 6.4 BB%, 0.83 HR/9)

@ Noah Syndergaard (2-3, 3.77 ERA, 2.42 FIP, 26 K%: 4.1 BB%, 0.63 HR/9)

Wednesday at 7:10 PM

Tim Hudson (3-5, 4.41 ERA, 4.63 FIP, 12.5 K%: 5.6 BB%, 1.17 HR/9)

@ Matt Harvey (6-3, 3.05 ERA, 3.14 FIP, 27.6 K%: 4.1 BB%, 1.10 HR/9)

Thursday at 7:10 PM

Tim Lincecum (6-3, 3.29 ERA, 4.18 FIP, 18.6 K%: 10.7 BB%, 0.86 HR/9)

@ Jon Niese (3-6, 4.43 ERA, 4.34 FIP, 15.5 K%: 6.2 BB%, 1.14 HR/9)

Mets in the Leader Boards

Top-20 MLB, qualified only

2B: Lucas Duda, t-8^th (17)

BB%: Curtis Granderson, 15^th (13.6%)

K%: Daniel Murphy, 3^rd (7.4%); Wilmer Flores, 20^th (12.1%)

IP: Jacob deGrom, t-12^th (78)

W: Bartolo Colon, t-3^rd (8); deGrom, t-5^th (7); Matt Harvey, t-14^th (6)

Saves: Jeurys Familia, t-5^th (17)

ERA-: deGrom, 12^th (66)

FIP-: deGrom, t-12^th (72)

K%: Harvey, 9^th (27.6%); deGrom, t-14^th (26.3%)

BB%: Colon, 1^st (1.9%); Harvey, t-9^th (4.1%)
AVG: deGrom, 18^th (.214)

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