The Mets will wait one other day to face off in opposition to the San Francisco Giants.
Monday’s recreation, the primary of the four-game set, has been postponed due to rain, the group introduced three hours earlier than the beforehand scheduled first pitch.
The recreation can be made up Tuesday in a single-admission doubleheader, which can begin at 3:10 p.m. Gates will open at 2:10 p.m.
The second recreation will start about 30-40 minutes after the primary ends.
Tylor Megill was slated to start out Monday’s recreation, so the Mets naturally stored him as Tuesday’s recreation 1 starter in opposition to Giants righty Alex Cobb.
Megill, regardless of not being the ace of this pitching workers, has pitched like a real No. 1 whereas Jacob deGrom (proper scapula stress response) is on the injured record.
He entered this week with a 0.00 ERA, having notched 11 strikeouts and given up simply six hits over 10.1 innings in two begins.
The extra skilled Cobb will enter the matchup with a 3.60 ERA, having put up 10 strikeouts, however was tagged with two earned runs in his first and solely begin for the Giants this season up to now.
Max Scherzer can be nonetheless anticipated to make his common flip by means of the rotation, in recreation 2 of the doubleheader, in opposition to Giants righty Logan Webb.
The doubleheader video games can be 9 innings after two years of seven-inning twinbills due to the pandemic.
Scherzer, who’s now not coping with his nagging hamstring damage, will look to pitch extra like himself on Tuesday. He grinded by means of his final begin in Philadelphia, making an attempt to regulate to his healed proper leg. The end result was 5 innings of one-run, five-hit ball with three walks and 7 strikeouts.
Webb, in the meantime, will even attempt to proceed his formidable begin, having been tagged with one earned run in every of his final two begins.
The postponed recreation information was barely shocking for at the very least a few of the Mets gamers, who have been already carrying on with their regular pre-game routines.
Some had already completed showering and have been having fun with some down time within the clubhouse earlier than heading out for what would have been pregame warmups.
Pete Alonso performed a really spirited recreation of desk tennis with Luis Guillorme, displaying off his energy arm and even pivoting his foot the identical approach he does when he’s on the plate.
Francisco Lindor, had his toes up at his locker, fielding questions from the occasional reporter.
Jeff McNeil overheard the information about Monday’s recreation postponement from one of many Mets’ workers, who solely briefly talked about there wouldn’t be a recreation.
McNeil shot up from his seat and comically responded, “What? You can’t just say that and walk away.”
Outside, the Citi Field grounds crew changed the coverings on the batting circle and on the mound as grey skies foretold the rain storm set to start out between 7 and eight p.m. and final by means of the evening.
Some of the gamers from each groups nonetheless ventured out to the sphere to do some gentle sprints, play catch and get some work within the bullpen.
The remaining Mets gamers ventured again within the clubhouse after the tarp was slowly rolled out. The lingering Giants gamers and coaches hung across the third final analysis chatting whereas the wood planks have been secured over the tarp.
EDUARDO ENJOYING IT
Eduardo Escobar obtained his first style of taking part in for the Mets at Citi Field, and it went down simple.
“I love it here,” Escobar stated earlier than Monday’s sequence opener in opposition to the San Francisco Giants was postponed. “These people are really good people, good teammates. That’s the most important thing.”
Escobar, like the remainder of the group, was greeted by ravenous Mets followers on Friday’s residence opener. He obtained extra of it once more by means of the weekend.
In the primary three video games of this homestand, he’s contributed one run, a double and an RBI over the three hits he’s made in opposition to the Diamondbacks. He’s struck out thrice and walked as soon as over his 13 plate appearances in opposition to Arizona.
That double — which got here throughout Sunday’s 5-0 win — really ended up giving Escobar an extra base to take, after the throw to second to attempt to cease him there soared to the warning observe behind third base. It additionally gave him a team-high 5 doubles on the season.
His slash line coming into the Mets’ four-game sequence with the Giants sat at .258/.425/.484 with a .909 OPS.
But Escobar, very similar to the remainder of these Amazin’s, is all about getting the Mets to glory and ensuring he may be round each step of the way in which there.
“I want to be healthy all year, help the team win. It’s always that simple for me,” he stated. “I didn’t come here to do something personal, I’m doing everything for my team, for my teammates. And if you stay healthy, you have more chances to help on the field.”
So far, Escobar and the Mets are heading in the right direction.
Entering Monday, the Mets (7-3) have been one in all three groups with seven wins within the bucket – the opposite two have been the Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers (who performed the Atlanta Braves Monday evening).
The looming sequence with the Giants might function an early litmus check for the way the Mets stack up in opposition to another heavy hitters within the National League.
The Giants went 107-55 final season, and regardless of being broadly projected to revert to mediocrity this 12 months, are out to a different sizzling begin.
The Mets, who completed final season an abysmal 77-85, additionally misplaced all however one recreation in six conferences with the Giants in 2021.
These Mets, up to now, seem to be they are going to be higher, with an upgraded pitching workers and an offense that doesn’t go away runners in scoring place as routinely as their earlier group did.
But these subsequent 4 video games might inform us simply how a lot better they really are.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com