Cubs @ Mets: Arrieta vs. deGrom (Game 77 Thread)
CHC (41-35): RHP Jake Arrieta (7-5, 2.94)
NYM: (40-39): RHP Jacob deGrom (8-5, 2.15)
First pitch: 12:10pmCT
Castro ss Rizzo* 1b Montero* c Coghlan* lf Baxter* rf Denorfia cf Herrera# 2b Arrieta p | Granderson* rf Ceciliani* lf Murphy* 3b Duda* 1b Flores 2b Campbell lf Monell* c deGrom* p Tejada ss |
Arrieta gave up 1 ER in 7 to the Cards in the 3-2 loss on Friday. He rebounded in June (3-1, 2.45) after a subpar May (1-3, 3.99). The Mets are 21-82 (.259) against him. Curtis Granderson is 9-26 (.346) with 3 HR.
deGrom won against the Brewers on Thursday (8 IP, 0 ER, 7 Ks). He went 3-1 with a 2.16 ERA in his 5 June starts, going at least 7 and never giving up more than 2 runs in any one of them. He lost to the Cubs in a night game at Wrigley on May 11 (5 IP, 4 ER, 4 BB). For his career, deGrom is 8-0 with a 1.21 in day games. The Cubs are 6-29 (.207) against him. Rizzo (2-6) and Bryant (1-2) have HRs.
For the set against Miami in Chicago, we’ll see: RHP Roach (0-1, 10.80) vs. Koehler (6-4, 3.77), RHP Hammel (5-3, 2.92) vs. RHP Urena (1-4, 4.04), and RHP Hendricks (3-4, 4.15) vs. RHP Latos (3-5, 5.27).
So now that we’ve stopped scoring runs (and putting our best line-up out there), Arrieta needs to keep Granderson in the park and hit a HR himself, so we can win this one without going to extra innings. Happy get-away day.
Go Cubs!
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