Down 0-1 and all of New York is tired. The Mets turn to one man. The Mets turn to Jacob deGrom. Now he might not be the pitcher the Mets want, but he is the pitcher they need right now. deGrom has been their stopper for most of the season. He might not always have his best stuff, but he definitely guts it out and keeps them in the ball game. The Mets pitching has kept them in all of the games. Familia will be fine after that shocking home run. Maybe Familia can now stop throwing that quick pitch? Especially since most of the quick pitches are fastballs left up in the zone. That's on a tee to someone like Alex Gordon.
As for the hitting, well the Mets can't continue leaving runners on base and expect to win a game. Especially against what some would call, the best playing the best. Here is another question I had immediately after the first pitch, "Why is Lagares not in the lineup?" Lagares hits, but then he's sat, Lagares can play defense, but then is just a defense replacement. In your scorecard it probably would have read 8 with a circle instead of a colored in diamond. Lagares has been great off the bench while Conforto currently has that lone homerun as his only hit in his seventeen postseason at bats. I guess you'd call me crazy by saying that I wouldn't be upset if Conforto was the DH tonight? But maybe that could help him find a swing, while Cesepedes, Lagares and Granderson man the outfield. It'd be nice to see Cespedes start making contact and maybe some of them can hit the green.
That being said, there is something in the air and that was still such an exciting game. The outcome sucks but at least it's been exciting to watch til the last pitch.
Cueto hasn't pitched well so far in the postseason, hopefully that can continue tonight. But he is always a threat to pitch well. The Royals have a very solid lineup and most of their hitters can use the whole field. It will be fun to see deGrom facing them.
Good luck to the Mets tonight with a scheduled start time of 8:07pm.
Ya gotta believe!
Let's go Mets!
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