The Phillies rode the pitching of Jake Arrieta and the power of solo homers to earn a 3-2 win over the Mets Wednesday afternoon and take the rubber match of their three-game series. Arrieta was in complete command throughout, getting Mets players to continually beat the ball in the ground, including three GDPs to snuff [...]
The season is ten percent complete and the Met’s relief pitching ranks 25th in fWAR and sport a clean 6.00 ERA. This is likely inflated due to a .361 batting average on balls in play, which is only .05 points off the league leading Washington Nationals. While the bullpen ranks in the top ten in [...]