Game Chat: Mets vs Giants, 9:05 PM

Saturday, July 26, 2025 • 9:05 PM
Oracle Park • San Francisco, CA
LHP David Peterson (6-4, 2.90) vs. LHP Robbie Ray (9-4, 2.92)
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The Mets look to extend their winning streak to six games tonight! The Mets are coming off a convincing 8-1 win Friday night. Before the game, the Mets jumped into the trade deadline, acquiring Gregory Soto from the Orioles for Wellington Aracena and Cameron Foster. Soto is a hard-throwing lefty that generates a lot of whiffs (87th percentile) but also walks a lot of batters (10th percentile). Lefty relieving has been a weak spot for the Mets this season, but with Brooks Raley returning last week and now Soto, the Mets look a lot better than they did a couple of weeks ago.

Tonight’s matchup pits two 2025 All-Star lefties against each other. There is pressure on the Giants, who have lost seven of their last ten games and have a bullpen game on deck for tomorrow.

Mets Lineup

1. Brandon Nimmo – LF
2. Francisco Lindor – SS
3. Juan Soto – RF
4. Pete Alonso – 1B
5. Starling Marte – DH
6. Brett Baty – 2B
7. Mark Vientos – 3B
8. Francisco Alvarez – C
9. Tyrone Taylor – CF

David Peterson has a chance tonight to set a new career record for innings pitched in a season. Last season, he tossed 121 innings over 21 games. He is sitting at 115 innings over 19 starts this season with a 2.90 ERA, 3.34 FIP, 1.217 WHIP, and a 132 ERA+. This season has been comparable to last season, where he ended the season with a 2.90 ERA and a 133 ERA+.

Peterson is coming off a strong start against the Reds, where he held them to one unearned run over six innings. In July, he’s allowed four runs, two earned, over 19 2/3 innings (0.92 ERA, 3.24 FIP). The Giants have the following career stats against Peterson:

• Willy Adames 2-9, 2B, 7 BB, 2 K
• Patrick Bailey 1-2, K
• Rafael Devers 4-10, 2B, 2 K
• Wilmer Flores 1-5, HR, BB, K
• Luis Matos 1-1, BB
• Heliot Ramos 1-2, 2B, K
• Casey Schmitt 0-2
• Dominic Smith 2-5, 2 K
• Mike Yastrzemski 0-3, K

Opposing Lineup

1. Heliot Ramos – LF
2. Rafael Devers – 1B
3. Willy Adames – SS
4. Matt Chapman – 3B
5. Wilmer Flores – DH
6. Casey Schmitt – 2B
7. Jung Hoo Lee – CF
8. Luis Matos – RF
9. Andrew Knizner – C

Robbie Ray has pitched 123 1/3 innings over 21 starts this season with a 2.92 ERA, 3.76 FIP, 1.127 WHIP, and a 132 ERA+. He started July off strong with a 2.18 ERA, 4.25 FIP over 20 2/3 innings spread over three games, including a complete game. His last start was rough, allowing five runs over 4 1/3 innings of work. The Mets have the following career numbers against Robbie Ray:

• Pete Alonso 1-6, 3 K
• Francisco Lindor 1-3, HR, 2 K
• Starling Marte 8-23, 2B, 3B, HR, 2 BB, 9 K
• Jeff McNeil 0-6, K
• Brandon Nimmo 2-6, 3B, HR, 2 K
• Juan Soto 1-6
• Luis Torrens 2-11, 2B, 4 K

Game Notes

• Brandon Nimmo was instrumental in Friday’s win over the Giants. You can read about his performance here.
• Drew Gilbert clubbed two homers in the minors Friday night. Read about the rest of the Mets’ minor league performances here.
• Congrats to Billy Wagner, who will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this weekend. Wagner spent parts of four years with the Mets from 2006-09, going 5-5 with 101 saves, a 2.37 ERA (50 ER/189.2 IP), 54 walks, and 230 strikeouts. He was selected to the All-Star team in 2007 and 2008

Three Things To Watch For

1. Francisco Lindor is back. Lindor went 2-for-4 on Wednesday with a run scored and two RBI’s. It was a massively positive sign for the Mets leader, who was mired in a 0-for-30 streak. The weight has been lifted from Lindor’s shoulders, and he came out swinging Friday night. He went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, a stolen base, and scored three runs. Hopefully, this is the start of a hot streak!
2. Get Robbie Ray out of the game. The Mets were able to get Logan Webb out of the game early Friday night, forcing the Giants to use four of their relievers to close out the game. Camilo Doval, one of their high-leverage relievers, needed to toss 29 pitches. As of right now, the Giants are looking at a bullpen game on Sunday night. The Giants are also spiraling a bit right now, and tonight is their best chance of winning a game this series. There’s a lot of pressure on the Giants tonight. Look for the Mets to work counts, drive up pitch counts, and steal bases. The Mets should be as annoying as possible and make the bullpen work tonight, so tomorrow is even tougher.
3. Basepath battle. The Mets stole three bases Friday night, bringing them to 84 on the season, which is good for 10th in the majors. For context, the Giants have only stolen 46 bases this season, which is tied for 28th in MLB. Robbie Ray has struggled with allowing runners to advance on the base paths this year. From Statcast, if there is only a runner on first, Ray has allowed 10 stolen bases and has only caught one batter. Hitters have attempted to steal a base on Ray only 1.7% of the time this season (last season it was a very high 6.2% of the time). He ranks towards the bottom of the league with a -4 net bases prevented. David Peterson actually leads the league by himself with +7 net bases prevented. Runners on first are attempting to steal on Peterson only 0.3% of the time. Only one runner has been successful at stealing on Peterson when they are at first and the only runner on the base paths.

Let’s go Mets!

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