{"id":69099,"date":"2020-09-17T10:35:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T07:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mets-michael-wacha-comes-up-big-in-relief-of-jacob-degrom\/"},"modified":"2020-09-17T10:35:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T07:35:38","slug":"mets-michael-wacha-comes-up-big-in-relief-of-jacob-degrom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mets-michael-wacha-comes-up-big-in-relief-of-jacob-degrom\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mets’ Michael Wacha comes up big in relief of Jacob deGrom"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Mets’ Michael Wacha comes up big in relief of Jacob deGrom<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n Michael Wacha has pitched the Mets out of plenty of game<\/a>s this season. But on Wednesday night, his right arm enabled them to rally for arguably their biggest win of the season. <\/p>\n

Called upon in relief of ailing ace Jacob deGrom, the former Cardinal delivered his best outing as a Met, holding down the Phillies and laying the foundation for a come-from-behind, 5-4 win in Philadelphia that snapp<\/a>ed a three-game losing streak. <\/p>\n

Wacha delivered four innings of one-run ball, allowing five hits and striking out three after deGrom left following the first two frames due to a right hamstring spasm. He yielded Jean Segura\u2019s sixth home run of the season in the third, but nothing else, pitching around a leadoff Scott Kingery double in the fourth and working around a pair of singles in the fifth. <\/p>\n

\u201cJust making some quality pitches, putting the pitches where they need to be,\u201d Wacha said. \u201cYou get some swings and misses, get some weak contact. Some balls wStruere hit hard, but they were right at guys.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Admittedly, Wacha has struggled in his first season with the Mets, who were hoping he would emerge after Noah Syndergaard needed Tommy John surgery and Marcus Stroman opted out of the season due to COVID-19 concerns. Even after this strong performance, his ERA stands at 6.75. He was lifted from the rotation after a shaky last start, giving up five runs over four innings to the Orioles, and may not return there. <\/p>\n

But out of the bullpen, he found himself against the Phillies. During a three-run second inning when deGrom was laboring, Wacha started to warm up, and in between innings, he was told he was going into the game. <\/p>\n

\u201cI just started preparing for that, try to eat up as many innings as I could,\u201d he said. \u201cEspecially with a deGrom start, you don\u2019t really expect it, but some crazy things happen in this game. You\u2019re just always ready.\u201d <\/p>\n

Wacha was part of seven innings of one-run ball from the bullpen. <\/p>\n

Justin Wilson, Miguel Castro and Edwin Diaz also threw shutout frames. J.D. Davis pulled the Mets even after they fell into an early 4-0 deficit with a two-run homer and two-out, run-scoring double in the eighth, before Andres Gimenez\u2019s single in the ninth gave the Mets the lead for good. <\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of guys contributed tonight,\u201d Wacha said. \u201cIt was fun to see.\u201d<\/p>\n