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Mets right-hander Christian Scott has had his focus on trying to pitch deeper into games. In 12 games since May 1, Scott has pitched more than 5.0 innings six times, and Wednesday afternoon’s outing against Milwaukee was another example of Scott just not being able to get deep into his outings.
Scott went just 3.2 innings in Wednesday’s 4-3 loss, as the Brewers, a perennially pesky team, pushed his pitch count up to 89 before he was lifted with two outs in the fourth.
“Yeah, it was frustrating,” Scott said of the Brewers’ approach. “Honestly, I thought they did a really good job. They had a really good plan, they didn’t expand the zone very often. They really pushed me in the strike zone. I don’t think I did a good job of getting ahead early. I had to fight back into counts and they had a lot of foul balls and fought me pretty well.”
“It was kind of a grindy effort,” said interim manager Andy Green.
“I don’t think it was his best command day by any stretch. I do think there is a world where we make a play behind him and he gets through five, and we’re saying that was gutsy on a team that’s just hard to punch out so you just had a lot of elongated at-bats, a lot of foul balls. Part of that is credit to them and part of that he can control as well and pitch better.”
The play Green is referring to happened in the bottom of the second inning, when Brett Baty couldn’t quite track down a Joey Ortiz fly ball to the warning track in right. Two runs scored on the play, and Christian Yelich followed with an RBI single. Those three runs, while all earned, ultimately shouldn’t have happened if Baty successfully tracked the ball down.
“Three runs are on me right there, and that’s the difference in the game, so gotta make that play,” Baty said afterwards. “Felt like I got a good read on it, but then got back to the track and it tailed on me a little bit more, but play has to be made.”
Scott, though, said he knows that for every play like that one, there will be one where Baty picks him up.
“It’s part of the game. It happens,” Scott said. “I know he’s going to pick me up next time too … I’ve just got to do a better job, obviously, getting ahead early and putting away at-bats. They ran up the pitch count there and I’ve just got to go deeper.”
With his brief outing on Wednesday, Scott’s ERA on the season rose from 2.87 to 3.13, and despite the right-hander’s issues with longevity, Green says the team is very confident whenever Scott takes the mound.
“He’s gonna compete. There’s not gonna be a moment when he stops competing,” Green said. “That’s how he is. That’s how he’s wired. So, for us, he’ll get back out there next time and I’m confident he’ll go much deeper in the game.”
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Scott went just 3.2 innings in Wednesday’s 4-3 loss, as the Brewers, a perennially pesky team, pushed his pitch count up to 89 before he was lifted with two outs in the fourth.
“Yeah, it was frustrating,” Scott said of the Brewers’ approach. “Honestly, I thought they did a really good job. They had a really good plan, they didn’t expand the zone very often. They really pushed me in the strike zone. I don’t think I did a good job of getting ahead early. I had to fight back into counts and they had a lot of foul balls and fought me pretty well.”
“It was kind of a grindy effort,” said interim manager Andy Green.
“I don’t think it was his best command day by any stretch. I do think there is a world where we make a play behind him and he gets through five, and we’re saying that was gutsy on a team that’s just hard to punch out so you just had a lot of elongated at-bats, a lot of foul balls. Part of that is credit to them and part of that he can control as well and pitch better.”
The play Green is referring to happened in the bottom of the second inning, when Brett Baty couldn’t quite track down a Joey Ortiz fly ball to the warning track in right. Two runs scored on the play, and Christian Yelich followed with an RBI single. Those three runs, while all earned, ultimately shouldn’t have happened if Baty successfully tracked the ball down.
“Three runs are on me right there, and that’s the difference in the game, so gotta make that play,” Baty said afterwards. “Felt like I got a good read on it, but then got back to the track and it tailed on me a little bit more, but play has to be made.”
Scott, though, said he knows that for every play like that one, there will be one where Baty picks him up.
“It’s part of the game. It happens,” Scott said. “I know he’s going to pick me up next time too … I’ve just got to do a better job, obviously, getting ahead early and putting away at-bats. They ran up the pitch count there and I’ve just got to go deeper.”
With his brief outing on Wednesday, Scott’s ERA on the season rose from 2.87 to 3.13, and despite the right-hander’s issues with longevity, Green says the team is very confident whenever Scott takes the mound.
“He’s gonna compete. There’s not gonna be a moment when he stops competing,” Green said. “That’s how he is. That’s how he’s wired. So, for us, he’ll get back out there next time and I’m confident he’ll go much deeper in the game.”
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