McLean Takes the Ball for Mets - Angels Against Detmers
mets - angels arrives Saturday night with Nolan McLean set to start for New York against Reid Detmers at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA. The first pitch is scheduled for 9:38 PM, with the Mets trying to win the series and stay undefeated in May.
McLean and Detmers Match Up
McLean entered with a 1-2 record and a 2.55 ERA over six starts and 35 1/3 innings. He also had 45 strikeouts and an 11.5 K/9 rate, numbers that sit well above the surface record attached to him.
Detmers came in at 1-2 with a 4.28 ERA across six starts and 33 2/3 innings. He had allowed seven runs on 10 hits and three walks over his previous 11 innings, though his 2.95 xERA pointed to a sharper underlying line than the ERA showed.
Angel Stadium And The Mets
The matchup also carried a first-timer note for McLean: this was his first start against the Angels, and no Angels player on the roster had faced him in a Major League game before this start. Detmers, by contrast, had seen the Mets once in relief last year and allowed one run and one hit in one inning.
That backdrop put the focus on how each pitcher handled unfamiliar hitters. McLean’s profile also included a 2.26 FIP, a 0.849 WHIP, a 160 ERA+, a 2.29 xERA, an average exit velocity of 85.2 mph, and a.188 xBA, while Detmers carried a 3.23 FIP, a 1.099 WHIP and a 101 ERA+.
Friday Night To Saturday Night
The Mets reached this start after a 3-3 tie was broken by three runs in the sixth inning on Friday. Ronny Mauricio then hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh, and Devin Williams shut down the Angels in the ninth.
That comeback kept the Mets on track for a series win and another chance to protect their undefeated mark in May. For a team that had been missing that kind of late rally since last July, the carryover into McLean’s start gave the game a different edge than a routine regular-season matchup.
