The big question coming into today’s game against the Mets was whether Michael Kopech could find the strike zone (well, next-biggest to who’d be traded by game time, which turned out to be no one). Mostly, he did, and the Mets couldn’t solve his fastball at all.
Kopech only threw a little more than half his pitches for strikes — 49 of 89 — but that was a whole lot better than his disastrous outing in Atlanta, and more than enough to stymie the New Yorkers. Instead of less than one inning, Kopech lasted 5 2⁄3.