Most of the Mets’ poor pitching performances were confined to their one loss this week, which took place on Wednesday. Although the bullpen almost had another complete meltdown in yesterday’s game, they had built up such a large lead that they still narrowly escaped with the win. The stars of the show this week are Steven Matz and Seth Lugo, the former throwing a shutout against the Pirates and the latter continuing to be far and away the Mets’ most reliable arm out of the bullpen this year.
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Steven Matz deserves top billing this week for tossing the first complete game of his career.