Matt Harvey gets his first win since May 1st
by James McGowan | Fri, Jun 5th 10:02am EDT
On Thursday, the New York Mets beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-2. Matt Harvey was able to earn his first win in over a month. In the victory, Harvey went seven innings, surrendering two runs on six hits, while striking out nine, and walking one. Both runs that Harvey surrendered were home runs. (MLB)
Fantasy Impact:
Harvey was his dominate self on Thursday, Harvey said after the game that three loses and two no decision had pissed him off. So when he gave up a an early home run to Jarrod Saltalamacchia he was understandably livid. But he bounced back after that, challenging hitters and striking out five consecutive batters in the third and fourth inning. With the win Harvey improves to 6-3, with a 3.05 ERA in 73 2/3 innings of work, with 80 strike outs this season. Since May 1st Harvey had looked like a different pitcher, giving up a lot of runs, and hits. During this stretch he also pitched his worst game of the season against the Pittsburgh Pirates, where he went four innings, striking out four, and giving up seven runs on six hits. But after Thursday's win Harvey looks like he is back to his confident self. Harvey would be a solid pitcher for any team looking an ace for their team, he is defiantly not available but if you could trade for him or some how convince some one to drop him,he would be the perfect player. Harvey looks like he is back and just as dominate as ever, his next start should be more of the same dominance.
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