Cade Cavalli was terrific in a tough luck loss against the Mets on Thursday afternoon, piling up nine strikeouts over seven innings of two-run baseball.
Cavalli scattered just four hits and one walk on the day. All of the damage done against him came on a two-run single off the bat of Bo Bichette in the third inning. Unfortunately, that was enough to do him in in this one. The 27-year-old righty generated nine swings and misses on 84 pitches on the day, posting a CSW of 33 percent. He’ll try to get back in the win column as he carries a 3.86 ERA, 1.43 WHIP and a 61/19 K/BB ratio (53 2/3 innings) into Tuesday’s showdown against the Guardians in Cleveland.