Spencer

Strider

Strider gave up three hits, walked three and struck out eight. The 26-year-old right-hander now has 19 strikeouts over his last two starts spanning 12 2/3 innings. Strider has walked at least three batters in four of his last five starts, but otherwise he’s on the path to getting back to his peak performance. Strider is lined up to face the Giants at home next week.

The Braves will then follow with Grant Holmes on Saturday and Bryce Elder on Sunday. As of now, Davis Daniel and Hurston Waldrep will start the first two games of the series next week against the Giants, but that section of the Braves rotation is less defined.

Strider’s 11 whiffs are the second most he’s picked up this year behind the 13 against the Rockies in June. The 26-year-old gave up a three-run homer in the first inning to Tyler Soderstrom, and from that point on, he was dominant while generating an obscene 21 swings-and-misses. Strider offers injury risk and will occasionally struggle with his command, but his swing-and-miss stuff is as good — if not better — than any hurler in the sport.

Strider gave up seven hits, walked one and struck out six. The 26-year-old right-hander has had a quality start in five of his last six games. Strider has won just three of his 10 starts this year, though. The wins should come as the results have mostly been good for Strider lately. He has 39 strikeouts in 30 innings over his last five starts. Strider has a 63/21 K/BB ratio and 3.93 ERA in 55 innings. He’ll face the Cardinals on the road next weekend.

Strider settled for four strikeouts today. He had some good luck in the sixth when Nick Castellanos was stranded after a leadoff double that would have been a homer in 21 ballparks. Still, with little offensive support, his three-start winning streak was snapped, and he dropped to 3-6 with a 3.86 ERA. He’ll face the Orioles next.

It’s not very often that a pitcher gets a win while giving up three more runs than an opposing starter who pitched for the same length of time, but that’s what happened tonight. Strider and Frankie Montas both pitched five innings, with the Mets leading 3-0 when they were done. However, the Braves came back with six runs in the top of the sixth to put Strider in line for the win. Strider gave up all of his runs in the fourth, when he walked three and surrendered two singles. He gave up no hits and one walk over the rest of the outing. He’ll take a three-start winning streak into his next outing against the Phillies.

As a considerably more difficult assignment, this rates as an excellent followup to his 13-strikeout gem against the Rockies. Strider topped out at 98.4 mph and averaged 96.0 mph with his fastball tonight, a slight improvement over his season mark of 95.3 mph. Strider opened up 0-5 with a 5.40 ERA, but these last two outings have been strong enough to already drop his ERA to 3.89. Expectations are that he and Clay Holmes will face off again, this time in Queens, next Wednesday.

Strider was upset about being removed after 87 pitches, but he had nothing else to prove today. Even if he had been facing a major league lineup, he would have been in good shape today with his fastball back up to 96.2 mph on average, a gain of 1.1 mph over his season mark. He topped out at 98.1 mph. His 35 sliders produced an incredible 17 whiffs on 23 swings. The victory makes Strider 1-5 with a 4.35 ERA. He’ll have another favorable assignment against the Marlins next week.

The 26-year-old right-hander punched out five batters on the evening while issuing three free passes. Mike Yastrzemski was his nemesis in this one, driving in a run with a sacrifice fly in the second inning and plating two more with a double in the fourth inning. Yastrzemski then scored the go-ahead run on an error. Strider got 11 swings and misses on 90 pitches on the day — seven of them on his slider — while posting a CSW of 29 percent. Still in search of his first victory of the season, Strider will bring a disappointing 5.40 ERA, 1.28 WHIP and a 24/11 K/BB ratio (25 innings) into Saturday’s premium matchup against the Rockies.

The right-hander punched out four batters in the contest while issuing a pair of walks. Most of the damage done against him came via the long ball, with Ketel Marte blasting a solo homer in the first inning and a two-run shot in the third while Corbin Carroll added a solo shot of his own in the fifth inning. Strider got 14 swings and misses on 85 pitches on the night — eight of those on his slider — while registering a 26 percent CSW. His velocity remained stable in this one, with his fastball averaging 95.2 mph, though he used it only 46 percent of the time. He’ll hope to improve upon his disappointing 5.68 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 19/8 K/BB ratio (19 innings) when he takes on the Giants in San Francisco on Sunday.