The Mets start another home series tonight, this time against the Nationals. The Nationals find themselves in probably the best season since they moved down to DC as they come into New York with a 17-14 record, which is the same as the Mets. Anyway the Mets will send out Maine tonight as the Nationals will send out Atilano.
Maine has really started to turn things around in his last few starts as in his last started he pitched 6 innings, ER, and had 6 K's. In the start before that he went 6 innings, allowed 2 ER and had 9 K's. Anyway last season he pitched 3 games with a 2-1 record and a 4.80 ERA. Anyway, the Nationals have these stats on Maine (career):
Dunn 2-10
Guzman 0-13
Harris 1-9, 2B
Atilano was called up recently and has been pretty good for the Nationals. The 25 year old has pitched in three games so far this season with an ERA of 4.67 and has a 2-0 record. From looking at his statistics, the way the Mets might be able to get to Luis is being patient. In 17.1 innings pitched, he has allowed 18 hits and has walked 10 batters. Eventually those types of numbers will lead to trouble. The Mets have also been starting to hit with fight recently (in other words, hitting to scrap together runs). This could potentially be a great combination for the Mets.
