The Mets continue their road trip tonight in Washington. Tonight is an interesting juncture for the Mets where they will be officially be skipping Perez's start in the rotation in favor of R.A. Dickey, who will be making his National League debut tonight. This will be Dickey's 8th major league season where he has spent the majority of his time in Texas with stops in Seatle and Minnesota. His career numbers are 22-28, 442 innings, and a 5.43 ERA. Last year he was 1-1 with an ERA of 4.62. He has been impressive this season in the minors with a 4-2 record and an ERA of 2.23 ERA. Some players on the Nationals have seen him before:
Pudge 2-6
Guzman 0-5
The Mets batters tonight will have to deal with one of the most surprising pitchers of the season, Livan Hernandez who is 4-2 with a 1.46 ERA. In his last three starts, his ERA is about 2.45, which well above 1.46, but still very good and he handled the Mets very well to start the season going 7 innings and allowing 0 runs. The Mets batters have these numbers on Livan:
Reyes 13-47, 2 2B, 2 HR
Wright 12-36, 3 2B, 4 HR
Francoeur 6-15, 2 2B, 3B, HR
Lets Go Mets!
