The Mets and Braves play game one of their weekend series tonight, on Jackie Robinson day. The Mets are in a bad place right now. It feels like they are always in the game and they have a chance, but just can't get there. If winning is that dish on the top shelf, the Mets are just an inch or two short right now to reach it. Here's hoping that starting tonight they find that stool that will get them that winning dish.
Making a spot start for the Mets tonight will be D.J. Carrasco. So far this season he has pitched in 6 games logging 6.2 innings with 4.05 ERA. Last season he pitched 1 innings against the Braves and it was a scoreless one. The Braves have the following numbers against D.J.:
Hinske 3-6, 2B, 2 HR
Gonzalez 1-2
McLouth 0-1
The Mets will draw one of the stronger members of Braves rotation in Derek Lowe. He is 1-2 on the season with a 1.45 ERA over 18.2 innings of work. Last season against the Mets he was 1-2 with a 2.96 ERA over 24.1 innings of work. During that time, he struck out 12 Mets while walking 6. The Mets have the following numbers against Lowe:
Beltran 7-37
Harris 7-32, 2B
Wright 10-31, 3 2B, HR
Murphy 4-12, 2 2B, HR
Thole 4-9
Let's Go Mets!
