The Mets play the concluding game of this three game set this afternoon against the Phillies. Both games this series have seen the Mets bullpen fall apart late, and the Mets bats unable to drive in runners on base as the team has made a strong effort in the first two games but just could not finish the job. Today the Mets hope to reverse the course with Jon Niese as he goes against Worley.
Jon Niese is 3-5 this season with a 4.33 ERA over 60.1 innings. His last start was marred by miscues behind him in the field, and he ended up giving up 6 runs, 2 earned in 5 innings of work. His numbers totaled over both starts against the Phillies this season are 8 earned runs over 10.1 innings. The Phillies batters have been able to put these individual numbers up on Jon over his career:
Polanco 6-16, 4 2B
Ibanez 2-10, HR
Howard 1-10
Rollins 1-9
The Mets batters will get another look at Vance Worley this season. Vance has a very nice 2.14 ERA over 21.0 innings of work. His first start of the season was against the Mets where he shutout the Mets over 6 innings of work allowing only 2 hits. The Mets have the following numbers against Worley:
Reyes 0-4
Bay 0-2
Beltran 0-2
Murphy 1-3
Let's Go Mets!
