The Mets open up an away series tonight against the Dodgers as they try to find their offense that they had a half week ago, and lost over the weekend at home against the Yankees. Going into this last series, the Mets offense was on fire however the Yankees were able to cool them off until the 9th inning yesterday where the Mets finally won a game and returned to .500 for the season. The Mets will look to rally behind Capuano tonight as he takes on Ted Lilly.
Capuano is 7-7 this season with a 4.27 ERA. Before his last start he was on a streak of four starts where he pitched 25.0 innings with an ERA of 1.08. In his last start he lasted only 5 innings allowing 5 ER. Last year he only pitched one inning against the Dodgers, but it was a good one as it was scoreless. The Dodgers have the following numbers against Chris:
Miles 5-18, 2B
Carroll 2-15, 2B
Ethier 1-6
Kemp 2-5, 3B
Thames 1-3
The Mets bats will hope to continue their rally from the 9th and 10th inning last night against Lilly today. Lilly is 5-8 with a 4.97 ERA this season and in his last three starts he has pitched 14.2 innings with a 10.42 ERA. The last time he faced the Mets was back in 2009 where he pitched 7 innings allowing 6 hits and 2 ER against the Amazins. The Mets have the following numbers on Ted:
Hairston 6-20, 2 HR
Paulino 8-16, 2 2B, 2 HR
Bay 2-14, 2B
Beltran 2-8, HR
Pagan 3-7, 2 2B
Let's Go Mets!
