The Mets and the Reds start a series tonight as Dickey will take on Leake. David Wright has now had three straight games with 2 RBI's since returning from the DL including a big homer yesterday (that was erased by Parnell). On the season Dickey is 4-8 with a 3.80 ERA. He has struggled in his last two starts as he has allowed 13.1 innings allowing 8 earned runs. Believe it or not, over his career, Dickey has never faced the Reds, however a few players have stats against him:
Renteria 1-5
Hernandez 0-1
Phillips 0-2
The Mets will be facing Mike Leake tonight who is 8-5 this season with a 4.11 ERA. In the month of July, he has made three starts. The first two were pretty bad as he allowed 9 earned runs over 11.1 innings. In the last start he allowed one earned run in 6 innings. He had one start against the Mets last season, he had a pretty good start where he allowed one earned run over 6 innings. The Mets have the following numbers on Leake:
Bay 0-3
Pagan 1-3, 2B
Reyes 1-3, 2B
Wright 0-3
Harris 1-2
Let's Go Mets!
