The Mets and Marlins conclude their three game series this afternoon before the Mets head back to New York to take on the Brewers. On Friday night, the Mets made a comeback bid, but fell short after the Marlins had a comeback bid of their own in the bottom of the eighth and ninth inning. The Mets responded to that by knocking in 14 hits and 9 runs making the Marlins toss over 200 pitches in yesterday’s 9-3 win. In today’s rubber game, Jon Niese will take on the surprising Carlos Zambrano.
Jon Niese is 2-1 over six starts and 33.2 innings with a 4.01 ERA. The last two starts have been slightly rougher for Niese who has allowed 5 ER over 3 innings of work and 2 ER over only 5 innings of work. Earlier this season he pitched 7.0 innings against the Marlins as he allowed 2 ER and struck out 6 batters. The Marlins have the following numbers against Niese:
Infante 4-21, 3 2B
Sanchez 4-16, 2B, HR
Ramirez 3-14, 2B, HR
Morrison 3-7, 2B
Stanton 1-7
Reyes 0-3
The Mets will get their first look of the season at Carlos Zambrano who is 1-2 this season over six starts and 41.0 innings of work with an ERA of 1.98. Zambrano’s numbers look so strong because in his last two starts he has thrown 7 innings and 9 innings respectively of shut out ball, which as you can imagine dropped his ERA in this early season. He faced the Mets once in 2011 where he allowed 2 runs, 1 earned over 6 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Carlos:
Wright 3-24
Cedeno 3-11
Murphy 3-10
Davis 1-6, HR
Hairston 1-5
Torres 0-3
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