The Mets and Padres play game two today as the Mets continue their 11 game road trip. Yesterday the Mets dropped the game by the score of 1-3 with their 1989 road uniforms. Jeremy Hefner gets the nod for the Mets as he lines up against Volquez.
Hefner is 1-4 over 14 games and 5 starts this season with 44.0 innings of work while posting an ERA of 5.52. In his last two games he has pitched 11.2 innings allowing 7 runs, 6 earned 5 BB and 12 K’s. One of his worst starts of the season came against the Padres as he allowed 9 hits and 6 earned runs in 3.2 innings of work. The Padres have the following numbers against Hefner:
Maybin 2-3
Venable 2-3, 2 2B
Alonso 1-2, 2B
Cabrera 1-2
Guzman 1-2
Headley 0-2
The Mets bats will try to score runs against Volquez today who is 7-7 over 22 games and 133.1 innings of work while posting an ERA of 3.51. In his last two games he has pitched 12 innings with 7 ER and 13 K’s. Earlier this year he made one start against the Mets pitching 5.2 inning allowing 2 hits and 2 earned runs. The Mets have the following numbers against Volquez:
Wright 1-7
Cedeno 0-8
Baxter 2-6, 2B, HR
Hairston 0-4
Murphy 2-3
Bay 0-3
Davis 0-3
Lets Go Mets!
