R.A. Dickey remains one of the more exciting aspects of this ball club, and tonight he takes his next step forward to become a 20 game winner as he takes on the Washington Nationals. Right now, he is 18-6 with a 2.64 ERA over 198.0 innings of work. In his last four starts he is 3-0 over 29.2 innings with a 1.21 ERA. He is 2-1 in as many games against the Nationals pitching 20.2 innings with a 3.05 ERA. The Nationals have the following numbers Dickey:
Zimmerman 9-27, 2B, HR
Morse 7-24, 2 2B
Werth 11-25, 3 2B, 2 HR
Desmond 4-20, 3B
Espinosa 3-20, 2B
LaRoche 3-15, HR
Zimmermann is 10-8 on the season over 28 starts with a 2.99 ERA while pitching 171.2 innings. His last start was a good rebound as he went 7 innings pitching 2 ER. In his previous start he pitched 3.2 innings while allowing 8 ER. He has been good against the Mets this year allowing only 3 ER over 18 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Jordan:
Wright 8-24, 2 2B, 2 HR
Murphy 6-19, 2B, HR
Thole 5-15
Davis 3-12, 2B, HR
Bay 5-13
Duda 2-11, 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
