Stop the presses! The Mets scored a bunch of runs last night while beating the Washington Nationals! While that doesn’t bode well for their run scoring averages for the rest of the week, the Mets look to make it two in a row today as they take on the Nationals for the rubber game. Shaun Marcum gets the nod for the Amazin’s as he faces off against Gio Gonzalez.
Shaun Marcum is 0-6 this season for the Mets with a 5.71 ERA over 41.0 innings of work. His last outing isn’t as bad as his line makes it look (6.2 IP, 4 ER) as for 6 innings he things pretty much on lock but the wheels came off in the 7th (and it didn’t help that the Mets bats were doing nada). This start was on the heels of his 7.0 IP, 2 ER, 12 K performance that was the highlight of his season. He hasn’t faced the Nationals yet this season but last year he pitched 6.0 innings against them allowing 4 hits and 2 ER. The Nationals have the following numbers against him:
Suzuki 1-11
Werth 0-7, 6 K
Span 0-6
Zimmerman 2-6, HR
LaRoche 1-5, HR
Desmond 0-2
Gio Gonzalez is 3-3 this season over 12 starts with a 3.64 ERA and 71.2 innings of work. Gio has been recovering from a rough patch in the middle of April. In his last start he allowed 1 ER over 7 innings of work. Earlier this season he allowed 5 ER over 5 hits and 4.0 innings against the Mets who have the following numbers against him:
Wright 3-11, 3B, HR
Buck 2-12, 2B
Davis 4-12, 2B, HR
Turner 2-13
Byrd 2-8
Murphy 1-6
Lets Go Mets!
