The Mets and Brewers finish off their series with the rubber game tonight as Jeremy Hefner takes the mound against Tom Gorzelanny. Hefner is 3-6 this year over 94.0 innings and a 3.54 ERA. He has pitched 37.0 innings in his last 6 starts with an awesome 1.70 ERA. Before that stretch, his season ERA was a 4.74. In Hefner’s short career he has had a very limited amount of time in front of the Brewers where he has allowed 1 ER over 1 IP. The Brewers have the following numbers against him:
Francisco 0-2
Lucroy 0-1
Ramirez 0-1
Weeks 1-1, HR
The Mets bats get to face an old foe with a new team in Tom Gorzelanny, who is has gone from the Nationals to the Brewers. He is 1-1 this year with a 2.43 ERA pitching in 33 games and making his second start of the season. His last start was on June 8th where he allowed 1 earned run over 5 hits and 4 innings of work. Last year he was 2-0 over 6 games and 10 innings against the Mets with an ERA of 1.80. The Mets have the following numbers against Tom:
Wright 4-17, 3 2B
Davis 4-14, 3B
Murphy 2-9, 2B
Buck 2-8, 2 HR
Byrd 2-6
Lets Go Mets!
