The Mets and Rockies play the second game of the series tonight as the Mets look to make it two in a row. Last night the Mets got a quick 2-0 lead which the Rockies eventually tied. Thanks to some amazing defense from Eric Young and a late run, the Mets were able to finish on top 3-2 in Flores’ debut (0-4 at the plate). Tonight, Matt Harvey (Happy Harvey Day) against Jhoulys Chacin.
Matt Harvey is 8-3 over 22 games and more importantly right now, 150.2 innings of work, with a 2.21 ERA. He still is leading the league at strikeouts wit 172. Harvey was cruising through the first 5.0 innings but allowed 3 ER in his last inning of work that day. In his one start against the Rockies he allowed 1 ER over 6 innings of work. The Rockies have the following numbers against Harvey:
Blackmon 0-3
Gonzalez 0-3
Herrera 1-3
Fowler 1-2
Rosario 0-1
Jhoulys Chacin is 10-5 with a 3.40 ERA over 21 starts and 135.0 innings this year. After two near identical starts of allowing 3 ER over 7 innings, he had a spectacular start last time out allowing 1 ER over 8 innings of work. Last year he made one start against the Mets allowing 1 ER over 6 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Chacin:
Byrd 1-6
Davis 3-6
Buck 0-3
Murphy 0-4
Baxter 0-3
Lets Go Mets!
