The Mets will still be looking for their first win of the season this afternoon while they try to avoid the sweep by the Nationals in an afternoon game. Yesterday about the only positive notes to take home from the game was Colon’s strong start to his start and Lagares with the bat. Zimmermann gets the nod for the Nationals while Wheeler makes his 2014 debut.
In his first season in the majors, Wheeler went 7-5 over 17 games over 100.0 innings of work with a 3.42 ERA. Three of those starts were against the Nationals where he went 1-2 with a 3.93 ERA over 18.1 innings while striking out 14. The Nationals have the following numbers against Zack:
- Span 5-10, 2B
- Zimmerman 2-10, HR
- LaRoche 1-7, HR
- Werth 207, 2B, HR
- Desmond 3-8, 2B
The Mets bats get to see a now old foe in Zimmermann as he starts his 6th season in the majors. Last year he led the league in wins with 19 as he went 19-9 over 213.1 innings in 32 starts and a 3.25 ERA. He also had 4 complete games, two of them being shutouts. Against the Mets he made five starts totaling 32.1 innings with a 1-3 record and a 3.62 ERA. The Mets have the following numbers against him:
- Murphy 13-28, 4 2B, 3 HR
- Wright 9-34, 2 2B, 2 HR, 10 K
- Davis 5-24, 2B, 2 HR, 6 K
- Duda 3-18, 2B
- Tejada 5-15
- Eric Young 3-9, 2B
- Lagares 3-9, 2B
- d’Arnaud 2-5, 2B
Lets Go Mets! Get that first W!
