The Mets look to end their four game set with the Pirates today. The Mets were able to pick up the win yesterday, snapping their losing streak and putting themselves into position to split the series today behind Bartolo Colon. Colon is 8-5 over 15 starts this year with a 3.67 ERA over 100.2 innings. In his last six starts he has pitched 43.1 innings with a 5-0 record and a 1.45 ERA. He also pitched once against the Pirates this year where he allowed 5 hits and no runs over 7.1 innings while walking 1 and striking out 9. The Pirates have the following numbers against Colon:
- Stewart 4-11, HR
- Snider 3-9
- McCutchen 3-8
- Marte 0-7
- Alvarez 2-6, 2B
- Martin 1-6, 2B
Volquez is on the bump for the Pirates today. He is 5-6 over 16 games and 15 starts over 89.0 innings with a 4.35 ERA. June has been an up ad down month for Volquez. He started off average, then had his best start of the season allowing no runs over 7, then his worst start of the season allowing 8 runs over 2.1 followed by his longest outing of the year allowing one run over 8. Earlier this year he faced the Mets allowing 2 earned runs over 5.0 innings while walking 5 and striking out 6. The Mets have teh following numbers against him:
- C Young 2-15, HR
- Wright 2-13
- Murphy 4-12, 2B
- Abreu 3-10, 2B, 3B
- E Young 4-12, 2 2B
- Granderson 0-6
- Tejada 2-7, 2 2B
Lets Go Mets!
