For two straight days, the Mets have won with walk-off homers as they clinched a series win against the San Francisco Giants. Today they try to step on the neck of the Giants by completing a three game sweep against one of the best pitchers in the game, Tim Lincecum. So far in this series, the Mets have gotten the lead, then lost it, then fought back in order to win it, using their new found ability to hit homers.
The Mets will be countering Lincecum with Oliver Perez. Perez is still searching for his first win of the season (0-2) but has a 4.05 ERA. He had a pretty effective start his last time out as he pitched 6 innings, allowed 6 hits but only 2 earned runs while walking 4 and striking out 4. Perez hasn't faced the Giants since 2008, where he went 0.1 innings and allowed 6 ER (that would be an ERA of 162.0). Anyway these are the numbers the Giants have on Perez in his career:
Rowand 5-14, 2 2B
DeRosa 5-9, 3 2B, HR
Uribe 1-9
Huff 0-3
Lewis 0-3
Lincecum so far this season has been typical (4-0, 1.70 ERA). However last season, there were two teams he struggled against, and the Mets were one of them. Now there is only one statistical point, so don't get too excited, but he pitched 6 innings against the Mets allowing 5 ER runs. The Mets have these career numbers against the Freak:
Francoeur 2-13, HR
Reyes 2-6
Bay 1-3
It can be a tough day for the Mets, but its not impossible. Lets Go Mets! Get that sweep!
