Something will have to give tonight. The Mets have one of the worst road records in the majors. The Brewers have one of the worst home records in the majors. The red-hot New York Mets travel to Miller land tonight as they take on the Brewers in a series where the Mets hope to continue building steam from their fantastic homestand. It will also be a reunion of sorts tonight as Carlos Gomez will get to face his former team, and the very ace that he was traded away for.
Santana (4-2, 3.41) will get the nodd tonight. Over his last three games he has pitched 21.2 innings and allowed only 3 ER (1.25 ERA). He actually has four consecutive starts at this point pitching at least 7 innings, which is excatly what this team needs him to do. Last season, Santana was 1-1 in as many starts against the Brew Crew pitching 13.0 innings and posting a 3.42 ERA. The Breweres have been able to put these numbers on Santana over his career:
Fielder 5-13, HR
Hart 6-13
Weeks 4-10, HR
Gerut 2-11
The Mets will draw Gallardo tonight, who is young pitcher with a lot of potential. This season he is 4-2 with a 3.20 ERA in 59 innings of work. His last three starts yield similar numbers to his season numbers. In 2009 he faced the Mets twice with an 0-1 record but he put up some scary numbers as in 13 innings of work he allowed 1 ER while striking out 19 (Postive though: he did allow 10 hits). If the Mets are going to do some damage against him tonight, they will need to channel in the Mets that have been getting timely hits in 6 of their last 7 games. The Mets numbers against him:
Francoeur 0-6
Wright 0-5
Reyes 2-3
Lets Go Mets!
