Another day, another frustrating loss. The Mets will try to reverse their ways again tonight this time behind Jon Niese. In the opening game of this series, the Mets were just awful on all fronts. In last night's game, it was really just the offense which couldn't capitalize on an early basesloaded, one out, situation and eventually would lose by one run.
Niese, a bright spot for the Mets, will take the mound again for Amazins. On the season he is 6-4 with a 3.44 ERA. He picked up the loss in his last game even though he pitched great as he allowed only 1 ER over 7 innings. In his last four games pitched he is 2-2 with a fantastic 1.63 ERA. He has not faced the Diamondbacks and has only faced two batters (Johnson 2-4, LaRoce 1-3). Hopefully he will perform tonight like he has in his recent starts.
The Mets bats will take a crack at Dan Haren who is 7-8 with a 4.60 ERA. The Diamondbacks are 0-4 in his last 4 starts with an 0-2 record while recording a 4.39 ERA. Last year, Haren somehow picked up the win against the Mets even though he allowed 5 ER over 7 innings against the Amazins. The Mets have these numbers against Dan:
Cora 4-16, 2B, HR
Beltran 3-14, 3B
Wright 4-13, 2 2B, HR
Pagan 2-3, 3B
Reyes 1-10
Lets Go Mets!
