The Mets try to undo what they did last week as they start a series with the Washington Nationals tonight. Last week the Nationals took two of three from the Mets as the Mets had two games with solid starting pitching, late offense, and “terrific” performances out of the bullpen. Chris Young gets the start for the Amazin’s tonight as he takes on Jordan Zimmermann in an exact rematch of game two from last week.
Chris Young is 2-4 on the season over 8 starts and 46.0 innings of work with an ERA of 4.11. In the month of July he has pitched 16 innings while allowing 10 ER, mostly from a 3 inning, 5 earned run performance. He had a good start in DC last time out where he allowed 2 ER over 6 innings of work. The Nationals have the following numbers against Young:
LaRoche 4-27, 2B, 2 HR
Zimmerman 5-17, 2 2B, HR
Espinosa 2-7
Morse 3-10, 2B
Harper 3-6
Lombardozzi 0-5
The Mets bats will get another crack at Jordan Zimmermann today who is 7-6 over 19 starts over 122.1 innings of work with an ERA 2.35. Jordan’s last two starts have been identical as in each start he has pitched 6 innings, allowed 4 hits and no earned runs. One of those starts was against Mets and the Mets have the following numbers against Jordan:
Wright 7-22, 2 2B, HR
Murphy 6-17, 2B, HR
Thole 4-13
Davis 3-10, 2B, HR
Duda 2-11, 2B
Bay 5-11
Tejada 0-7
Valdespin 1-1, HR
Let’s Go Mets!
