For the second time this season the Mets will be trying to extend a three game series tonight, and this time it will be against the Phillies. The Last time the Mets played the Phillies, they dropped the first game, which sent Mets fans everywhere into a “panic mode” (as much as one can have at the start of the baseball season), and sent Baseball analysts drawing references to the collapse. The Mets then woke and took the next two games. The first game they one thanks to a poorly played inning by the Phillies that led to several defensive errors and 6 runs for the Mets. The following night the Mets won in extra innings.
Those two games, plus a win in the opener against the Brewers put the Mets on their first three game winning streak. So far this season, the mets have gone 1-0 on Fridays, but struggle to get wins over the weekend.
On top of all of this, Santana enters another Ace battle tonight as he goes toe to toe against Hamels. Last year, Hamels pitched three games against the Mets to the tune of a 0-1 record over 18 IP, a 4.00 ERA, 9 walks and 17 K's. Hamels is the ace of the Phillies and has the potential to do a lot of strikeout damage to the Mets, who struck-out an awful lot last night.
The following players have put these numbers up against Hamels over their careers:
Delgado 4-9, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, BB
Wright 1-11, HR
Beltran 4-12, 2 HR
Pagan 1-8, HR
Overall the Mets do not hit Hamels all that well, but as you can see, even those that struggle against him, when they do hit him, they hit him hard and take him out of the park. The rest of the numbers can be found here.
Lets Go Mets!
