The Mets are coming off of a strong series where they took two of three from the Nationals as they keep their Wild Card push alive. Now the Mets are charged with a steep task of going from a late night game in Queens (8 PM start) to a 1 PM start in Ohio, but alas the Mets will rise to the occasion behind Bartolo Colon.
Bartolo is 12-7 over 28 games and 27 starts with a 3.35 ERA in 158.2 innings of work. He’s coming off of a strong start against the Marlins where he allowed 2 runs, 1 earned, over 7.0 innings and in his last 6 starts, in only one he has allowed more than 2 ER. Way back in April he allowed 3 ER over 5.0 innings with 8 hits. The Reds have the following numbers against Colon:
- Phillips 2-15
- Hamilton 2-6
- Cozart 2-4
- Votto 2-3
- Holt 2-2
- Barnhart 2-2, 2B
- De Jesus 1-2, HR
The Mets bats will get a crack at Robert Stephenson who will be making his third major league start. He’s 2-0 so far over 12.0 innings allowing 5 runs, 4 earned and 9 hits. That’s a bit misleading though because his two starts were quite different, his first one he allowed 4 runs over 5.0 innings, then 1 run over 7.0 innings. Also these starts were back in early and mid-April, separated by 12 days. In the minors this year he has pitched 24 starts and 136.2 innings with an 8-9 record and a 4.41 ERA. He has not faced the Mets yet in his career or anyone on the Mets roster.
Let’s Go Mets!
