213 Miles From Shea

The Mets and Padres play game two tonight at Citi Field after the Mets took the opener of the series thanks to some strong pitching from Colon and a 4-4 night from Abreu. Wheeler will be getting the start on Firefighter night (fans with certain tickets can get a Wheeler bobblehead) and on 50 Cent night. So far this season Wheeler is 2-6 with a 4.19 ERA over 73.0 innings of work. His last start against the Giants was the shortest of the season as he pitched 3.2 innings allowing 6 hits and 4 ER, still striking out 6. Before that he had a streak of three games in a row where he allowed 2 ER or less. Last year he made one start against the Padres where he allowed one run and 7 hits over 6 innings of work. The Padres have the following numbers against Zack:

• Alonso 1-2
• Denorfia 2-3, 2B
• Headley 1-3
• Venable 1-3
• Rivera 1-2, 3B
• Ross 1-2

The Mets bats will face off against Hahn who is one start into his rookie season. In his only start he allowed 4 ER over 6 hits and 3.2 innings of work. In the minors this year he pitched 11 games, 8 starts totaling 38.1 innings with a 2-1 record and a 2.11 ERA.

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets try to figure things out as the Padres come to town tonight. Last night the Mets lost the rubber game against the Brew Crew after sending the game to the 13th inning on a 1-1 tie. There is only so much you can ask of the bullpen without run support and in the top of the 13th they allowed 4 runs and the Mets could never recover. Tonight Colon takes a turn at the helm as he faces off against Andrew Cashner.

Colon is 5-5 on the season over 12 starts and 77.1 innings with a 4.31 ERA.  In his last four starts he has pitched 28.0 innings with 23 strikeouts and a 1.61 ERA. In his career he has made three starts against the Padres totaling 18.0 innings with a 1.50 ERA. However, most of the current Padres have seen very little of Colon:

• Quentin 3-4, 2B
• Alonso 0-1
• Cabrera 1-1
• Denorfia 0-1
• Headley 0-1
• Maybin 0-1
• Venable 0-1

The Mets go searching for their bats again tonight against Andrew Cashner who is 2-5 over 10 games and 63.1 innings with a 2.13 ERA. In his last two starts he has pitched 13.0 innings with 11 strikeouts and one earned run. He also faced the Mets in a limited capacity last year allowing 1 hit over 2.2 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• C Yount 2-5, HR
• Wright 1-4, HR
• Duda 0-2
• Granderson 0-3
• Murphy 0-2
• Tejada 0-1

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets bats just couldn’t get it done last night and the Mets fell to the Brewers 3-1 to put themselves in a rubber game situation tonight. Yesterday deGrom allowed 3 ER over 5.2 innings and the bullpen was able to lock it down afterwards. Tonight, Niese will look to put up another strong pitching performance for the Mets and the bats will look to break out against Kyle Lohse.

Jon Niese is 3-3 over 12 games and 77.1 innings with a 2.68 ERA. In his last three starts he has pitched 20.2 innings allowing 6 ER, 2.61 ERA while walking 6 and striking out 11. Last year against the Brewers he allowed 2 ER and 6 hits totaling 6.0 innings while walking 2 and striking out 2. The Brewers have the following numbers against Niese:

• Ramirez 4-14, 2B, HR
• Weeks 4-10, 2B, HR
• Lucroy 5-11
• Braun 2-7
• Gomez 2-7

Kyle Lohse is 7-2 this season over 13 starts and 88.0 innings with a 3.27 ERA. His last start is the worst of the season so far as he allowed 8 ER and 9 hits over 5.0 innings. The start before that he allowed 3 hits in a complete game shutout. The Mets have the following numbers against Lohse:

• Wright 9-21, 2B, 2 HR
• Granderson 8-17, 2B, 3B, 2 HR
• C Young 3-17, 3B, HR
• Abreu 3-10
• Murphy 0-7
• Duda 2-4

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets tried something new last night and won a ball game. It’s an odd feeling, but nice, and I hope the Mets try to make it happen again. Anyway, the Mets did it with power last night with Murphy hitting a two run jack and in his first game as a Met, Teagarden smashed a grand slam. Today Peralta will get the start for the Brew Crew as they face deGrom fromt he Mets.

Jacob deGrom is 0-2 this season over 5 starts and 31.0 innings with a 3.19 ERA. His last start against the Cubs was probably the worse of his career as he allowed 4 ER over 5.0 innings of work allowing 3 walks and striking out 3. Before that in his first four starts he struck out 25 batters and allowed 7 runs in 26.0 innings. He has not faced the Brewers or any one their roster in his career.

Wily Peralta is 5-5 over 12 games and a 3.03 ERA while logging 74.1 innings. In his last two starts he has allowed 10 ER over 10.2 innings, 5 BB and 9 K’s. Back in 2012 he had an amazing start against the Mets where he allowed only 2 hits and no earned runs. The Mets have the following numbers against Peralta:

• Duda 0-3
• Murphy 0-3
• Tejada 0-3
• Wright 0-3

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets come home after a rough road trip. The road trip started off in Philly and they did great winning 4-1 games, but then they lost three in a row in Chicago, and then three in a row again in San Francisco. Anyway, they try to figure it out against the Brewers and Marco Estrada tonight as the Mets send Matsuzaka out to the mound.

Matsuzaka is 2-0 over 18 games and 2 starts this year totaling 33.2 innings with a 3.21 ERA. His last start against Cubs was pretty bad as he allowed 4 hits and 4 earned runs over 4.1 innings while walking 5 batters. He has made one career start against the Brewers allowing 2 runs, none earned, over 6.2 innings. The Brewers have the following numbers against Daisuke:

• Overbay 7-27, 2 2B, 3 HR
• Gomez 0-7
• Braun 2-4
• Weeks 0-2
• Reynolds 0-2

Estrada is 5-2 over 12 starts and 73.0 innings while posting a 4.19 ERA. In his last 7 starts he is 3-1 over 41.2 innings while posting a 5.18 ERA. Last year against the Mets he allowed 1 ER and 2 hits over 7.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Marco:

• Murphy 1-3
• Wright 0-3
• Duda 0-3
• C Young 0-2
• Tejada 1-1

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets look to salvage part of the trip to San Francisco today as they take on the Giants today. Yesterday was another close loss on the week filled with mental mistakes. Today, Wheeler looks to get the Mets back on track while the Mets bats look to rough up Lincecum.

Wheeler is 2-5 on the season over 12 starts with a 3.89 ERA over 69.1 innings of work. In his last three starts he is 1-1 over 19.2 innings with a 1.37 ERA walking 3 batters and striking out 23 batters. Last year he faced the Giants twice allowing 5 ER over 12.0 innings of work. The Giants have the following numbers against Wheeler:

• Blanco 0-5
• Pence 0-5
• Posey 0-6
• Crawford 2-5
• Sandoval 1-3

Lincecum is 4-4 this season over 12 starts and 64.2 innings while posting a 5.01 ERA. He is coming off of his worse start of the year where he allowed 8 ER over 4.1 innings shooting his ERA from 4.18 to 5.01. Last year he made one start against the Mets allowing 3 ER over 6 hits in 7.0 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• C Young 8-51, 3 2B, 2 HR
• Wright 3-23
• Murphy 6-17, 2 2B
• Tejada 3-9, 2B
• Granderson 0-6

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets try to stop the slide tonight against the Giants tonight with Colon on the mound. Last night, the Giants took the lead in the 8th and won the game 4-2, and it ended up being the 15th loss on the pen. To be fair, the pen has been better than that for the most part, and it reflects that the offense is giving the pitching staff a very narrow range to work with. Anyway, like said earlier, Colon gets the start tonight vs and old foe Tim Hudson.

Colon is 5-5 over 11 starts and 71.2 innings with a 4.52 ERA. In his last three starts he is 3-0 over 22.1 innings with a 1.61 ERA and 5 BB, 19 K’s. In his career, he has made three starts against the Giants allowing 11 ER over 19 innings. The Giants have the following numbers against Hudson:

• Abreu 5-25, 2B, 2 HR
• Granderson 4-13, 2 HR
• Murphy 0-3
• Wright 1-3

Hudson is 6-2 this season with a league leading 1.75 ERA over 77.1 innings over 11 starts. In his last five starts he has pitched 31.2 innings with a 1.14 ERA. Last year he made three starts against the Mets allowing 6 ER over 22.0 innings with a 2.45 ERA. The Mets have the following numbers against Tim:

• Wright 18-77, 88 PA, 2 2B, 3 HR, 7 BB
• Duda 9-26, 2B, HR
• Murphy 5-22, 2 2B
• Tejada 8-21, 2B
• Abreu 4-12, 2B

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets followed their 4-1 trip to Philly with an 0-3 trip to the struggling Cubs, essentially erasing everything they did in Philly. The Mets have no time to lament as they head to San Francisco to face the league leading Giants. Tonight Niese will get the start against Matt Cain.

Niese is 3-3 this season over 11 games and 70.1 innings with a 2.69 ERA. His last start against Philly was excellent going 8.0 innings allowing 2 ER and 1 BB with 6 K’s. Last year he faced the Giants once, getting the loss allowing 2 ER over 7.0 innings and 7 hits, 2 BB and 4 K’s. The Giants have the following numbers against Niese:

• Pence 3-26
• Morse 3-15, 3 2B
• Posey 4-12, 2 2B, HR
• Pagan 1-8, HR
• Blanco 1-6
• Sandoval 3-7

Matt Cain is 1-3 this season with a 3.66 ERA over 8 starts and 46.2 innings of work. Cain is coming off the DL tonight to face the Amazin’s. Last year he faced the Mets twice allowing 8 hits, 4 runs, 3 earned over 8.1 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Cain:

• C Young 8-36, 2 2B
• Wright 11-25, 6 2B
• Murphy 3-13, 2B
• Tejada 4-11
• Abreu 1-5, 2B
• Duda 1-6, 3B

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets will complete their three game set with the Cubs today before heading out to San Francisco, their last leg of this long road trip. For the second game in a row yesterday the Mets suffered a heartbreaking, close loss. This time, the offense jumped out early, but the pitching couldn’t support the effort.  Today, deGrom will get the start for the Mets as he faces off against Travis Wood.

Jacob deGrom is 0-2 in his first four starts of his major league career with a 2.42 ERA over 26.0 innings while walking 12 and striking out 25 batters. The pattern over his first four starts has been excellent start, average start, excellent start, average start, at least in terms of earned runs. What wasn’t average his last time out was his strikeouts as he mowed down 11 i the game while allowing only 2 walks. Of course, it follows that deGrom has not faced the Cubs yet in his career or anyone on the Mets roster.

Travis Wood is 5-5 over 11 starts this year over 64.2 innings with a 5.15 ERA, a drastic increase over last years 3.11 mark. He started to gather some momentum in late May with back to back starts of at least 7.0 innings and allowing only 2 ER but in his last start he allowed 7 ER over 2.2 innings. That has been the story of this season for him, he has either been terrible or good. Only one average start. He faced the Mets once last year allowing 5 hits and 3 earned runs over 7.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Travis:

• Tejada 1-11
• Wright 4-12, 3B
• C Young 3-11, 2B
• Duda 2-9, HR
• Granderson 0-3
• Murphy 0-3
• Recker 0-3

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets dropped the first game in Wrigley, and you can’t blame Wheeler for this one. Wheeler had a tremendous start despite only getting one run of support from the Mets in the first inning. The bullpen, great of late, allowed 2 runs towards the end of the game. While not good, the offense needed to score runs. Tonight they try to take the second game, and get back to one game below .500 with Matsuzaka facing Jackson.

Matsuzaka is 2-0 over 17 games and 1 start this year with a 2.45 ERA over 29.1 innings. His last start was on the doubleheader on May 25th where he allowed 2 ER over 6.0 innings on the way to a Mets victory. Since then he allowed 1 ER over 1.1 innings vs the Phillies and allowed no runs over 1.0 ER in another game against the Phillies. The Cubs have the following numbers against Daisuke:

• Valbuena 3-12, 2b
• Barney 0-3
• Castro 0-2
• Ruggiano 1-3, HR
• Schierholtz 0-2

The Mets bats will try to work things out against Edwin Jackson. He is 3-5 this year with a 4.81 ERA over 11 starts and 63.2 innings. In the month of May he pitched 5 starts and 29.1 innings with a 1-3 record and a 4.30 ERA. Last year he pitched two games against the Mets with a 1-1 record over 12.2 innings and a 2.84 ERA. The Mets have the following numbers against Edwin:

• Abreu 6-33, 2 2B
• Wright 6-15, HR
• Granderson 4-13, 2B, 3B, HR
• Murphy 3-15, HR
• Duda 2-11, 2B
• Tejada 0-10

Lets Go Mets!