213 Miles From Shea

The Mets and Braves play the rubber game this afternoon as Jenry Mejia makes the start against Kris Medlen. Mejia is 1-1 on the season over 4 games and 2 starts pitching 11.0 innings with an ERA of 4.91. His last start was his best outing of the season as he shutout the Pirates over 5 innings,  allowing 4 hits, 2 walks and striking out 4. His first outing of the season was against the Braves as he allowed one hit (a solo homer) in 2 innings of work. The Braves have the following numbers against Mejia:

Uggla 1-2, HR
Baker 0-1
Freeman 0-1
Heyward 0-1
Chipper 0-1

The Mets will get another look at Medlen today who is 9-1 over 132.0 innings this year with a 1.64 ERA. In the month of September he has pitched 37.0 innings over 5 games with a 5-0 record while posting a 1.46 ERA. In 37.0 innings he has pitched 46 batters. The Mets have the following numbers against Kris:

Wright 2-16
Davis 4-13, HR
Murphy 1-11
Tejada 2-10, 2B
Thole 2-10
Cedeno 3-6, 2B, HR
Torres 2-5

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets and Braves continue their series as the Mets look for the series win tonight in Atlanta. Last night Jon Niese had an excellent performance and was supported by some clutch hitting by Lucas Duda. Tonight Chris Young tries to keep it going. On the season he has pitched 19 games over 109.0 innings with an ERA of 4.21. In his last four starts he has pitched 23.2 innings allowing 8 runs, 7 earned, which is a 2.66 ERA while striking out 17 batters. In his two games against the Braves this year he has allowed 7 ER over 9 innings. The Braves have the following numbers against Chris:

Uggla 3-11, 2B, 3B
Chipper 6-10, 2B, 2 HR
McCann 1-10, HR
Bourn 3-7, 2B
Heyward 1-3

Mike Minor has pitched 29 games and 173.0 innings this year with a 10-10 record and a 4.27 ERA. When it has mattered in September, Mike has been a different pitcher pitching 4 games with a 1.09 ERA. His only start against the Mets this year was his first start of the season where he allowed 6 ER over 5 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Mike:

Wright 1-8, 2B
Bay 3-7, HR
Tejada 4-10, 2B
Turner 3-7
Davis 0-4
Duda 3-6, 2B
Murphy 2-5, 2 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets leave Queens to go down to Atlanta to play a series with the Braves. Jon Niese gets the start for the Mets. On the season he is 12-9 over 183.1 innings while posting a 3.49 ERA. In the month of September he has pitched 18.1 innings while allowing 6 ER and he is 2-1 against the Braves this season while pitching in 3 games over 20.0 innings with a 2.35 ERA. The Braves have the following numbers against Jon:

Prado 6-27, 4 2B, 3B
Uggla 7-28, 3 2B
Chipper 4-20, 2 2B, HR
Bourn 6-16, 2B
McCann 1-12

The Mets draw Tim Hudson, who is 16-6 with a 3.61 ERA over 172.0 innings of work this season. He has made 5 starts in September pitching 31.0 innings while posting a 3.77 ERA and he has made one start against the Mets pitching 4.0 innings allowing 4 ER. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

Wright 15-65, 2 2B, 2 HR
Bay 7-23, 2 2B
Duda 4-17, 2B
Thole 4-14
Tejada 8-14, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets finish up their home schedule tomorrow as Mets look to take the series from the Pirates, but more importantly, R.A. Dickey goes for his 20th win of the season. Dickey is 19-6 with a 2.66 ERA while pitching 220.0 innings with 209 strikeouts. In his last 7 starts he has pitched 51.2 innings with a 4-2 record and a 1.92 ERA. In his one start against Pittsburgh this year he allowed only one run while pitching 7 innings and striking out 11 batters. The Pirates have the following numbers against Dickey:

Sanchez 8-21, 5 2B, HR
McCutchen 2-11
Tabata 3-12, 2B
Jones 4-13, 2B
Walker 2-12
Barajas 2-10, 2 2B
Barmes 0-1

Kevin Correia gets the start for the Pirates as he is 11-10 on the season while pitching 160 innings of work and an ERA of 4.11. In his last three starts he has pitched 19 innings allowing 8 runs, 6 earned. Last year he pitched 13.2 innings while allowing 6 ER. The Mets have the following numbers against Kevin:

Wright 11-14, 3 2B, 2 HR
Murphy 4-12
Bay 1-8
Lewis 4-7, 2B, 3B
Torres 0-4

Let’s Go Mets!

The Pirates put a stop to the Mets winning streak last night with a 10-6 score, so the Mets will try to get back on the winning track today with Hefner vs. Locke. Hefner is 2-7 over 79.1 innings this season with a 5.79 ERA. His last outing was abysmal as he allowed 6 hits and 7 earned runs without recording a single out. Hefner has never faced the Pirates in his young career, nor has he faced anyone on the roster.

Jeff Locke takes the hill for the Pirates. On the season he is 0-2 over 4 starts and 6 games total while pitching 24.2 innings with an ERA of 5.47. In his last two starts he has totaled 9.1 innings allowing 8 ER while striking out 10 batters. Jeff has never faced the Mets nor has faced anyone on Mets roster.

This is a game of mystery tonight.

Let’s Go Mets!