213 Miles From Shea

The Mets try to salvage part of the series today as they take on the Braves for Game Three after dropping the first two games in the series. Today Chris Young will get the nod as he takes on Tommy Hanson. Chris Young is 4-7 over 16 games while pitching 90.1 innings with a 4.48 ERA. Young rebounded nicely in his last start allowing only 1 ER in 5 innings of work. Against the Braves this year he pitched 5 earned runs over 3 innings of work. The Braves have the following numbers against Chris Young:

Chipper 6-10, 2B, 2 HR
Uggla 2-8, 3B
McCann 0-7
Johnson 2-5, HR
Bourn 1-4, 2B
Hinske 0-5

Tommy Hanson is 12-8 over 26 games and 147.1 innings while posting an ERA of 4.40. In his last four games he has pitched 21.1 innings with a 5.06 ERA. In three games against the Mets this year, Tommy has posted a 5.71 ERA over 17.1 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Hanson:

Wright 4-25, 2 2B
Thole 11-24, 2 2B, HR
Davis 5-17, 2 2B, 2 HR
Bay 3-14, HR
Tejada 1-14, 2B
Murphy 6-14, 2 2B
Duda 3-11, HR
Turner 3-4, 2 HR

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets and Braves continue their series this afternoon in Queens as Jeremy Hefner gets the nod against Kris Medlen. Hefner is 2-5 over 75.2 innings with an ERA of 4.52. In his last two starts he has pitched 14.0 innings while allowing 3 earned runs and striking out 13 batters during that stretch. Against the Braves this year he has pitched 3.2 innings while allowing only 4 hits and 1 earned run. The Braves have the following numbers against Hefner:

Bourn 1-2
Freeman 1-2, HR
Janish 0-2
McCann 0-2
Uggla 1-2

Kris Medlen is 7-1 over 104.1 innings with a sparkling 1.56 ERA. In the last four games he has pitched 33.0 innings without allowing a run. So the Mets are hoping to rough up his world which will be rough considering he has allowed 2 ER over 15.2 innings against the Mets this year. The Mets have the following numbers against Kris:

Wright 1-13
Davis 3-11, HR
Murphy 1-8
Thole 2-8
Tejada 2-7, 2B
Hairston 2-6, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

Coming off R.A. Dickey’s 18th win of the season, the Mets return home today to start a series with the Braves. The Braves currently have the lead Wild Card spot with competition looming close, so the Mets have an opportunity to play spoiler here.  Jon Niese gets the start for the Amazin’s tonight as Paul Maholm gets the nod for the Braves.

Niese is 10-8 this season with a 3.55 ERA over 26 games and 165.0 innings of work. In his last two starts he has pitched 13.0 innings allowing 6 ER. Against the Braves this year he has allowed 5 runs, 4 earned in 14.0 innings of work. The Braves have the following numbers against Jon:

Uggla 7-26, 3 2B
Prado 6-24, 4 2B, 3B
Chipper 4-17, 2 2B, HR
Bourn 5-14, 2B
Heyward 5-14, 2 2B, HR
Ross 6-13, 2B, 3B, HR

Maholm is 11-9 this season with a 3.79 ERA over 159.0 innings. With the Braves specifically, he has pitched to a 2-3 record over 6 games with a 3.96 ERA. His slightly higher numbers in a Braves uniform is due to his last start against Philly where he allowed 7 ER over 2 innings of work. He has pitched a total of 10 shut out innings against the Mets this year, including a complete game shutout against the Braves. The Mets have the following numbers against Paul:

Wright 7-26
Torres 2-14, 2B, 3B
Hairston 3-10, 2B
Tejada 2-11
Bay 0-7
Murphy 6-9
Davis 1-2, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets and Cardinals play an afternoon game today as R.A. Dickey gets the nod against Adam Wainwright. Dickey is 17-4 on the season with a 2.63 ERA over 191.1 innings and 190 strikeouts. Dickey was amazing in his last start as he held his opponents to 5 hits in a complete game shutout. On top of that he has a 0.78 ERA in his last three starts. Earlier this season he held the Cardinals to 7 hits in a complete game shutout. The Cardinals have the following numbers against Dickey:

Beltran 5-18, 2B, HR
Holliday 3-10, 2B
Jay 1-5, 2B
Molina 2-7
Freese 0-6

Adam Wainwright is 13-11 over 27 starts and 168.2 innings with an ERA of 3.90. His last start was a rough one as he allowed 6 ER in 2.2 innings of work. Against the Mets this year he allowed 7 ER over 6.1 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Adam:

Bay 6-18, 2B
Cedeno 6-19, 2B
Wright 1-9, 2B
Davis 1-5
Thole 0-4
Duda 1-2, HR

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets will try to move beyond yesterday’s frustrating game and get back on the winning page against the Cardinals tonight as Matt Harvey takes on Jamie Garcia. Yesterday the Mets got into a hole early but scratched back thanks to two 2-Run homers. At the end, the Mets couldn’t drive in runners in scoring position and a little scuffle with the umpires brought the Mets down. But enough about yesterday, let’s move on to today. Matt Harvey is 3-3 in 7 starts this season with a 2.76 ERA over 42.1 innings. He is 2-2 in his last four starts with a 2.08 ERA pitching 26.0 innings while striking out 26 batters. Matt Harvey has never faced the Cardinals or anyone on their roster, so he has no stats against anyone in the lineup tonight.

Jamie Garcia is 3-6 over 14 starts this season pitching 85.2 innings with an ERA of 4.52. In his last two starts he has pitched 11.1 innings while allowing 10 ER. Garcia hasn’t faced the Mets yet this season, last year he pitched 7.0 innings against the amazin’s and allowed 4 runs and 0 earned runs. The Mets have the following numbers against Garcia:

Wright 2-8
Cedeno 2-6
Torres 1-5, 2B
Bay 0-4
Hairston 2-3, HR
Turner 0-3
Duda 0-1

Let’s Go Mets!