213 Miles From Shea

The Mets tried but just fell short of a comeback last night, but hope to take that energy in to today’s scorcher of a game as the Mets take on the Cubs for game two. If you were following yesterday’s game, the Mets were down by 4 runs in the bottom of the ninth and got three back before hitting into a double play. Today Dillon Gee will be taking on Jeff Samardzija.

Dillon Gee is 5-7 on the season with an ERA of 4.34 over 16 games and 101.2 innings of work. In his last six starts, Gee has had mostly bad luck. He is 1-4 in those starts, but has a better ERA than his season of 3.76. One of his bad starts in that stretch was against the Cubs where he allowed 4 ER over 5 innings. The Cubs have the following against Gee:

Barney 1-6
Castro 2-5
Soriano 1-5, 2B
Mather 1-3
DeJesus 2-3
Rizzo 2-3, 2B

Jeff Samardzija gets the call for the Cubs tonight. He is 6-7 with a 4.77 ERA this season over 16 starts and 94.2 innings of work. Jeff bounced back in his last start as he allowed one earned run over 7 innings of work. In the two previous starts he totaled 9.1 innings of work with 14 earned runs. One of those two starts was against the Mets were he allowed 4.1 innings with 9 ER. The Mets have the following numbers against Jeff:

Wright 1-4, 2B
Duda 1-3
Tejada 2-5, 2B
Davis 2-3, 2B, HR
Murphy 2-2, 2B, HR

Let’s Go Mets!

The Cubs and Mets start their last series before the All-Star break tonight as the Mets look for revenge from the last Cubs/Mets series. Last night the Mets were on the verge of losing the series against the Phillies when the offense started a real, 2012 Mets style ralley and with a some good AB’s they got the runs in. Anyway, Johan Santana looks to keep the energy levels up as he takes on Travis Wood.

Santana is 6-4 on the season over 16 games and 98.0 innings with a 2.76 ERA. Johan is 2-1 in his last three starts (20 IP) with a 0.90 ERA including 6.0 innings against the Cubs where he allowed 2 ER over 5 hits. The Cubs have the following numbers again Johan:

Johnson: 13-20, 2B, 3B, HR
DeJesus: 4-24, 2B
Soriano 2-20
Mather 1-6
Castro 0-2

Travis Wood is 3-3 on the season over 9 starts and 56.0 innings of work with a 3.05 ERA. Wood is the midst of a good stretch where he has allowed 1 ER in his last three starts, including a 7.0 inning shut out against the Mets last week. The Mets have the following numbers against Wood:

Cedeno 3-6, 2B
Torres 2-5
Davis 1-5
Tejada 0-6
Wright 3-6, 3B
Duda 0-3
Nickeas 2-3, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets and Phillies play the rubber game tonight as the Mets try to right the ship after dropping one in Philly. Yesterday’s game was close for the majority of the game and then late, the wheels just fell off. Anyway, Dickey will put the wheels back on the cart today as he takes on Cole Hamels, who could possibly be on the trading block this month.

Dickey was Dickey in his last outing as he pitched 8.0 innings of shutout ball. On the season he is 12-1 over 16 starts and 113 innings of work with a league leading 2.15 ERA. He made one start against the Phillies this year where he allowed 1 ER over 7 innings, 9 hits, while walking one and striking out 7. The Phillies have the following numbers against RA:

Polanco 7-29
Pence 2-15, HR
Rollins 3-17, 2 2B
Victorino 4-15, 2 2B, HR
Ruiz 4-13
Mayberry 2-9

The Mets will get a look at Cole Hamels today who is 10-4 on the season over 16 starts and 111.0 innings and an ERA of 3.08. After a rough start to the month of June, Cole has improved over his last three starts as he has allowed 5 ER over 22.0 innings. In two starts against the Mets this year he has allowed 6 earned runs over 15.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers on Cole:

Wright 14-46, 3 2B, 3B, 2 HR
Hairston 10-26, 4 2B, 4 HR
Tejada 2-15
Davis 5-13, HR
Murphy 4-13, 2B, HR
Torres 2-4, 2 2B

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets and Phillies play game two of the series today as they celebrate the 4th of July with an afternoon game. In yesterday’s game the Mets rebounded nicely from their last game in LA with an 11-1 pounding with the Mets firing on all cylinders. Today Chris Young will take on Cliff Lee.

Chris Young is 2-1 on the season over 5 games and 30.0 innings of work with a 3.30 ERA. Last season Young made two starts against the Phillies with a 1-0 record over 12.1 innings while only allowing 1 ER. The Phillies have the following numbers against Young:

Pierre 4-26
Rollins 2-13
Victorino 3-15, 2B
Utley 4-13, 2B, 2 HR
Polanco 2-5, 2B
Ruiz 0-5

The Mets draw Cliff Lee who is 0-5 this season over 13 starts and 89.1 innings of work and an ERA of 4.13. The month of June was rough for Lee who went 0-3 in 5 starts pitching 32.1 innings and an ERA 6.12. He’s 0-1 against the Mets this season over 3 starts as he has allowed 9 ER over 19.0 innings of work (4.26 ERA). The Mets have the following numbers against Lee:

Hairston 5-20, 2B, HR
Torres 4-11, 2B, 3B
Wright 4-13
Murphy 4-11, 3 2B
Turner 0-10
Duda 3-9, HR
Davis 0-8

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets look to get back on the winning page today as they open up a three game set against the Phillies in Citi Field. If records for July were held constant, this three game set, and the next (Cubs) will be the only 6 games the Mets will play against teams below .500. Anyway, the Phillies will send out Vance Worley today to take on Jon Niese.

Niese is 6-3 on the season with a 3.55 ERA over 15 starts and 88.2 innings. He made five starts in June, only one bad, thus he has a 3-1 record with a 1.89 ERA. He’s 1-0 over three starts against the Phillies this year totaling 16.2 innings with a 3.24 ERA. The Phillies have the following numbers against Jon:

Polanco 11-25, 5 2B
Rollins 6-25, 2B
Victorino 6-22, HR
Mayberry 7-22, 2B, 3 HR
Pence 2-18
Ruiz 5-14

Vance on the season is 4-4 with a 2.92 ERA over 12 starts and 74.0 innings of work. He made 5 starts in the month of June with a 1-2 record over 30 innings of work and a 2.70 ERA. He made one start against the Amazin’s this year where he picked up the loss in 6 innings, allowing 8 hits and 4 ER. The Mets have the following numbers against Vance:

Thole 3-9, 2B
Murphy 4-9
Tejada 3-11
Turner 4-10, 2 2B
Wright 3-10, HR
Duda 3-7, 2B, HR

Let’s Go Mets!

The Mets go for the four game sweep this afternoon against the Dodgers! This series has proved to be critical for the Mets as they have inched closer to the Nationals and by virtue of playing the Dodgers, have dragged LA into a three way tie for 2 Wild Card Spots (Mets, Pirates). Yesterday, Santana went out and dazzled the Dodgers and Dillon Gee looks to continue that stretch as he takes on Clayton Kershaw.

Dillon Gee is 5-6 on the year with a 4.42 ERA over 15 starts and 95.2 innings of work. He made 5 starts in the month of June with a 1-3 record and a 3.90 ERA. His two starts against the Dodgers last year were rough as he totaled 12 innings of work, 8 runs, 7 earned. The Dodgers have the following numbers against Gee:

Loney 1-5
Uribe 1-5, 2B
Gwynn 2-3
Ethier 0-4

Clayton Kershaw on the season is 5-4 with a 2.74 ERA over 108.1 innings of work and 103 K’s. He went 1-1 over 5 starts in June with a 3.44 ERA. Last season Clayton was brilliant against the Mets, as he allowed only one earned run over 14.1 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Kershaw:

Torres 2-19
Hairston 7-17, 2B
Wright 1-9, 2B
Turner 1-7
Murphy 1-3

Let’s Go Mets!