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On Saturday, the Mets showed the could bounce back from a crushing loss. Today the Mets will look to do the same thing as they take on the Brewers to start a quick two game series at Citi Field. The Mets will have Batista make the start tonight as Gallardo will make the start for the Brew Crew.

Batista is 0-1 on the season with a 5.89 ERA over 18.1 innings. In his last start he pitched 5.1 innings against the Phillies allowing 4 runs, 2 earned over 8 hits. The last time he faced the Brewers was back in 2010 when he allowed 4 ER over 7.2 innings of work over 3 games. The Brewers have the following numbers against Miguel:

Izturis 6-22, 3B, HR
Ramirez 2-14, 2B
Weeks 2-6, 2B
Braun 0-4

Gallardo will make the start for the Brewers this season. On the season he is 2-3 with a 5.35 ERA over 38.2 innings. In the last two starts he has pitched 12.0 innings with an ERA of 3.75 and a record of 1-1. Last season he was 1-1 against the Mets over two starts with a 4.91 ERA over 11.0 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Yovani:

Wright 3-14, HR
Cedeno 3-10, 2 HR
Torres 0-7
Davis 0-4
Duda 3-6, 2 HR
Murphy 1-6

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The Mets and Marlins conclude their three game series this afternoon before the Mets head back to New York to take on the Brewers. On Friday night, the Mets made a comeback bid, but fell short after the Marlins had a comeback bid of their own in the bottom of the eighth and ninth inning. The Mets responded to that by knocking in 14 hits and 9 runs making the Marlins toss over 200 pitches in yesterday’s 9-3 win. In today’s rubber game, Jon Niese will take on the surprising Carlos Zambrano.

Jon Niese is 2-1 over six starts and 33.2 innings with a 4.01 ERA. The last two starts have been slightly rougher for Niese who has allowed 5 ER over 3 innings of work and 2 ER over only 5 innings of work. Earlier this season he pitched 7.0 innings against the Marlins as he allowed 2 ER and struck out 6 batters. The Marlins have the following numbers against Niese:

Infante 4-21, 3 2B
Sanchez 4-16, 2B, HR
Ramirez 3-14, 2B, HR
Morrison 3-7, 2B
Stanton 1-7
Reyes 0-3

The Mets will get their first look of the season at Carlos Zambrano who is 1-2 this season over six starts and 41.0 innings of work with an ERA of 1.98. Zambrano’s numbers look so strong because in his last two starts he has thrown 7 innings and 9 innings respectively of shut out ball, which as you can imagine dropped his ERA in this early season. He faced the Mets once in 2011 where he allowed 2 runs, 1 earned over 6 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Carlos:

Wright 3-24
Cedeno 3-11
Murphy 3-10
Davis 1-6, HR
Hairston 1-5
Torres 0-3

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Last night the Marlins stopped the Mets winning streak at 5 games and in a rough fashion. The Marlins were leading the whole game until the Mets made a comeback and took the lead late. The Marlins then scored a run due to an error (runner got on base from the error) in the bottom of the 8th and then blew the save and lead in the bottom of the ninth.

Not to oversell the meaning of this game, which is easy to do, today’s game was going to be a test of heart for the Mets. The Mets have showed a lot of heart, especially with coming back in games, but the Mets have had a habit this year of getting on small slides. It is easy to conceive the idea that they way the Mets lost last night’s game could cause a slide.

Instead the Mets came out swinging. The team just racked up hit after hit after hit today. Wright even improved his BA over .400 for the season.

What the Mets really showed today is fundamentals as they ran the bases extremely well. Bouncing back after games like last night, good hitting, good pitching and at the core, good fundamentals is what gets teams to the playoffs at the end of the year.

The Mets are quickly approaching the deadline to be considered a “real” contender (end of May), and they are doing so pushing all the right buttons. LGM2012!

The Mets and Marlins play game two today as the Mets try to come back after last night’s loss. Yesterday the Mets were down early, fought back, got the lead, but then the Marlins came back and eventually took the game. The Mets will look beyond that as R.A. Dickey takes on Ricky Nolasco.

Dickey is 4-1 on the season with a 3.76 ERA over 38.1 innings of work. He is 2-0 over his last three starts totaling 21.0 innings with an ERA of 2.14 and 17 strikeouts. He faced Miami once this season as he picked up a win after 7.0 innings of work allowing only 1 ER with 7 strikeouts. The Marlins have the following numbers against the Marlins:

Infante 12-25, 2B, 2 HR
Sanchez 6-18, 4 2B, HR
Ramirez 6-18, 3 2B
Morrison 3-14, 2B
Bonifacio 2-13
Stanton 1-10
Reyes 0-9

The Mets will get another look at Ricky Nolasco in 2012. So far he is 4-0 with a 2.72 ERA over 39.2 innings of work. In his last three starts he has pitched 21.1 innings of work with a 2-0 record and an 1.69 ERA. The only start he didn’t win in that stretch was one against the Mets where he pitched really well (7.0 innings, 1 ER) but was saddled with the lost. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

Wright 22-60, 4 2B, 6 HR
Murphy 6-20, 2 2B
Davis 3-14, 2 2B
Torres 3-9, 2 2B
Duda 0-9
Hairston 2-6, HR

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The Mets are making their first trip down to South Beach to check out the new home of the Miami Marlins. This time last week, the Mets were on the decline, and the Marlins were on the rise. Since then, the Mets have put themselves on a five game winning streak and the Marlins have still played good ball. The Mets will be sending out Santana tonight as Buehrle gets his second start of the season.

Johan Santana is fresh off of his first win of the season with a 1-2 record over 31.0 innings with a 2.61 ERA. In his last three starts he has pitched 19.2 innings with an ERA of 1.83. One of those starts was against the Marlins where he pitched 6.2 innings allowing one earned run, striking out 11 batters. The Marlins have the following numbers against Santana:

Infante 8-42
Ramirez 3-23
Buck 4-18, 3B
Bonifacio 2-15
Kearns 2-15, 2B

The Mets will get another shot at Mark Buehrle tonight who is 2-4 on the season with a 2.83 ERA over 41.1 innings. His last start was a complete game against the Padres where he allowed one earned run. In his first start of the season against the Mets, he picked up the loss as he allowed 2 ER over 7 innings. The Mets have the following number Mark:

Torres 1-4
Davis 0-3
Duda 1-3
Hairston 1-2
Wright 1-3, HR

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The Mets go for the sweep tonight in Philly! In each of the last two games, the Mets have had come back victories, both with a ton of 2-run RBI’s and good relief. As we all know, those are three major pieces to winning baseball teams. Anyway the Mets will be sending out Dillon Gee tonight to make it 5 straight as the Mets take on Cliff Lee.

Dillon Gee is 2-2 on the season with a 4.50 ERA over 5 starts and 32.0 innings. He is 1-0 in his last two starts with a 3.46 ERA. It was ugly last season when Gee took on the Phillies as he allowed 15 runs, 14 earned and 17 hits over 11.1 innings of work. The Phillies have the following numbers against Gee:

Victorino 2-7, 3B
Pence 1-6
Mayberry 1-6, HR
Polanco 1-6
Ruiz 1-5, 2B

Cliff Lee is 0-1 this season over 3 games with a 1.96 ERA over 23.0 innings. This will be Cliff Lee’s first return since injury, as he is making a start for the first time since April 18th. His second start of the season was against the Mets as he allowed 4 ER over 7 innings of work, where he picked up his only loss of the season. The Mets have the following numbers against Lee:

Hairston 2-14, HR
Turner 0-8
Torres 3-6, 2B
Wright 2-7
Davis 0-6
Murphy 2-6, 2 2B

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The Mets ended Roy Halladay’s 8 game winning streak against the Mets last night as David Wright was able to get a timely hit, the bullpen kept the Mets in the game, and Valdespin hit a pinch hit homer. Miguel Batista will look to keep the Mets winning ways tonight as he takes on the Phillies and Joe Blanton.

Batista gets start number 2 on the season as he fills in for Pelfrey and as the team awaits for Chris Young. On the season, Batista is 0-1 with an ERA with a 6.92. He made one start this season against the Giants this year and it was awful as he allowed 6 ER over 3.2 innings. This year he has logged .1 innings against the Phillies allowing an earned run. Last season he pitched 0.2 innings, allowing 3 ER. The Phillies have the following numbers against Batista:

Polanco 12-35, 3 2B
Pierre 5-22
Rollins 11-20, 2B, 2 3B, HR
Wigginton 4-13, 2B
Nix 0-9

The Mets will get their first look at Joe Blanton this season who is 3-3 with a 2.83 ERA. He had a 3.81 ERA through his first five starts of the season, and is coming off of his best start of the season, a complete game shutout of the Braves. Last season he had two no decisions in as many starts against the Mets where he pitched 6.1 innings, allowing 11 hits and 7 ER. The Mets have the following numbers on Blanton:

Wright 6-23, 3 2B
Davis 5-11, 2 2B
Hairston 3-6, 2B
Torres 1-3, HR
Duda 0-3

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After sliding four games, the Mets jumped back onto their winning ways over the last two days and they look to continue that tonight as they go down to Philly. This is the second time this year the Mets will be going down to Philly, and this time the Mets are drawing aces on their trip down 95. Tonight Jon Niese will get the start for the Mets as he takes on Roy Halladay.

Niese is 2-1 on the season with a 4.08 ERA over 28.2 innings of work. Jon is coming off of his worst start of the season where he allowed 5 ER over 3.0 innings against Houston. In his first four starts of the season he had an ERA of 2.81, including a 6.2 inning, 0 ER outing against the Phillies earlier this season. The Phillies have the following numbers against Niese:

Polanco 10-24, 4 2B
Rollins 5-19
Victorino 5-18, HR
Mayberry 5-17, 2 2B, HR
Pence 2-14
Ruiz 5-14

The Mets will get their first look at Halladay this season who is 3-2 with a 3.40 ERA. Roy is also coming off of his worst start of the season where he allowed 8 ER in 5.1 innings of work against Atlanta. Before that he had an ERA of 1.95 in five starts this season. He pitched 22.0 innings against the Mets last season over 3 starts, winning all three starts with an ERA of 0.41. The Mets have the following numbers against Roy:

Wright 3-21, 2B, 3B
Davis 4-19, 2B
Thole 7-16, 2B
Torres 3-13
Hairston 2-8
Murphy 1-6

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The Mets will finally face a pitcher who isn’t a rookie today, however Trevor Cahil has never faced the Mets in his career, but more on that later. R.A. Dickey will get the start for the Mets today. He is 3-1 on the season with a 4.45 ERA over 30.1 innings and 5 starts. In his last two starts he has allowed 4 ER over 13.0 innings with 13 strikeouts. Last time he faced Arizona was back in 2009 where he allowed 3 ER over 7.0 innings. The Diamondbacks have the following numbers against Dickey:

Overbay 1-14
Kubel 3-5, HR
Upton 1-4, HR
Parra 1-2, 3B
Blanco 0-2

The Mets face a third straight starting a pitcher who has never faced the Mets in a career start. Trevor Cahil is 2-2 over 5 games this season and 31.0 innings with a 3.13 ERA. In his last three starts he has pitched 18.1 innings with a 4.42 ERA. Last season he pitched 207.2 innings for Arizona with a 4.16 ERA over a season leading 34 games started. The only Met who has ever faced him is Andres Torres, who is 2-9.

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The Mets dropped their forth game in a row yesterday as the Diamondbacks clawed out a comeback win against the Amazin’s in Queens. In today’s game the Mets look to rebound with Johan Santana on the mound as he takes on Patrick Corbin of the Diamondbacks, the second rookie in a row the Mets will face.

Johan Santana is 0-2 on the season with a 2.25 ERA over 24.0 innings and 4 starts. In that 24.0 innings, he has walked 11 BB and 29 K. The last time he faced the Diamondbacks was back in 2008 where he pitched 13.0 innings over 2 games allowing only 1 ER with 7 BB and 18 K. The Diamondbacks have the following numbers against Santana:

Bloomquist 3-14
McDonald 1-13
Overbay 1-11
Blanco 1-8
Hill 1-9

The Mets bats will another shot a rookie tonight, this time Patrick Corbin. In his major league debut this year he pitched 5.2 innings allowing 3 ER over 8 hits with 3 BB and 6 K. He was 2-0 in AA this year over 4 starts and 27.0 innings with a 1.67 ERA with 25 K.  Last season he was 9-8 in 160.1 innings with an ERA of 4.21. The Mets bats will look to score more runs against Corbin as yesterday they were able to get to Wade only once.

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