213 Miles From Shea

The Mets try to avoid the four game sweep by the Nationals today as they play the early afternoon game. In today's game, the Mets will send out Chris Schwinden for his second career start. In his first start of the season, he allowed 8 hits and 8 earned runs in 5.0 innings of work against the Braves. He has never faced anyone in the Nationals organization at the major league level.

The Nationals will sound out Tom Milone today who has made two major league starts, allowing 7 earned runs in 10.0 innings of work. His debut was against the Mets as he allowed 4 ER in 4.1 innings of work in a game the Nationals eventually won. The Mets have the following numbers against Milone:

Reyes 1-3

Pagan 1-2

Wright 1-2, 2B

Turner 1-2

Evans 1-2, HR

Let's Go Mets!

The Mets dropped the second game of the series last night and now are looking at a four game losing streak as they go into tonight's game. They will have to try to turn it around with Mike Pelfrey tonight as he takes on Brad Peacock of the Nationals.

Mike Pelfrey is 7-11 on the season with a 4.66 ERA over 177.2 innings of work. In his last four starts he is 3-1 wit 23.1 innings pitched over a 5.01 ERA. He has made one start against the Nationals this year where he allowed 3 ER in 4.2 innings of work. The Nationals have the following numbers against Big Pelf:

Zimmerman 11-48, 2B, HR

Weth 8-30, 2B, 3B

Desmond 4-14, 2 2B, 3B, HR

Ankiel 5-11

The Mets bats will get a look at Brad Peacock tonight, who has pitched 1.1 innings in the majors, allowing 4 hits and one walk. Between two leagues in the minors this year, he was 15-3 with a 2.39 ERA over 146.2 innings of work. This will be his first major league start.

Let's Go Mets!

The Mets and Nationals play game two tonight as the Nationals just barely edged out the Mets last night. The Mets bat went cold last night as they lost 3-2 and even worse, the Mets gloves continued to go bad as mistakes really cost the Mets this game. Today they look to get beyond this with Dillon Gee as he takes on Chien-Ming Wang.

Dillon Gee is 12-6 this season with a 4.42 ERA. He bounced back in his last start as he allowed only 2 earned runs in 6 innings of work against the Braves. He is 2-0 in three starts vs the Nationals this season where he has pitched 19.1 innings with a 3.72 ERA. The Nationals have the following numbers against him:

Espinosa 0-9

Werth 2-10

Desmond 2-10, HR

Zimmerman 1-9

Wang is 2-3 on the season with a 4.43 ERA. In the month of September, Wang has pitched 11.2 innings over two starts while allowing 8 earned runs. His first start of the season was against the Mets where he pitched 4.0 innings allowing 6 runs, 4 earned runs. The Mets have the following numbers against Wang:

Wright 4-13, 2B

Reyes 2-9, 2B

Harris 2-5

Bay 2-4

Let's Go Mets!

The Mets and Nationals open up a series tonight as the Mets try to bounce back from a losing series over the weekend and get back on the path to a .500 season. The Mets will be starting with R.A. Dickey tonight as they take on Ross Detwiler.

Dickey is 8-11 with a 3.47 ERA this season. In his last five starts, he is 3-0 over 33.1 innings pitched with a cool 2.16 ERA. Against the Nationals this year he has pitched four games with a 1-2 record over 23.2 innings with a 4.18 ERA. The Nationals have the following numbers against Robert Allen:

Werth 9-22, 2 2B, 2 HR

Ankiel 8-20, 3 2B, HR

Zimmerman 2-16

Desmond 2-15, 3B

Espinosa 0-11

Ross Detwiler is 2-5 this season with a 3.83 ERA in only 47.0 innings of work this season. His last start was against the Mets where he allowed 7 hits and 6 earned runs over only 3 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

Pagan 1-4

Wright 3-5, 2 2B, HR

Bay 1-3

Duda 1-3

Evans, 1-3, HR

Let's Go Mets!

Today is one of those days where the game doesn't mean that much. Today is one of those days where we can take a step back from baseball and be thankful that we live in a world where we can have baseball, where can have the leisure time to enjoy a sport and the freedom to live our lives the way we do. The Mets and the Cubs will close out the series tonight as the Mets try to look beyond last night's game and try to get back in the win column. Batista will be taking on Matt Garza of the Cubs tonight.

Batista is 4-2 on the season with a 3.92 ERA and is 1-0 with a 2.25 ERA in his first 12 innings as a New York Met. He has logged in 4.1 innings against the Cubs this year, all of them scoreless The Cubs have the following numbers against Miguel Batista:

Soriano 3-27

Byrd 2-16

Ramirez 2-14, 2B

Pena 4-13, 2 2B

The Mets will get a look at Matt Garza tonight who is 8-10 on the year with a 3.52 ERA. In his last three starts he is 2-1 with a 2.79 ERA over 19.1 innings of work. Garza has actually never started the game against the Mets. These are the players who have numbers against Garza:

Bay 5-20, 2B, 2 3B

Harris 0-3

Paulino 1-3, 2B

Turner 0-1

Let's Go Mets!

The Mets and Cubs play game two this afternoon. Last night, the Mets won thanks to Justin Turner who continues his curious season in terms of batting average (.215 no runners on, .339 runners on) who had the game winning hit in the bottom of the tenth inning. Today Capuano gets the start as he goes up against Wells of the Cubs.

Capuano is 10-12 on the season with a 4.63 ERA. He really struggled in his last start against the Marlins as he allowed 8 hits and 6 earned runs in 4.0 innings of work. The last time he faced the Cubs was in 2010 when he pitched all of 0.1 innings, allowing one run. The Cubs have the following numbers against Chris:

Ramirez 11-34, 2 2B, HR

Byrd 3-9, 2B

Soriano 2-5, 2B, HR

Johnson 0-3

The Mets bats will get a crack at Randy Wells who is 7-4 this season with a 4.86 ERA. He has been on fire in his last three starts as he is 3-0 over 21.2 innings with a 0.83 ERA. In 2010 he had a 3.86 ERA against the Mets as he allowed 5 ER in 11.2 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

Pagan 4-9

Wright 3-9, 2B

Harris 1-3

Duda 1-3, 2B

Bay 1-2

Let's Go Mets!

The Mets and Cubs start a series tonight as the Mets look to bounce back from dropping two games against the Braves yesterday. There weren't too many positives about yesterday, outside of Jason Bay hitting a grand slam. Tonight, Mike Pelfrey will take on Casey Coleman.

Pelfrey is 7-11 this season with a 4.68 ERA. His last two starts have been fairly rough as he has allowed 10.2 innings allowing a total of 7 earned runs. The last time he faced the Cubs was last year as he pitched 7.0 innings against them allowing no runs while walking three and striking out six. The Cubs have the following numbers against Big Pelf:

Baker 2-9

Ramirez 0-6

DeWitt 3-5, 3B

Pena 0-3

Coleman gets the start against the Mets today. He is 2-7 on the season with a 6.61 ERA. Since returning in August, he has pitched 21.2 innings with a 5.40 ERA. In his start against the Mets this season, he lasted 1.1 innings allowing 6 earned runs on 7 hits. The Mets have the following numbers against Coleman:

Reyes 1-2

Thole 1-2

Bay 1-1

Tejada 1-1

Let's Go Mets!

The Mets and Braves play an evening/night doubleheader tomorrow as the Mets look to continue their recent winning ways. Last night the Mets in their last game in Sun Life Stadium, the Mets won close game by the score of 1-0 with another solid performance from Josh Stinson. In the afternoon game, Chris Schwinden gets the start against Mike Minor. In the night cap, Dillon Gee will get the start against Julio Teheran.

Schwinden will be making major league debut tonight. On the season he is 8-8 with a 3.87 ERA over 148.2 innings of work. He was a 22 round pick by the Mets back in 2008. Needless to say (but I'm saying it anyway) since this is major league debut, he does not have any official data against anyone on the Braves.

He will be going up against Mike Minor who is 4-2 on the season with a 4.09 ERA. Against the Mets this season he pitched 10.0 innings allowing 14 hits and 9 earned runs. The Mets have the following numbers against Mike:

Bay 2-4

Turner 2-4

Wright 0-5

Reyes 2-4, 3B

Tejada 2-4

Dillon Gee gets the start for the nightcap and he is 12-5 on the season with a 4.48 ERA. His last start was a doozy as he allowed 6 ER in 5 innings of work. He has been quite effective against the Braves this year as he has a 2.49 ERA in 4 starts over 21.2 innings of work. The Braves have the following numbers against Dillon:

Gonzalez 5-12, 2 2B, HR

Prado 2-11

McCann 2-10, 2B

Uggla, 2-11, 2B, 3B

The Mets bats will get to look at Julio Teheran in the nightcap. In two games this season, back in May, he pitched a total of 8.2 innings with a 5.19 ERA. He has been fantastic in the minor leagues though as he has a 15-3 record with an ERA of 2.55. He has not faced the Mets franchise or anyone batter on the Mets.

Let's Go Mets!

The Mets and Marlins play a late afternoon game as the Marlins were nice enough to move the start time up, so the Mets can make it back to New York for a doubleheader. Last night, after a lengthy delay, the Mets and Marlins ended up playing 12 innings in a game that featured three hits by Reyes and Stinson's first major league career save. The Mets look to make it two in a row tonight as Dickey takes on Hand.

Dickey is 7-11 this season with a 3.60 ERA. He is 2-0 in his last three starts where he has pitched 20.0 innings with a 2.25 ERA. His last start against the Marlins was a brilliant one as he tossed 7 scoreless innings where he struck out 6 batters. The fish have the following numbers against Dickey:

Infante 10-19, 2B, HR

Sanchez 5-14, 3 2B, HR

Dobbs 2-10, 3B

Morrison 2-9, 2B

The Mets will get another look at Brad Hand tonight who is 1-5 with a 4.23 ERA. In his first start since returning to the big leagues, he pitched 5 innings allowing 4 runs, 3 3 earned, over 4 hits, 3 walks and 4 strikeouts. In August he made his only start against the Mets where he allowed 2 earned runs over 5 innings and 7 hits. The Mets have the following numbers against Brad:

Reyes 1-3, HR

Turner 1-3, 2B

Wright 0-3

Duda 1-2

Let's Go Mets!

The Mets try to bounce back from their loss last night as they take on the Marlins for game two of the series tonight. Yesterday the Mets pitching could not handle the Marlins bats as they fell into a hole early. Tonight, Batista gets his second start for the Mets as he takes on Volstad of the fish.

Batista pitched 6 innings in his first start as a Mets and allowed 2 ER as he picked up the win. In total against the Marlins this year he has pitched 8.0 innings allowing 2 earned runs. The Marlins have the following numbers against Batista:

Cameron 4-15

Dobbs 3-7

Sanchez 2-8, 2B

Stanton 3-5, 2B

Infante 2-7

The Mets bats will go against Volstad tonight who is 5-12 this season with a 5.48 ERA. In his last two starts he has pitched 12.1 innings allowing 5 earned runs, including a 6.1 inning 2 earned run performance against the New York Mets. The Mets have the following numbers on Volstad:

Wright 7-17, 5 2B

Reyes 4-13, 2B

Pagan 1-10, 2B

Bay 3-7

Let's Go Mets!