213 Miles From Shea

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!

The Mets try to keep up their recently winning ways tonight as they bring the show into Miami. The Mets are now 8-2 in their last ten games, bringing them from a low, 8 games below .500 back within shooting distance to a winning season. In tonight's game Capuano will get the start as he goes up against Javier Vazquez.

Chris Capuano is 10-11 this season with a 4.41 ERA. He is 2-0 in his last two starts pitching 14.0 innings with an ERA of 1.29. So far now he has has pitched 25.1 innings against the Fish this year with an ERA of 4.62. The Marlins have the following numbers against Chris:

Cameron 4-15, 2 HR

Infante 7-16, 2B, 3B, 2 HR

Morrison 4-15, HR

Sanchez 6-14, 3 2B, HR

Stanton 2-13, 2B

The Mets bats will face Javier Vazquez tonight who is 8-11 with an ERA of 4.42. In his last two starts he has pitched 14.0 innings allowing only 3 ER, including a 7 inning shutout performance against the Mets in his last start. On the season now he has pitched 16.1 innings against the Mets with a 2.73 ERA. The Mets have the following numbers against Javier:

Reyes 6-22, 2 2B, 3B

Bay 3-23, HR

Wright 5-17, 2B, 2 HR

Pagan 2-13, 2B

Paulino 6-15, 2B

Let's Go Mets!

The Mets and the Nationals play game two today as the Mets try to take the series. Last night the Mets made a bid for a comeback victory but they couldn't hold on after a blown save by Bobby Parnell. One common theme over the last two games is the Mets have actually been hitting homers. The Mets will be starting Mike Pelfrey today as he goes against Livan Hernandez.

Pelfrey is 7-11 this season with a 4.65 ERA. In his last three starts he has pitched 17.0 innings with an ERA of 5.29. Unbelievably, this is the first time Pelfrey has faced the Nationals all season, seriously. Last season he pitched in four games against the Nats with an ERA of 5.24. The Nationals have the following numbers against Big Pelf:

Zimmerman 11-45, 2B, HR

Werth 8-29, 2B, 3B

Desmond 4-11, 2 2B, 3B, HR

Ankiel 4-9

The Mets will get a look at a familiar foe (and past player) in Livan Hernandez today. He is 8-12 on the season with an ERA of 4.29. In his last two starts he has allowed 6 ER over 14.1 innings of work. Against the Mets this season he is 1-1 with a 1.80 ERA over 15.0 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers Livan:

Reyes 16-59, 3 2B, 2 3B

Wright 12-49, 3 2B, 4 HR

Bay 6-20, 2 2B

Tejada 4-9, 2B

Let's Go Mets!

The Mets take a trip down to DC tonight and open up a series with the Nationals. The Amazin's are coming off of a rare five game series where they took 4 games from the Marlins. Yesterday, Batista won his 100th career game as the Mets were able to hold on to a 7-5 victory. Tonight R.A. Dickey takes the mound as he goes up against Detwiler.

Dickey is 6-11 this season with a 3.57 ERA. In his last start he tossed 7 scoreless innings allowing 7 hits, one walk and striking out 6. He is 0-2 in three starts against the Nationals this year where he has pitched 17.2 innings with an ERA of 4.02. The Nationals have the following numbers against Robert Allen:

Werth 8-19, 2 2B, 2 HR

Ankiel 6-17, 2 2B

Zimmerman 2-13

Desmond 1-12

Espinose 0-11

Detwiler is 2-4 this season with a 2.86 ERA. He has pitched only 1.1 innings against the Mets this year during which he has allowed one hit and that is it. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

Pagan 0-2

Wright 1-3, 2B

Bay 1-1

Duda 0-1

Let's Go Mets!

The Mets and the Marlins finally end their series tonight as they play game 5. The Mets took the first two games in a doubleheader on Monday, lost on Tuesday, and had a comeback win last night. Tonight, Miguel Batista gets the start against Clay Hensley.

Miguel Batista is sorta a legend. He's a poet, a World Champion and the Mets will be the 10th organization he has made a start with. Earlier this season he was 3-2 with a 4.60 ERA as a St. Louis Cardinal. As a Bison, he was 3-0 with a 4.24 ERA. In his career he is 2-4 against the Marlins with a 3.12 ERA. The fish have the following numbers against Miguel:

Cameron 4-15

Dobbs 2-5

Sanchez 2-5, 2B

Stanton 2-4, 2B

Morrison 0-2

Clay Hensley gets the start today and he is 2-5 this season with a 5.40 ERA. In his last two starts he has pitched 9.1 innings allowing 10 earned runs. He has been very good against the Mets this season as he has a 1.50 ERA in 12.0 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers on Clay:

Wright 4-17, 2B

Reyes 3-13, 2B

Bay 3-11, 2B, HR

Harris 3-5, 2B

Let's Go Mets!

The Mets conclude their series with the Marlins tonight as the Mets look to win their fifth game in their last six and take the four game set from the fish. After sweeping the doubleheader on Monday, the Mets lost 6-0 to the fish yesterday. Tonight the Mets will look at Capuano to pave the way for a victory again as he takes on Volstad.

Capuano made one of the best starts in Mets history last Friday as pitched a two hitter, complete game shutout where he walked no one and struck out a career high of 13 batters. On the season he is now 10-11 with a 4.43 ERA. He is 0-2 in 20.1 innings of work against the Marlins this year where he has posted an ERA of 4.87. The Marlins have the following numbers against him:

Cameron 4-13, 2 HR

Infante 5-13, 3B, 2 HR

Morrison 4-12, HR

Sanchez 5-12, 2 2B, HR

The Mets bats will get a crack at Chris Volstad tonight who is 5-11 this season with a 5.61 ERA. In his last three starts he is 0-3 with a 5.82 ERA. He has only made one start against the Mets this season where he pitched 5 innings, allowed 8 hits and 4 runs, 3 earned. The Mets have the following numbers on Volstad:

Wright 5-14, 3 2B

Pagan 1-7, 2B

Duda 2-3

Reyes 2-9

Let's Go Mets!