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2012
Wright Back In The Lineup As Mets Try To Avoid A Sweep
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Starting Lineup
- Andres Torres – DH
- Mike Baxter – LF
- David Wright – 3B
- Lucas Duda – RF
- Daniel Murphy – 2B
- Kirk Nieuwenhuis – CF
- Ike Davis – 1B
- Ronny Cedeno – SS
- Rob Johnson – C
Game Preview
The Mets look to avoid a sweep and three losses in a row as they take on the Blue Jays this afternoon. Yesterday the Mets received good pitching as after Batista left with an injury, Hefner turned in a great performance and the bullpen kept the Mets in the entire game. The lineup however, with some “help” from the umpires, never got it going and the Mets fell 2-0. Dillon Gee will help the Mets move beyond that today as he takes on Henderson Alvarez.
Dillon Gee is 2-3 on the season with a 5.63 ERA over 43.0 innings of work. He is coming off two bad starts in a row where he has pitched a combined 11.o innings and allowed 11 ER (still striking out 8 though). In his young career, he has never faced the Blue Jays however he has faced two players in the Jays lineup. Kelly Johnson, the former Brave, is 0-3 against Gee lifetime while Ben Francisco is 0-1. Basically, as it is to be expected in interleague series for young players, Gee will be a mystery for the Blue Jays.
The theme of mystery continues with the Blue Jays pitcher as the Mets get Henderson Alvarez today. Henderson is 3-3 with a 2.62 ERA in 2012 over 55.0 innings of work. In his last two starts, he has pitched 13.2 innings with a 1.98 ERA, a number that drops much lower when you include his first start in May which was a complete game shutout. With all of the homegrown talent in the Mets lineup, it isn’t surprising that not a single Mets batter has any major league experience against Henderson.
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NL East Standings
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braves | 24 | 18 | .571 | - |
| Nationals | 23 | 20 | .535 | 1.5 |
| Phillies | 20 | 23 | .465 | 4.5 |
| Mets | 16 | 24 | .400 | 7.0 |
| Marlins | 11 | 32 | .256 | 13.5 |
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Would be great to get this one. Toronto is an above-avg. team, and the young hurler we’re facing is no slouch.
Gee’s gonna have to be at his level best.
LGM!!!
Oh, and let’s get some runs.
Lets hope Wright is well enough to play today. We lost 2-0 and I have to think if we have Wright in the lineup yesterday we don’t get shut out.
We need this one badly , LGM
Mets place RHP Miguel Batista on the 15-Day DL and recall RHP Chris Schwinden from Buffalo
http://twitter.com/Mets/statuses/204220899975634944
i really would love to see some more innings from schwinden, i do believe he can be a 5th SP or a LRP
Sunday lineup at Toronto: Torres-DH, Baxter-LF, Wright-3B, Duda-RF, Murphy-2B, Nieuwenhuis-CF, Davis-1B, Cedeno-SS, Johnson-C.
Looks like Wright talked himself into the lineup unless this is a typo.
i read different but i hope he is in the lineup. LGM
YEAH BABY , if Gee can give us 6 innings , this lineup can give us some runs LGM
Hey Gee, why don’t you shave that ridiculous goatee until you have earned the right to have goofy freaking facial hair by pitching and winning consistently with an era under 3.50!
i heard yesterday he shaved it already
Guess Alvarez wasn’t so great against our Metsies.