Game Two – 8:00 PM
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y
LHP Jaime Garcia (7-6, 3.98) vs. RHP Bartolo Colon (8-5, 3.48)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
After losing the first half of a double-dip, the Mets will send the veteran Bartolo Colon up against Jamie Garcia and the Cardinals in the nightcap.
Mets Lineup
- Juan Lagares – CF
- Asdrubal Cabrera – SS
- Yoenis Cespedes – LF
- Wilmer Flores – 3B
- Neil Walker – 2B
- James Loney – 1B
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Alejandro De Aza – RF
- Bartolo Colon – RHP
Cardinals Lineup
- Greg Garcia – 3B
- Aledmys Diaz -SS
- Matt Holliday – LF
- Jedd Gyorko – 1B
- Tommy Pham – CF
- Randall Grichuk – RF
- Kolten Wong – 2B
- A. Rosario – C
- Jaime Garcia – LHP
Colon is 8-5 over 20 games and 19 starts this year with a 3.48 ERA over 108.2 innings of work. After a strong outing coming back from the All-Star Break, Colon just didn’t have it in Chicago on the 20th where he allowed 6 ER over 4.1 innings against the Cubs. Last year, Colon didn’t have much success against the Cardinals as he allowed 16 runs, 15 earned over 8.2 innings of work. The Cardinals have the following numbers against Colon:
- Holliday 7-16, 2 2B
- Molina 2-13, 2B
- Adams 2-12, HR
- Wong 4-11
- Grichuk 1-3, 2B
- Martinez 0-2
- Gyorko 1-2
Jaime Garcia is 7-6 over 19 starts this year with a 3.98 ERA over 113.0 innings. Since June 8th, he has going 3-1 over 8 starts and 48.1 innings with a 4.66 ERA with a smattering of strong starts but an equal amount of poor starts. Last year he picked up the loss against the Mets after allowing 2 runs in 7.0 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Garcia:
- Reyes 4-17, 2B
- Loney 4-8, 2B
- K Johnson 1-5
- Flores 0-3
- Walker 1-3, 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
