The Mets will need a win against the pitcher with the top ERA in the majors to prevent their dive from reaching five Saturday. Bartolo Colon (5-5, 4.52 ERA) opposes San Francisco Giants right-hander Tim Hudson (6-2, 1.75) at 10:05 PM at AT&T Park. Colonis fourth among active Major Leaguers with 194 career wins while tonight’s Giants starter Tim Hudson is first with 211 victories. Ruben...
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The Mets begin a three-game series in San Francisco on Friday against the Giants who own an MLB-best 39-21 record. Jon Niese (3-3, 2.69 ERA) gets the start for the Mets and will be opposed by right-hander Matt Cain (1-3, 3.66) in a 10:15 PM start at AT&T Park. The Mets had six more walks last night and now lead the National League while ranking second in the majors with 229 walks. Oakland is...
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The Mets will complete their three game set with the Cubs today before heading out to San Francisco, their last leg of this long road trip. For the second game in a row yesterday the Mets suffered a heartbreaking, close loss. This time, the offense jumped out early, but the pitching couldn’t support the effort. Today, Jacob deGrom (0-2, 2.42 ERA) will get the start for the Mets as he...
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The Mets continue their three-game series against the Chicago Cubs at historic Wrigley Field tonight at 8:05 PM. Daisuke Matsuzaka (2-0, 2.45 ERA) makes his second start of the season and will be opposed by Edwin Jackson (3-5, 4.81 ERA). Dice-K earned the win in his first start of the season against the Diamondbacks at Citi Field on May 25. He pitched 6.0 innings and allowed two runs on...
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The Mets open a three-game set against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on Tuesday night at 8:05 PM. RHP Zack Wheeler (2-5, 4.31) will oppose RHP Jake Arrieta (1-1, 3.20) for the Cubs. Wheeler is averaging 8.90 strikeouts per nine innings, ranking 11th among NL pitchers. Wheeler is averaging 94.5 mph with his fastball this season, the fourth-highest amongst NL starters. David Wright is second...
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