Saturday, September 15, 2012 • 7:10 PM

Miller Park • Milwaukee, WI

RHP Jenrry Mejia (0-0, 4.50) vs. RHP Shaun Marcum (5-4, 3.71)

Starting Lineup

  1. Ruben Tejada – SS
  2. Daniel Murphy – 2B
  3. David Wright – 3B
  4. Ike Davis – 1B
  5. Lucas Duda – LF
  6. Jordany Valdespin – RF
  7. Kelly Shoppach – C
  8. Andres Torres – CF
  9. Jenrry Mejia – RHP

The Mets look to keep last night’s success going as they take on the Brewers in game two of the series. With the Pirates fading, the Mets have a chance to play spoiler for the Brewers by beating them down as Jenry Mejia makes his season debut. In the majors this year he has allowed 1 ER in 2 innings of work and in 2010 he pitched 39.0 innings with a 4.62 ERA. In three leagues in the minors this year he combined to 92.2 innings of work with an ERA of 3.59. In his career he has pitched one inning against the Brewers holding them to a hit and a walk. The Brewers have the following numbers against Jenry:

Ramirez 1-3, 2B
Morgan 1-2
Braun 1-1
Gomez 0-1
Hart 0-1

Shaun Marcum gets the nod for the Brew Crew today. On the season he is 5-4 over 17 starts and 102 innings of work while posting a 3.71 ERA. In his last three games he has pitched 14 innings and has allowed 20 hits and 11 ER. Last year Shaun held the Mets to one earned run over 13 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Marcum:

Torres 1-7, 2B
Bay 1-5
Shoppach 2-6, HR
Lewis 1-6, 2B
Tejada 3-5, 2B

Let’s Go Mets!