The New York Mets (20-15) return to Citi Field on Friday after a disappointing four-game sweep in Chicago at the hands of the Cubs. They will host the Milwaukee Brewers (12-23), who own the worst record in baseball.
Bartolo Colon (6-1, 3.30) will try to become the majors’ first seven-game winner and he’ll be opposed by Kyle Lohse (2-4, 7.03) for the Brew Crew. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 PM.
Juan Lagares returns to the lineup after missing three straight games with a strain near his right armpit.
Mets Starting Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- Juan Lagares – CF
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Michael Cuddyer – LF
- Daniel Murphy – 3B
- Wilmer Flores – SS
- Johnny Monell – C
- Ruben Tejada – 2B
- Bartolo Colon – RHP
The Mets look to move beyond a disappointing four game set with the Cubs where the offense was in hibernation and the Amazin’s added 4 losses to the L column (and to be more accurate, the one day the offense was awake was also the first day in a while that the pitching was off, but that’s baseball).
Bartolo Colon looks to play stopper for the Mets. He has a league leading 6 wins over 7 games logging 46.1 innings with a 3.30 ERA while striking out 40 batters. His last start in Philly wasn’t pretty on the stat line, but he got the win. The last time he faced the Brewers was back in 2013 as he held the BrewCrew to 1 earned run over 7.0 innings. The Brewers have the following numbers against Colon:
- Lind 5-16, HR
- Gomez 1-6, 3B
- Ramirez 2-6
- Segura 1-4
- Gennett 0-2
The Mets draw Kyle Lohse tonight who is 2-4 over 7 starts and 39.2 innings this year with a 7.03 ERA. In his last four starts he is 2-1 over 24.0 innings with a 4.88 ERA, so don’t get too excited with that above 7 ERA. Last year he was fantastic against the Mets holding them to 4 hits and an unearned run over 8.0 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Kyle:
- Granderson 8-17, 2B, 3B, 2 HR
- Murphy 1-11
- Duda 2-7, HR
- Cuddyer 3-7, 2B
- Flores 0-3
- Kirk 0-3
- Recker 0-3
Lets Go Mets!
