MMO Game Thread: Mets vs Brewers, 8:10 PM

With their losing-streak at a season-high six games, the New York Mets will look to their veteran right-hander to stop the bleeding tonight against the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Field.

Bartolo Colon (9-5, 4.81) has been in these tough spots before and who better to get the job done. He will be opposed by fellow right-hander Jimmy Nelson (3-8, 4.64) for the Brewers in an 8:10 PM matchup.

The Mets have produced only eight runs during their 0-6 road trip.

If NYM's leadership doesn't make a significant acquisition,this will be akin to a player repeatedly failing to run out grounders. No excuse.

— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) June 23, 2015

Mets Starting Lineup

Curtis Granderson – RF
Ruben Tejada – 2B
Lucas Duda – 1B
Wilmer Flores – SS
Darrell Ceciliani – LF
Juan Lagares – CF
Johnny Monell – C
Eric Campbell – 3B
Bartolo Colon – RHP

There have been brighter days in Metsville. Close to game time yesterday, the Mets announced that Travis d’Arnaud would be heading to the DL and then the Mets lost a game 3-2 because they just couldn’t string a couple of hits together. Altogether, it feels like a different lifetime since the Mets were crushing it in April.

Bartolo Colon is 9-5 over 14.0 games and 86.0 innings with a 4.81 ERA. His first two starts in June were strong allowing 4 ER over 13.0 innings but he couldn’t repeat that in his latest start where he allowed 7 runs, 6 earned over 4.1 innings. He made a start against the Brewers this year and it wasn’t good as he allowed 6 runs, 5 earned over 5.0 innings. The Brewers have the following numbers against Colon:

Lind 6-19, 2B, HR
Gomez 2-9, 2B, 3B
Ramirez 4-9, 2B, HR
Gennett 0-4
Segura 1-4
Braun 1-3, HR
Lucroy 2-3
Parra 2-3, 2B, HR

The Mets bats will try to get something done against Jimmy Nelson. He’s 3-8 over 14 games and 83.1 innings with a 4.64 ERA. His June has been odd. In two starts he allowed 7 runs over 5.0 innings, had a shutout over 6.0 innings and allowed 3 ER over 5.0 innings. In one start against the Mets last year he allowed 2 ER over 7.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Nelson: