Thursday, June 9, 2016 • 8:10 p.m. (ET)
Miller Park • Milwaukee, WI
RHP Bartolo Colon (4-3, 3.27) vs. RHP Jimmy Nelson (5-4, 3.43)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets were able to salvage a game in Pittsburgh before heading to Milwaukee to start a four game set tonight. Before I continue, shout-out to The 7 Line. I’m going on the Milwaukee Invasion, and since I’ve had to write/type Milwaukee so many times in the last month, I FINALLY can spell it.
Last night was a big night for a lot of Mets who needed one at the plate. Conforto hit a homer, Flores hit a go-ahead single in the 10th, Cespedes recorded three hits, Kelly had his first homer. The game also had some downsides too that brought it to the 10th inning and almost lost the game, like Walker’s two errors and Familia walking three before getting a critical double play.
The Mets swept the Brewers in a three-game series, May 20-22, earlier this year. New York has won four in a row vs. Milwaukee and six of its last eight match-ups.
The Mets have scored six runs in each of their three wins on this road trip (18 total) and have scored a total of two runs in their three losses on this trip.
The Mets rank second in the majors with a 3.15 team ERA. The staff has allowed the fewest homers (43) and the second-fewest walks (143) in the majors. The staff’s 1.21 WHIP is the fourth-lowest in the majors.
Mets Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- Michael Conforto – LF
- Yoenis Cespedes – CF
- Neil Walker – 2B
- James Loney – 1B
- Asdrubal Cabrera – SS
- Wilmer Flores – 3B
- Kevin Plawecki – C
- Bartolo Colon – RHP
Brewers Lineup
- Jonathan Villar – SS
- Scooter Gennett – 2B
- Ryan Braun – LF
- Jonathan Lucroy – C
- Chris Carter – 1B
- Kirk Nieuwenhuis – CF
- Hernan Perez – 3B
- Ramon Flores – RF
- Jimmy Nelson – RHP
The Mets will rely on Bartolo Colon tonight who is 4-3 over 12 games and 11 starts, 66.0 innings of work this season with a 3.27 ERA. In his last three starts he has pitched 18.0 innings, allowed 17 hits and has posted a nice ERA of 2.00. Last year he was 0-2 against the Brewers in as many starts allowing 10 runs, 9 earned over 11.0 innings and 17 hits. The Brewers have the following numbers against Colon:
- Carter 1-10, 2B
- Gennett 1-6, HR
- Villar 1-7
- Hill 2-7
- Braun 3-6, HR
- Lucroy 4-6
- Presley 1-6
The Mets bats will get a look at Jimmy Nelson who is 5-4 over 12 games and 76.0 innings with a 3.43 ERA. He is coming off of his worst start of his worst start of the season where he allowed 6 ER over 4.0 innings. Previously, he allowed 3 ER over 20.2 innings and three starts. He was 1-0 against the Mets last year in as many starts as he held the Amazin’s to 1 ER over 8.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers on Jimmy:
- Walker 5-15, 2B
- Lagares 0-6
- Granderson 2-5, 2B, HR
- Cespedes 0-4
- Campbell 0-3
Let’s Go Mets!
