Bartolo Colon (8-3, 4.72 ERA) looks to become the first nine game winner in the majors as the New York Mets continue their series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday at Chase Field. Colon will be opposed by right-hander Chase Anderson (1-1, 3.26) for the D’Backs at 10:10 PM.
With Daniel Murphy going on the Disabled List yesterday, the Mets currently have 13 players on the DL, tied with the Texas Rangers for the most in the majors.
The Mets pen had tossed 14.0 scoreless innings before allowing four runs in the eighth inning last night. New York’s bullpen ERA is 2.75, the fifth-lowest in the majors. The pen is holding opponents to a .277 on-base percentage, the third-lowest mark in the majors
Mets Starting Lineup
- Curtis Granderson RF
- Ruben Tejada SS
- Lucas Duda 1B
- Michael Cuddyer LF
- Juan Lagares CF
- Danny Muno 2B
- Eric Campbell 3B
- Anthony Recker C
- Bartolo Colon SP
The Mets had a rough go of it in Arizona last night (at least, I think they did, honestly I can’t handle these West Coast games anymore so I left the bar when it was 2-2 and woke up when the game was over). Tonight Bartolo Colon will look to put the Mets back in the win column against Chase Anderson.
Colon is 8-3 over 11 starts and a 68.2 innings of work posting a 4.72 ERA. Today he’ll be looking to extend his league leading 8 wins to 9. After a series of bad starts he’s calmed down to average in his last two tossing 13.0 innings with 6 ER and striking out 8. In his career he has faced the Diamondbacks once allowing 4 runs and 8 hits over 5.2 innings of work. The Diamondbacks have the following numbers against Bartolo:
- Salty 5-21, 2B, HR
- Pennington 4-9, 2B
- Hill 2-7
- Pacheco 2-3, 2B
The Mets bats will get a look at Chase Anderson who is 1-1 over 10 starts this season with a 3.26 ERA while pitching 60.2 innings.
Chase made his major league debut last season and this will be his first time facing the New York Mets. The only player he has seen at the major league level on the Mets roster is Cuddyer who is 1-6 with a double against him.
Let’s Go Mets!
