MMO Game Thread: Mets vs Dodgers, 10:10 PM

Thursday, May 12, 2016 • 10:10 p.m. (ET)
Dodger Stadium • Los Angeles, CA
RHP Bartolo Colon (3-1, 2.82) vs. LHP Clayton Kershaw (4-1, 2.04)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM

The calendar might have said “Wednesday” yesterday but it might as well have been “Thorsday”. Syndergaard was the entire enchilada last night allowing 2 ER over 8.0 innings of work AND driving in all four Mets runs on two homers. The Mets are now in a position to take the four game set with the Dodgers as long as they can get through Clayton Kershaw tonight.

Having secured at least a series tie, New York is now undefeated in its last eight series, winning six and tying one, with this series outcome still to come. The Mets have not lost a series since April 11-13.

Mets Lineup (21-12)

Curtis Granderson, RF
Asdrubal Cabrera, SS
David Wright, 3B
Yoenis Cespedes, LF
Neil Walker, 2B
Juan Lagares, CF
Kevin Plawecki, C
Eric Campbell, 1B
Bartolo Colon, RHP

Dodgers Lineup (17-17)

Chase Utley, 2B
Corey Seager, SS
Justin Turner, 3B
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
Yasmani Grandal, C
Joc Pederson, CF
Yasiel Puig, RF
Enrique Hernandez, LF
Clayton Kershaw, LHP

The Mets hero, Bartolo Colon, returns to the mound tonight, one start removed from his historic homer, the shot heard around the universe. On the season he is 3-1 over 7 games, 6 starts and 38.1 innings with a 2.82 ERA. His last start was a bit more human than his previous, allowing 3 ER over 6.2 innings. In fact, he’s allowed exactly 3 ER in 3 of his last 4 starts. Last year in the regular season he tossed an absolute gem against the Dodgers, but still lost, allowing 1 ER over 8.0 innings. The Dodgers have the following numbers against Bartolo:

Crawford 6-36, 2 2B
Gonzalez 12-25, 2 2B, 3 HR
Kendrick 3-25
Utley 7-17, 2 2B
Turner 0-9, 3 K
Puig 0-7, 3 K

The Mets draw Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, who is 4-1 on the season over 7 starts with a 2.04 ERA over a league leading 53.0 innings and a league leading 64 K’s. He has recorded double digit strikeouts in each of his last four starts that ranged from amazing to bad (1 ER over 8, 5 ER over 7, nothing over 9, 2 over 7). He was 1-0 in the regular season against the Mets last year over two starts allowing only 1 ER over 16.0 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Clayton: