After a well-deserved day off on Monday, the NL East champions New York Mets head to Philadelphia for a three-game series against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. Bartolo Colon (14-12, 4.15) makes his final start of the season and he opposes right-hander David Buchanan (2-9, 7.96) in Tuesday’s 7:05 PM series opener.
The Mets are 14-2 against the Phillies this season. The 14 wins are the most in team history in a single-season vs. the Phillies.
The Mets have 89 wins, the most since they also posted 89 victories in 2008. The last time the club had 90 or more wins was in 2006 (97-65). New York is one win shy of its 11th season in team history with 90 or more wins.
Mets Starting Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- David Wright – 3B
- Daniel Murphy – 2B
- Yoenis Cespedes – CF
- Lucas Duda – 1B
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Michael Conforto – LF
- Ruben Tejada – SS
- Bartolo Colon – RHP
The Mets look to continue their push for home field advantage in the NLDS tonight as they start their last 2015 series against the Phillies. On Sunday the Mets started a lineup that looked similar to a June lineup (which shows how far this team has come) as players rested off their celebrations from the night before. That lineup still broke out in a big way as they rolled through the Reds completing the 4 game sweep on the coattails of a great outing by Jacob deGrom.
Bartolo Colon gets the nod tonight. He is 14-12 over 31 games, 30 starts, totaling 188.2 innings with a 4.15 ERA and a league leading 209 hits. Colon has been fairly average since tossing his complete game shut out at the start of the month pitching 18.2 innings with a 3.86 ERA. He is 4-0 in as many starts against the Phillies this year posting a 2.33 ERA over 27.0 innings of work. The Phillies have the following numbers against Bartolo:
- Howard 5-24, 2 HR
- Ruiz 5-18, 2B
- Brown 2-15, 2B
- Asche 3-13, 2 2B
- Galvis 4-12, 2B
- Herrera 1-10
- Francoeur 1-8
The Mets bats will get a look at David Buchanan who is 2-9 over 13 starts this season and 63.1 innings with a 7.96 ERA. Despite his ERA He’s been better in his last two starts as he allowed 3 ER over 11.0 innings. His second start of the season way back in April was against the Mets as he allowed 5 ER over 5.2 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against David:
- Wright 4-14
- Granderson 2-10
- Lagares 3-11, 2B
- Duda 3-12, 2 2B
- Flores 2-9, 2B
- Murphy 1-9, 2B
Let’s Go Mets!
