After a pair of losses to the San Diego Padres, the New York Mets will try to regroup as the host the Washington Nationals for a crucial three game series at Citi Field.
Matt Harvey (9-7, 3.16 ) opposes left-hander Gio Gonzalez (8-4, 3.83) in Friday night’s 7:10 PM series opener.
Washington is 33-9 at Citi Field since 2011, but tonight is the dawn of a new era. Book it Dano…
Mets Starting Lineup
- Curtis Granderson – RF
- Ruben Tejada – SS
- Daniel Murphy – 1B
- Juan Uribe – 3B
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Wilmer Flores – 2B
- Juan Lagares – CF
- Eric Campbell – LF
- Matt Harvey – RHP
This is the start of a crucial series for the Mets. The first place Nationals come into town with a three game lead over the Mets. The Mets have not had an easy last couple of days, and they really need these three days to go well. Luckily for the Mets, they have their young studs going on the mound each day.
Today we start off with Matt Harvey who is 9-7 over 19 starts with a 3.16 ERA over 125.1 innings this year. After a rough start after the All-Star Break, Harvey bounced back his last time out allowing only 2 ER over 7.0 innings. Harvey is 2-1 in as many starts against the Nationals with a 1.80 ERA over 20.0 innings while striking out 15 batters. The Nationals have the following numbers against Matt:
- Desmond 5-17, 2B, HR
- Harper 0-14
- Werth 3-13
- Zimmerman 4-14, 2B, HR
- Rendon 0-6
The Mets bats will try to crack Gio Gonzalez who is 8-4 over 18 starts and 105.2 innings with a 3.83 ERA. He is on a tear as of late going 4-0 over his last 5 starts and 31.0 innings with a 1.45 ERA. He is 2-0 in as many starts against the Mets this year with a 1.38 ERA over 13.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Gio:
- Granderson 3-27, 2B, HR
- Murphy 8-23, 2B, 3B
- Tejada 6-20
- Lagares 10-22, 3 2B, 3B, HR
- Duda 3-17, 2B
- Uribe 3-13, HR
- Flores 1-13
- d’Arnaud 2-11, 2 2B
Lets Go Mets!
