Friday, September 16, 2016 • 7:10 p.m.
Citi Field • Flushing, N.Y.
RHP Jose Berrios (2-6, 9.27) vs. RHP Bartolo Colon (13-7, 3.27)
SNY • WOR 710 AM • ESPN 1050 AM
The Mets now have a full game lead in the second Wild Card spot thanks to the Cardinals sliding their past two games and now the Mets look to beat up on the Twins to extend their chances of getting the Wild Card.
Mets Lineup
- Jose Reyes – 3B
- Asdrubal Cabrera – SS
- Yoenis Cespedes – LF
- Curtis Granderson – CF
- Jay Bruce – RF
- T.J. Rivera – 2B
- James Loney – 1B
- Travis d’Arnaud – C
- Bartolo Colon – RHP
Twins Lineup
- Brian Dozier – 2B
- Joe Mauer – 1B
- Jorge Polanco – SS
- Max Kepler – RF
- Kurt Suzuki – C
- Eduardo Escobar – 3B
- Eddie Rosario – LF
- Byron Buxton – CF
- Jose Berrios – RHP
Bartolo Colon will start things off for the Mets this weekend. He’s 13-7 over 30 games and 29 starts with a 3.27 ERA over 170.2 innings. In his last three starts he’s tossed 19.0 innings, striking out 7 and posting a 1.89 ERA. The last time he faced Minnesota was back in 2013 where he held them scoreless over 6.0 innings and to 5 hits with 8 strikeouts. The Twins have the following numbers against Bartolo:
- Kurt Suzuki 5-13, 2 2B
- Grossman 2-6
- Mauer 3-4, 2B
- Dozier 0-3
- Santana 0-3
- Schafer 0-2
- Escobar 2-2
The Mets draw Jose Berrios to start series tonight. Jose is 2-6 over 11 starts and 44.2 innings with a 9.27 ERA while walking 28 batters and striking out 42. In his last five starts he has tossed 18.2 innings allowing 26 runs, 22 earned (10.61 ERA). Not surprisingly since he’s a rookie on an AL Central team who has only made 11 starts, he has not faced the Mets yet in his career or anyone on the Mets roster.
Let’s Go Mets!
