The Mets will try to take the rubber game this afternoon, and take another series, as they face the Giants. The pitching matchup today pits Matt Cain vs John Maine. The first two games this series have been pretty wild, and overall, pretty high scoring. As you will see, with Maine's numbers against the Giants, the high scoring part, at least for the Giants, should not happen today.
Cain has had an interesting season in that he has only 5 decisions in 12 starts this year. He is 2-3 over 74.0 IP and an ERA of 4.38. Last year, he faced the Mets twice and lost both times. He pitched 14 innings, walked 3, struck out 9 and had an ERA of 5.14. However, in 2006, he faced the Mets twice and won both times. In 12 innings of work, he posted an ERA of 3.75, walked only one and still struck out nine. The Mets have put up these numbers against Cain:
Delgado 0-14
Reyes 6-12, 2B, 2 3B
Wright 7-13, 5 2B
Church 1-8
Beltran 2-5, 2B
Looking at these numbers, I am assuming that Delgado will get the day off. Reyes and Wright have really done well against Cain. 3 of Reyes 6 hits were for extra bases and 5 of Wrights 7 hits have been for extra bases. Lets hope to see the offense from yesterday carry over to today.
Maine has struggled as of late. In his last three games, he is 0-2, has an ERA of 6.19, pitched 16 innings, walked 8 and has struck out 16. It would be really nice to see Maine turn it around today. In 2007, he pitched a no decision against the Giants where he lasted 6 innings and allowed 3 earned runs. In that game he walked 6, and struck out 4. That being said look at the current Giant numbers against Maine:
Rowand 0-9, 3 BB, 3 K
Castillo 0-4
Durham 0-3
Molina 0-3
Visquel 0-2, BB
Those are the only current Giants with batting records against Maine! Those numbers are awesome! Lets see Maine replicate those numbers tonight and lead the Mets to a series win!
Lets Go Mets!
