The Mets aim for their 8th win in 9 games tonight as they play their second game against the Braves in this series. This is the tough game in the series as the Mets have to battle against Jurrjens, who is one of the Braves best starters right now and has been doing well against the Mets this season. Jurrjens has a 3.15 ERA right now. In his last 4 games however, he has gone 1-3 over 26 innings and posted an ERA of 3.81. In April this year, Jurrjens pulled out 2 great starts vs the Mets where he went 2-0 over 13 innings and had an ERA of 2.77. Here are some Mets hitting stats against Jurrjens:
Reyes: 2-6, BB
Beltran 1-5, RBI, BB
Wright 1-5, 2 RBI, BB
The Mets don't hit him well. The key tonight is to get him to throw a lot of pitches, get Jurrjens out early, Any runs on him will be great. To win tonight, the Mets have to light up that bullpen again. Pelfrey will be hoping to get the Mets to the late innings.
Pelfrey has been amazing since May 31st. Since then, in 15 games, he has a 9-2 record, a 3.19 ERA, walked only 24 and has struck out 60 batters. To compare, before May 31st, in 9 games, he had a record of 2-6, a 5.33 ERA, 24 BB and 23 K. In those 9 games were two bad games against the Braves where he went 0-2, in 9.1 innings, a 10.61 ERA, walked 7 and struck out 3. Here are the Braves numbers against Pelfrey:
Francoeur 3-10, 2B, 3B
Johnson 3-9, HR
McCann 6-11, 4 2B
Chipper 3-7, 2 HR
Kotchman, Kotsay, Prado 0-9
The key for Pelf tonight is to get through those tough batters and not allow damage. He is a different pitcher since the last time he faced the Braves. He has momentum, he has confidence and now he has to execute it tonight to lead the Mets to victory, and to give the Mets bullpen a rest. 7 innings tonight from Pelf will amazing.
Lets Go Mets! Take this series!
