The Mets start a series with the Padres tonight, who are the owners of one of the best home records in baseball, and the holders of first place in the National League West. Overall, they have been a very surprising team and people are wondering if they will be able to continue their upstart success for this season. For the Mets, this is an important series because (a) the Padres a good team and you want to beat good teams and (b) the Mets eally need to start winning on the road.
The Mets will start the game with Takahashi, who has been a breath of fresh air in the rotation. So far this season Takahashi has appeared in 17 games pitching 38 innings with a 2.13 ERA. In his first two starts of the season, he has pitched 12.0 innings and didn't allow any runs while walking only one and recording 11 strikeouts. As you probably could have guessed, because Takahashi is a rookie in this league, he has not faced any hitters in the Padres lineup.
The bats, who have scored 16 runs in the last two games, will get a chance to hit off of Correia (4-4, 4.03 ERA) tonight. In the month of May he made four starts with an 0-3 record and a 4.24 ERA. All of his starts were slightly below average to bad, except his last start where he he pitched 6 scoreless innings. Last season he had 0-1 record in two starts against the Mets with an 1.64 ERA (the Mets scored 4 runs, 2 earned over 12 innings last season). The Mets have these numbers over his Correia career:
Francoeur 3-10, 2B
Reyes 2-10
Cora 3-10
Lets Go Mets!
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