The Mets and Pirates finish up their four game series tonight as the Mets look for a series win which would improve the team to .500 on the season and 5-2 on the road trip going into Atlanta. The first game of the series featured Gee's 7th win of the season as the Mets won 8-1. The Pirates came back from the opener loss to take the second game 3-2, despite Dickey's hard work. Yesterday, the Mets responded with a fantastic outing by Capuano and a late offensive explosion as the Mets took game three 7-0. Today Mike Pelfrey will go up against Paul Maholm.
Pelfrey is 3-4 this season with a 5.35 ERA. As you probably call, his start against the Pirates was horrid as he allowed 7 ER over 5 innings, with all 7 runs coming in the first three innings (a game the Mets eventually won). Last time out, Pelfrey bounced back with a 6 inning, 2 earned run performance. The Pirates have the following numbers on Big Pelf:
McCutchen 6-12
Diaz 3-11
Walker 2-11, 2B, HR
Cedeno 3-9, 2B, 3B
Tabata 0-7
The Mets batters will go up against Paul Maholm, who has a nice ERA (3.39) despite a terrible record (2-7). His last start was very good as he one hit the Diamondbacks over 6 innings of work. His start before that was bad (or good if you are us) as he allowed 7 runs, 6 earned in 5.2 innings against the Mets. The Mets have the following numbers on Paul:
Reyes 8-22
Beltran 8-17, 2 2B, 2 HR
Pagan 6-15, 2 2B, HR
Paulino 3-5
Murphy 2-2
Let's Go Mets!
