(Note: This Game Preview was written at 7:15 AM. At that time, the Nationals still have Jason Marquis as a starting pitcher. There is a chance he may be traded at some point today, so obviously he would be pulled from the start)
The Mets and Nationals play the second game of their set tonight as the Mets try to make it 6 games in a row. Last night continued the tradition of getting a lot of hits and scoring a bunch of runs as the Mets scored 8 runs again, which is the 4th time in a row they have done that. The Mets will rally behind RA Dickey tonight as he takes on Marquis (possibly, see note at start of Preview) of the Nationals.
Dickey is 5-8 on the season with a 3.74 ERA. He had two sub-par starts in a row in the month of July but returned to form in his last start allowing 2 ER in 6.2 innings of work. He has a 3.86 in 11.2 innings (2 starts) against the Nationals this season, who have the following numbers against him:
Werth 6-17, 2 2B, HR
Ankiel 5-14, 2 2B
Zimmerman 2-10
Desmond 1-10
Espinosa 0-8
Jason Marquis is drawing some attention from contending teams this year with his 8-5 record and 3.95 ERA. In the month of July he has pitched 21.1 innings over 4 starts with a 5.48 ERA (which is being heavily impacted 1.1 inning, 6 ER performance at the start of the month). He has made one start against the Mets this year where he allowed 3 ER over 6 innings of work and 7 hits to the Mets, who have the following numbers on Jason:
Bay 16-43, 4 2B, 3B, 5 HR
Wright 13-32, 2 2B, 2 HR
Reyes 11-31, 2B
Pagan 3-13
Murphy 3-9, 3 2B
Let's Go Mets!
