The Mets and Padres conclude their four game set today with the early afternoon game at noon in Queens. After comeback wins in the first two games of the series, the Mets weren't able to comeback last night as they fell to the Padres by the score of 9-5. Today the Mets will try to take a series win behind Jon Niese as he faces Cory Luebke.
Niese is 11-8 this season with a 4.12 ERA. Niese picked up a win in his last start despite allowing 5 ER in 5 innings of work. It was the second time in his last three starts that Niese allowed 5 ER in 5 innings of work. The last time Niese faced the Padres was back in 2010 and it was a fantastic game as Niese pitched a shutout, complete game, one-hitter. The Padres have the following numbers against Niese:
Maybin 4-15
Hudson 2-3
The Mets will get a look at Cory Luebke today who is 4-6 this season with a 3.06 ERA. In his last three starts he has pitched 20.1 innings with an ERA of 4.43. Cory never faced the Mets in his career, nor has he seen any Met when they were with any other team, so to the Mets he is a mystery.
Let's Go Mets!
