The Mets play their second rubber game of the season this afternoon as they look to rebound from last night. Santana had a rough start last night and ultimately the Mets could not back him up with runs. In today’s game, R.A. Dickey will take on Jair Jurrjens. Dickey this season has a 2-0 record in as many starts over 13.0 innings while allowing 3 ER (2.08 ERA), 5 BB and 10 strikeouts. His first start of the season was against the Braves as he picked up the win in 6 innings of work while allowing 2 earned runs over 3 hits. The Braves have the following numbers against Dickey:
Bourn 7-23, 2B, HR
Uggla 0-23
Hinske 3-20, 2 2B
McCann 3-17, HR
Prado 3-20, HR
Freeman 4-12, 2 2B
The Mets will get another look at Jair Jurrjens this season who is 0-1 over 2 starts and 9.1 innings with an ERA of 7.71. As of today, Jurrjens leads the majors in homers allowed at 4. When he started his season with the Mets, he pitched 4.1 innings where he allowed 7 hits and 3 ER while picking up the loss. The Mets have the following numbers against Jair:
Wright 8-32, 2B, 3B, 2 HR
Murphy 7-25, 2 2B, 3B
Bay 4-18, 2B
Thole 4-13, 2 2B, 3B
Davis 0-9
Duda 1-4, HR
Let’s Go Mets!
