The Mets and Orioles continue their three game series tonight at Citi Field. Last night R.A. Dickey was just masterful as he threw a one hitter, complete game shutout with 13 K’s. Johan Santana will look to follow that performance up tonight as he gets the nod on Johan Santana No-Hitter T-Shirt night. Santana will be squaring off against Tommy Hunter.
On the season Santana is 4-3 with a 3.23 ERA over 13 starts and 78.0 innings. His last two starts have been rough as he has allowed 10 ER over 10.0 innings of work. Johan is 4-1 in his career against the Orioles where he has a 3.72 ERA over 52.2 innings of work. The Orioles have the following numbers against Santana:
Johnson 3-17, 2B, HR
Roberts 4-19
Paulino 2-16
Hardy 3-13, 2B, 3B
Reynolds 1-5
Jones 0-3
The Mets will get a look at another young Orioles starter today, 25 year old Tommy Hunter. Hunter is 3-3 on the season with a 5.58 ERA over 12 starts and 71.0 innings of work. In his last four starts he has pitched 22.0 innings with a 7.36 ERA. Like Jake last night, Hunter has never faced the Mets before and the only two batters who have seen him are Hairston (2-3) and Torres (2-2, 2B).
Let’s Go Mets!
