The Mets offense faded yesterday, but they look to step up again today as the Mets continue their series with the Giants tonight. Matt Harvey was still quality last night but the Mets bats decided to just slip into the night. Jon Niese gets the start today as he takes on Matt Cain.
Jon Niese is 7-5 with a 3.86 ERA on the season over 20 games and 123.2 innings of work. July has been rough for Jon. He pitches well, the he doesn’t, he pitches great, then he really doesn’t. Three starts ago he allowed 1 ER over 7 innings, then 3 ER over 7 innings, then 8 ER over 6 innings. Against the Giants earlier this season, he allowed 3 ER over 6 innings of work. The Giants have the following numbers against Niese:
Cabrera 4-9, 2B
Posey 3-6, 2 2B
Theriot 1-3
Blanco 1-4
Crawford 0-3
Huff 2-2
Matt Cain is 10-3 with a 2.80 ERA on the season over 20 games and 141.2 innings of work. In his last two starts he has allowed 8 ER over 15 innings of work. He missed the Mets earlier this season and last year he picked up the win as he allowed no runs in 6 innings of work. The Mets have the following numbers against Matt Cain:
Wright 9-21, 5 2B
Hairston 3-15, HR
Bay 4-10, 2B
Murphy 2-7, 2B
Tejada 0-5
Let’s Go Mets!
